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HR 1475 118th Congress House Health

Hospital Adoption Education Act of 2023

Introduced: July 27, 2023 Introduced by: Smucker, Lloyd Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 8, 2023
Introduced in House
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Hospital Adoption Education Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop resources to promote the understanding of adoption in the health care industry.

Specifically, HHS must develop and disseminate digital resources about adoption for the health care industry, including best practices for interacting with prospective birth mothers and adoptive families. In addition, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) must maintain resources on its website for health care workers to improve their awareness and understanding of adoption.

The ACF must also provide professional development (and related consultation services) about families pursuing adoption for care providers at hospitals and birthing centers. The ACF may carry out these activities directly or through grants or contracts with education organizations that are health care-based and focused on adoption. However, the ACF may not award grants to or enter contracts with (1) agencies that place newborn children for adoption or in foster care, or (2) organizations that provide abortion services.

What's happening now March 8, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 3
Lamborn, Doug
· Jul 27, 2023
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Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Mar 17, 2023
 R
Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Mar 17, 2023
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Mar 14, 2023
Phillips, Dean
· Mar 9, 2023
 D
Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · Mar 8, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1475: Hospital Adoption Education Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1475/
MLA
"H.R. 1475: Hospital Adoption Education Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1475/.
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H.R. 1475, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1475/.
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[H.R. 1475: Hospital Adoption Education Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1475/)
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