SAFE Home Act Sensible Adoption For Every Home Act
To prohibit entities receiving Federal assistance that are involved in adoption or foster care placements from delaying or denying placements under certain conditions.
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Prohibits any entity that receives Federal assistance and is involved in adoption or foster care placements from delaying or denying the placement of a minor child for adoption or into foster care, or otherwise discriminating in making a placement decision with a prospective or actual adoptive or foster parent, for any of the following reasons:
(i) The parent raises, cares for, and addresses a child in a manner consistent with the child's sex.
(ii) The parent declines to consent to a child receiving any medical, surgical, pharmacological, or psychological treatment or other medical or mental health service for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of, or to validate a child's perception of, the child's sex, if the appearance or perception is inconsistent with the child's sex.
(iii) The parent declines to consent to an amendment or alteration to a child's birth certificate, passport, driver's license, school records, or other government-issued identification document, if the amendment or alteration is inconsistent with the child's sex; For purposes of this paragraph, defines - (i) the term 'sex' as biological sex, either male or female; (ii) the term 'female' as an individual who has, had, will have, or but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident would have, a reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization; and (iii) the term 'male' as an individual who has, had, will have, or but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident would have, a reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.
Legislative Session
118th Congress
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History
Date | Action |
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2023-12-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. |
2023-12-07 | Introduced in House |