H.R. 5640 · 110th Congress
Birthparent Assistance Act of 2008
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Birthparent Assistance Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain post-legal adoption services, counseling, and a nationally-available hotline for birthparents who have placed a child for adoption.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 14, 2008
Birthparent Assistance Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain post-legal adoption services, counseling, and a nationally-available hotline for birthparents who have placed a child for adoption.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Birthparent Assistance Act of 2008
Latest action (Mar 14, 2008): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Policy area: Families · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 14, 2008
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.