S 4399 · 118th Congress · Families

Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act

Introduced 2024-05-23· Sponsored by Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2024-05-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4399 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4399 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for better protections for children raised in kinship families outside of the foster care system. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 23, 2024 Ms. Hassan (for herself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for better protections for children raised in kinship families outside of the foster care system. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds as follows: (1) More than 2,400,000 children are being raised in kinship families, or ``grandfamilie…

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