H.R. 311: Adoption Promotion Act of 2015
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H.R. 311: Adoption Promotion Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-01-13 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-01-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Adoption Promotion Act of 2015
Plain summary
Adoption Promotion Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that pregnancy options counseling funded through training grants for family planning service program personnel includes adoption counseling and is provided by licensed social workers or counselors who have knowledge and experience in adoption practice. Requires that family planning service program training include training on the adoption process. Requires research related to family planning and population funded under the PHSA to include: (1) the collection of data on the number of pregnancy tests administered to individuals served by family planning service programs and the results of those tests; and (2) the evaluation of the quality, consistency, and outcomes of pregnancy options counseling.
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Official text
Adoption Promotion Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] · 1 cosponsors
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Thomas Massie (R-KY)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr311.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr311 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114