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H.R. 3909: Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act of 2019

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H.R. 3909: Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-23 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act of 2019

Plain summary

Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act of 2019 This bill requires the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to award grants to states for post-adoption and post-legal guardianship mental health services. Specifically, grants may be used to implement statewide direct service programs such as educational support or counseling to aid adoptive parents and families in addressing common behavioral health issues among adopted children. Grants also may be used for activities such as peer-to-peer mentoring, crisis intervention, program evaluation, policy development, and research, among others uses. The ACF must grant only one awards per state, or state-designated entity, and preference must be given to eligible entities that partner with a state's mental health agency and have demonstrated success at increasing adoption and legal guardianship competency.

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Official text

Supporting Adopted Children and Families Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] · 7 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Don Bacon (R-NE), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3909 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116