To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to prevent State child protective services systems from removing a child from the custody of the child’s parent or legal guardian due to the parent’s or legal guardian’s reluctance or refusal to consent to the child receiving a gender-transition intervention, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · December 13, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Parental Right to Protect Act
This bill makes states ineligible for funds under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act if the state's child protective services system is permitted to (1) remove a child from the custody of the child's parent or legal guardian because the parent or legal guardian is reluctant or refuses to consent to a gender-transition intervention for the child; or (2) use such reluctance or refusal as evidence of abuse or neglect.
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