The SAFE Home Act prohibits adoption and foster care agencies that receive federal funding from denying or delaying child placements based on prospective parents' decisions regarding gender-related medical treatments, identification document changes, or how they raise children in line with the child's biological sex. The bill defines "sex" as biological sex and specifies that parents cannot be discriminated against for declining to consent to treatments intended to alter a child's appearance or validate a perception of sex that differs from their biological sex, or for refusing to amend identification documents inconsistently with biological sex. The law would take effect the first fiscal quarter after enactment and applies to federal foster care and adoption assistance payments moving forward, though states may have until after their next regular legislative session if new state laws are required to comply. This legislation would affect all adoption and foster care agencies receiving federal funds under Social Security Act Title IV, Part E, with no specific funding allocated for implementation.
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