Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act

Bill: 115-s-1091
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2017-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
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Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: 

Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act 

 This bill establishes a Federal Task Force to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. 
The task force shall identify, promote, coordinate, and publicly disseminate information and resources to help grandparents or other relatives meet the needs of the children in their care and maintain their own health and emotional well-being.
 
The task force terminates after five years.

action_date: 2018-03-12
text: 

Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act 

This bill establishes a Federal Task Force to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. 
The task force shall identify, coordinate, and publicly disseminate information and resources to help older relative caregivers meet the needs of the children in their care and maintain their own health and emotional well-being.
 
An older relative caregiver is a caregiver who:
 
 
is 55 or older; 
 
lives with, is the informal provider of in-home and community care to, and is the primary caregiver for, a child; 
 
is a relative by blood, marriage, or adoption; 
 
is the primary caregiver because the child's parents are unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregivers; and 
 
has a legal relationship to the child or is raising the child informally. 

 
The task force must report on its finding and recommendations.
 
The bill terminates the task force after five years.

action_date: 2018-03-22
text: 

Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act 

(Sec. 2) This bill establishes a Federal Task Force to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. 
The task force shall identify, coordinate, and publicly disseminate information and resources to help older relative caregivers meet the needs of the children in their care and maintain their own health and emotional well-being.
 
An older relative caregiver is a caregiver who:
 
 
is 55 or older; 
 
lives with, is the informal provider of in-home and community care to, and is the primary caregiver for, a child; 
 
is a relative by blood, marriage, or adoption; 
 
is the primary caregiver because the child's parents are unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregivers; and 
 
has a legal relationship to the child or is raising the child informally. 

 
The task force must report on its finding and recommendations.
 
The bill terminates the task force after five years.

action_date: 2018-06-13
text: 

Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act 

 (Sec. 3) This bill establishes an Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. 
The council must identify, promote, coordinate, and publicly disseminate information and resources to help older relatives meet the needs of the children in their care and maintain their own health and emotional well-being.
 
The council must report on the information and resources.
 
The bill terminates the council after three years.

action_date: 2018-07-07
text: 

Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act 

 (Sec. 3) This bill establishes an Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. 
The council must identify, promote, coordinate, and publicly disseminate information and resources to help older relatives meet the needs of the children in their care and maintain their own health and emotional well-being.
 
The council must report on the information and resources.
 
The bill terminates the council after three years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-07
text: Became Public Law No: 115-196.
action_date: 2018-07-07
text: Became Public Law No: 115-196.
action_date: 2018-07-07
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-07-07
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Senate agreed to the House amendments to S. 1091 by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4351)
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to S. 1091 by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4351)
action_date: 2018-06-14
text: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5131-5132)
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5131-5132)
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1091.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5131-5133)
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Mr. Lewis (MN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-03-26
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1977-1978; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S1977-1978)
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1977-1978; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S1977-1978)
action_date: 2018-03-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 343.
action_date: 2018-03-12
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-03-12
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-02-28
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 115-196