This bill says that any adoption or foster care group that gets federal money cannot delay or deny placing a child with a family just because the parent raises the child based on the child’s sex, refuses medical or mental health treatments meant to change a child’s sex or how they see it, or refuses to change the child’s official documents in a way that doesn’t match the child’s sex . It also defines sex as biological male or female, and gives detailed definitions of “male” and “female” based on reproductive biology .

If this becomes law, it would add these rules to state foster care and adoption programs that use federal funds. It would take effect at the start of the first federal fiscal quarter after it is signed, with extra time allowed if a state needs to pass a law to comply .

• Who is affected: Agencies and groups involved in foster care and adoption that receive federal funds; prospective and current foster and adoptive parents; children in care .
• What changes: Agencies cannot deny or delay placements for the three reasons listed above; “sex,” “male,” and “female” are defined in the law .
• When: Starts the first day of the first fiscal quarter after it becomes law; states may have a brief delay if they must pass their own law first .