Hospital Adoption Education Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3223 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3223 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and nationally disseminate accurate, relevant, and accessible resources to promote understanding about sensitivities regarding adoption in the health care industry, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 19, 2025 Mr. Husted (for himself and Mr. Mullin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and nationally disseminate accurate, relevant, and accessible resources to promote understanding about sensitivities regarding adoption in the health care industry, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Hospital Adoption Education Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) 24 percent of people of the United States say that they have considered adopting a child. (2) 80 percent of women who consider adoption do so after their sixth month of pregnancy. (3) 81 percent of birth parents report that easy access to objective information is important to them when making the decision to choose adoption. (4) 93 percent of people of the United States consider hospitals and health care facilities to be trustworthy sources of information about adoption. (5) 98.2 percent of nurses have no formal professional training in the sensitivities around adoption. (6) Fewer than 1 percent of women with unintended pregnancies place their children through adoption. SEC. 3. DEVELOPMENT AND DI