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Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to renew through FY2016 the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to authorize states to conduct child welfare program demonstration projects likely to promote the objectives of part B (Child and Family Services) or E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA).
Includes among the demonstration projects that may be approved any designed to: (1) identify and address barriers that result in delays to kinship guardianship for children in foster care, (2) provide early intervention and crisis intervention services that safely reduce out-of-home placements and improve child outcomes, or (3) identify and address domestic violence that endangers children and results in the placement of children in foster care.
Prohibits the Secretary from authorizing a demonstration project if the state fails to provide health insurance coverage to any child with special needs for whom there is in effect a kinship guardianship agreement between the state and the adoptive parent or parents.
Requires the Secretary, in assessing a demonstration project application submitted by a state in which a court order is in effect which has determined that the state's child welfare program has failed to comply with part B or E of SSA title IV, or with the U.S. Constitution, to take into consideration the state's ability to implement an approved corrective action.
Requires any demonstration project application to include: (1) an accounting of any additional federal, state, local, and private investments made during the two fiscal years preceding the application to provide project services; and (2) an assurance that the state will provide an accounting of the same spending for each year of an approved project.
Requires the mandatory project evaluation by an independent contractor to use an approved evaluation design which provides for a comparison of the amounts of federal, state, local and private investments in the project services, by service type, with the amount of the investments during the period of the project. Requires the evaluation design also to compare the outcomes for all children and families under the project who come to the attention of the state's child welfare program, either through a report of abuse or neglect or through the provision of project services.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1194 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1194
To renew the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies
in State child welfare programs.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 17, 2011
Mr. McDermott (for himself and Mr. Davis of Kentucky) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means,
and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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
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A BILL
To renew the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies
in State child welfare programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RENEWAL OF AUTHORITY TO APPROVE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
DESIGNED TO TEST INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES IN STATE CHILD
WELFARE PROGRAMS.
Section 1130 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-9) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``1998 through
2003'' and inserting ``2011 through 2016'';
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or
kinship guardianship'' after ``placements'';
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking
``address kinship care'' and inserting
``provide early intervention and crisis
intervention services that safely reduce out-
of-home placements and improve child
outcomes''; and
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D) and inserting after
subparagraph (B) the following:
``(C) If an appropriate application therefor is
submitted, the Secretary shall consider authorizing a
demonstration project which is designed to identify and
address domestic violence that endangers children and
results in the placement of children in foster care.'';
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or kinship
guardianship'' after ``assistance''; and
(D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``and the
ability of the State to implement a corrective action
approved under section 1123A'' before the period;
(2) in subsection (e)--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph
(6);
(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(7) and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(8) an accounting of any additional Federal, State,
local, and private investments (other than those with respect
to which matching funds were provided under part B or E of
title IV) made, during the 2 fiscal years preceding the
application to provide the services described in paragraph (1),
and an assurance that the State will provide an accounting of
that same spending for each year of an approved demonstration
project.'';
(3) in subsection (f)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and
inserting ``, including all children and families under
the project who come to the attention of the State's
child welfare program, either through a report of abuse
or neglect or through the provision of services
described in subsection (e)(1) to the child or
family;''; and
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D) and inserting after subparagraph (B)
the following:
``(C) a comparison of the amounts of Federal,
State, local and private investments in the services
described in subsection (e)(1), by service type, with
the amount of the investments during the period of the
demonstration project; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Indian Tribes Considered States.--An Indian tribe (as defined
in section 479B(a)) shall be considered a State for purposes of this
section.''.
SEC. 2. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Mr. Davis (KY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3784-3787)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1194.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3784)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3784)
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.