113 S1876 IS: Strengthening And Finding Families for Children Act
U.S. Senate
2013-12-19
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the
Strengthening And Finding Families for Children Act
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.TITLE I—Adoption Incentive PaymentsSec. 101. Extension of program through fiscal year 2016.Sec. 102. Improvements to award structure.Sec. 103. Renaming of program.Sec. 104. Limitations on use of incentive payments.Sec. 105. State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from the phase-out of eligibility requirements for adoption assistance; requirement to spend 40 percent of savings on certain services.Sec. 106. Preservation of eligibility for kinship guardianship assistance payments with a successor guardian.Sec. 107. Data collection on adoption and foster child guardianship disruption and dissolution.Sec. 108. Encouraging the placement of children in foster care with siblings.Sec. 109. Effective dates.TITLE II—Extension of family connection grant programSec. 201. Extension of family connection grant program.TITLE III—Unemployment compensationSec. 301. Improving the collection of unemployment insurance overpayments through tax refund offset.TITLE IV—Budgetary EffectsSec. 401. Determination of budgetary effects.<enum>I</enum><header>Adoption Incentive Payments</header><section id="H867FF12CF62B41B5B36F270F87D6E48B"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extension of
program through fiscal year 2016</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473A of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 673b) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H9D45408334E446D284415C6670E91B4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(5), by striking <quote>2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2013
through 2015</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FDCAD1C69E14798B57A4343C1CE888E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in each of paragraphs (1)(D) and (2) of subsection
(h), by striking <quote>2013</quote> and inserting
<quote>2016</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HE6CA5BF447B24911A756B0AFE6E2D532"><enum>102.</enum><header>Improvements to
award structure</header><subsection id="H9B424893D32742CEB1F87390E9883F92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility for
award</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A(b) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC64EB54F1E94418FA2FF897381ABF2DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data
requirements</header><text>Section 473A(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673b(c)(2)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H33053D5E3ECE40D9B5486026F362EFAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">numbers of adoptions</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">rates of adoptions and
guardianships</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFD427100BBAC41BFBE75D6CDFDAF17F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the numbers</quote> and all that follows through <quote>section,</quote> and
inserting <quote>each of the rates required to be determined under this section with respect to a State and a fiscal year,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id70DE8829919B4ECE96485704915ED8F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting before the period the following: <quote>, and, with respect to the determination of the rates related to foster child guardianships, on the basis of information reported to the Secretary under paragraph (12) of subsection (g)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H58AC449D036E4D03B746D1A8133086E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Award
amount</header><text>Section 473A(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(d)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id55D96850F3F04B8BA54FBF5A544D735A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking
subparagraphs (A) through (C) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H939D33810D7A45F5AC8741360CDFA52B" style="OLC"><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FE43CACADA04515995CD48E10656041"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$4,000, multiplied
by the amount (if any) by which—</text><clause id="HF486304C55264D58BA4F3F0EBE563DD9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
foster child adoptions in the State during the fiscal year; exceeds</text></clause><clause id="HE28EAB6CC0C94CECB1C6F2582E133692"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole
number) of—</text><subclause id="H38DE960F0B8F4E7AAA506E7AD317C12D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the base rate of
foster child adoptions for the State for the fiscal year; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAE58987CFB14E458B9546C81E88A946"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the supervision of the State on the last day of the preceding fiscal
year;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FCCD7C67BBB4B759355B4847014C927"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$8,000, multiplied
by the amount (if any) by which—</text><clause id="H5F345F697BF545B1B10ED677B4A390CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships in the State during the fiscal year; exceeds</text></clause><clause id="H3D3B1F7469C641C286BEECC0566E7852"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole
number) of—</text><subclause id="H6D60DD93D5494211B53B6B051359DDE4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the base rate of
older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships for the State for the fiscal year; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC95A6E30CAE456FB40147B8935F054D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the supervision of the State on the last day of the preceding fiscal
year who have attained age 9;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5A562F8D39D4C8DB9C1D0659553895F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$4,500,
multiplied by the amount (if any) by which—</text><clause id="idD7A2A73A393B4A9AA36CBF3684E014BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions in the State during
the fiscal year; exceeds</text></clause><clause id="idD8BF94E2B6674EFCA92A990E5EF6010A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole
number) of—</text><subclause id="id0CB7147E33344A50A581E2D94F414507"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the base rate of
special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions for the State for
the fiscal year; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id949AC24BB7904CB29F7CA43924947393"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the supervision of the State on the last day of the preceding fiscal
year who have not attained age 9; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D54664C38C0440EB6234FAC4F791798"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$4,000, multiplied
by the amount (if any) by which—</text><clause id="H1A4EC5F94DA2487AAABF0F39E50CCC70"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
foster child guardianships in the State during the fiscal year; exceeds</text></clause><clause id="HDB6DBA222B1D49CBA12348B0C3D41A27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole
number) of—</text><subclause id="HF9BA3B31E8A44B95A42A5E6132F05E5B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the base rate of
foster child guardianships for the State for the fiscal year; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE8D7E7567D54F45A335EE3D1E7FD4AD"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the supervision of the State on the last day of the preceding fiscal year.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id579B164350954321A8C6E72737CAB0DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D130F19ED5A4E9FBF200BC827F63DE6" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71D2BC0B984846FD9A0CD5D30CAFD4EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increased adoption and legal guardianship incentive payment for timely adoptions</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF5361E351DB44FE2B5AF8469B93B7121"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If for any of fiscal years 2013 through 2015, the total amount of adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments payable under paragraph (1) of this subsection are less than the amount appropriated under subsection (h) for the fiscal year, then, from the remainder of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year that is not required for such payments (in this paragraph referred to as the <term>timely adoption award pool</term>), the Secretary shall increase the adoption incentive payment determined under paragraph (1) for each State that the Secretary determines is a timely adoption award State for the fiscal year by the award amount determined for the fiscal year under subparagraph (C).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC00A1F1494D34F1A98D8F0126DF542B3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Timely adoption award State defined</header><text>A State is a timely adoption award State for a fiscal year if the State is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia and the Secretary determines that more than 50 percent of the foster child adoptions that were finalized in the State during the fiscal year were for children for whom an adoption was finalized not more than 12 months after the date on which the child becomes legally free for adoption.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0BF1CFD97E614C8B9E737B6DB340DA5C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Award amount</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the award amount determined under this subparagraph with respect to a fiscal year is the amount equal to the product of—</text><clause id="IDB3E06B94291443A3955A48C95D82BFD2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the timely adoption award pool for the fiscal year; and</text></clause><clause id="ID68421A9651614607BB4AAD7B33C3FBF3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of timely adoption award States for the fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H34E4A955CC074D2D83D4483AEE621E6B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
473A(g) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(g)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (1)
through (8) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id460C1109487F4445AB9762A48B9F6B37" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HE7D00AD47E104F258996A8DB24FA910D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foster child
adoption rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>foster child adoption rate</term> means, with respect to a State and a
fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing—</text><subparagraph id="H920330493A994C6B9B90241F75BAABA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
foster child adoptions finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C90991AC8EF4222B87CA2E9F7D8F104"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
children in foster care under the supervision of the State on the last day of
the preceding fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H148465D9C7E243F6938FA24436ADAEB9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Base rate of
foster child adoptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>base rate of foster child
adoptions</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the average of the foster child
adoption rate for the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AF13321AEE340BDAAF0497507D43733"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foster child
adoption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>foster child adoption</term> means the final adoption of a child who, at
the time of adoptive placement, was in foster care under the supervision of the
State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7DC5E33EE8AC4F5FA251363A151DE94F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special needs
adoptions that are not older child adoptions rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>special needs adoptions that
are not older child adoptions rate</term> means, with respect to a State and a
fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing—</text><subparagraph id="id4AC92DDC4C0443C78985AA0BE5FCD3BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions finalized in the
State during the fiscal year; by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id648771C3C71D419CBFD463F09C74064E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
children in foster care under the supervision of the State on the last day of
the preceding fiscal year who have not attained age 9.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idEFA0DC04D422403AA7A859791DE0A347"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Base rate of
special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>base rate of special needs
adoptions that are not older child adoptions</term> means, with respect to a
State and a fiscal year, the average of the special needs
adoptions that are not older child adoptions rate for the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idABD689F968C64FF78AF1EA78B8BB4EB6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Special needs
adoptions that are not older child adoptions</header><text>The term <term>special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions</term> means the
final adoptions of all children who have not attained age 9 and for whom an adoption assistance agreement is in
effect under section 473.</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9EC30CB034B4F838D771C7B67DA0A8B"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Older child
adoptions and older foster child guardianships rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships rate</term> means, with respect to a State and a
fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing—</text><subparagraph id="H7BF3FAD4FDEB487A8C4CA42C8BCAFA72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2005DFEEB9D24F93B3B0585BCB29DDC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the supervision of the State on the last day of the preceding fiscal year, who
have attained 9 years of age.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2F0F081208F74CF584793FD2F6215E45"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Base rate of
older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>base rate of older child
adoptions and older foster child guardianships</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the average of the older child
adoptions and older foster child guardianships rate for the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEABFC7B956E84EB1AC35739A19A9AA9A"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Older child
adoptions and older foster child guardianships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships</term> means the final adoption, or the placement into legal guardianship, of all children who have
attained 9 years of age and—</text><subparagraph id="HACA3D76D11D34B8C95298E34C878F614"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the time of the
adoptive or legal guardianship placement, were in foster care under the supervision of the
State; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2BEF6E587DA4E7BB526D0C306BB4181"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for whom an adoption
assistance agreement was in effect under section 473.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBDB0361DFDA4C4CA70D5C144ECB6F05"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Foster child
guardianship rate</header><text>The term <term>foster child guardianship
rate</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the percentage
determined by dividing—</text><subparagraph id="H295981DDC11A497D8C12B3D2899B6EE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
foster child guardianships that occurred in the State during the fiscal year;
by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DD10933095444F6B539A10D4E8E680D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
children in foster care under the supervision of the State on the last day of
the preceding fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H31A0976BD30E49589825EE1543183FC9"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Base rate of
foster child guardianships</header><text>The term <term>base rate of foster
child guardianships</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year,
the average of the foster child
guardianship rate for the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD3ED2B107D44918BE51A2DC2933247C"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Foster child guardianship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>foster child guardianship</term> means, with respect to a State, the exit of a child from foster care under the responsibility of the State to live with a legal guardian, if the State has reported to the Secretary—</text><subparagraph id="H03C4E6FF0D4F47E0A0A4F99F19FE875C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the State agency has determined that—</text><clause id="HF42C282F04AA4ACC92DDCB87DA403DAB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the child has been removed from his or her home pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement or as a result of a judicial determination to the effect that continuation in the home would be contrary to the welfare of the child;</text></clause><clause id="H6E88D246F8D440BE824017AEC6929DB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>being returned home is not an appropriate option for the child;</text></clause><clause id="H3BD632B983374A29AC26FDB958D1A704"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the child demonstrates a strong attachment to the prospective legal guardian, and the prospective legal guardian has a strong commitment to caring permanently for the child; and</text></clause><clause id="H462292BD7DCC49FD94046DE63BC62CBA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>if the child has attained 14 years of age, the child has been consulted regarding the legal guardianship arrangement; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA37B2F594B04FDE86CEB76A5127059C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the alternative procedures used by the State to determine that legal guardianship is the appropriate option for the child.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="HF14313F3AF094CF8948AA5FC0C1179CD"><enum>103.</enum><header>Renaming of program</header><subsection id="HAA9F4C52977E4FA58C2AD141033BE192"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The section heading of section 473A of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC44909EDD0C42A99E491B9205F760A9" style="OLC"><section id="HAF2B482F66DF4C7D80C814958858783E"><enum>473A.</enum><header>Adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments</header></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HE76A838D1E154005B193DB678E5DC6BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="HAA9347B842744D8AA6E8F07D41763F89"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A of such Act is amended in each of subsections (a), (d)(1), (d)(2)(A), and (d)(2)(B) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(a)</external-xref>, (d)(1), (d)(2)(A), and (d)(2)(B)) by inserting <quote>and legal guardianship</quote> after <quote>adoption</quote> each place it appears.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EBAA03C2A234C8D87BBB621F1E1B882"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The heading of section 473A(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(d)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and legal guardianship</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">adoption</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA55C44F86AD44A20ABF1C5FD51DD4582"><enum>104.</enum><header>Limitations on use of incentive payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473A(f) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6271F59FE1734399B86308621CA19E1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>, and shall use the amount to supplement, and not supplant, any Federal or non-Federal funds used to provide any service under part B or E</quote> before the period;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD8DF5DAFCF6245B692A307E19C6D2E9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after the first sentence, the following: <quote>In the case of any State that is paid an incentive payment under this section for a fiscal year that exceeds $100,000, the State shall use at least 25 percent of the
incentive payment made to the State for that fiscal year to provide services for children who have been reunified with their families, including services to youth who, after emancipating from foster care, return to their families, to support and sustain these reunifications.</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6A2850A50EE942B6811C2C992BFA8165"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the preceding sentence</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H1750B7D02ED847178E9CE2B99CC8560E"><enum>105.</enum><header>State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from the phase-out of eligibility requirements for adoption assistance; requirement to spend 40 percent of savings on certain services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473(a)(8) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673">42 U.S.C. 673(a)(8)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H577D51C232C34822B8D46FC7FB41A3AE" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H9C7E0030E970486496BAD3648B6CC278" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1D51B50303A94D57A0516B1BC1E399EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall calculate the savings (if any) resulting from the application of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) to all applicable children for a fiscal year, using a methodology specified by the Secretary or an alternate methodology proposed by the State and approved by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBD88DB9804B46148AFA762D45FAF3F8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A State shall annually report to the Secretary—</text><clause id="H34A12ECD270C4B1FBE9D333AB8293A45"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the methodology used to make the calculation described in subparagraph (A), without regard to whether any savings are found;</text></clause><clause id="HAEB110F2B2764FA785FF3E21C840434A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of any savings referred to in subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="H038001827D2B48F0A2078CAC752442D7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how any such savings are spent, accounting for and reporting the spending separately from any other spending reported to the Secretary under part B or E.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4010F209A97447ADB216BCDC73D36C0B" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary shall make all information reported pursuant to subparagraph (B) (including the information required under subparagraph (D)(iii)) available on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services in a location easily accessible to the public.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H618F4FE60E2A42668C363C9C087D52BD" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCD3ECB620402462EB737C00129EF7B98"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall spend an amount equal to the amount of the savings (if any) in State expenditures under this part resulting from the application of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) to all applicable children for a fiscal year, to provide to children of families any service that may be provided under this part or part B, and shall spend not less than 40 percent of any such savings on—</text><subclause id="idA2658D1C8DF1411989841402A43CEC27" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">post-adoption or post-guardianship services (as applicable) for children placed in adoptive,
kinship guardianship, or guardianship placements and their families; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id96C3EE4CB20D41D3B6A245D16B864257" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">services to support and sustain positive permanent outcomes for children who otherwise might enter into foster care under the responsibility of the State.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id68F9E4AF0DC348CAA25A5CEBF0A77EA6" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any spending by a State in accordance with this subparagraph shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any Federal or non-Federal funds used to provide any service under part B or E.</text></clause><clause id="idCFC821C5E1D5485BA4F875F45B874BCE" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall include in the annual report submitted to the Secretary under subparagraph (B) a detailed account, in such form and manner as the Secretary shall require, of the services funded by the State to satisfy the requirements of clause (i) of this subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HC2D28544D49B4D82ABEE616E28E33759"><enum>106.</enum><header>Preservation of eligibility for kinship guardianship assistance payments with a successor guardian</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673">42 U.S.C. 673(d)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F7F5D342AA241E2A85934EDC32273AE" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H60131208A88F48F89E74A81774D68D7F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligibility not affected by replacement of guardian with a successor guardian</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event of the death or incapacity of the relative guardian, the eligibility of a child for a kinship guardianship assistance payment under this subsection shall not be affected by reason of the replacement of the relative guardian with a successor legal guardian named in the kinship guardianship assistance agreement referred to in paragraph (1) (including in any amendment to the agreement), notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and section 471(a)(28).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id8C8043D3FAAD4E53ADF2CA4BB9A133FE"><enum>107.</enum><header>Data collection
on adoption and foster child guardianship disruption and dissolution</header><subsection id="id218380C33CFD49A6B1FD9893804270C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 479 of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/679">42 U.S.C. 679</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32468A1205BC4AFA83B18F70A583CDAC" style="OLC"><subsection id="idFD26712001F74BCDA7722970BCA68C45"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4BCCD626D54C46B3ABDB36A1E4E29355"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 12
months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening And Finding Families for Children Act</short-title> the
Secretary shall, as part of the data collection system established under this
section, promulgate final regulations providing for the collection and analysis
of information regarding children who enter into foster care under the supervision of a State as a result of
the disruption of a placement for adoption or foster child guardianship or the dissolution of an adoption or foster child guardianship. The regulations
shall require each State with a State plan approved under this part and part B to collect and report as part of such data collection system and, as appropriate, to report supplementary, descriptive, or spending information required separate from such system and, as appropriate, as part of other reports required under this part or part B, the information specified in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1D3B5241FECF40A19DF95E9504A4BDC1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The regulations promulgated under paragraph (1) shall require a State to collect and report the following information:</text><subparagraph id="id08B6A792CB3D4811B98202930793C01C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Information on children born in the United States who are
adopted or placed in a foster child guardianship and who enter into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of the disruption of a placement for adoption or foster child guardianship or the
dissolution of an adoption or foster child guardianship, including—</text><clause id="id111B48B1B49F42F7BC92E23358FEE749"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of such children who enter
into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of—</text><subclause id="idA34EC59345174879AB17E6D5CE5A37B9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the disruption of placement for adoption;</text></subclause><subclause id="idB523D587C3EE4A1A867113C6955D49C2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the disruption of placement for foster child guardianship;</text></subclause><subclause id="idF5D81F36BF774B89B3244A6766A17B42"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the dissolution of an adoption; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id2D72FDDDEFA9484980C0652759E6EAE8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the dissolution of a foster child guardianship; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id048C11DFDC5C42E5B295D1810DF3B878"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each child identified under
clause (i)—</text><subclause id="id74DAF3C5921B47F9AFD96162FDB9D5B1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the length of the adoption or foster child guardianship placement
prior to disruption or dissolution;</text></subclause><subclause id="id2671501C90BA4CB0A59AC04EB3E4070B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the age of the child at the time of the
disruption or dissolution;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1893E2A2824E40EC9905B6155FC824B4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the reason for the disruption or
dissolution, as well as illustrative or supplementary materials that provide elaboration for the reason; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id9D4CAFC513DA457D9C590B5C9FDEB442"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the agencies who handled the placement
for adoption or foster child guardianship.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4B68DC2BA051437F92BAA8E7F86B7CE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Information on children born in a country other than the United States who enter into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of the disruption of a placement for adoption or the dissolution of an adoption, including—</text><clause id="id52EA3796439D4E01856014309FBF338F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of such children who enter
into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of—</text><subclause id="idD342367AB0E94C48B11B17D1768AC348"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the disruption of placement for adoption; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idD38877C835F74120A03E5C63878F697F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the dissolution of an adoption;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id14B29674A70A480890B573F4F1F63D6D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each child identified under
clause (i)—</text><subclause id="id2CBC01D2BFD4479BAB6F98DFC25DD3FF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the child's country of birth and, if different, the country from which the child originally was placed for adoption;</text></subclause><subclause id="id12D5D2ECF00140A68E352F473BE12549"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the length of the adoption placement
prior to disruption or dissolution;</text></subclause><subclause id="id2AE74811EBA54A4A8E9CCCD6ED0C10F0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the age of the child at the time of the
disruption or dissolution;</text></subclause><subclause id="idCAD0D07CC64F4E0D9865753501F1994B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the reason for the disruption or
dissolution, as well as illustrative or supplementary materials that provide elaboration for the reason; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idFFC1AEAF35264CFC855BA680385E21E6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the agencies who handled the placement
for adoption; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA71FFAFDB314668B011256A5043B973"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of the pre- and post-adoptive
support services that
the State has determined result in lower rates of disruption and dissolution of adoptions or foster child guardianships.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE7C8424772F84D999A1BEB80D881FC09"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Information on how the State spends funds paid to the State from an allotment for the State under section 433 to promote adoption, and, separately, to provide pre- and post-adoptive support services.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAE7BE972C4224BB8B7635849A232E149"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Such other information as determined
appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id82AF191EBAB24A9080A9B4D9C03CCD5A" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>foster child guardianship</term> has the meaning given that term in section 473A(g)(12).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id0B133C1AD6CE4F528F80B48C583C2EBF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Section 479A of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/679b">42 U.S.C. 679b</external-xref>)
is amended—</text><paragraph id="idB8B90144B2BB4BB08521B6633EA94F34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD9AAF78E162B453791F25A8C6E4C88FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7E454B6643F84384A3B7CA2856DA2B97"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71AE80B7824A43D7840E940CBC7ADA75" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idF849AD40783A4BAC8AFB4ACDBC9F010D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include in the
report submitted pursuant to paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2016 or any
succeeding fiscal year, national and State-by-State data on the numbers and
rates of disruptions and dissolutions of adoptions, as collected pursuant to
section
479(d).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idA95FCE9D58FA451C99D01652847C827A"><enum>108.</enum><header>Encouraging the placement of children in foster care with siblings</header><subsection id="idAD9671BC406A4DE6ABC7D0B27AAF387D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan amendment</header><paragraph id="idC8796CA30E044B80AAABC0EFD167A7B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification of parents of siblings</header><text>Section 471(a)(29) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(29)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>all adult grandparents</quote> and inserting <quote>the following relatives: all adult grandparents, all parents of a sibling of the child, where such parent has legal custody of such sibling,</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id943DAA73579643ED9CE239AD584B77D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sibling defined</header><text>Section 475 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A4F3071E26D4E18A66624EA8BB93E89" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idC5ECD10FD7B449FEA2BDD0D4390EFA03"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The term <term>sibling</term> means an individual who satisfies at least one of the following conditions with respect to a child:</text><subparagraph id="idD9F79719099C4EE4A6A5E389F291D8C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The individual is considered by State law to be a sibling of the child.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4BCDD0E521AE4CCAA3FB85EB5BC05D89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The individual would have been considered a sibling of the child under State law but for a termination or other disruption of parental rights, such as the death of a parent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75D50075F12F4E04BCB71660B58A939A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as subordinating the rights of foster or adoptive parents of a child to the rights of the parents of a sibling of that child.</text></subsection></section><section id="H91207B5521B3472EBFEF6F1DB59FD4F7"><enum>109.</enum><header>Effective dates</header><subsection id="H52B12638CCD641A7A86DB91C9A8AD34E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section, the amendments made by this title shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2013.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3189439920714755BF631F8E7273E0B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restructuring and renaming of program</header><paragraph id="H71A8001F99D24616AA5C007ED11BA9B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by sections 102 and 103 shall take effect on October 1, 2014, subject to paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1C3D80DCA9249A3B444047F8701413E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition rule</header><subparagraph id="idF9E769177D834BBDAF7C79D1E5F6CC49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total amount payable to a State under section 473A of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2014 shall be an amount equal to <fraction>1/2</fraction> of the sum of—</text><clause id="HC4B45CFD358D4B44A98F97239AB3344D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total amount that would be payable to the State under such section for fiscal year 2014 if the amendments made by section 102 of this Act had not taken effect; and</text></clause><clause id="H81B3B769D34F4303AE65B9723C6AFC9A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount that would be payable to the State under such section for fiscal year 2014 in the absence of this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDB5CBD2E4F0646BFBAAA33B272A4EB2D"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pro rata adjustment if insufficient funds available</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the total amount otherwise payable under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2014 exceeds the amount appropriated pursuant to section 473A(h) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(h)</external-xref>) for that fiscal year, the amount payable to each State under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2014 shall be—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF4B53B5831994895AA8EFE37C8E6E88D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount that would otherwise be payable to the State under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2014; multiplied by</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAC58470D08D44BC3BA128372C79E167D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the percentage represented by the amount so appropriated for fiscal year 2014, divided by the total amount otherwise payable under subparagraph (A) to all States for that fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id02D7AC68EEA34342B64DD3CFEC1F92D8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Promoting sibling connections</header><paragraph id="id4D34297EA83C48CDA0BA341689FF3BD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by section 108 shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13F470206FA54E20A8E70A1AF3F13DB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delay permitted if State legislation required</header><text>In the case of a State plan approved under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by section 108, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such part solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the close of the 1st regular session of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year period beginning with the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Extension of family connection grant program</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95E7396D6B9B4395961D2DD61316B4B1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Extension of family connection grant program</header><subsection id="idC65B914500D249FA86D143FEA179577B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 427(h) of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/627">42 U.S.C. 627(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2016</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7DF97B607F05415E92F127CBDB891526"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility of universities for matching grants</header><text>Section 427(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/627">42 U.S.C. 627(a)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text><paragraph id="id161521EC53854E959AD5466236644276"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> before <quote>private</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id838DCC303E034797BF83EA37E36C2029"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and institutions of higher education (as defined under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)),</quote> after <quote>arrangements,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD983A822CDC3488F9C5903B7577A1E0D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Finding families for foster youth who are parents</header><text>Section 427(a)(1)(E) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/627">42 U.S.C. 627(a)(1)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and other individuals who are willing and able to be foster parents for children in foster care under the responsibility of the State who are themselves parents</quote> after <quote>kinship care families</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7F2EE9683A8D4F3E8D87178F5359AA83"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds</header><text>Section 427(g) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/627">42 U.S.C. 627(g)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="idC3F03DBF8DF34324989CCC3A8B4408E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id384B2301D1D44408B6BB0FE3E1689F30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Unemployment compensation</header><section id="HE7AEA29D5F6C469391895160D1B7CB58"><enum>301.</enum><header>Improving the collection of unemployment insurance overpayments through tax refund offset</header><subsection id="HDC279FD41D9F4F19B3FCE0F0762D35C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/503">42 U.S.C. 503</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5132DFBF50744DC98206402E5323388A" style="OLC"><subsection id="H631E6325E1AF4E00A1779356CCB695A4"><enum>(m)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a covered unemployment compensation debt (as defined under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6402">section 6402(f)(4)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) that remains uncollected as of the date that is 2 years after the date when such debt was first incurred, the State to which such debt is owed shall take action to recover such debt under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6402">section 6402(f)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9EB2B2FC7ED4D0DBF9C5870FD961B58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2015.</text></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Budgetary Effects</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31a094939a34455fa08fb05a2051f4fe" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Determination of budgetary effects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 <quote>Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation</quote> for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.</text></section>