Child and Family Services Extension and Enhancement Act

3.0.0 2883 2023-09-06T22:27:38Z 2023-09-06T22:27:38Z House H HR 2011-09-12 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky:H.R. 2883.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United StatesConstitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and generalWelfare of the United States.''[Page H6097]]]> hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Discharged from 2011-09-19T16:33:24Z Referred to 2011-09-12T16:01:00Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Reported by 2011-09-19T16:33:08Z Referred to 2011-09-12T16:00:52Z H. Rept. 112-210 Child and Family Services Extension and Enhancement Act 112 2790 HR 2011-08-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Related bill CRS Standard DATA Act 112 3339 HR 2011-11-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Related bill CRS State Child Welfare Innovation Act 112 1013 S 2011-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Partners for Stable Families and Foster Youth Affected by Methamphetamine or Other Substance Abuse Act 112 1234 S 2011-06-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act 112 1542 S 2011-09-20 Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Related bill CRS 2011-09-30 Became Public Law No: 112-34. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2011-09-30 Became Public Law No: 112-34. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2011-09-30 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2011-09-30 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2011-09-27 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2011-09-27 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2011-09-23 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2011-09-22 Senate Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5920) Floor 2011-09-22 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5920) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2011-09-21 17:50:50 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2011-09-21 17:50:49 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 25 (Roll no. 720). (text: CR H6292-6295) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 720 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll720.xml House 112 2011-09-21T21:50:49Z 1 2011-09-21 17:50:49 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 25 (Roll no. 720).(text: CR H6292-6295) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 720 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll720.xml House 112 2011-09-21T21:50:49Z 1 2011-09-21 17:44:06 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6328-6329) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2011-09-21 13:50:27 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2011-09-21 13:27:15 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2883. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2011-09-21 13:27:05 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6292-6304) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2011-09-21 13:27:00 Mr. Davis (KY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2011-09-19 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 138. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00138 2011-09-19 Committee on The Budget discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2011-09-19 Committee on The Budget discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hsbu00 Budget Committee 2011-09-19 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-210, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2011-09-19 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-210, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2011-09-12 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2011-09-12 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2011-09-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1602-1603) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-09-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-09-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000603 Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4] Geoff Davis R KY 4 N D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 25 2011-09-12 True M001158 Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] Kenny Marchant R TX 24 2011-09-15 False B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 2011-09-15 False S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2011-09-15 False B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2011-09-15 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2011-09-15 False R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2011-09-15 False L000263 Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] SANDER LEVIN D MI M. 12 2011-09-15 False B001272 Rep. Berg, Rick [R-ND-At Large] Rick Berg R ND 0 2011-09-15 False C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 7 2011-09-15 False R000585 Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-29] Tom Reed R NY 29 2011-09-15 False R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2011-09-15 False T000462 Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] PATRICK TIBERI R OH J. 12 2011-09-15 False R000580 Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] Peter Roskam R IL J. 6 2011-09-15 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2011-09-15 False L000559 Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] JAMES LANGEVIN D RI R. 2 2011-09-15 False Public Law 112-34 Social Welfare Adoption and foster care Child care and development Child health Child safety and welfare Consumer credit Domestic violence and child abuse Family relationships Government information and archives Judicial procedure and administration Mental health Performance measurement Poverty and welfare assistance Social Welfare

00 2011-09-12 Introduced in House 2011-10-11T15:14:01Z Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act - Amends title IV part B (Child and Family Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend through FY2016 the authorization of appropriations for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program.

Revises requirements for child visitations by caseworkers.

Extends through FY2016: (1) the Safe and Stable Families Program, and (2) specified reservations of funds for monthly caseworker visits and regional partnership grants.

Revises requirements for grants to assist children affected by methamphetamine or other substance abuse to: (1) remove the specification of methamphetamine, and (2) apply the grant program generally to children affected by substance abuse. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to renew a five-year grant for up to an additional two years.

Revises requirements for the court improvement program to require grants to the highest state courts to serve the purpose of increasing and improving engagement of the entire family in court processes relating to child welfare, family preservation, family reunification, and adoption. Requires such a court to submit one application, rather than separate applications, for more than one grant.

Specifies mandatory allocations of funds for such grants.

Directs the Secretary, in order to improve data matching, to designate nonproprietary and interoperable standard data elements for any category of information required to be reported.

Requires state case review systems to assure that each child in foster care under state responsibility who has attained age 16 receives gratis: (1) a copy of any consumer report pertaining to the child each year until the child is discharged from care, and (2) assistance in interpreting and resolving any inaccuracies in the report.

Renews through FY2014 the authority of the Secretary to authorize states to conduct child welfare program demonstration projects likely to promote the objectives of part B or SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance).

Repeals the requirement for state project applications to consider certain types of proposals. Replaces such requirement with specified conditions for state eligibility to conduct a new demonstration project.

Authorizes a state to elect to establish a program to: (1) permit part E foster care maintenance payments to a long-term therapeutic family treatment center on behalf of a child residing in the center, or (2) identify and address domestic violence that endangers children and results in the placement of children in foster care.

Defines a long-term therapeutic family treatment center as a state-licensed or -certified program that: (1) enables parents and their children to live together in a safe environment for at least six months; and (2) provides substance abuse treatment services, children's early intervention services, family counseling, medical care, and related services.

Sets forth child welfare improvement policies.

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Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act - Title I: Extension of Child and Family Services Programs - (Sec. 101) Amends title IV part B (Child and Family Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend through FY2016 the authorization of appropriations for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program.

Requires each state plan for oversight and coordination of health care services for any child in a foster care placement to include an outline of: (1) the monitoring and treatment of emotional trauma associated with a child's maltreatment and removal from home, and (2) protocols for the appropriate use and monitoring of psychotropic medications.

Requires each state plan for child welfare services also to describe: (1) state activities to reduce the length of time children under age 5 are without a permanent family; (2) state activities to address the developmental needs of such children who receive Program benefits or services; and (3) the sources used to compile information on child maltreatment deaths which the state agency is required by federal law to report, as well as why the compilation does not include information on such deaths from specified state entities, if it does not, and how the state will include such information.

Revises requirements for child visitations by caseworkers. Replaces the current requirement that the Secretary establish an outline of the steps to be taken to ensure that at least 90% of the children in foster care under a state's responsibility are visited by their caseworkers on a monthly basis. Requires instead that each state take necessary steps to ensure that the total number of monthly caseworker visits to children in foster care under state responsibility during a fiscal year is at least 90% (raised to 95% for FY2015 and thereafter) of the total number of such visits that would occur during the fiscal year if each such child were so visited once every month while in such care.

(Sec. 102) Extends through FY2016 the Safe and Stable Families Program.

Requires a state Safe and Stable Families Program plan to describe how the state identifies which populations are at the greatest risk of maltreatment and how services are targeted to them.

Revises requirements for time-limited family reunification services provided to a child removed from the child's home and placed in a foster family home or a child care institution, and to the child's parents or primary caregiver, in order to facilitate the child's safe, appropriate, and timely reunification with the parents or caregiver. Requires such services to include: (1) peer-to-peer mentoring and support groups for parents and primary caregivers, and (2) services and activities designed to facilitate access to and visitation of children by parents and siblings.

Requires the annual compilation of state reports to include the individual state reports and tables that synthesize state information into national totals for each element required to be included in the reports, including planned and actual spending by service category for the program.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish the compilation on the HHS website in a location easily accessible by the public.

Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report annually on: (1) alternative sources of federal funding being employed by states or other entities for the same purposes for which Child and Families Services funding is provided; and (2) the needs of eligible families, including underserved communities, the supports available for caseworkers, the length of the wait time for families to receive substance abuse and other preventive services, the number of families on waiting lists for such services, and the effect of the delay on reunification outcomes.

(Sec. 103) Extends through FY2016 specified reservations of funds for monthly caseworker visits and regional partnership grants.

Requires monthly caseworker visit grants to be used to improve the quality of monthly caseworker visits, with an emphasis on improving caseworker decision making on the safety, permanency, and well-being of foster children.

Revises requirements for grants to assist children affected by a parent's or caretaker's methamphetamine or other substance abuse to: (1) remove the specification of methamphetamine, and (2) apply the grant program generally to children affected by a parent's or caretaker's substance abuse. Authorizes the Secretary to renew a five-year grant for up to an additional two years.

Directs the Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of the grants awarded to regional partnerships.

(Sec. 104) Revises requirements for the court improvement program to require grants to the highest state courts to serve the purpose of increasing and improving engagement of the entire family in court processes relating to child welfare, family preservation, family reunification, and adoption. Requires such a court to submit one application, rather than separate applications, for more than one grant.

Specifies mandatory allocations of funds for such grants.

(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary, in order to improve data matching, to designate nonproprietary and interoperable standard data elements for any category of information required to be reported.

(Sec. 106) Requires state case review systems to assure that each child in foster care under state responsibility who has attained age 16 receives gratis: (1) a copy of any consumer report pertaining to the child each year until the child is discharged from care, and (2) assistance in interpreting and resolving any inaccuracies in the report.

Title II: Child Welfare Demonstration Projects - (Sec. 201) Renews through FY2014 the authority of the Secretary to authorize states to conduct child welfare program demonstration projects likely to promote the objectives of part B or SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance).

Sets forth child welfare improvement policies, at least two of which a state must have implemented or planned to implement within a certain period of time.

Limits any child welfare demonstration project to five years, unless the Secretary determines that it should be continued.

Requires states authorized to conduct a demonstration project to obtain an evaluation of its effectiveness by an independent contractor.

Treats as a state any Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium operating a program under SSA title IV part E.

Title III: Budget Provisions - Sets forth budget provisions.

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Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act Display Title Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act Official Title as Introduced To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend the child and family services program through fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act Short Titles as Passed House Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act H House Short Titles as Passed Senate Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act S Senate Short Titles as Enacted Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act Enrolled Bill https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2883enr/xml/BILLS-112hr2883enr.xml Received in Senate 2011-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2883rds/xml/BILLS-112hr2883rds.xml Engrossed in House 2011-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2883eh/xml/BILLS-112hr2883eh.xml Reported in House 2011-09-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2883rh/xml/BILLS-112hr2883rh.xml Introduced in House 2011-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2883ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2883ih.xml 2011-10-01T03:59:59Z Public Law 2011-09-30 Became Public Law No: 112-34. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.