3.0.0 1829 2023-01-11T13:38:34Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z Senate S 2017-09-19 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-19T16:05:25Z ASK Act 115 4820 HR 2018-01-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Increasing Opportunity and Success for Children and Parents through Evidence-Based Home Visiting Act 115 2824 HR 2017-09-28 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2017-09-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-09-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-09-19 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2017-09-19 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-09-19 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2017-09-19 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2017-09-19 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-09-19 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2017-09-25 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-09-25 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-09-25 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2017-09-25 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2017-09-27 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-09-27 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2017-09-27 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-10-02 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-10-02 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2017-10-02 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2017-10-16 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-10-16 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2017-10-16 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-10-16 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-10-17 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-10-18 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-10-18 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-10-31 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2017-11-07 False C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2017-11-09 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2017-11-27 False F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2017-12-01 False Social Welfare Child care and development Child health Child safety and welfare Family services Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Performance measurement Poverty and welfare assistance Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Social Welfare 00 2017-09-19 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-22T20:13:48Z Strong Families Act of 2017

This bill amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to reauthorize through FY2022, and otherwise revise, the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.

Under current law, grantees were required, after three years of program implementation, to demonstrate improvement in specified benchmark areas. The bill requires grantees to continue to track and demonstrate, on a triennial basis, improvement in applicable benchmark areas. A grantee that fails to do so must develop and implement a corrective action plan, subject to approval by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS shall terminate a program grant made to a grantee that implements such a plan but continues to fail to demonstrate improvement.

As a condition for receiving grant funds under the program, a state must review and update its statewide needs assessment by October 1, 2020.

A grantee may use a portion of program grant funds to support a "pay-for-outcomes initiative" (a performance-based grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, awarded by a public entity, in which a commitment is made to pay for improved outcomes that result in social benefit and public-sector cost savings).

HHS must designate data-exchange standards applicable to the program.

]]> Strong Families Act of 2017 Display Title Strong Families Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Strong Families Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Introduced in Senate 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1829is/xml/BILLS-115s1829is.xml 2017-09-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.