[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1784 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1784

To provide for a demonstration project to improve provision of certain 
 benefits under the Social Security Act through a private aid program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1993

 Mr. Kleczka (for himself and Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways 
                   and Means and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a demonstration project to improve provision of certain 
 benefits under the Social Security Act through a private aid program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION. 1. NEW HOPE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall provide for a 
demonstration project for a qualified program to be conducted in 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in accordance with this section.
    (b) Payments.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), for each 
calendar quarter in which there is a qualified program approved under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall pay to the operator of the 
qualified program an amount equal to the aggregate amount that would 
otherwise have been payable to the State in the absence of the program, 
with respect to participants in the program, for cash assistance and 
child care under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, for 
medical assistance under title XIX of such Act, and for administrative 
expenses related to such assistance, for such calendar quarter. In 
calculating the amount of such payment, the expenses of the program 
incurred in evaluating the effects of the program (as required under 
subsection (d)(1)) may be treated as amounts necessary for the proper 
and efficient administration of the program, for purposes of part A of 
title IV, and title XIX, of such Act.
    (2) Limitation on payments.--Payments shall be made under paragraph 
(1) to participants in the program for no more than 20 calendar 
quarters.
    (c) Demonstration Project Described.--For purposes of this section, 
the term ``qualified program'' means a program operated--
            (1) by The New Hope Project, Inc., a private, not-for-
        profit corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of 
        Wisconsin (referred to in this section as the ``operator''), 
        which offers low-income residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 
        employment, wage supplements, child care, health care, and 
        counseling and training for job retention or advancement; and
            (2) in accordance with an application submitted by the 
        operator of the program and approved by the Secretary based on 
        the Secretary's determination that the application satisfies 
        the requirements of subsection (d).
    (d) Contents of Application.--The operator of the qualified program 
shall provide, in the operator's application to conduct a demonstration 
project for the program, that the following terms and conditions will 
be met:
            (1) The operator will develop and implement an evaluation 
        plan designed to provide reliable information on the impact and 
        implementation of the program. The evaluation plan will include 
        adequately sized groups of project participants and control 
        groups assigned at random.
            (2) The operator will develop and implement a plan 
        addressing the services and assistance to be provided by the 
        program, the timing and determination of payments from the 
        Secretary to the operator of the program, and the roles and 
        responsibilities of the Secretary and the operator with respect 
        to meeting the requirements of this paragraph.
            (3) The operator will specify a methodology for determining 
        expenditures to be paid to the operator by the Secretary, with 
        assistance from the Secretary in calculating the amount that 
        would otherwise have been payable to the State in the absence 
        of the program, pursuant to subsection (b).
            (4) The operator will issue an interim and final report on 
        the results of the evaluation described in paragraph (1) to the 
        Secretary at such times as required by the Secretary.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the first 
day of the first calendar quarter that begins after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

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