[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3462 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3462

To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to expedite the 
permanent placement of foster children by requiring States, at the time 
  a child is placed in foster care, to find any absent parent of the 
   child and evaluate the ability of the absent parent to provide a 
                      suitable home for the child.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 1993

 Mrs. Maloney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to expedite the 
permanent placement of foster children by requiring States, at the time 
  a child is placed in foster care, to find any absent parent of the 
   child and evaluate the ability of the absent parent to provide a 
                      suitable home for the child.

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

SECTION 1. PROCEDURES TO EXPEDITE THE PERMANENT PLACEMENT OF FOSTER 
              CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
674) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) The Secretary may not make a payment to a State for a 
calendar quarter under subsection (a) unless the State has in effect 
procedures requiring the State agency, at the time a child is removed 
from a home and placed in foster care under the supervision of the 
State, to locate any parent of the child who is not living at the home, 
and evaluate the ability of the parent to provide a suitable home for 
the child.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) of this 
section shall not apply with respect to any child who, on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, is in foster care under the supervision of a 
State (as defined in section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act for 
purposes of title IV of such Act).

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