110 HR 5466 IH: Investment in Kids’ Instruction,
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-02-14
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Investment in Kids’ Instruction,
Development and Support Act
or the Invest in KIDS
Act
.
2.The table of contents
of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Providing Services to Strengthen Families and Reduce the
Need for Foster Care
Sec. 101. Child and family services program.
Title II—Ensuring Federal Foster Coverage for All Children in
Need
Sec. 201. Expanded eligibility for foster care and adoption
assistance.
Sec. 202. Flexibility to establish separate standards for
relative foster family homes.
Sec. 203. Application of standards to all children.
Title III—Supporting a Qualified Child Welfare
Workforce
Sec. 301. Child welfare service quality improvement
grants.
Sec. 302. Increase in payment rate for States for expenditures
for short term training of staff of certain child welfare agencies and court
personnel.
Title IV—Connecting Children to Support, Family, Health Care, and
School
Subtitle A—Connection to Support
Sec. 401. State option for children in foster care after
attaining age 18.
Subtitle B—Connections to Family
Sec. 411. Kinship guardianship assistance payments for
children.
Sec. 412. Family connection grants.
Sec. 413. Information on adoption tax credit.
Sec. 414. Adoption incentives program.
Sec. 415. Sibling placement.
Subtitle C—Connections to Health Care
Sec. 421. Health oversight and coordination plan.
Subtitle D—Connections to School
Sec. 431. Educational stability.
<enum>I</enum><header>Providing Services
to Strengthen Families and Reduce the Need for Foster Care</header>
<section id="H998F6088168E496D9D329125DE8E9BAF"><enum>101.</enum><header>Child and
family services program</header>
<subsection id="H2E2E984E0973485FA2394929AD9B8B90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Child and family
services component of State plan</header><text>Section 471(a) of the Social
Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF965F2BFE8C046A08857731CF19500C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (26);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F055ECAE5B34B83940387443ECA3B36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (27) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD4D9141C1E74F75BAACB9EDB69D4F65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D5B37F5AC6B401000AC60DF36D89C5" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1C31612803C44EED90CB5365781000A7"><enum>(28)</enum><text>at the option of
the State, includes a child and family services component that describes in
detail—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83E980D63AE74495B600FD27408FB400"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the State intends to spend the funds
provided under section 474(a)(5), and an assurance that the State will submit
to the Secretary reports on annual spending of the funds in accordance with a
detailed, uniform system which shall be developed by the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB99C50D506CD44A3A9CF07D069E08E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the goals the State
intends to achieve with the expenditure of the funds; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30D1ADD7DDB24ECBB2E0A534269555D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the process by
which the State intends to assess the effects of the expenditure of the funds
on—</text>
<clause id="H918494C0BBA945658FB7326C59D73F33"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the goals referred
to in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A88D841568F40F596CCDF00DDB116FB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other indicators
of child welfare performance; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EAB778E2B6C4DB5BFE0328855A025A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the State intends to spend funds
provided under section 474(a)(5) to implement, in whole or in part, a
corrective action plan referred to in subsection (b)(2)(B) of this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB53F618DE6EF424BA559A75219E8D607"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Approval of
child and family services component</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 471(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
671(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA36F14E0D604896A5A297D9C015D9FA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC0E01CCF374A424DB6F5447BBF35E93F"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6A084D07AA3440F98E99B3B4C098B391"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
approve any plan which complies with subsection (a), subject to paragraph (2)
of this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDA172B61BA44FA9A745F9084B508644" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9C99067F535743B9828DF5D2981EDB34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary may not
approve the child and family services component of a plan submitted pursuant to
this part if there is in effect a final determination under section 1123A that
a State program under part B or this part has failed to substantially conform
with the requirements, regulations, and plans referred to in section 1123A(a)
that apply to the program, unless the State is implementing a corrective action
plan referred to in section 1123A(b)(4)(A) with respect to the failure. The
Secretary may disapprove the component if the State is not making meaningful
progress in ending the failure to so conform.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E280E7A8C5749E8BCA4CC6D801B78" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may disapprove the child and
family services component of a plan submitted pursuant to this part if—</text>
<clause id="HDBAD0A2C91B94345A0C36EDEE4CAA980"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the component describes an intention of the
State to expend funds using a method that is substantially similar to a
specific method used by the State to expend funds pursuant to the State plan
approved under this part in not less than 2 of the 5 most recently preceding
fiscal years; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A5416A9BE3044AFAAC9DF910533315E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the prior spending failed to result in
meaningful progress towards achieving the goals described in the plan pursuant
to subsection (a)(28)(B), determined on the basis of the process referred to in
subsection
(a)(28)(C).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC9EFFDBDCC9946F8A93E535650F49200"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payments to
States</header><text>Section 474(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5764D25954F46069F7F5F82125B2831"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; plus</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED5C2CDED922465189B5CF8D33F4715D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B1F6D4920EB48F08145E4FFF958F6CD" style="OLC">
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89D83AE5BD0044A48CCDD7A3132F1C28"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an amount equal to
the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 1905(b)) of
the total amount expended during such quarter to provide (and evaluate the
provision of) services which seek to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H133C8BE1386D4AB3B8948E0054270029"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">safely reduce the number of children in
foster care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1534BF4939DC4C94985EEAC4217991C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>safely reduce the
length of stay for children in foster care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6AA334BC3714C7CA72B6D3B350835B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase the
percentage of foster children who are cared for in family-like settings;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6CAA7385FB648B0AE00CBFB0018B00"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the well-being of children in
foster care, in an adoption eligible for payments under section 473, or in a
kinship guardianship arrangement eligible for payments under section 473(d);
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14249F60BF2647C6B2CADCEC81A28B7F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability to
Indian tribes</header><text>Section 479B(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act, as added by
section 201(e)(2) of this Act, is amended by striking <quote>(1) and
(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1), (2), and (5)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAE88F094BFC745D5ACD09DFC1191236C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Nonsupplantation</header><text>Section
474 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5032149F063E410C9DEB68A7EA9B94D9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H82B4E35DC77841FC86B7FC0313AA82F"><enum>(g)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State to which funds are paid under
subsection (a)(5) shall use those funds to supplement and not supplant any
Federal, State or local funds used for services described in such
subsection.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Ensuring Federal
Foster Coverage for All Children in Need</header>
<section id="H885CC0D349F141D6A1EB3D90B1C86"><enum>201.</enum><header>Expanded
eligibility for foster care and adoption assistance</header>
<subsection id="H9C16519D83624BF78CF7E682AF1436B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foster
care</header>
<paragraph id="H52277A8E33C34C73B7F80062CC2E3192"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Elimination of
income eligibility requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="HAFE395B5E4E44B0DAC1FB000E540BB00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 472(a) of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/672">42 U.S.C. 672(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="HD25408DC0BC44CE98886489D36E0532C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>specified</quote> and all that follows and
inserting <quote>or caretaker into foster care if the removal and foster care
placement met, and continues to meet, the requirements of paragraph
(2).</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2271C6CD018F49D8001163D07943B4B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (3) and (4).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39B00A6183E8490CA88F007F00E0ECB2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 470 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/670">42 U.S.C. 670</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>who otherwise would have been eligible for assistance under the
State’s plan approved under part A (as such plan was in effect on June 1,
1995)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H69AE42CED0D14B75A210CFDA66350B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foster care
maintenance payments match rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 474 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674</external-xref>), as amended by
section 101(e) of this Act, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H79CE13D75358480C00A90022F8BBE596"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by inserting <quote>, subject to subsection (h)(1)</quote> before the
semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55FFF05F2BC948FFA5E9626842CBD495"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3004C1B6D8C649CD9DFA4C1C8909DF74" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2743F1418DA141988BE029474DB0F91D"><enum>(h)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC3833D455EFA427EB6D4B7A58973588C"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF8800EDDEA5243088D1D74DC49CFCC58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
reduce the percentage by which expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(1)
are reimbursed, by such equal percentage for all States as may be necessary to
ensure that—</text>
<clause id="H486692C6767F4CBA87CA591567AE272E" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the ratio, for any calendar
quarter, of the total of the amounts payable to States under such subsection to
the total of all amounts expended by the States as foster care maintenance
payments (whether or not eligible for reimbursement under this part), excluding
any expenditure made from other funds provided by the Federal Government;
equals</text>
</clause><clause id="HC54906BA43874A97BF07B5FBD6409DF" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the average such ratio for the 12
quarters most recently preceding the effective date of this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H000C7B1A9F9F4109B400A9AB40F645EE" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H62C5F60EB325452592AD5290A2646E81"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
establish procedures to allow States to submit to the Secretary supplemental
claims for reimbursement of expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(1)
incurred during the 3-year period beginning with the effective date of this
subsection.</text>
</clause><clause id="H985AD545BD3E4F438F8FB16513E9BC82" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A supplemental claim for
reimbursement of expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(1) that is
submitted by a State may be for an amount that does not exceed the amount (if
any) by which—</text>
<subclause id="HCCCD8F862A1649ABB1AB1EA150005EB4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the maximum amount the State lawfully could
have claimed under this section with respect to the expenditures, if this
subsection had not been enacted; exceeds</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6AC2F7ACEECF4971A2E5D150D1D4CB97"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount the State otherwise claims
under this section with respect to the expenditures.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HAB0E7A3B308D4EB5A52EA544CDC52D63" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Secretary shall pay to a State
that submits a supplemental claim in accordance with this subparagraph the
total amount claimed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19C892F8BCE54CB5AABBB5A1351348F6" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For each State with respect to which
a claim has been paid under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<clause id="H39E9C3AB6B1F4C8489C947F222CE9D4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>calculate the overall rate at which
the expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(1) have been reimbursed under
this part during the 3-year period described in subparagraph (B) of this
paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H12DCA03BA7AF48179E95D3AA3566C88F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each subsequent calendar quarter,
reimburse the expenditures at the overall
rate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC3901749B2D74460A7F11BC8C933550"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adoption
assistance</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DEF0D72F6274BF4A58040388E00AB30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Elimination of
income eligibility requirement</header><text>Section 473(a)(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 673(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C59AF0F845C40E6B1BFA62F3B006699" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA4369ACFE2164E7D00B1048CC2718DB3"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB93757ABF6924C6498965358A2D3B728"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of
paragraph (1)(B)(ii), a child meets the requirements of this paragraph if the
child—</text>
<clause id="HADF3C2E491834D19AEFA633FDF8219F" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE5BD70DCCF834F9EB0FB005632344F00"><enum>(I)</enum><text>at the time adoption
proceedings were initiated, had been removed from his or her home—</text>
<item id="H113497BC9EE647FABA2DB200CE2266E7" indent="up1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>pursuant to a voluntary placement
agreement with respect to which Federal payments are provided under section
474; or</text>
</item><item id="HFD42F805CAF94806B421007F9FBCBE95" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>as a result of a judicial determination
to the effect that continuation therein would be contrary to the welfare of the
child;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H4BC3D3FBB41F4B129DC15F46AE59EF89" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is eligible for supplemental security
income benefits under title XVI; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC685A14B9290490CB75EBA417FF5C5BE" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a child whose costs in a foster family
home or child-care institution are covered by the foster care maintenance
payments being made with respect to the minor parent of the child as described
in section 475(4)(B); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H9E92C0D3DEB847888CB73EEBBE4DAB1D" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been determined by the State, pursuant
to subsection (c), to be a child with special needs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FD65BC5B7A2479BAE1425EA60A6726C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A child who meets
the requirements of subparagraph (A)(ii) of this paragraph, who was determined
eligible for adoption assistance payments under this part with respect to a
prior adoption, and who is available for adoption because the prior adoption
has been dissolved and the parental rights of the adoptive parents have been
terminated or because the child's adoptive parents have died, shall be treated
as meeting the requirements of this paragraph for purposes of paragraph
(1)(B)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97CA33C3855542339765D06E9BD8D99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adoption
assistance payments match rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 474 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE76716DC691E4663BBC6963504D70055"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by inserting <quote>, subject to subsection (h)(2)</quote> before the
semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1B1585C6B284FC487B9DA108310F534"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end of subsection (h) (as added by subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76A5723B536B4FBEA055E512E32546C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7E60A34A512746DDBFF265867222DA00" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBF7F00AADFA1463A963000D900605698"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall reduce the percentage
by which the expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(2) are reimbursed, by
such equal percentage for all States as may be necessary to ensure that—</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9981A65FA70B4E0E937556A54361AFAC" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ratio, for any calendar quarter, of the
total of the amounts payable to States under such subsection to the total of
all amounts expended by the States as adoption assistance payments (whether or
not eligible for reimbursement under this part), excluding any expenditure made
from other funds provided by the Federal Government; equals</text>
</clause><clause id="HB5D49A1DF1BC459DBA198E2B11E2B2DD" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average such ratio for the 12 quarters
most recently preceding the effective date of this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3407FC62DB654C5EA66B7341D8A6E86C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD4C491194C5744E29FE8B5AC4E3CEBDB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
establish procedures to allow States to submit to the Secretary supplemental
claims for reimbursement of expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(2)
incurred during the 3-year period beginning with the effective date of this
subsection.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3D6A9C23191E4D4487208DC295925BA2" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A supplemental claim for
reimbursement of expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(2) that is
submitted by a State may be for an amount that does not exceed the amount (if
any) by which—</text>
<subclause id="HCFFDC9A1BA7C4D01B9742751B9AFF63D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the maximum amount the State lawfully could
have claimed under this section with respect to the expenditures, if this
subsection had not been enacted; exceeds</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAB30A9DCE398494E9C38AC32DC919B75"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount the State otherwise claims
under this section with respect to the expenditures.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H03580B069F6F4723AC2500D9841FB6D1" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Secretary shall pay to a State
that submits a supplemental claim in accordance with this subparagraph the
total amount claimed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25AA2E93DD3B4F4D88274B625E778B8E" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For each State with respect to which
a claim has been paid under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<clause id="H87FB28540B55498DA372131C25384BE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>calculate the overall rate at which
the expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(2) have been reimbursed under
this part during the 3-year period described in subparagraph (B) of this
paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1750B4CE0D534022B4008318EA77A537"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each subsequent calendar quarter,
reimburse the expenditures at the overall
rate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FBD911CBC354727BAD7CB90111FF818"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative
costs</header>
<paragraph id="H00C251FE778D4E68B56CE69BEFE1C278"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 474 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H914A2D59C6424531998523299F9396D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)(E), by inserting <quote>, subject to subsection (h)(3)</quote> after
<quote>expenditures</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BD956304F794AA1AEA33BB02C00A4CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end of subsection (h) (as added by subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08C1076093DA4E1EAE7B4DF8CFEFEE33" style="OLC">
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6A94EF851CB441B8C13C1EEB53269C" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC9A10843419A4363A8CDFAB4086F7DC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall reduce the percentage
by which the expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(3)(E) are reimbursed,
by such equal percentage for all States as may be necessary to ensure
that—</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC23E8D637A594200B64140A9D3CA461D" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ratio, for any calendar quarter, of the
total of the amounts payable to States under subsection (a)(3)(E) to the total
of all amounts expended by the States for expenditures referred to in such
subsection (whether or not eligible for reimbursement under this part),
excluding any expenditure made from other funds provided by the Federal
Government; equals</text>
</clause><clause id="H00213031643B44B4ABA4E6442FCD3952" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average such ratio for the 12 quarters
most recently preceding the effective date of this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H553A22F880164BF1B7FB888FE10009F5" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall establish
procedures to allow States to submit to the Secretary supplemental claims for
reimbursement of expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(3)(E) incurred
during the 3-year period beginning with the effective date of this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H827634D0E3C44D18AD1040F359A3B7F4" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall pay a claim submitted
pursuant to subparagraph (B) with respect to an expenditure, to the extent
that, in the absence of this paragraph, an amount would be payable under this
part with respect to the expenditure.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE746BA71FD5648E895FF64A4BCC1941D" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For each State with respect to which
a claim has been paid under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<clause id="HA9EA4DCBCBEF42BAABF0B6DF388CC4B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>calculate the overall rate at which
the expenditures referred to in subsection (a)(3)(E) have been reimbursed under
this part during the 3-year period described in subparagraph (B) of this
paragraph; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBD1DD0A7272945858E2521B9C2FF2BD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each subsequent calendar quarter,
reimburse the expenditures at the overall
rate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC5EC9A9C2BAF40A3902FF815578E2E66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on
expenditures not related to placement or case management
activities</header><text>Section 474 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674</external-xref>), as amended by
the preceding provisions of this section, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF46429414404A2082749697968266DA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9B13C308D5774D498FCAD29F33FFAD53"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall not use more than 15 percent
of the amounts paid to the State under subsection (a)(3)(E) for expenditures
relating to determining eligibility, setting rates for foster care homes and
institutions, and the proportionate share of related agency
overhead.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5BEDDAD4E164A07B834547CFE4900E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Removal of title
IV–E from funding cap for the territories</header><text>Section 1108 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1308">42 U.S.C. 1308</external-xref>) is amended in each of subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1), by
striking <quote>parts A and E</quote> and inserting <quote>part
A</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF0E525EFF0D4A6D8B76BDC4026E90A1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authority of
Indian Tribes To receive Federal funds for foster care and adoption
assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H4285337125C8466C934401F59C2BB3DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Children placed
in tribal custody eligible for foster care funding</header><text>Section
472(a)(2)(B) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/672">42 U.S.C. 672(a)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2C252E19A4A24EA3BE7F3BF64324923C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (i);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B9365E1925F40C28776C53450EF42A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> and inserting <quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (ii);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20B643D3B181469E993D07627C808FFF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32474D2CAC864E929E3BBA5FF1DE79C5" style="OLC">
<clause id="H0A421DE59C224AF100B9D356EC7900F3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as
defined in section 479B(e)) or an intertribal consortium, if the Indian tribe,
tribal organization, or consortium—</text>
<subclause id="H899703ABAFF0412B98AAF41BB2AE9464"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is operating a
program pursuant to section 479B;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0D230B566B5D49209D401424B6A2DCB8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has a cooperative
agreement with a State pursuant to section 479B(c); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H822C0D53BBEC4D86B732F8F43C42539E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>submits to the
Secretary a description of the arrangements (jointly developed or developed in
consultation with the State) made by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or
consortium for the payment of funds and the provision of the child welfare
services and protections required by this title;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5191AA2DF26A4EA8B35FFF55A34A3CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Programs operated
by indian tribal organizations</header><text>Part E of title IV of such Act (42
U.S.C. 670 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9562A6910C28422893C0B7FA2CCC2711" style="OLC">
<section id="HCB0A48695C764BF69DA82B12ED45676F"><enum>479B.</enum><header>Programs
operated by Indian tribal organizations</header>
<subsection id="HD594300F987B44289439C245CD4659E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Except
as provided in subsection (b), this part shall apply to an Indian tribe or
tribal organization that elects to operate a program under this part in the
same manner as this part applies to a State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1AE1DBD6768F4AA1A4C68FC44BAA731F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of
plan requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H453E1F4D694244FB80EB5909923494B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Service area;
standards</header>
<subparagraph id="H4C66A46D331C40259ED1CECBA826582E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), in the case of an Indian
tribe or tribal organization submitting a plan for approval under section 471,
the plan shall—</text>
<clause id="HD5A9DDE3E8E64993ADBD87F9BF4452A2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
lieu of the requirement of section 471(a)(3), identify the service area or
areas and population to be served by the Indian tribe or tribal organization;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A7101FFE04E415B9D4EA7DB86C5AC4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
lieu of the requirement of section 471(a)(10), provide for the approval of
foster homes pursuant to tribal standards and in a manner that ensures the
safety of, and accountability for, children placed in foster care.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F2DD37BB2E14D09B100551F8FDCC300"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>With respect to an Indian tribe located in the State of
Alaska—</text>
<clause id="HA139B68CFDA944648F30632579144600"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subparagraph
(A)(ii) of this paragraph shall not apply; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFB03F13D0A9F4312ADE369631EDF3F59"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the requirement
of section 471(a)(10) shall apply to a plan submitted by the tribe.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC55C1E9C8E6046279499001D66E24EC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination of
Federal share</header>
<subparagraph id="HD162B8A5D1A044A398DBF6BFFEF2F987"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Per capita
income</header>
<clause id="H9B0A1EEB15244725A057EA5EF86810C0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of determining the Federal medical
assistance percentage applicable to an Indian tribe or tribal organization
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 474(a), the calculation of an Indian
tribe’s or tribal organization’s per capita income shall be based on the
service population of the Indian tribe or tribal organization as defined in its
plan in accordance with paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A3AEF0D8C564E0FA405E352833BEC00"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Consideration
of other information</header><text>An Indian tribe or tribal organization may
submit to the Secretary such information as the Indian tribe or tribal
organization considers relevant to the calculation of the per capita income of
the Indian tribe or tribal organization, and the Secretary shall consider such
information before making the calculation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4789A66E599E49BD8E33964D65CB963B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative
expenditures</header><text>The Secretary shall, by regulation, determine the
percentages to be paid to Indian tribes and tribal organizations pursuant to
section 474(a)(3), which shall not be less than the corresponding percentages
specified for a State in that section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E1EC2FA95F54B748DEA491FF1D4CED0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Sources of
non-federal share</header><text>The Secretary shall make payments under section
474 with respect to expenditures of an Indian tribe or tribal organization,
without regard to the source of the funds used for the expenditure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F915F3060AE4D8FBC48968459BAFAF9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Modification of
other requirements</header><text>Upon the request of an Indian tribe, a tribal
organization, or a consortium of tribes or tribal organizations, the Secretary
may modify any requirement under this part if, after consulting with the Indian
tribe, tribal organization, or consortium, the Secretary determines that
modification of the requirement would advance the best interests and the safety
of children served by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or
consortium.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CB966F4EC7044D4A53D42D909791952"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consortium</header><text>The
participating Indian tribes or tribal organizations of an intertribal
consortium may develop and submit a single plan under section 471 that meets
the requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7B4462A1B31431AAFA84FE5C791EC45"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreements</header><text>An Indian tribe, tribal organization, or intertribal
consortium and a State may enter into a cooperative agreement for the
administration or payment of funds pursuant to this part. In any case where an
Indian tribe, tribal organization, or intertribal consortium and a State enter
into a cooperative agreement that incorporates any of the provisions of this
section, those provisions shall be valid and enforceable. Any such cooperative
agreement that is in effect as of the date of the enactment of this section,
shall remain in full force and effect subject to the right of either party to
the agreement to revoke or modify the agreement pursuant to the terms of the
agreement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H396132DD89CD4DB088DAB9F01C2D5506"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the
Secretary shall, in full consultation with Indian tribes and tribal
organizations, promulgate regulations to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF29251C81F6E4337BD0094746B2350D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions of
Indian tribe; tribal organization</header><text>In this section, the terms
<term>Indian tribe</term> and <term>tribal organization</term> have the
meanings given those terms in subsections (e) and (l) of section 4 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ISDA">Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>), respectively, except that, with
respect to the State of Alaska, the term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the
meaning given that term in section 419(4)(B) of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H54B10325B7894A068D29BB0879B00800"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conforming
changes for FMAP for the District of Columbia</header><text>Section 474(a) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674(a)</external-xref>) is amended in each of paragraphs (1) and (2) by
striking <quote>(as defined in section 1905(b) of this Act)</quote> inserting
<quote>(which shall be as defined in section 1905(b), in the case of a State
other than the District of Columbia, or 70 percent, in the case of the District
of Columbia)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H744DA0959E744A959103D3788FDFE3E8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Flexibility to
establish separate standards for relative foster family homes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 471(a)(10) of the Social Security
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(10)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H19AB7D7504C7417CBADDE0EC0031A24E" style="OLC">
<text>, and, at the option of the State,
that the authority or authorities may—</text><paragraph id="H91C082346AF1443792B9A223CE4A3AF" indent="down1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish and maintain separate standards
for foster family homes in which a foster parent is a relative of the foster
child, that, at a minimum, protect the safety of the child and provide for
criminal records checks; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE47C5C5D4354DEDAB111D2042072D46" indent="down1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">apply the standards referred to in
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph to any such relative foster care provider to
whom funds are paid pursuant to section 472 or part B in lieu of the standards
that would otherwise apply to a foster family
home.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HB8B09870F0AE4D0A973DB0E52EA20299"><enum>203.</enum><header>Application of
standards to all children</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 471(a)(10) of the Social Security
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(10)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>receiving funds under
this part or part B of this title</quote> and inserting <quote>caring for a
child who is in the custody of the State</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Supporting a
Qualified Child Welfare Workforce</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H464F0CA43A414216AF6D864CAF4800A9"><enum>301.</enum><header>Child welfare
service quality improvement grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title IV of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
620–629i) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social" id="HB5CDAD4AB27C4BC186512F5CC0DA1F2E">
<subpart id="H0EB8CFF3CDEE4DC6877392F2C492DBDA"><enum>3</enum><header>Supporting Quality
Front Line Workers</header>
<section id="H0F9E16D3720440EEB0C87B709C623FC9"><enum>441.</enum><header>Child welfare
service quality improvement grants</header>
<subsection id="H7CE46225F6854E6B83E709BBFFD3A54D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Administration of
Children and Families, shall make grants to States to improve the quality of
child welfare services by increasing the quality and capacity of their child
welfare workforce or by increasing the coordination of their child welfare
services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF6F85A4A95E4205BEB4981E5F600081"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="HE7FAAA9234E348FDAA188FBB4BF7008D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
State desiring to receive a grant under this section shall submit to the
Secretary an application that includes the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H604302CF7BBD41B1AECABFF331C1ED35"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A detailed description of how the State
intends to expend funds provided under this part to improve the performance of
the State in such indicators set forth in paragraph (2) as the State may
select.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11C8F1112BDD40A800FF120026EB7E36"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Baseline
data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The data described by
each indicator selected by the State under paragraph (1), with respect to all
child welfare agencies in the State, for the fiscal year preceding the first
fiscal year for which the grant is requested.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B84B5B7D06843C982A38D5089875D00"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Budget</header><text>A
budget showing how the State would expend funds (including any grant funds
provided under this section) for child welfare services or the improvement of
the services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF00D69C46A44D1F85B9B9FAE4D88807"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Assurance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assurance that the State will submit to
the Secretary reports on annual expenditures of the funds, and the effects of
the expenditures on improving the performance described in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE6D98A11A2824D1F9CB704C6663EC77"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indicators</header><text>The
indicators set forth in this paragraph are the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H4CB169A7441B4AE4BC761700F8246C72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The average number
of children or families, per caseworker—</text>
<clause id="H5877C2AE19B548E4A2520852C7D17124"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for caseworkers
who provide services for abused or neglected children and their
families;</text>
</clause><clause id="HACD7D21D3E6D43A3B7133FE3F8E8A72F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for caseworkers
who provide services to strengthen and preserve families with children;</text>
</clause><clause id="H36625D45600440348B478FC7DBF9BE72"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for caseworkers
who provide adoption services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA0A1D9CFA9C742C4888B00A2FEAB84C6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for caseworkers
who provide family foster care services.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94BAE93BD1344818A2ECDDC9ED5CEC18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The average rate
at which supervisory child welfare workers left employment, and at which
nonsupervisory child welfare workers left employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92830D13E30E4256A095AE009D2ECAC1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The average
duration of employment of supervisory child welfare workers and of
nonsupervisory child welfare workers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H981856D97169417F8BDA16429583DF3C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The total number
and percentage of supervisory child welfare workers and of nonsupervisory child
welfare workers who have received a bachelor’s or more advanced degree from an
institution of higher education, in the aggregate, and broken down by field of
study.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65755293440245E8BFB6E2C6C845139C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The average number
of staff for whom supervisory child welfare workers are responsible.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8DD66D59D9A745B5B2637D379096E36C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The range and
scope of training opportunities, including numbers and percentage of
supervisory child welfare staff and of nonsupervisory child welfare staff
engaged in training programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H30BB081D8A274565BAD0437D59BDC451"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amendment of
applications</header><text>A State may at any time submit to the Secretary an
amendment to the application of the State under this subsection. On approval of
such an amendment, the application shall be considered to include the
amendment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13F713248893480FB11F922200AAD079"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may disapprove an application
submitted pursuant to this subsection if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H883F59F16148456483D4627805566925"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the application describes a method by which
the State intends to expend funds using a method that is substantially similar
to a specific method used by the State to expend funds pursuant to the State
plan approved under this part in not less than 2 of the 5 most recently
preceding fiscal years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84C1EC57ADAD4AF992F66CF59459C393"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the prior spending
failed to result in meaningful progress in improving the performance of the
State in the indicators selected by the State pursuant to paragraph
(1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H972CCCC94A124FE300C46F9270CB697B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="H5059E298E29B49F1A83C09181F859F78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On certification by the Secretary that a State
application for a grant under this section meets the requirements of subsection
(b), and on approval by the Secretary of the application, the State shall be
eligible to receive a grant under this section for each fiscal year for which
funds are available for such a grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D57585B1D544987ACC7E1B6563CDCC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant
amount</header><text>The Secretary shall make a grant to each State that is
eligible to receive a grant under this section for a fiscal year, in an amount
equal to the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCACE2D79162340BB8169BCD36006B9CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount finally
allotted to or reserved for the State under this subsection for the fiscal
year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H518C8D62D61E4F9BBFE4300E1F29CB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>3 times the amount
that the State has committed to spend to carry out the activities described in
the approved application.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBEE9400143A42D4A5D32EE6009B98B8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H969CA1E87C2B47A5AAA5ABCE54B1A978"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Puerto
Rico</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve 1.75 percent of the funds
appropriated pursuant to subsection (j) for each fiscal year, for a grant to
Puerto Rico under this section for the fiscal year. If, for a fiscal year,
Puerto Rico does not submit to the Secretary an application that meets the
requirements of subsection (b), the funds so reserved shall be available for
allotment under paragraph (4) of this subsection for the succeeding fiscal year
or (if the succeeding fiscal year is fiscal year 2009) remitted to the Treasury
of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69DC5F1B21E848CB89D98811C1D9494D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
territories</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve 0.3 percent of the funds
appropriated pursuant to subsection (j) for each fiscal year, for grants among
the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands under this section in such amounts as the
Secretary deems appropriate for the fiscal year. If, for a fiscal year, none of
such territories submits to the Secretary an application that meets the
requirements of subsection (b), the funds so reserved shall be available for
allotment under paragraph (4) of this subsection for the succeeding fiscal year
or (if the succeeding fiscal year is fiscal year 2009) remitted to the Treasury
of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB9282B72E6343069422E193319D50ED"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Indian
tribes</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve 2 percent of the funds
appropriated pursuant to subsection (j) for each fiscal year, for grants among
Indian tribes under this section in such amounts as the Secretary deems
appropriate for the fiscal year. If, for a fiscal year, the Secretary does not
receive from any Indian tribe an application that meets the requirements of
subsection (b), the funds so reserved shall be available for allotment under
paragraph (4) of this subsection for the succeeding fiscal year or (if the
succeeding fiscal year is fiscal year 2009) remitted to the Treasury of the
United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H068281230AD44FD0BB1E9F5CCB4BA89B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Technical
assistance and evaluations</header><text>The Secretary shall reserve 1 percent
of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (j) for each fiscal year, to
pay the costs of providing technical assistance and conducting evaluations
under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H68C7B2323A0D4CA1B976E25223BA8DF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Allotments</header>
<subparagraph id="HA3C7AC27681244AD88B02EDA24A69606"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial
allotment</header><text>From the amount available to carry out this section for
a fiscal year that remains after applying paragraph (3) for the fiscal year
(including any amount available for allotment under this paragraph for the
fiscal year after applying paragraph (3) for the preceding fiscal year), the
Secretary shall initially allot to each State not described in paragraph (3)
for a fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to the remaining amount
as the number of individuals who reside in the State and have not attained 18
years of age bears to the total number of such individuals in all States not
described in paragraph (3) that are eligible for a grant under this section for
such most recent fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45AD0BCB9C7B4E8AB94DB64BCE2B636B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final
allotment</header><text>The Secretary shall reduce the amount initially
allotted to each State with an initial allotment under subparagraph (A) of more
than $300,000, on a pro rata basis, to the extent necessary to ensure that the
amount finally allotted to each such State is not less than $300,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B8DDBD3DC4C450DA86C902C7D709834"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
grant</header>
<paragraph id="HD907283C6D0441AFA28E3369E1BAC91D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State to which a grant is made under this section shall
use the grant in accordance with the approved application for the grant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAAAB099F7EE7419580A0A5EBFB57707B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text>A State that receives funds under this section shall remit
to the Secretary any of such funds that remain unexpended by the State at the
end of the 2-year period that begins with the date of the receipt.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBAC7E09F14524398B7E427007BCE847"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nonsupplantation</header><text>A
State to which a grant is made under this section shall use the grant to
supplement and not supplant any Federal, State, or local funds used for child
welfare services or child welfare training.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4ABF7366BB1C4DE096517756ABF39FE4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text>The
Secretary shall monitor the activities of grantees under this section to ensure
compliance with this section and any State plan of the grantee under subpart
1.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC13D6E9EE42E4B78A97510B022F879A7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>The Secretary may provide technical assistance to any
grantee to assist the grantee in improving the quality of child welfare
services, including strategies to recruit, train, and retain high quality
staff, and in complying with the provisions of law referred to in subsection
(e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF03ED1FC8559413989189278BF9C18B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="HF56D83BE175B46F8A194090042E3E7FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that, during a fiscal year, a
grantee under this section has not complied with a requirement of this Act, the
Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H15EF45755B2946158D67923DF9B2CDCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of the
1st such determination of noncompliance, reduce by not less than 5 percent the
amount of the grant otherwise payable to the grantee under this section for the
fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6220427F4ED44E12BCB954CE1D45B12E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of the
2nd such determination of noncompliance, reduce by not less than 25 percent the
amount of the grant otherwise payable to the grantee under this section for the
fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A409A784ACF4CC0ACCDF7155A91DCA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of the
3rd or any subsequent such determination of noncompliance, withhold the payment
of a grant to the grantee under this section for any succeeding fiscal year,
notwithstanding subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4FABA606741453297B825B1F5B1552E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recovery</header><text>In
the case of a determination under paragraph (1) of grantee noncompliance, to
the extent that a penalty cannot be imposed under paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall require the grantee to remit to the Secretary the amount of the penalty
not able to be so imposed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A07C4BDD72C46A090304C3CAC41EA61"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="H5AD19A9065414CABA6A5CD869CBC6C74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2009, the Secretary shall
conduct an interim evaluation to determine whether the grantees under this
section have improved the provision of child welfare services beyond the level
reflected in the baseline data set forth in the applications submitted by the
grantees under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB279BBA213E7438384D11DFAECBC67FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2010, the Secretary shall
submit to the Congress a written report that contains the final evaluation of
the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2FE05B36B17849A38C167F1477F3A1C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section, including
regulations, developed in consultation with the States, representatives of the
child welfare workforce, and advocates for children and families, governing how
to obtain baseline data for each indicator set forth in subsection
(b)(2).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9951883A2366444E9991E7B526E58115"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text>Out
of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated,
there are appropriated to the Secretary not more than $200,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H222F8081888B46EAAA00ACAAA658D5"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HBE8631CEFBA44A6AA84362F887FBF45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alaska Native
Organization</header><text>The term <term>Alaska Native Organization</term>
means any organized group of Alaska Natives eligible to operate a Federal
program under the <act-name parsable-cite="ISDEAA">Indian Self-Determination
Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450f">25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.</external-xref>) or the designee of such a group.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4DEEC070334D4AAEB0679E45C9C1DCFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Child welfare
agency</header><text>The term <term>child welfare agency</term> means the State
agency responsible for administering subpart 1, and any public or private
agency under contract with the State agency to provide child welfare
services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3019A4B336AD45CAAAB3DA99EED2954F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian
tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> means any Indian tribe,
band, Nation or other organized group or community of Indians, including any
Alaska Native Organization, that is recognized as eligible for the special
programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their
status as Indians.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DD55909A3E342718B835F735410FF39"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Institution of
higher education</header><text>The term <term>institution of higher
education</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7EBEE5A76B645A38EC0301347F814AE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the
Northern Mariana
Islands.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59146CE9A34F4E7996C8FB949B435761"><enum>302.</enum><header>Increase in
payment rate for States for expenditures for short term training of staff of
certain child welfare agencies and court personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
474(a)(3)(B) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security
Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674(a)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social" id="HE75D75BC412645BB9C6369432252F678">
<subparagraph id="H7CA9C7CBC73E48B0919578D79548583B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>75 percent of so
much of such expenditures (including travel and per diem expenses) as are for
the short-term training of—</text>
<clause id="H74D33095A8C34576B06CB7D8108C7711"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">current or prospective foster or adoptive
parents or relative guardians, or the members of the staff of State-licensed or
State-approved child care institutions providing care, or of State-licensed or
State-approved child welfare agencies providing services, to foster or adopted
children, or children residing permanently with a relative guardian, on behalf
of whom assistance is provided pursuant to this part;</text>
</clause><clause id="H25BD048BD50047CCA9451D943369C42B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>members of the
staff of abuse and neglect courts, agency attorneys, attorneys representing
children, parents, or guardians ad litem, or other court-appointed special
advocates representing children in proceedings of such courts; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H571F373673C74D28B150AFF3B5644C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>persons employed
by State, local, or private nonprofit child-serving agencies that are working
with the State or local agency administering the State plan under this part to
keep children safe and provide permanent families for children,</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">in ways
that increase the ability of such current or prospective parents, guardians,
staff members, institutions, attorneys, advocates, and persons to provide
support and assistance to foster and adopted children and children residing
permanently with a relative guardian, whether incurred directly by the State or
by
contract;</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Connecting
Children to Support, Family, Health Care, and School</header>
<subtitle id="HD233AA3243C547F5A729DB99E7E9BD08"><enum>A</enum><header>Connection to
Support</header>
<section id="H5B44E4BD1D7E47549BE6CFB4B5E375A0"><enum>401.</enum><header>State option
for children in foster care after attaining age 18</header>
<subsection id="HF131B94B8E30480A89035C67538288A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
child</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 id="H5925D1FDC92E414CB5AEAB1B721E3838" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H69231793BEF74B6EAF0537B4827D2DB5"><enum>(8)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA25EC92FF19A42ADA950F9604CC36C10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subject to subparagraph
(B), the term <term>child</term> means an individual who has not attained 18
years of age.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF48E73BB4434E1F97371518494D6BD1" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>At the option of a State, such term
shall include an individual in foster care under the responsibility of the
State who—</text>
<clause id="H6595DAA6BE7F4D35A9EF10462192A3F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has attained 18 years of age;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H961FC3981AB14BBB95093B1FDFC838C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has not attained 19, 20, or 21
years of age, as the State may
elect.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B34211881B4431C97DCE4CF8F5D6B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment to definition of child-care institution</header><text>Section
472(c)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/672">42 U.S.C. 672(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>,
except, in the case of a child who has attained 18 years of age, the term shall
include a supervised setting in which the individual is living independently,
in accordance with such conditions as the Secretary shall establish in
regulations</quote> before the period.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDAEC3813E84A4253B581139B49993D01"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section take effect on October
1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H88257AD9D6944AD9B526E6A513F176EC"><enum>B</enum><header>Connections to
Family</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H185AD4E703444AD49473000856C82DE0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>411.</enum><header>Kinship guardianship
assistance payments for children</header>
<subsection id="HBA91E26BE2F8417582D1977128007C65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan
option</header><text>Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)), as amended by section 101(a) of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDFC9231C294448F0BA2F9683F3A3EB92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (27);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB824769755BA4AD29F835099A10823CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (28) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC34AC1D09A324F95AF0637E4C40403E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4C77FEC8D6C4C05BE2600A7364D8F1D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA92F63F4C6044B1B84BB2917ACB818E5"><enum>(29)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the option of the State, provides for
the State to enter into kinship guardianship assistance agreements to provide
kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents
and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of the children for
whom they have cared as foster parents and for whom they have committed to care
for on a permanent basis, as provided in section
473(d).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9888E090CBBA4DEAAC00AA4771589354"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 473 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673">42 U.S.C. 673</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social" id="H795F377C147843F7A2BC4DB644599FBF">
<subsection id="H8B4F88F8F3FA47A2985B6E6FD3ECBBE1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Kinship
guardianship assistance payments for children</header>
<paragraph id="H0308A13D744548D9B9EE83392CE0F2F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Kinship
guardianship assistance agreement</header>
<subparagraph id="HA857E584AC6E40E0A0E49B0026C0053"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to receive payments under section 474(a)(6), a
State shall—</text>
<clause id="H4DFA73F137D442379C72D0E5D4A08CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>negotiate and enter
into a written, binding kinship guardianship assistance agreement with the
prospective relative guardian of a child who meets the requirements of this
paragraph;</text>
</clause><clause id="H16411EBCCC9F4A749E06C1FC2013E258"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide the
prospective relative guardian with a copy of the agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAA11FE3022F247409B2B71F0440233AB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certify that any child on whose behalf
kinship guardianship assistance payments are made under the agreement shall be
provided medical assistance under title XIX in accordance with section
1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(I).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4150DB7E4F4F49428727BFB4E796D492"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>The agreement shall specify, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="H39AE42D40C434061A21EEF2DD549D4DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of, and
manner in which, each kinship guardianship assistance payment will be provided
under the agreement;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4800B0C8615E408FA7058C11E82100CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the additional
services and assistance that the child and relative guardian will be eligible
for under the agreement;</text>
</clause><clause id="H86CD2E1FC7EC47E2003600289F9281BA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the procedure by
which the relative guardian may apply for additional services as needed,
provided the agency and relative guardian agree on the additional services as
specified in the case plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1CC4D4EDFFA94CFB00711E6C2153A33C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>subject to
subparagraph (D), that the State will pay the total cost of nonrecurring
expenses associated with obtaining legal guardianship of the child.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30AE73328D964591B14F87EF70CFA8B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Interstate
application</header><text>The agreement shall provide—</text>
<clause id="H2F35B75FAE844FAA9BC04DCA638E4436"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that the agreement
shall remain in effect without regard to the State residency of the kinship
guardian; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDE708AA68DC74071A34DF306C2DF43D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for the
protection of the interests of the child in any case where the kinship guardian
and the child move to another State while the agreement is in effect.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83DF3D76A7D04F17B2989DB80049CDE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>No effect on
Federal reimbursement</header><text>Nothing in subparagraph (B)(iv) shall be
construed as affecting the ability of the State to obtain reimbursement from
the Federal Government for costs described in that subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H74FD5023AE514D0EB93F60291789C95B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Kinship
guardianship assistance payment</header>
<subparagraph id="HFED4605B2E5948EB8BBE91C73AC59BF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The kinship guardianship assistance payment shall be
based on consideration of the needs of the relative guardian and of the child
and shall be at least equal to the amount of the foster care maintenance
payment for which the child would have been eligible if the child had remained
in foster care, or, at State option, the amount of the adoption assistance
payment for which the child would have been eligible if the child had been
adopted. The payment may be readjusted periodically based on relevant changes
in such needs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2EFE3DE321B844C99CF2D3AE4F58FE11"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<clause id="HB3D8EEC38AD540380046BEBB8BB2B645"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), no kinship
guardianship assistance payment may be made to a relative guardian for any
child who has attained 18 years of age.</text>
</clause><clause id="HAD83BFC46B334ACA007C6B36DFA02B1D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the option of the State, a kinship
guardianship assistance payment may be made to a relative guardian with respect
to a child who elects to remain in the care of the guardian until the child
attains 21 years of age.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H589155B45EE94C8EA42E53A147F1EF78"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Child’s
eligibility for a kinship guardianship assistance payment</header>
<subparagraph id="H2D72C247C33042A6ADB48F238B775C49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A child is eligible for a kinship guardianship assistance
payment under this subsection if the State agency determines the
following:</text>
<clause id="HB85D31043BAA460B00CC8CF6F53571FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The child has
been—</text>
<subclause id="HC085268C4DC24F4FBDAEE9214FDC773D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>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>
</subclause><subclause id="H5172478D32BA463D8EC8FDF3DFDE5E2C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>under the care of
the State agency for the 12-month period ending on the date of the agency
determination; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HECE5177779274D66B044BE52DD6468F4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>eligible for
foster care maintenance payments under section 472.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H92977C19C58F4923863798B6ECAD38BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Being returned
home or adopted are not appropriate permanency options for the child.</text>
</clause><clause id="H68ED9DE5440940B99B5315AF8DAEA47C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The child
demonstrates a strong attachment to the prospective relative guardian and the
relative guardian has a strong commitment to caring permanently for the
child.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA0BF3C67BB8F4EB597AC003BC3702F12"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>With respect to a
child who has attained 14 years of age, the child has been consulted regarding
the kinship guardianship arrangement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF91F7EC8F394479B97C4BFACD0DA1710"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of
siblings</header><text>With respect to a child described in subparagraph (A)
whose sibling or siblings are not so described—</text>
<clause id="H4D5EFC8106F747938521E2358FE5C1A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the child and any
sibling of the child may be placed in the same kinship guardianship arrangement
if the State agency and the relative agree on the appropriateness of the
arrangement for the siblings; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAF643BCAEAFE428F8FC52936359177B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>kinship
guardianship assistance payments may be paid for the child and each sibling so
placed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1DB65DDC2A494667B3401850306100AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H1C8D61A34C924900B3732B42087DD816"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State plan
requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="HEAB7071643834982BD271084207C8195"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 471(a)(20) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(20)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<clause id="HEFCCEECFA8F44ACFB7E386CEE0E72B71"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
adding <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF36027B482EE44DCBEF19F20DA50EAE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA52A232D26C4029A113CC163037F336" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6359A2BE9BD3455493947C8929B54B2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides procedures for criminal records
checks, including fingerprint-based checks of national crime information
databases (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/534">section 534(e)(3)(A)</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code),
for any relative guardian before the relative guardian may be finally approved
for placement of a child regardless of whether kinship guardianship assistance
payments are to be made on behalf of the child under the State plan under this
part;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE8745EF75494AB9867FF04E7495A4AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Redesignation of
new provision after amendment made by prior law takes effect</header>
<clause id="HF88A814B2E0748BF96DBE50261EF368"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 471(a)(20) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)(20)) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph
(C).</text>
</clause><clause id="H70D3821455464A0F8FA6DF303939C2C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by
clause (i) shall take effect immediately after the amendments made by section
152 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/248">Public Law 109–248</external-xref> take effect.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE08095C1181B4C26A7CE1C361109D200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payments to
States</header><text>Section 474(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H978DE4540CDB40858C94FA0EECEEB44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>; plus</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFC61A6C716A45D3A089BEBBA95544B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H29DA62BB7EB648B4BD381FA400F6235D">
<paragraph id="HA7D419C3B1FF4779BCF9C5B027151617"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an amount equal to
the percentage by which the expenditures referred to in paragraph (2) are
reimbursed (after applying the reduction required by subsection (h)(2)(A) of
this section) of the total amount expended during such quarter as kinship
guardianship assistance payments under section 473(d) pursuant to kinship
guardianship assistance
agreements.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F0BE2047E8A486AB9BCF5A61DE5B18"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
475(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE9FF7EADC17C4696818E2681A35C1D12">
<subparagraph id="H1AE356FBB3C94155B3B4C7C5F115601"><enum>(F)</enum><text>In the case of a
child with respect to whom the permanency plan is placement with a relative and
receipt of kinship guardianship assistance payments under section 473(d), a
description of—</text>
<clause id="HFA1CE652CE8F4E31B67FDBDAAE694974"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the steps that the
agency has taken to determine that it is not appropriate for the child to be
returned home or adopted;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2A9157CCDD8E43EFB4254F060097626D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the reasons why a
permanent placement with a fit and willing relative through a kinship
guardianship assistance arrangement is in the child’s best interests;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4558348F61F84C22B9DAECB328E4986E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the ways in
which the child meets the eligibility requirements for a kinship guardianship
assistance payment;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD3028C446B2A4A4D9E7846DD96CD3F3F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the efforts the
agency has made to discuss adoption by the child’s relative foster parent as a
more permanent alternative to legal guardianship and, in the case of a relative
foster parent who has chosen not to pursue adoption, documentation of the
reasons therefor; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H93F427EA5C0342E29337AC460023D4B3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the efforts made
by the State agency to secure the consent of the child’s parent or parents to
the kinship guardianship assistance arrangement, or the reasons why the efforts
were not
made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4A310D4F079B43FFAFEC99494BFC84AF"><enum>412.</enum><header>Family
connection grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of
title IV of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/620">42 U.S.C. 620–629i</external-xref>), as amended by section
301 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social" id="HBEBD2E7C35634C6BB552ACBC307DA8B8">
<subpart id="H11C8E1D1EB2E461C9564DC96324B3900"><enum>4</enum><header>Family Connection
Grants</header>
<section id="H9A45EA6A44E24F0AB470AEDDE181F72"><enum>445.</enum><header>Family
connection grants</header>
<subsection id="HD9EF68F5A86D47688E49676C54EC007B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make
matching grants to State, local, or tribal child welfare agencies, and private
nonprofit organizations that have experience in working with foster children or
children in kinship care arrangements, for the purpose of helping children who
are in, or at risk of entering, foster care reconnect with family members
through the implementation of—</text>
<paragraph id="H0CD2EBB07C484C388BA4E716F505E1D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>kinship navigator
programs designed to assist kinship care givers in navigating their way through
programs and services, and to help the care givers learn about and obtain
assistance to meet the needs of the children they are raising and their own
needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30C06F12F3B04C5B8272D05DD22C4219"><enum>(2)</enum><text>intensive
family-finding efforts that utilize search technology to find biological family
members for children in the child welfare system, and once identified, work to
reestablish relationships and explore ways to find a permanent family placement
for the children; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74D206CECAF945A4AB9200B969D6B97"><enum>(3)</enum><text>family group
decision-making meetings for children in the child welfare system that engage
and empower families to make decisions and develop plans that protect and
nurture children from enduring further abuse and neglect.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDB0E158DFB8F4A078045BD11BC8228D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity desiring to receive a matching
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application, at such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HD51953D6345F47B9AA21EB468FBA8FA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
how the grant will be used to implement 1 or more of the activities described
in subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3041B33531AC42B4A4842233484F4326"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of
the types of children and families to be served, including how the children and
families will be identified and recruited, and an initial projection of the
number of children and families to be served;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8201621D24A745A8A609CA4EC3000158"><enum>(3)</enum><text>if the entity is a
private organization, documentation of support from the relevant local or State
child welfare agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84D68276858C413392E57D781817E522"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assurance that
the entity will cooperate fully with any evaluation provided for by the
Secretary under this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A466ABEE9AB4E93B33CAFC6953EC98"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a commitment by the
applicant that, if a grant is awarded to the applicant under this section for a
period of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B9773296F37400BAFB4EDA0005E0045"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 years, the applicant will expend from
non-Federal sources, for the activities for which the grant is awarded, in the
2nd year of the grant period, an amount equal to not less than
<fraction>1/3</fraction> of the amount of the grant payment received by the
applicant under this section for that year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78B5C86BDF394F83993B20F112A002B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 years, the applicant will expend, from
non-Federal sources, for the activities which the grant is awarded—</text>
<clause id="HE165754B72DB46598BC05D88DAEFD577"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the 2nd year of the grant period, an
amount equal to not less than <fraction>1/3</fraction> of the grant payment
received by the applicant under this section for that year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9BDE8588B9544889A3AB00DA89E83EF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
the 3rd year of the grant period, an amount equal to the grant payment received
by the applicant under this section for that year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8209ABCE55C2490A9EFA8F64F55FDED9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H005F5007303E4F2B8388527FC9F44785"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant
duration</header><text>The Secretary may award a grant under this section for a
period of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6A3C61678634A05B3BE674014FBB1EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Number of grant
payments per year</header><text>The aggregate number of payments the Secretary
may make in a fiscal year to all grantees under this section shall not exceed
20.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B800C2D6B224A5BB6E688049F269912"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal
contribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a
grant payment to be made to a grantee under this section during each year in
the grant period shall be the following percentage of the grant amount approved
by the Secretary:</text>
<paragraph id="HC986BA44341F4750951D1F68B02425C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>100 percent, if
the payment is for the 1st year of the grant period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF969DB951847485B88A575AC40C9B4A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">75 percent, if the payment is for the 2nd
year of the grant period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61879B1C19E14784B6E180FD0349C3A0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent, if the payment is for the 3rd
year of the grant period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB900974DBAFE406A9C76CAD55D6D19C4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Form of grantee
contribution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grantee under
this section may provide not more than 50 percent of the amount which the
grantee is required to expend to carry out the activities for which a grant is
awarded under this section in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant,
equipment, or services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF708889724147B98B9C54978DAD6812"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of
grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grantee under this
section shall use the grant in accordance with the approved application for the
grant.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H078EC73E64C64A5A939500CA0043FEE4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reservations of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="H4A49CAFBB3A64F74856CAE28CF96E92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall reserve 3 percent of
the funds made available under subsection (h) for each fiscal year for the
conduct of a rigorous evaluation of the activities funded with grants under
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E58B6E8CAAC4874B550008FCD728B46"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
reserve 2 percent of the funds made available under subsection (h) for each
fiscal year to provide technical assistance to recipients of grants under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6B0865598AF74F6C8EB6395D1FB49B40"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Limitations on
authorization of appropriations</header><text>To carry out this section, there
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than $50,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2009 through
2013.</text>
</subsection></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H925578EC693F49E2B443A5157C588848"><enum>413.</enum><header>Information on
adoption tax credit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
471(a) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)</external-xref>), as amended by sections
101(a) and 411(a) of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H90C18E368206435997E2EAF9BDD64216"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (28);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA2889E73B404663AA123DBE5298958C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (29) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31EE56B251114108976CDA80028002B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25019D664438483685BB04BB5E06B335" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA07A5E3289934414BAD6DDA7C1D47251"><enum>(30)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that the State will inform any
individual who is adopting, or whom the State is made aware is considering
adopting, a child who is in foster care under the responsibility of the State
of the potential eligibility of the individual for a Federal tax credit (under
section 23 of the Internal Revenue Code) without the need to document any
adoption-related
expenses.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8802E93F367B4F0EB5B96F3C0004552"><enum>414.</enum><header>Adoption
incentives program</header>
<subsection id="HCDB54953AFDB415B95C5B9F5EBFCC694"><enum>(a)</enum><header>5-year
extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph id="HE155ECA60DDE4892A8EDCD7200E2AA25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(4), by striking <quote>in the case of fiscal years 2001 through
2007,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2AAC6BA775FE4084B1D5052C6F39F3C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(5), by striking <quote>1998 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008
through 2012</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DD11F8FA1B646388980B030AFB5D316"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007</quote> and
inserting <quote>a fiscal year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB7046CEB94A41D688AEC8A560F72C00"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in each of
subsections (h)(1)(D), and (h)(2), by striking <quote>2008</quote> and
inserting <quote>2013</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF4576D55F46048AEB79F242FA300BC1E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Updating of
fiscal year used in determining base numbers of adoptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673b(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H638936A514C64F3CABE30041B7E6396C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>means</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>means, with respect to any fiscal year, the number of foster child
adoptions in the State in fiscal year 2007.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86DEF4231AD94F75B717C1A24B72A4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H85157A06F2624B939D402515BCC9CF46"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>that are not older
child adoptions</quote> before <quote>for a State</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4050F403973B4DB88E8E5E04E296E6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>means</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>means, with
respect to any fiscal year, the number of special needs adoptions that are not
older adoptions in the State in fiscal year 2007.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78C568D4E8474BC19400D4D324173865"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>means</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>means, with respect to any fiscal year, the number of older child
adoptions in the State in fiscal year 2007.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A33F7D63E7B44A685E4D02B215B4666"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Increase in
incentive payments for special needs adoptions and older child
adoptions</header><text>Section 473A(d)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(d)(1)</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA46DD047EF50412E85DAA260E353551E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>$2,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$4,000</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70577DB153584E639D4647DD55F7D3CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>$4,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$8,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7E1926E991DA4CAE93D4A500DE007E27"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Incentive
payments for guardianship placements</header>
<paragraph id="H9AA841E7A10B4F50AF5681C4D916A18B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Additional
avenue for eligibility for payments</header><text>Section 473A(b)(2) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDCF02BD5999E4E388BEBC9B19C237C73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD478AE92A3E43599EBE3E572DA9B221"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding
<quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC30053DEA84A42488E452E004145D369"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3760DAF79C9849B4A19DB00F09FBE85" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H04F220B7230846A2A67640B01F54A4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of guardianship placements in
the State during the fiscal year exceeds the base number of guardianship
placements in the State for the fiscal
year;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4991BC269C14C35A0DBD497551CEA6E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of
payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A(d)(1) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27E1FAF8970347BBABD546A0564EE853"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H994223E687B641AB9BBC54F806B93632"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0822D67A56F4417DA7E9A7D8A02CDFBD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AEF7D6AC5064224B6C970E8A4104839" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H828307D8736549A0B2D97409C356A431"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000, multiplied by the amount (if any)
by which the number of guardianship placements in the State during the fiscal
year exceeds the base number of guardianship placements for the State for the
fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0C10228100184932BCFECCB8B32EEA7"><enum>(3)</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 adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3607548BAB904C83994B3EA14D6DB8F5" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6025E62740A64C5A824B8BF46F864883"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Guardianship
placement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>guardianship placement</term> means the placement of a child from foster
care under the responsibility of a State into a legal guardianship.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA822431BE3154E6EB96F45008DF616EB"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Base number of
guardianship placements</header><text>The term <term>base number of
guardianship placements for a State</term> means, with respect to any fiscal
year, the number of guardianship placements in the State in fiscal year
2007.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HEA0670FB9B9248D083FBC077DF29D3"><enum>415.</enum><header>Sibling
placement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 471(a) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)</external-xref>), as amended by sections 101(a),
411(a), and 413 of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4A7E91A550D14482B02E411F28AD109D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (29);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4B6A0D99B36462CA7ECFD3C0080904D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (30) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA60BC597FD9243EB94AC000907D7F5D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6313D473F8FC4BCCAAD7A0A32D73D558" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6A252C8B46F4493AB712AFF0068F8FA6"><enum>(31)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that reasonable efforts shall be
made to place siblings removed from their home in the same foster care
placement unless the State documents that such a joint placement would be
contrary to the safety or well-being of any of the
siblings.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC34B13C199F0472BB018243FD69F8712"><enum>C</enum><header>Connections to
Health Care</header>
<section id="HB48659A1C4B84029A875C94D6C38C69B"><enum>421.</enum><header>Health
oversight and coordination plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 422(b)(15) of the Social Security
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/622">42 U.S.C. 622(b)(15)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0249F3EED410401A9C7E7960BD345291" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H06B3B6179E90418BA4B6FE53A600913C"><enum>(15)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD58ADD979C6D45BBB0DC15FFE6F71DD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides that the State
will develop, in coordination and collaboration with the State agency referred
to in paragraph (1) and the State agency responsible for administering the
State plan approved under title XIX, and in consultation with pediatricians,
other experts in health care, and experts in and recipients of child welfare
services, a plan for the ongoing oversight and coordination of health care
services for any child in a foster care placement, which shall ensure a
coordinated strategy to identify and respond to the health care needs of
children in foster care placements, including mental health and dental health
needs, and shall include an outline of—</text>
<clause id="H83AD18165B954C95B1586FD638CFAA5F" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a schedule for initial and
follow-up health screenings that meet reasonable standards of medical
practice;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5A10F99E0338498A8230D3E3EA2061E5" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>how health needs identified
through screenings will be monitored and treated;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C739D1536554C36AC083104D22F001B" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>how medical information for
children in care will be updated and appropriately shared, which may include
the development and implementation of an electronic health record;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEA8324727B25489CA6CD003F88D5EDEE" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>steps to ensure continuity of
health care services, which may include the establishment of a medical home for
every child in care;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3D4B9F473DE24160841F065C27DE00E2" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the oversight of prescription
medicines; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H291FD9AE924C442289A282E6191859BF" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>how the State actively consults
with and involves physicians or other appropriate medical professionals in
assessing the health and well-being of children in foster care and in
determining appropriate medical treatment for the children; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H794AE5C9083B4087B0E45B61D16C51DC" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subparagraph (A) shall not be construed to
reduce or limit the responsibility of the State agency responsible for
administering the State plan approved under title XIX to provide care and
services for children with respect to whom services are provided under the
State plan developed pursuant to this
subpart;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H126102820D3346E3BF6D6FB47894B583"><enum>D</enum><header>Connections to
School</header>
<section id="H33617681B2B9437C932C05D234F93572"><enum>431.</enum><header>Educational
stability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA24E723EFA84CC0BC24E6383D01E88C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFD0FF4C8FB7548E096091C517406FEA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking clause (iv) and redesignating clauses (v) through (viii) as
clauses (iv) through (vii), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5535F124242D4F88AC0080D254877553"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DE6EEE61C6A4C8A91F7FB8C951BA850" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4F78A7522C4E47288FFD959692980000"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan for ensuring the educational
stability of the child while in foster care, including—</text>
<clause id="HC301274E1D61467FB3A400A73ED1B2CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assurances that
the placement of the child in foster care takes into account proximity to the
school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C5E19D6362E47D9B781B455307976D8"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDC6A14066E434D2DAE5B728783BDBE80"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a discussion of the
efforts of the State agency to coordinate with appropriate local educational
agencies (as defined under section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965) to ensure that the child remain in the school in which
the child is enrolled at the time of placement; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H896BE34D59F7426CA388C45206427396" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if remaining in such school is not in
the best interests of the child, a discussion of efforts to coordinate with the
educational agencies to ensure immediate enrollment in a new
school.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0228AE1CD85F4BA88478F4AEF9E26863"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the 1st
sentence of paragraph (4)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B5D72CE7D6440C18309CEA7AF8C15CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and reasonable</quote> and inserting <quote>reasonable</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEB69B17D7A54587BF47AED838B934AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, and reasonable travel for the child to remain in the school in which
the child is enrolled at the time of placement</quote> before the
period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle>