110 HR 6893 IH: Fostering Connections to Success and
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-09-15
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Fostering Connections to Success and
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
.
2.The table of contents
of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Connecting and supporting relative caregivers
Sec. 101. Kinship guardianship assistance payments for
children.
Sec. 102. Family connection grants.
Sec. 103. Notification of relatives.
Sec. 104. Licensing standards for relatives.
Sec. 105. Authority for comparisons and disclosures of
information in the Federal Parent Locator Service for child welfare, foster
care, and adoption assistance program purposes.
Title II—Improving outcomes for children in foster
care
Sec. 201. State option for children in foster care, and certain
children in an adoptive or guardianship placement, after attaining age
18.
Sec. 202. Transition plan for children aging out of foster
care.
Sec. 203. Short-term training for child welfare agencies,
relative guardians, and court personnel.
Sec. 204. Educational stability.
Sec. 205. Health oversight and coordination plan.
Sec. 206. Sibling placement.
Title III—Tribal foster care and adoption access
Sec. 301. Equitable access for foster care and adoption
services for Indian children in tribal areas.
Sec. 302. Technical assistance and implementation.
Title IV—Improvement of incentives for adoption
Sec. 401. Adoption incentives program.
Sec. 402. Promotion of adoption of children with special
needs.
Sec. 403. Information on adoption tax credit.
Title V—Clarification of uniform definition of child and other
provisions
Sec. 501. Clarification of uniform definition of
child.
Sec. 502. Investment of operating cash.
Sec. 503. No Federal funding to unlawfully present
individuals.
Title VI—Effective date
Sec. 601. Effective date.
<enum>I</enum><header>Connecting and
supporting relative caregivers</header>
<section id="H36986719952844D4B6F91166CFD6C422"><enum>101.</enum><header>Kinship
guardianship assistance payments for children</header>
<subsection id="H8ACA6BD1B7434FDCB598C2F480AE79C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan
option</header><text>Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H19B1527685EE4981839D7101DA91C646"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (26);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92B6779E633846BCA46C24A797C73B00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (27) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF130BF42F6D24842A3E0BB37F9761839"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H763DF4F2CC6C48D083B0D0E32CC5BDD3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6FB0B5B4FCE5406596E430E8D9EBFBC8"><enum>(28)</enum><text>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 on a permanent basis, as provided in section
473(d).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5018490C04444A5389CB51B0ECC2486"><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 id="HAAFF9B670D4C4CE1852126CA74950095" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H623F15B46E4F43CDB5E63C1551D71E46"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Kinship
guardianship assistance payments for children</header>
<paragraph id="H38F7F25FED3743AC96F42C5C9DAF71C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Kinship
guardianship assistance agreement</header>
<subparagraph id="H720C68246388415EAB8754019C6BC19E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to receive payments under section 474(a)(5), a
State shall—</text>
<clause id="H91ADA78937AD4C0600FEFC0042E9337B"><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; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE77D4375436C4AD0B3996554EE24CCCC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide the
prospective relative guardian with a copy of the agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H607DD08D9DD447178168EE9B251941F9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>The agreement shall specify, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="H047D6F1892C7437DA238F080F842399D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of, and
manner in which, each kinship guardianship assistance payment will be provided
under the agreement, and the manner in which the payment may be adjusted
periodically, in consultation with the relative guardian, based on the
circumstances of the relative guardian and the needs of the child;</text>
</clause><clause id="H545647BAF170439CB6B41DD6D289F656"><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="H15643A4AFDE1467995BC82D6F090E547"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the procedure by
which the relative guardian may apply for additional services as needed;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3016224E642F47C8BED9CBEDCBCA23EE"><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, to the
extent the total cost does not exceed $2,000.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CF06153C1BD49519BF4CCF030367DFF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Interstate
applicability</header><text>The agreement shall provide that the agreement
shall remain in effect without regard to the State residency of the relative
guardian.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95881F4C795749A08E58A400D1193915"><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="H92365763B4364D2697F1759B74D64F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations on
amount of kinship guardianship assistance payment</header><text>A kinship
guardianship assistance payment on behalf of a child shall not exceed the
foster care maintenance payment which would have been paid on behalf of the
child if the child had remained in a foster family home.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3F8CD649D7D454786B699221BB619DE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Child’s
eligibility for a kinship guardianship assistance payment</header>
<subparagraph id="HA58A675A435D4C0A9368AF53EABB1BD6"><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="HD4A4C7197D974686A36D1724F3E5121E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The child has
been—</text>
<subclause id="H6C7034BCCDAE4D1D9C176E026D38BB8E"><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; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H116453CAFA1946B590E0C0E7CE888E95"><enum>(II)</enum><text>eligible for
foster care maintenance payments under section 472 while residing for at least
6 consecutive months in the home of the prospective relative guardian.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H08C6FEE0900644AE8CB9ED0B5F9C4A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Being returned
home or adopted are not appropriate permanency options for the child.</text>
</clause><clause id="H84FE92BEA33C4C60975186527867A3A9"><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="H9D148A083E3A4B1200BE04F4308ED195"><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="HA7A4957F705945BC9E65CCF9B8E9D1FD"><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="H7B64F20FACC944BCB8A6CB0E67CA796"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
child and any sibling of the child may be placed in the same kinship
guardianship arrangement, in accordance with section 471(a)(31), if the State
agency and the relative agree on the appropriateness of the arrangement for the
siblings; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H587CAABBD2DA4CB5BE8C8829DFB0974"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>kinship
guardianship assistance payments may be paid on behalf of each sibling so
placed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H340C750B011A412FB1F28939E3AA4EE1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H2D13C3A9C4D44457A62E8110F7D40000"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility for
adoption assistance payments</header><text>Section 473(a)(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 673(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C90563B2D9547A1B367F4E85E34B132" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H740601584BE143C18600C6A18B1522AA" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
determining the eligibility for adoption assistance payments of a child in a
legal guardianship arrangement described in section 471(a)(28), the placement
of the child with the relative guardian involved and any kinship guardianship
assistance payments made on behalf of the child shall be considered never to
have been
made.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B8B145498494EE5B2FD8CC14400EE57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State plan
requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="H2E0B1CB2BCB445A59EA5A800B9069319"><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="H93526B18C8724B82A14FA517ADE8E6C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
adding <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H76DA5FC29CFB4E398E69FA5E4F756B78"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD440FB910B354C0AA5813275097B007B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H28816E190AD74364BA82BD17642844B2"><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),
on any relative guardian, and for checks described in subparagraph (C) of this
paragraph on any relative guardian and any other adult living in the home of
any relative guardian, before the relative guardian may receive kinship
guardianship assistance payments 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="H7C1512D219A841F1AAFD32D88066F411"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Redesignation of
new provision after amendment made by prior law takes effect</header>
<clause id="HB3C7CAA811AC431F8B9C3DC5D3D08027"><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—</text>
<subclause id="HC2EAD278669049629877008B63DFB46F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>(B)</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE8E0BA6702024A40A03985109DB2CEE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HAFC0BB2BC2F744AB8D9F754BB7D36948"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments 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="H210531148591472B88DCC0AF002256A"><enum>(3)</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="H906E8805B9FE4E03B890ABB9061D9BDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>; plus</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E089C9782AF418E8FEE294CA18DB093"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0E4CADC8F0E143AEB69B50001C695535" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB8E1708AE10947D2B500807B1C082311"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an amount equal to
the percentage by which the expenditures referred to in paragraph (2) of this
subsection are reimbursed 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="HB8BBDF779C2C45ADA2384DFFC37B75BF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Case plan
requirements</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="HEB8653D92DA94432AB6477D4C6AF11D0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD007C869EAF54587A202D9CBA6BFB116"><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="H97BDABB9D6044CF6B1C510503C611094"><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="H706B17E3416B4794A5D0698D23BC7321"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the reasons for
any separation of siblings during placement;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD7289C5DDC1E42048CC3A81EA7AFD785"><enum>(iii)</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="HD35D25E1A66D4632936ED25E4248BEB8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the ways in which
the child meets the eligibility requirements for a kinship guardianship
assistance payment;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD4C6BF12B8EF473F9BF56E3907EDA04F"><enum>(v)</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="H32933F7E18A74251AD3303EFD361A709"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the efforts made
by the State agency to discuss with the child’s parent or parents 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><paragraph id="H129CE4F430824FCEB28652AF7CC32EC6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Section heading
amendment</header><text>The section heading for section 473 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 673) is amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">and guardianship</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">adoption</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2FC48794D8274205A5009916656EAF65"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Continued
services under waiver</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 id="H070034E5EF5C42AE9EFD10C415F2CAA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H93B2027AA44642A4AE00A3DEEE5C041"><enum>(g)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this part, after the
termination of a demonstration project relating to guardianship conducted by a
State under section 1130, the expenditures of the State for the provision, to
children who, as of September 30, 2008, were receiving assistance or services
under the project, of the same assistance and services under the same terms and
conditions that applied during the conduct of the project, are deemed to be
expenditures under the State plan approved under this
part.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEC94810FDF74478B3BD12B016E2E27D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligibility for
independent living services and education and training vouchers for children
who exit foster care for relative guardianship or adoption after age
16</header>
<paragraph id="H8DC176DA2A0E471ABDA64BCF75B1CFDC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Independent
living services</header><text>Section 477(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBCFD03E0B3CD46E6B4128167A4733690"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3387978694E4C56AD8BBD93FEBBB9C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA5D402808CDE407593AC7FB700AE5BC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC55BCFB4F3F44FA680579E8405B7E4B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1E189BFABB664823BDA852E079A364A8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to provide the
services referred to in this subsection to children who, after attaining 16
years of age, have left foster care for kinship guardianship or
adoption.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2794F8DBCC54E0EB800094DCA00D0CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Education and
training vouchers</header><text>Section 477(i)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
677(i)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>adopted from foster care after
attaining age 16</quote> and inserting <quote>who, after attaining 16 years of
age, are adopted from, or enter kinship guardianship from, foster
care</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H80D2BCE28C0F4753BB3CF608DCCFBE2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Categorical
eligibility for medicaid</header><text>Section 473(b)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673(b)(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5300C2A3EE764E349181479E00AAB109"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E28CBF501F8440A9B001FAAADCB959C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>, or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADACCA73454B4BD3A291A2E99C058318"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C8B3CCB0BBC400195754E002186F513" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8C783B026D5441C3005549EC4C380039" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to whom kinship guardianship
assistance payments are being made pursuant to subsection
(d).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19D7573C93454DC48BB9E24170B465FB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Family connection
grants</header>
<subsection id="HC9847212735B4DD7A4AA0068F3986F9E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-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>) is amended by inserting after
section 426 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77BB438070ED4C1085D6527B5D309796" style="OLC">
<section id="H0CDED8633AD84D43ACCDA81CAFF6E37F"><enum>427.</enum><header>Family
connection grants</header>
<subsection id="HDA4E8C8C1D8844B09B6F05E4FF4F79A3"><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="HC111C79FCEDD43050006F5D2FE2E001B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a kinship
navigator program to assist kinship caregivers in learning about, finding, and
using programs and services to meet the needs of the children they are raising
and their own needs, and to promote effective partnerships among public and
private agencies to ensure kinship caregiver families are served, which
program—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EC56AE8F77C4F709472869F20506759"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be
coordinated with other State or local agencies that promote service
coordination or provide information and referral services, including the
entities that provide 2–1–1 or 3–1–1 information systems where available, to
avoid duplication or fragmentation of services to kinship care families;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H550A38FCD3A748B1A5776F5C00779C9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be planned
and operated in consultation with kinship caregivers and organizations
representing them, youth raised by kinship caregivers, relevant government
agencies, and relevant community-based or faith-based organizations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE172E10E4AE44A02920080B4DB664D18"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall establish
information and referral systems that link (via toll-free access) kinship
caregivers, kinship support group facilitators, and kinship service providers
to—</text>
<clause id="H468F9886334C4A6197E41550A2A0D454"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each other;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD29CEAD6CB484A6791B628BCBAECD2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>eligibility and
enrollment information for Federal, State, and local benefits;</text>
</clause><clause id="H092E57BD41BF42EBAAE5B5BB3FDA00A4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>relevant
training to assist kinship caregivers in caregiving and in obtaining benefits
and services; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCEEFB702A8404D958600BA01D47955A7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>relevant legal
assistance and help in obtaining legal services;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AB9D72465E44D76B7B5DD9B09002429"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall provide outreach to kinship care
families, including by establishing, distributing, and updating a kinship care
website, or other relevant guides or outreach materials;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E1C3A88AFF3430BBBCFB405A4FD6D30"><enum>(E)</enum><text>shall promote
partnerships between public and private agencies, including schools, community
based or faith-based organizations, and relevant government agencies, to
increase their knowledge of the needs of kinship care families to promote
better services for those families;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC13290A026B4B05A178AEC500429BBB"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may establish and support a kinship care
ombudsman with authority to intervene and help kinship caregivers access
services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD1C84502A364A44A7DED5BB811CD8C7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>may support any
other activities designed to assist kinship caregivers in obtaining benefits
and services to improve their caregiving;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE5A3141E1B9F41F682AA06589E96F3EB"><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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H353515BF4D9A477B009CB0CF9F37395C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>family group
decision-making meetings for children in the child welfare system, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD06A01C01474B3EA5C2981D427DF200"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enable families to
make decisions and develop plans that nurture children and protect them from
abuse and neglect, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB96522654A784646B401112DBB18D1D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>when appropriate,
shall address domestic violence issues in a safe manner and facilitate
connecting children exposed to domestic violence to appropriate services,
including reconnection with the abused parent when appropriate; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H84CE998F0C2C4254BCA5003BA187D06E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>residential family
treatment programs that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFA2C67A4E5D14721A0A6EE97243847BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enable parents and
their children to live in a safe environment for a period of not less than 6
months; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC4D7015919A42E0BDEEF539CAD7B113"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide, on-site
or by referral, substance abuse treatment services, children’s early
intervention services, family counseling, medical, and mental health services,
nursery and pre-school, and other services that are designed to provide
comprehensive treatment that supports the family.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H046B854C8CA24CD4BBF9673BD9BD8437"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>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="HB1A3CD5BC3794BBE85C00987ADDCB700"><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="H0992067C645940799927A2995026F163"><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="H180F7724A4F0406A9906106DBF1D9036"><enum>(3)</enum><text>if the entity is a
private organization—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9EECEF7EA9B9476C9902AB392FEA9EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>documentation of
support from the relevant local or State child welfare agency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDB5714D3901439CB8BB18B1EC767391"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of
how the organization plans to coordinate its services and activities with those
offered by the relevant local or State child welfare agency; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC6BE68E387D8403BB3EED97EC01103BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assurance that
the entity will cooperate fully with any evaluation provided for by the
Secretary under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD3697DC4A2040BAB67111EE0003FE00"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H789AA8C836C54BADA500D66799BA559"><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="HB6DED179829C4412BC31FDCFF3AFFABB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Number of new
grantees per year</header><text>The Secretary may not award a grant under this
section to more than 30 new grantees each fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCDEA9734BD1748BD9959A50DA9C00EA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal
contribution</header><text>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 total expenditures proposed to be made by the
grantee in the application approved by the Secretary under this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H5CFEC1D90F384309ABF79D11BC432009"><enum>(1)</enum><text>75 percent, if the
payment is for the 1st or 2nd year of the grant period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02AEBEDE630B4301B342159BD55C0061"><enum>(2)</enum><text>50 percent, if the
payment is for the 3rd year of the grant period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA5594ADFE7224200929133E2111D0581"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Form of grantee
contribution</header><text>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="H643EBB5F4EBE433DAB158F8BE3C09689"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of
grant</header><text>A grantee under this section shall use the grant in
accordance with the approved application for the grant.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED725DCAD32740C78783D2718822DB18"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reservations of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="HE969448C02B04A539C0000047988568F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Kinship
navigator programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall reserve $5,000,000 of the funds made available under subsection
(h) for each fiscal year for grants to implement kinship navigator programs
described in subsection (a)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46E64501990846FB9F6514E800D6D5FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>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="H0425B4C37D4946458BE1B3FA145F6716"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text>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="H5659F392F70A4F6F88BA94005BB171B9"><enum>(h)</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 for purposes of making grants under
this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through
2013.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H1734B64588A1412F9208DABB38B3DD14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 425 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/625">42 U.S.C. 625</external-xref>) is amended by
inserting <quote>(other than sections 426, 427, and 429)</quote> after
<quote>this subpart</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H803FA732E2BD4B248326EB052893667D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Renaming of
program</header><text>The subpart heading for subpart 1 of part B of title IV
of such Act is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01C06A429B8943018568CAE0ED818484" style="OLC">
<subpart id="H8A69ACD1AB1D4E198D8E49DCED08BEA"><enum>1</enum><header>Stephanie Tubbs
Jones Child Welfare Services
Program</header>
</subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H237CBE2CF1544FA0AE68832CCC1E1835"><enum>103.</enum><header>Notification of
relatives</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 section 101(a) of
this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD74D1BD774FC48D38D3F447B04BD1E66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (27);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7F5E514D4C34DF0003C4412EFE2962D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (28) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89AC1E6B7CF74111AFE779DC59811E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF66BD4A7A8BA4D9DA83588B5E8BB7904" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9C19B889CA71413A954D74692E659B32"><enum>(29)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that, within 30 days after the
removal of a child from the custody of the parent or parents of the child, the
State shall exercise due diligence to identify and provide notice to all adult
grandparents and other adult relatives of the child (including any other adult
relatives suggested by the parents), subject to exceptions due to family or
domestic violence, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H432E371D217B4861A58EF9233E6CFB88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>specifies that the
child has been or is being removed from the custody of the parent or parents of
the child;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F5B4182E8B34BD4007F812894F2833E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>explains the
options the relative has under Federal, State, and local law to participate in
the care and placement of the child, including any options that may be lost by
failing to respond to the notice;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFECCB6D78DF14B9D9170CD1CD0F0D1C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describes the
requirements under paragraph (10) of this subsection to become a foster family
home and the additional services and supports that are available for children
placed in such a home; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20361E45380445C49133130648997F41"><enum>(D)</enum><text>if the State has
elected the option to make kinship guardianship assistance payments under
paragraph (28) of this subsection, describes how the relative guardian of the
child may subsequently enter into an agreement with the State under section
473(d) to receive the
payments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H156F324D01C642CC97734E87922731EF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Licensing standards
for relatives</header>
<subsection id="HF8536A72F8404E6A89356F854C439BD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan
amendment</header><text>Section 471(a)(10) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 671(a)(10)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0154F57CE4774550ADA7055DCE73C0D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and provides</quote> and inserting <quote>provides</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H000534CC7EB54910A367C600D2807D9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before the semicolon the following: <quote>, and provides that a waiver of any
such standard may be made only on a case-by-case basis for non-safety standards
(as determined by the State) in relative foster family homes for specific
children in care</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H51E7F87FFC014771A862C779CC76B9B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a
report that includes the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H77168582BA02415CBE64CB63F597D0B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Nationally and for
each State, the number and percentage of children in foster care placed in
licensed relative foster family homes and the number and percentage of such
children placed in unlicensed relative foster family homes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A55A75CB7574540874400870021C8B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The frequency with
which States grant case-by-case waivers of non-safety licensing standards for
relative foster family homes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB128D05B6F6F49639C94ECAD3C5B4F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The types of
non-safety licensing standards waived.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEEC2A824F2CB4652B402ABFAFA50E1F1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of
how such case-by-case waivers of non-safety licensing standards have affected
children in foster care, including their safety, permanency, and
well-being.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24FBF2BDA2A043A9A0C2E4C196DF85B1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A
review of any reasons why relative foster family homes may not be able to be
licensed, despite State authority to grant such case-by-case waivers of
non-safety licensing standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91069EB4591643F791B8C75EDC04CBEE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Recommendations
for administrative or legislative actions that may increase the percentage of
relative foster family homes that are licensed while ensuring the safety of
children in foster care and improving their permanence and well-being.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H36C760AEBE3F492A93CDAD40A928836D"><enum>105.</enum><header>Authority for
comparisons and disclosures of information in the Federal Parent Locator
Service for child welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance program
purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 453(j)(3) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653(j)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, part B, or part E</quote> after
<quote>this part</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Improving
outcomes for children in foster care</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE98077CCBCB24AA08EC603FC6E25ACF8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>State option for
children in foster care, and certain children in an adoptive or guardianship
placement, after attaining age 18</header>
<subsection id="H6E7EDDF8B75A4A158C28F94078E12E3D"><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="H48E8276323DB42048941396248FAB92E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H93FF67ADBF084BA2984DE1E3E44E52AD"><enum>(8)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3F9C427E60BF45738EBEA791893A43F"><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="HE051A3A33D6E4F68B51F6DFF063E69DB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>At the option of a State, the term
shall include an individual—</text>
<clause id="HFBCDCCA5CE084024A2FB271235204653"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3AF79028C505443B9897A5BA5DCC50E3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>who is in foster care
under the responsibility of the State;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H74D70CD7F59345AC9E86FAEE2B71FA00" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>with respect to whom an adoption
assistance agreement is in effect under section 473 if the child had attained
16 years of age before the agreement became effective; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDF121415CDCA45189E7C73C695B1D00" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>with respect to whom a kinship
guardianship assistance agreement is in effect under section 473(d) if the
child had attained 16 years of age before the agreement became
effective;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HEFC75FAED5B548539049DC3E6D94B83C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who has attained 18 years of
age;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFF26F53337FB4DCD9360F2B4FBAD4331"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>who has not attained 19, 20, or
21 years of age, as the State may elect; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H81B427A58C3C4859AA00CFAB7DEDA81"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>who is—</text>
<subclause id="H9D600CFC826449B4AD755CB6F5AE6A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>completing secondary education or a
program leading to an equivalent credential;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAE6DC72FA7034B7C92A5B4CFCACE9523"><enum>(II)</enum><text>enrolled in an institution which
provides post-secondary or vocational education;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0A31D10E3D364DED985F7560EBAA05B3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>participating in a program or activity
designed to promote, or remove barriers to, employment;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA3F4EB3B66D04573AFDF23CF6C20848"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>employed for at least 80 hours per
month; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H75D01D62051841D000FAB0D7B0FF80F9"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incapable of doing any of the activities
described in subclauses (I) through (IV) due to a medical condition, which
incapability is supported by regularly updated information in the case plan of
the
child.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE217B9615C2848D18686DA71F1B8D983"><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 <quote>but</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD8F386D303F54B2F80FE00003216A9AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments to age limits applicable to children eligible for adoption
assistance or kinship guardianship assistance</header><text>Section 473(a)(4)
of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673">42 U.S.C. 673(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7E1C7D0242674E8894D8AFCA5CD0CDC1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAA76B5359E17440100F2424C0090AA8D" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCE31F92613384093B0D289E32DDB5BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, a payment may not be made pursuant to this section
to parents or relative guardians with respect to a child—</text>
<clause id="H7B16E4D867354180B0216400208371B5" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who has attained—</text>
<subclause id="H6089BBF31A3B4C61A37B439B674895C8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>18 years of age, or such greater
age as the State may elect under section 475(8)(B)(iii); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBF8FE5154F584005AC0046EE5D6178D6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>21 years of age, if the State
determines that the child has a mental or physical handicap which warrants the
continuation of assistance;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD69BD2FF5C724937B933D22B55C5FCE" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who has not attained 18 years of age,
if the State determines that the parents or relative guardians, as the case may
be, are no longer legally responsible for the support of the child; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H29AA0B84AEA44CB29C94C3D1BA71C99F" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if the State determines that the
child is no longer receiving any support from the parents or relative
guardians, as the case may be.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H581694B2A3C54E5CA9DA52568B3442BB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Parents or relative guardians who
have been receiving adoption assistance payments or kinship guardianship
assistance payments under this section shall keep the State or local agency
administering the program under this section informed of circumstances which
would, pursuant to this subsection, make them ineligible for the payments, or
eligible for the payments in a different
amount.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A6547BBE35B4505B32245952D9BB800"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
October 1, 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C09825363464EB983FC00AB827C9D6C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Transition plan for
children aging out of foster care</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 475(5) 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="H3F2F0F03C66C49FE974B4B8F5FD20000"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F)(ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36BCD516FA9B4007BA32F0A2C556FBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00F2A564F1EC4C268BFEC9767D9D345B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC50512F383C54AC69075FFDD6FBFE07C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HCC445DC49AD14E84889DC32DA225C849"><enum>(H)</enum><text>during the 90-day
period immediately prior to the date on which the child will attain 18 years of
age, or such greater age as the State may elect under paragraph (8)(B)(iii),
whether during that period foster care maintenance payments are being made on
the child's behalf or the child is receiving benefits or services under section
477, a caseworker on the staff of the State agency, and, as appropriate, other
representatives of the child provide the child with assistance and support in
developing a transition plan that is personalized at the direction of the
child, includes specific options on housing, health insurance, education, local
opportunities for mentors and continuing support services, and work force
supports and employment services, and is as detailed as the child may
elect.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7871DB1ADE8A44A2AB02D58030743448" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Short-term training
for child welfare agencies, relative guardians, and court personnel</header>
<subsection id="H8203BEA82E6B458983C43614F916A0CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 474(a)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 674(a)(3)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF4F621930D074E7F99B3A4E775917EE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or relative guardians</quote> after <quote>adoptive
parents</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B8868449BFA43B6B747B9D990376686"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and the members</quote> and inserting <quote>, the
members</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63805905BE3145ECBF3B784DC500F75B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, or State-licensed or State-approved child welfare agencies providing
services,</quote> after <quote>providing care</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0FC7CD81E7541C7A6515766004380AD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>foster and adopted</quote> the 1st place it appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB75292BEF864D3CB5676BA202CE0018"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and members of the staff of abuse and neglect courts, agency attorneys,
attorneys representing children or parents, guardians ad litem, or other
court-appointed special advocates representing children in proceedings of such
courts,</quote> after <quote>part,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E5F9F2091774E468E51052605AF21CE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>guardians,</quote> before <quote>staff members,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD991CD4C56014C5D970712FB24CD718E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and institutions</quote> and inserting <quote>institutions, attorneys,
and advocates</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H776A29E1CDE6479F8B2D2FCD55E7CFA3"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and children living with relative guardians</quote> after <quote>foster
and adopted children</quote> the 2nd place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4DDF0049055440B188CE5C716E1E00C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Phase-In</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to an expenditure described in
section 474(a)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act by reason of an amendment made
by subsection (a) of this section, in lieu of the percentage set forth in such
section 474(a)(3)(B), the percentage that shall apply is—</text>
<paragraph id="HB3EA3CEDCEBA4CA68DD7F4F52FD67067"><enum>(1)</enum><text>55 percent, if the
expenditure is made in fiscal year 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H809760FD50C242DD98E3F3C3D24B007D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>60 percent, if the
expenditure is made in fiscal year 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE8CAAC86F1947EEB929588900C5EF01"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">65 percent, if the expenditure is made in
fiscal year 2011; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6D062AD4CE2489280ACE034B3BCE3D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">70 percent, if the expenditure is made in
fiscal year 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92A8842DCBD2429EA2FB01A0BCA98B78"><enum>204.</enum><header>Educational
stability</header>
<subsection id="H3B675AD736C348A29CC5F5F9F6EBF19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</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>),
as amended by section 101(c)(4) of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7F8E839C02314921B0CC31B2418F7229"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB011935C446425DA8400282F5E977D5"><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="H0D37385CEF7248D0B0B37768273957F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6E08785324A5422CA76ECE3D8F149E5" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC27780F1FEC748C6842233BD9BB0390"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A plan for ensuring
the educational stability of the child while in foster care, including—</text>
<clause id="HDB89E06CEB664F48BCA75BD9B6226753"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assurances that
the placement of the child in foster care takes into account the
appropriateness of the current educational setting and the proximity to the
school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H779E5B6AEDF447DA92CA77DCF753FC00"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAF02FDCD5FFE4C208CEA43576FC46403"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an assurance that the
State agency has coordinated with appropriate local educational agencies (as
defined under section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965) to ensure that the child remains in the school in which the child is
enrolled at the time of placement; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H265281B8E4234F65A1FEB9DF5DBB4973" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if remaining in such school is not in
the best interests of the child, assurances by the State agency and the local
educational agencies to provide immediate and appropriate enrollment in a new
school, with all of the educational records of the child provided to the
school.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAA896B480A3A4DC3A9B6939004171E18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the 1st
sentence of paragraph (4)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H812F8EC3C8504D59BC6015C5379C85E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and reasonable</quote> and inserting <quote>reasonable</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7903536F84424884A6A2A1B4F5C94F89"><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></subsection><subsection id="H86D5B234CD8E459400227726F176FC32"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Educational
attendance requirement</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>), as amended by sections 101(a) and 103 of this Act, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H38DD3FC520D940B9BDFB0844878BB924"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (28);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E3B70C09F764C97A01025E57F498E09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (29) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE279E122959A4068B77B4B77A7F73047"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H36DBF8464D74419298C463DD16C324B4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5E2DD5BFDDB54166B6714BC1F0D00864"><enum>(30)</enum><text>provides
assurances that each child who has attained the minimum age for compulsory
school attendance under State law and with respect to whom there is eligibility
for a payment under the State plan is a full-time elementary or secondary
school student or has completed secondary school, and for purposes of this
paragraph, the term <term>elementary or secondary school student</term> means,
with respect to a child, that the child is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F4667CAF9E04642BB933C18E6B2B15F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enrolled (or in
the process of enrolling) in an institution which provides elementary or
secondary education, as determined under the law of the State or other
jurisdiction in which the institution is located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A9EB67CB17C48DC004CFB4792AC63D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>instructed in
elementary or secondary education at home in accordance with a home school law
of the State or other jurisdiction in which the home is located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC97B670F545451395F11CC501A53791"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in an independent
study elementary or secondary education program in accordance with the law of
the State or other jurisdiction in which the program is located, which is
administered by the local school or school district; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D99AA62AFF04158B31EAE0082DE897"><enum>(D)</enum><text>incapable of
attending school on a full-time basis due to the medical condition of the
child, which incapability is supported by regularly updated information in the
case plan of the
child.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H364AE99AFFF744CDA487A9CA38AC095C"><enum>205.</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 id="HF7A1D30FDD6043B9A3951FF241FCEE7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAE7CC4DB209A48A5BB9700A045B17BE"><enum>(15)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEAEB2200E6AE49E1B5A66C1C23DCCFF"><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="H786DE7274F014698A5F2901C37DCE836" 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="HF71714E09F1E400AA6EB474E02AFD7AA" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>how health needs identified
through screenings will be monitored and treated;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1CEB0AEDA9C04A3FA8779D1F1FF20379" 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="H21C1DCAA535340E79328DEB8D1EA614D" 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="H25EA73783E87406D00F95965E7F6B3E1" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the oversight of prescription
medicines; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7049BC4161CB46CD85577D7509EA42F3" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>how the State actively consults
with and involves physicians or other appropriate medical or non-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="H6D285D55582E4DAA8114FBBB6406D93" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 administer and
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><section id="HD553D66E668E486887E788E4877A1D9"><enum>206.</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), 103,
and 204(b) of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBFF163A3A13E4B6EB4005D6DDFA29756"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (29);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65645E804B39493FAD29D25ECEDA2FE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (30) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62A4148AB3DB4D29BC52985128A9E69D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H374AAE361603463C90133251B9A8D4E4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9880077DCB24445DA87F04D446BF47B1"><enum>(31)</enum><text>provides that
reasonable efforts shall be made—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE19190624E374D4C888514EE00DB22C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to place siblings
removed from their home in the same foster care, kinship guardianship, or
adoptive placement, unless the State documents that such a joint placement
would be contrary to the safety or well-being of any of the siblings;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5CB81F37E6E40659167665CF002AF47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of
siblings removed from their home who are not so jointly placed, to provide for
frequent visitation or other ongoing interaction between the siblings, unless
that State documents that frequent visitation or other ongoing interaction
would be contrary to the safety or well-being of any of the
siblings.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Tribal foster
care and adoption access</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H511C80A35FB94CD7A0B7E51E11D114B3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Equitable access for foster care and
adoption services for Indian children in tribal areas</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC243EA5EE1844281A8E0C4E77E125C00"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority for direct payment of Federal
Title IV–E funds for programs operated by Indian Tribal organizations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61075856975546CD9F68091FB3F39EB4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part E of title IV of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/670">42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7966DD11B884D76836F03D2B459AB7" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBE84DB00BF642E5B2585DE6D9F4D5B3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>479B.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs operated by Indian tribal
organizations</header>
<subsection id="H8EC63878BCF3485488F68028B40035A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions of
indian tribe; tribal organizations</header><text>In this section, the terms
<term>Indian tribe</term> and <term>tribal organization</term> have the
meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FCCA87FEAA4489081F3F0E0D35024AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority</header><text>Except as otherwise
provided in this section, this part shall apply in the same manner as this part
applies to a State to an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal
consortium that elects to operate a program under this part and has a plan
approved by the Secretary under section 471 in accordance with this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29661B7559E14854A3813BEE009CC3BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan
requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0E6F14435A6428BB99C38AF29383011"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal
consortium that elects to operate a program under this part shall include with
its plan submitted under section 471 the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCFDD24137AB4C83B96FB038DAD85988"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Financial
management</header><text>Evidence demonstrating that the tribe, organization,
or consortium has not had any uncorrected significant or material audit
exceptions under Federal grants or contracts that directly relate to the
administration of social services for the 3-year period prior to the date on
which the plan is submitted.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDFDFC2F77D44246A879F1193EEB964"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Service areas and
populations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
complying with section 471(a)(3), a description of the service area or areas
and populations to be served under the plan and an assurance that the plan
shall be in effect in all service area or areas and for all populations served
by the tribe, organization, or consortium.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29E2BA44355545CC98AB009604A008E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04FA604E696B4F1FBD30ED14A01C2CE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii) of this subparagraph, an assurance
that the plan will provide—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B6B3CE4303F4B1495D1D922889310F8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>foster care
maintenance payments under section 472 only on behalf of children who satisfy
the eligibility requirements of section 472(a);</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57B93A5505504CFB982CB63362E0169E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>adoption
assistance payments under section 473 pursuant to adoption assistance
agreements only on behalf of children who satisfy the eligibility requirements
for such payments under that section; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0CDD8A114B749EFBEA5864DA100E2D0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>at the option of
the tribe, organization, or consortium, kinship guardianship assistance
payments in accordance with section 473(d) only on behalf of children who meet
the requirements of section 473(d)(3).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H007C9D19E13B434F93D7A1A931DD118F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Satisfaction of
foster care eligibility requirements</header><text>For purposes of determining
whether a child whose placement and care are the responsibility of an Indian
tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium with a plan approved under
section 471 in accordance with this section satisfies the requirements of
section 472(a), the following shall apply:</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24D3835B277142C48920B5EF12AB437C"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of affidavits, etc</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only with respect to the first 12 months
for which such plan is in effect, the requirement in paragraph (1) of section
472(a) shall not be interpreted so as to prohibit the use of affidavits or nunc
pro tunc orders as verification documents in support of the reasonable efforts
and contrary to the welfare of the child judicial determinations required under
that paragraph.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C9636954CF94ECCB535ADF4DEDB6B5"><enum>(II)</enum><header>AFDC eligibility
requirement</header><text>The State plan approved under section 402 (as in
effect on July 16, 1996) of the State in which the child resides at the time of
removal from the home shall apply to the determination of whether the child
satisfies section 472(a)(3).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43470081E5C14461A6959F67EEAFACDE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Option to claim
in-kind expenditures from third-party sources for non-federal share of
administrative and training costs during initial implementation
period</header><text>Only for fiscal year quarters beginning after September
30, 2009, and before October 1, 2014, a list of the in-kind expenditures (which
shall be fairly evaluated, and may include plants, equipment, administration,
or services) and the third-party sources of such expenditures that the tribe,
organization, or consortium may claim as part of the non-Federal share of
administrative or training expenditures attributable to such quarters for
purposes of receiving payments under section 474(a)(3). The Secretary shall
permit a tribe, organization, or consortium to claim in-kind expenditures from
third party sources for such purposes during such quarters subject to the
following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55C2EED459DF4CB9833EBC16216F2147"><enum>(i)</enum><header>No effect on
authority for tribes, organizations, or consortia to claim expenditures or
indirect costs to the same extent as States</header><text>Nothing in this
subparagraph shall be construed as preventing a tribe, organization, or
consortium from claiming any expenditures or indirect costs for purposes of
receiving payments under section 474(a) that a State with a plan approved under
section 471(a) could claim for such purposes.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B9557BD949442F28319675F8E2CB791"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2010 or 2011</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD897CCB89C274005A0484E385F9C807E"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Expenditures
other than for training</header><text>With respect to amounts expended during a
fiscal year quarter beginning after September 30, 2009, and before October 1,
2011, for which the tribe, organization, or consortium is eligible for payments
under subparagraph (C), (D), or (E) of section 474(a)(3), not more than 25
percent of such amounts may consist of in-kind expenditures from third-party
sources specified in the list required under this subparagraph to be submitted
with the plan.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H691863293F9D4D689B00A0FA44B3000"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Training
expenditures</header><text>With respect to amounts expended during a fiscal
year quarter beginning after September 30, 2009, and before October 1, 2011,
for which the tribe, organization, or consortium is eligible for payments under
subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 474(a)(3), not more than 12 percent of such
amounts may consist of in-kind expenditures from third-party sources that are
specified in such list and described in subclause (III).</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64239C2E1E354658B7FCB255CF39E0BF"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Sources
described</header><text>For purposes of subclause (II), the sources described
in this subclause are the following:</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9655D116B1E4DE18668E7AC41A38F12"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>A State or local
government.</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3792C00D856448B99C3368819EC63652"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>An Indian tribe,
tribal organization, or tribal consortium other than the tribe, organization,
or consortium submitting the plan.</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H173D16E8D4F844F3869060136E1756FC"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>A public
institution of higher education.</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F1F1F3BA5F2410D9D3416717EC04316"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>A Tribal College
or University (as defined in section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c</external-xref>)).</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H711BFE4EEEDB41FD8E86B751005DB09E"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>A private
charitable organization.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DABE12041C344DBB618AD446E6E0048"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2012, 2013, or 2014</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E413231889B42F8A08516D907DA0F3"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (II) of this clause and
clause (v) of this subparagraph, with respect to amounts expended during any
fiscal year quarter beginning after September 30, 2011, and before October 1,
2014, for which the tribe, organization, or consortium is eligible for payments
under any subparagraph of section 474(a)(3) of this Act, the only in-kind
expenditures from third-party sources that may be claimed by the tribe,
organization, or consortium for purposes of determining the non-Federal share
of such expenditures (without regard to whether the expenditures are specified
on the list required under this subparagraph to be submitted with the plan) are
in-kind expenditures that are specified in regulations promulgated by the
Secretary under section 301(e)(2) of the Fostering Connections to Success and
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 and are from an applicable third-party source
specified in such regulations, and do not exceed the applicable percentage for
claiming such in-kind expenditures specified in the regulations.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE10F636AF6C456DAC009B1754D27479"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Transition
period for early approved tribes, organizations, or
consortia</header><text>Subject to clause (v), if the tribe, organization, or
consortium is an early approved tribe, organization, or consortium (as defined
in subclause (III) of this clause), the Secretary shall not require the tribe,
organization, or consortium to comply with such regulations before October 1,
2013. Until the earlier of the date such tribe, organization, or consortium
comes into compliance with such regulations or October 1, 2013, the limitations
on the claiming of in-kind expenditures from third-party sources under clause
(ii) shall continue to apply to such tribe, organization, or consortium
(without regard to fiscal limitation) for purposes of determining the
non-Federal share of amounts expended by the tribe, organization, or consortium
during any fiscal year quarter that begins after September 30, 2011, and before
such date of compliance or October 1, 2013, whichever is earlier.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6ADAFAD3E5F24824A0E031DB2EAEDE5"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Definition of
early approved tribe, organization, or consortium</header><text>For purposes of
subclause (II) of this clause, the term <term>early approved tribe,
organization, or consortium</term> means an Indian tribe, tribal organization,
or tribal consortium that had a plan approved under section 471 in accordance
with this section for any quarter of fiscal year 2010 or 2011.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DBBD68CA58F4B958C4F54C8BC9BC3B8"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2015 and thereafter</header><text>Subject to clause (v) of this subparagraph,
with respect to amounts expended during any fiscal year quarter beginning after
September 30, 2014, for which the tribe, organization, or consortium is
eligible for payments under any subparagraph of section 474(a)(3) of this Act,
in-kind expenditures from third-party sources may be claimed for purposes of
determining the non-Federal share of expenditures under any subparagraph of
such section 474(a)(3) only in accordance with the regulations promulgated by
the Secretary under section 301(e)(2) of the Fostering Connections to Success
and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42F4C54998CC422ABA51A2A6E98097FA"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Contingency
rule</header><text>If, at the time expenditures are made for a fiscal year
quarter beginning after September 30, 2011, and before October 1, 2014, for
which a tribe, organization, or consortium may receive payments for under
section 474(a)(3) of this Act, no regulations required to be promulgated under
section 301(e)(2) of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act of 2008 are in effect, and no legislation has been enacted
specifying otherwise—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D87307D5DED421B99B27E52EC4FED62"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of any
quarter of fiscal year 2012, 2013, or 2014, the limitations on claiming in-kind
expenditures from third-party sources under clause (ii) of this subparagraph
shall apply (without regard to fiscal limitation) for purposes of determining
the non-Federal share of such expenditures; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H654AB44DF1C64C0E9CDF5D53022B74B5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of
any quarter of fiscal year 2015 or any fiscal year thereafter, no tribe,
organization, or consortium may claim in-kind expenditures from third-party
sources for purposes of determining the non-Federal share of such expenditures
if a State with a plan approved under section 471(a) of this Act could not
claim in-kind expenditures from third-party sources for such purposes.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H531EB3972C7C45859221B63E8003A5D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clarification of
tribal authority to establish standards for tribal foster family homes and
tribal child care institutions</header><text>For purposes of complying with
section 471(a)(10), an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium
shall establish and maintain a tribal authority or authorities which shall be
responsible for establishing and maintaining tribal standards for tribal foster
family homes and tribal child care institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H489E44C69EA942F8BE3FCAFA01F5C100"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consortium</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The participating Indian tribes or tribal
organizations of a tribal consortium may develop and submit a single plan under
section 471 that meets the requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC427489020C34245B972BC8FA993E50"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of Federal medical assistance
percentage for foster care maintenance and adoption assistance
payments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA06F266B85B342E6A562868B492B72B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Per capita income</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of determining the Federal
medical assistance percentage applicable to an Indian tribe, a tribal
organization, or a tribal consortium under paragraphs (1), (2), and (5) of
section 474(a), the calculation of the per capita income of the Indian tribe,
tribal organization, or tribal consortium shall be based upon the service
population of the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium,
except that in no case shall an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or a
tribal consortium receive less than the Federal medical assistance percentage
for any State in which the tribe, organization, or consortium is
located.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4A644EAA2F64635BE7B6E5FE3689B58"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consideration of other
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before making a
calculation under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider any information
submitted by an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or a tribal consortium
that the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium considers
relevant to making the calculation of the per capita income of the Indian
tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D781EE0DE604045BA899C765E3889DB"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonapplication to cooperative agreements
and contracts</header><text>Any cooperative agreement or contract entered into
between an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or a tribal consortium and a
State for the administration or payment of funds under this part that is in
effect as of the date of enactment of this section shall remain in full force
and effect, subject to the right of either party to the agreement or contract
to revoke or modify the agreement or contract pursuant to the terms of the
agreement or contract. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting
the authority for an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or a tribal
consortium and a State to enter into a cooperative agreement or contract for
the administration or payment of funds under this part.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE7CFD415138498FA8007FE9D4C8DCE1"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence
Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
section 477(j), subsection (b) of this section shall not apply with respect to
the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program established under section
477 (or with respect to payments made under section 474(a)(4) or grants made
under section 474(e)).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2044A9C692FD46EFA2FC6CD12E962100"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section shall be construed as affecting the application of section 472(h) to a
child on whose behalf payments are paid under section 472, or the application
of section 473(b) to a child on whose behalf payments are made under section
473 pursuant to an adoption assistance agreement or a kinship guardianship
assistance agreement, by an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal
consortium that elects to operate a foster care and adoption assistance program
in accordance with this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40E560E4519842A6867F87D7A85521F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 472(a)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
672(a)(2)(B)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2700CC543DE54CF39D17D2005D1981A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFC8579B049B4A48BF1B8EE9D6406CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H507DAF0C54FD4F13B239D0CF3CA7CF74"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66DBC3119CE94036B782EF432B06E761" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0DE98D398BD45DBA233C866E9B871A0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Indian tribe or a tribal organization
(as defined in section 479B(a)) or a tribal consortium that has a plan approved
under section 471 in accordance with section 479B;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6C5067B7F704740AB8015B89075FAE7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority To receive portion of State
allotment as part of an agreement to operate the John H. Chafee Foster Care
Independence Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
477 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H883107186D4C47AB823095A8E9854CFD" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD6E8D730F74494BB1F69DBD4F00D150"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority for an Indian tribe, tribal
organization, or tribal consortium To receive an allotment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA942EB18B9F4616804767B26F39619C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Indian tribe, tribal organization, or
tribal consortium with a plan approved under section 479B, or which is
receiving funding to provide foster care under this part pursuant to a
cooperative agreement or contract with a State, may apply for an allotment out
of any funds authorized by paragraph (1) or (2) (or both) of subsection (h) of
this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H250B4A52A86E4F25B3CC469CF8975688"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A tribe, organization, or consortium
desiring an allotment under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall submit an
application to the Secretary to directly receive such allotment that includes a
plan which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H152858DE3EDA493EA9084D609DEAEB25"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">satisfies such requirements of paragraphs
(2) and (3) of subsection (b) as the Secretary determines are
appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E39C3C82BC445E99EF7C2CF5E7B35C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains a description of the tribe's,
organization's, or consortium's consultation process regarding the programs to
be carried out under the plan with each State for which a portion of an
allotment under subsection (c) would be redirected to the tribe, organization,
or consortium; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE7BF545A2A44FB1BC5D05DD1E5B3D19"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contains an
explanation of the results of such consultation, particularly with respect
to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37CDDBF07D124EC1B23409F730FC47AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determining the
eligibility for benefits and services of Indian children to be served under the
programs to be carried out under the plan; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD3E351EE002B485DAC093E5B8BA9DABD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the process for
consulting with the State in order to ensure the continuity of benefits and
services for such children who will transition from receiving benefits and
services under programs carried out under a State plan under subsection (b)(2)
to receiving benefits and services under programs carried out under a plan
under this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13272B93D95749EE9CEA4BF41DC1C69F"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall pay an Indian tribe,
tribal organization, or tribal consortium with an application and plan approved
under this subsection from the allotment determined for the tribe,
organization, or consortium under paragraph (4) of this subsection in the same
manner as is provided in section 474(a)(4) (and, where requested, and if funds
are appropriated, section 474(e)) with respect to a State, or in such other
manner as is determined appropriate by the Secretary, except that in no case
shall an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or a tribal consortium receive a
lesser proportion of such funds than a State is authorized to receive under
those sections.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FA656536C264B2BBD711C4CAFDF74E1"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allotment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From the amounts allotted to a State under
subsection (c) of this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to
each Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium with an
application and plan approved under this subsection for that fiscal year an
amount equal to the tribal foster care ratio determined under paragraph (5) of
this subsection for the tribe, organization, or consortium multiplied by the
allotment amount of the State within which the tribe, organization, or
consortium is located. The allotment determined under this paragraph is deemed
to be a part of the allotment determined under section 477(c) for the State in
which the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium is
located.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA818437F546E49878FB44E8B27EA6C7F"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal foster care ratio</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (4), the tribal
foster care ratio means, with respect to an Indian tribe, tribal organization,
or tribal consortium, the ratio of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6ABD5F23E6B7431A9E53F4EDFDE0DE10"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the responsibility of the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal
consortium (either directly or under supervision of the State), in the most
recent fiscal year for which the information is available; to</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D8F4B0E1B6C43E9BDB9009D49CB26C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sum of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64A5A5511A7544A5860062EE72129DF6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total number of children in foster care
under the responsibility of the State within which the Indian tribe, tribal
organization, or tribal consortium is located; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H337C43BF50A741F7A17DC8A9E0551E3D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total number
of children in foster care under the responsibility of all Indian tribes,
tribal organizations, or tribal consortia in the State (either directly or
under supervision of the State) that have a plan approved under this
subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3CC8F2A46C6497BAAE6B2F33430115B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State and tribal
cooperation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CFBD2E2D3C44934BA9316C85200E8C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State plan
requirement to negotiate in good faith</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC31D22AE045E4019BCD442E637245206"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)), as amended by sections 101(a), 103, 204(b), and 206 of this Act, is
amended—</text>
<clause id="H506BD983EFF74C6F96D044EBCA3C3402"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (30);</text>
</clause><clause id="HFA67D1D404E9451EBF02AF788F71EEE0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (31) and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C749A30E10145E681DD9239042D6039"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H814BBBFB83E7495BA13338BA45A55F93" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0AB8DF6A615478FA01E8CD580FCA36D"><enum>(32)</enum><text>provides that the
State will negotiate in good faith with any Indian tribe, tribal organization
or tribal consortium in the State that requests to develop an agreement with
the State to administer all or part of the program under this part on behalf of
Indian children who are under the authority of the tribe, organization, or
consortium, including foster care maintenance payments on behalf of children
who are placed in State or tribally licensed foster family homes, adoption
assistance payments, and, if the State has elected to provide such payments,
kinship guardianship assistance payments under section 473(d), and tribal
access to resources for administration, training, and data collection under
this
part.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB577B2ED8C84196B1D8CACBEEF3947"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chafee program conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
477(b)(3)(G) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677(b)(3)(G)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A3049293D464F98A03343D61F4C00BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and that</quote> and
inserting <quote>that</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B88524657954F73ACC75F1690483BF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end and
inserting <quote>; and that the State will negotiate in good faith with any
Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium in the State that does
not receive an allotment under subsection (j)(4) for a fiscal year and that
requests to develop an agreement with the State to administer, supervise, or
oversee the programs to be carried out under the plan with respect to the
Indian children who are eligible for such programs and who are under the
authority of the tribe, organization, or consortium and to receive from the
State an appropriate portion of the State allotment under subsection (c) for
the cost of such administration, supervision, or oversight.</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F06E96AC8CA48FA95F700CB6D8993F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application of
tribal Federal matching rate to cooperative agreements or contracts between
State or tribes</header><text>Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 474(a) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674(a)</external-xref>) are each amended by inserting <quote>(or, with respect
to such payments made during such quarter under a cooperative agreement or
contract entered into by the State and an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or
tribal consortium for the administration or payment of funds under this part,
an amount equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage that would apply
under section 479B(d) (in this paragraph referred to as the <quote>tribal
FMAP</quote>) if such Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium
made such payments under a program operated under that section, unless the
tribal FMAP is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage that applies
to the State)</quote> before the semicolon.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC537291697E9460B883EDF20A25671F2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rules of
construction</header><text>Nothing in the amendments made by this section shall
be construed as—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87C6841171C94A31A87E5F23AF8D9796"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorization to terminate funding on
behalf of any Indian child receiving foster care maintenance payments or
adoption assistance payments on the date of enactment of this Act and for which
the State receives Federal matching payments under paragraph (1) or (2) of
section 474(a) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674(a)</external-xref>), regardless of
whether a cooperative agreement or contract between the State and an Indian
tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium is in effect on such date or
an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium elects subsequent to
such date to operate a program under section 479B of such Act (as added by
subsection (a) of this section); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FACCED643BC4339BC7C00E4120CDAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>affecting the
responsibility of a State—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2402CCB352FC4C229DFAA8758FD89B09"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as part of the
plan approved under section 471 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671</external-xref>), to
provide foster care maintenance payments, adoption assistance payments, and if
the State elects, kinship guardianship assistance payments, for Indian children
who are eligible for such payments and who are not otherwise being served by an
Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium pursuant to a program
under such section 479B of such Act or a cooperative agreement or contract
entered into between an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or a tribal
consortium and a State for the administration or payment of funds under part E
of title IV of such Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8D5B64655A145C4AE3DB1DDE8E74CA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as part of the plan approved under section
477 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677</external-xref>) to administer, supervise, or oversee programs
carried out under that plan on behalf of Indian children who are eligible for
such programs if such children are not otherwise being served by an Indian
tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium pursuant to an approved plan
under section 477(j) of such Act or a cooperative agreement or contract entered
into under section 477(b)(3)(G) of such Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7F62D65AE204F7980F37F41F5A0A5E6"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34C2E6991B6342ABB5EEC0A9E751C74B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection, not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in
consultation with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, tribal consortia, and
affected States, shall promulgate interim final regulations to carry out this
section and the amendments made by this section. Such regulations shall include
procedures to ensure that a transfer of responsibility for the placement and
care of a child under a State plan approved under section 471 of the Social
Security Act to a tribal plan approved under section 471 of such Act in
accordance with section 479B of such Act (as added by subsection (a)(1) of this
section) or to an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or a tribal consortium
that has entered into a cooperative agreement or contract with a State for the
administration or payment of funds under part E of title IV of such Act does
not affect the eligibility of, provision of services for, or the making of
payments on behalf of, such children under part E of title IV of such Act, or
the eligibility of such children for medical assistance under title XIX of such
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56319760A89E436FB5A303709498AFE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In-kind
expenditures from third-party sources for purposes of determining non-federal
share of administrative and training expenditures</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34C7B87773DF4DF79398034964D4C34C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, not later
than September 30, 2011, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in
consultation with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia,
shall promulgate interim final regulations specifying the types of in-kind
expenditures, including plants, equipment, administration, and services, and
the third-party sources for such in-kind expenditures which may be claimed by
tribes, organizations, and consortia with plans approved under section 471 of
the Social Security Act in accordance with section 479B of such Act, up to such
percentages as the Secretary, in such consultation shall specify in such
regulations, for purposes of determining the non-Federal share of
administrative and training expenditures for which the tribes, organizations,
and consortia may receive payments for under any subparagraph of section
474(a)(3) of such Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A40CB1551F944C691E2913DFA0726DC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>In no event shall the regulations required to be promulgated
under subparagraph (A) take effect prior to October 1, 2011.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H706E6C161DA44A8CB55FB0003D555BCB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Sense of the
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of the Congress that if the Secretary of
Health and Human Services fails to publish in the Federal Register the
regulations required under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the Congress
should enact legislation specifying the types of in-kind expenditures and the
third-party sources for such in-kind expenditures which may be claimed by
tribes, organizations, and consortia with plans approved under section 471 of
the Social Security Act in accordance with section 479B of such Act, up to
specific percentages, for purposes of determining the non-Federal share of
administrative and training expenditures for which the tribes, organizations,
and consortia may receive payments for under any subparagraph of section
474(a)(3) of such Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3361971AF18C48F3B83543F1D8E9186"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall take effect on October 1, 2009, without
regard to whether the regulations required under subsection (e)(1) have been
promulgated by such date.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE06E87F515EB4A719595A2E8301CE442" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Technical assistance
and implementation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 476
of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/676">42 U.S.C. 676</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H380BA567CFB646D99324007320787144" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBFBE955CEA104CA999B2E76CC68E0014"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical
assistance and implementation services for tribal programs</header>
<paragraph id="H0CEE59B1992E418A9B8C51D74FB9CDBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Secretary shall provide technical assistance and implementation services that
are dedicated to improving services and permanency outcomes for Indian children
and their families through the provision of assistance described in paragraph
(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EE3E4FECAA84160A682AB8C92802F00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance
provided</header>
<subparagraph id="HB9345D75E66245F596A324BC479071D6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The technical assistance and implementation services
shall be to—</text>
<clause id="H2F22ED0A942B44EBB200EECEC119BDBF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide
information, advice, educational materials, and technical assistance to Indian
tribes and tribal organizations with respect to the types of services,
administrative functions, data collection, program management, and reporting
that are required under State plans under part B and this part;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A8E3A4CA2484065A6EB3EE5653142D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assist and
provide technical assistance to—</text>
<subclause id="H730837037EFF41B9A803A2CD908E8000"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Indian tribes,
tribal organizations, and tribal consortia seeking to operate a program under
part B or under this part through direct application to the Secretary under
section 479B; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE18E41D76ED8441ABCADA35102217864"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Indian tribes,
tribal organizations, tribal consortia, and States seeking to develop
cooperative agreements to provide for payments under this part or satisfy the
requirements of section 422(b)(9), 471(a)(32), or 477(b)(3)(G); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H5140F4D0D84646CA927710465F7DE723"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>subject to
subparagraph (B), make one-time grants, to tribes, tribal organizations, or
tribal consortia that are seeking to develop, and intend, not later than 24
months after receiving such a grant to submit to the Secretary a plan under
section 471 to implement a program under this part as authorized by section
479B, that shall—</text>
<subclause id="H261748D8B9D840E69C7F4D11DB2D288C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not exceed
$300,000; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4CAE445FE3324F27A166A2B8609E907B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be used for the
cost of developing a plan under section 471 to carry out a program under
section 479B, including costs related to development of necessary data
collection systems, a cost allocation plan, agency and tribal court procedures
necessary to meet the case review system requirements under section 475(5), or
any other costs attributable to meeting any other requirement necessary for
approval of such a plan under this part.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B4209D800F342D7B20095C095F7D9AE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grant
condition</header>
<clause id="HDED849A5ED3E4808B825305B2352A8C8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As a condition of being paid a grant under subparagraph
(A)(iii), a tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium shall agree to
repay the total amount of the grant awarded if the tribe, tribal organization,
or tribal consortium fails to submit to the Secretary a plan under section 471
to carry out a program under section 479B by the end of the 24-month period
described in that subparagraph.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1003EED8FE7E4ADEB5B4E39BBF7DFE44"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
Secretary shall waive the requirement to repay a grant imposed by clause (i) if
the Secretary determines that a tribe's, tribal organization's, or tribal
consortium's failure to submit a plan within such period was the result of
circumstances beyond the control of the tribe, tribal organization, or tribal
consortium.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0529D1D1B46945A5BA51D55005B4F51"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Implementation
authority</header><text>The Secretary may provide the technical assistance and
implementation services described in subparagraph (A) either directly or
through a grant or contract with public or private organizations knowledgeable
and experienced in the field of Indian tribal affairs and child welfare.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A38169C93454F0684782BE872FBD1D0"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is appropriated to the Secretary, out
of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated,
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter to carry out
this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Improvement of
incentives for adoption</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6E73969723D4FEA00556500C131E9C6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Adoption incentives
program</header>
<subsection id="HC1C2A9C3AAB54AA79269004333F4706F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>5-year
extension</header><text>Section 473A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
673b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D76258BD1144BFFA4E298B5F9D068E4"><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="HBE565234A36941F5AD0097102F4D7BCA"><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="H0E40EE2201D24B24B09026FBFFBED970"><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="HB7E0C4D85DB14C81A64BC0C8545D2E98"><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="H2C84210057C14A26A6F9DAB9C42CD419"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Updating of
fiscal year used in determining base numbers of adoptions</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—</text>
<paragraph id="H13B7C5F240A0428FAD6F07D8ACA468CC"><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 id="H4915A4D0BA6046A1BEA2492F3D48624E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3F221FE344743C5806BFEC8CD23A616"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>that are not older child adoptions</quote> before <quote>for a
State</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB161560964364B529E897054D818B53B"><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 child adoptions in the State in fiscal year 2007.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDD5FCE54403485AAE70AFAB783EB74C"><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="HBA93262B2B234DA19256D37C00425829"><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="H2C5643ABB4FF4E9A00E6735C55E14FB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>$2,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$4,000</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC87B6F7D7684FEAA12CF1CE0460C13D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>$4,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$8,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCC1628E3E47E445890912CF3BDC7E3E9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>24-month
availability of payments to States</header><text>Section 473A(e) of such Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H44292D4659CD42F4A0CA4005707BB89C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">2-year</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">24-month</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62344E66432A4997A3BB00D511009FE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>through the end of the succeeding fiscal year</quote> and inserting
<quote>for the 24-month period beginning with the month in which the payments
are made</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C934CA734EB41B8B91DEFF21B8E9DFC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
incentive payment for exceeding the highest ever foster child adoption
rate</header>
<paragraph id="HE67906CB6EFF458CACC044D1691325B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A(d) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H892A496157F5422FBA009F48213DDB21"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>paragraph
(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B732C7BB51C481D81071D65CE43E9F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>this section</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5CEA1A9A17F04420B5237163DE9661C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68EE78F7827B4EF29B1977C437C64C7E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDFCA07EAB25A433D9B53B16E1964BB2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Increased
incentive payment for exceeding the highest ever foster child adoption
rate</header>
<subparagraph id="H969C9F18D1644DED9F362FC609C0679D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If—</text>
<clause id="H755797AA5E4E4091820048163566D4EC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2009 or any fiscal year thereafter the total amount of adoption incentive
payments payable under paragraph (1) of this subsection are less than the
amount appropriated under subsection (h) for the fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD83D584355A34368821FAFC7805218D8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
State's foster child adoption rate for that fiscal year exceeds the highest
ever foster child adoption rate determined for the State,</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">then
the adoption incentive payment otherwise determined under paragraph (1) of this
subsection for the State shall be increased, subject to subparagraph (C) of
this paragraph, by the amount determined for the State under subparagraph (B)
of this paragraph.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09F230A277C94569A2BD3119301E2786"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount of
increase</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the amount determined
under this subparagraph with respect to a State and a fiscal year is the amount
equal to the product of—</text>
<clause id="HF9B65292A99443980000A1689201510"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$1,000; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBB136CC189FB4D819CF0700736706A7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the excess
of—</text>
<subclause id="H16495941E2174D2CA9042B5D82A6836"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of
foster child adoptions in the State in the fiscal year; over</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HED6FB85B747843129FA66B1FC502EDBC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the product
(rounded to the nearest whole number) of—</text>
<item id="H868D6A8739FE4AA8BD54C212C471559C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the
highest ever foster child adoption rate determined for the State; and</text>
</item><item id="HFD4BB699582E4E40A010C5AFC70064E7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the
number of children in foster care under the supervision of the State on the
last day of the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F64FA93FD044081B0EB4532E0CC8D15"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Pro rata
adjustment if insufficient funds available</header><text>For any fiscal year,
if the total amount of increases in adoption incentive payments otherwise
payable under this paragraph for a fiscal year exceeds the amount available for
such increases for the fiscal year, the amount of the increase payable to each
State under this paragraph for the fiscal year shall be—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE71924C0F4B44F27BC6FF66E9283F1A3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of the
increase that would otherwise be payable to the State under this paragraph for
the fiscal year; multiplied by</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H270F8306B83442F087ECB2FFB7AD7004"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the percentage
represented by the amount so available for the fiscal year, divided by the
total amount of increases otherwise payable under this paragraph for the fiscal
year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H144D79A08E87418A8C51C6C93279F1F4"><enum>(2)</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="H7E6B8BA0CFD3493F98878794B46C7EE7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H741E1A853BB44BC7B3BD97DB37F82D7E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Highest ever
foster child adoption rate</header><text>The term <term>highest ever foster
child adoption rate</term> means, with respect to any fiscal year, the highest
foster child adoption rate determined for any fiscal year in the period that
begins with fiscal year 2002 and ends with the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1A952B7F05D44E8A63B00C120215DB7"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Foster child
adoption rate</header><text>The term <term>foster child adoption rate</term>
means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the percentage determined by
dividing—</text>
<subparagraph id="H32166BB75F084900A654E65FCFA8323D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
foster child adoptions finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1F45B80EFF94FCBBB159D1ED8772EEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
children in foster care under the supervision of the State on the last day of
the preceding fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0336FA48DDA486C8E432E00BD98D27"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="HB721EFF1EB1E4CD2A4BF08925B2153A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State
eligibility</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>
<clause id="H0A44A86EA5AB4A549CD1852F881733DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5B02B66AB6354BC592433350EA1E4B11"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H82C2569AB8BF4C948B5024DCD01DCDAF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF393C45499047C5A98CC11014FF5200" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HAC2CA1547A5440C89D38D98D764C8342" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the State's foster child adoption rate
for the fiscal year exceeds the highest ever foster child adoption rate
determined for the
State;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E4FB682DE334CA581D4CEAADE035800"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Data</header><text>Section
473A(c)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(c)(2)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a)(3)
of this section, is amended by inserting <quote>and the foster child adoption
rate for the State for the fiscal year,</quote> after <quote>during a fiscal
year,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63A71D11195B4C0E914B0072EC3031EF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Promotion of
adoption of children with special needs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 673), as amended by section 101(b) of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6AB426079434326B49B651F27BE98FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26E4A3939806438FBAA8FC36F5653282"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBFA3F8FEDD3474700CB824984E9673E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7A44D82913240FF988F2900ED4965F2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating
items (aa) and (bb) of clause (i)(I) as subitems (AA) and (BB),
respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC22537D7221A43768237525CBDEEC475"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subitem (BB)
of clause (i)(I) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>item (aa) of this
subclause</quote> and inserting <quote>subitem (AA) of this
item</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48EAF4E7BF224297AC5516286B00D352"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating
subclauses (I) through (III) of clause (i) as items (aa) through (cc),
respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA766FA3197F2480EA0372E4BE6DB51DD"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F87F1938A21426AA500AE054796A7D6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by realigning the
margins of the items, subclauses, and clauses redesignated by subclauses (I)
through (IV) accordingly;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB16E29DAE3D3437D8D994B56B82B7150"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>if the child—</quote> and inserting “if—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20A4B5F40B634BF498E244D4132F3FE" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6A823EBEABF43A4A7A724D3B3781704" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of a child who is not an
applicable child for the fiscal year (as defined in subsection (e)), the
child—</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAEC70DA3C8404DCD987B17B826D0EEB3"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>in subclause
(II) of clause (i) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB659EE1C9EC47E2BB29E100F4611258"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>(c)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD8980253EC24F188956E376F56EC342"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H752DEA1AD93E44DFBFEA6699AF87F6A4"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02120256515D48A9BC56B55BF4269722" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66345C216ABB41078BC09B21AB056128" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a child who is an
applicable child for the fiscal year (as so defined), the child—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H39867B9A7CE04821ABE90084AD959495"><enum>(I)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0BBFCD07D1BA4BF2B724814C45250040"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the time of initiation of adoption
proceedings was in the care of a public or licensed private child placement
agency or Indian tribal organization pursuant to—</text>
<subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49C3669755BB4EAA8F3BBFFCB26F00B1" indent="up1"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an involuntary removal of the child from
the home in accordance with a judicial determination to the effect that
continuation in the home would be contrary to the welfare of the child;
or</text>
</subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5276393CD5AD4D42B3C96ED4E8B6A4BC" indent="up1"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>a
voluntary placement agreement or voluntary relinquishment;</text>
</subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9ACDD8A0615248AE87DF7B89A700C37B" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets all medical or disability
requirements of title XVI with respect to eligibility for supplemental security
income benefits; or</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72491B01ECAE45B9B446A02EB6DC224" indent="up1"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was residing in a foster family home or
child care institution with the child’s minor parent, and the child's minor
parent was in such foster family home or child care institution pursuant
to—</text>
<subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB605C84F6F6C4DD69E8D42F3A65042D0"><enum>(AA)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an involuntary removal of the child from
the home in accordance with a judicial determination to the effect that
continuation in the home would be contrary to the welfare of the child;
or</text>
</subitem><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DD43E11F5FC4FFBB22BA680055CC200"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>a
voluntary placement agreement or voluntary relinquishment; and</text>
</subitem></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5345B48317141E9A9465B244FD2B57"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been determined by the State, pursuant
to subsection (c)(2), to be a child with special
needs.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE9CE45A5A444FA4BE7642D974F2457C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D9E539620A642678EC9AFC384CF9FCC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating
subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (iii) as items (aa) and (bb),
respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H171573D312B848C2B9717536C60503A6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating
subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (iv) as items (aa) and (bb),
respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A3BC19BE06A4180AF7516CAFB009370"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by redesignating
clauses (i) through (iv) as subclauses (I) through (IV), respectively;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E5ACE2B2FB64D0CAE48065E1770CFF6"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by realigning the
margins of the subclauses and clauses redesignated by subclauses (I) through
(III) accordingly;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72AE218F52E94B2988556BA15EA5043C"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>if the child—</quote> and inserting “if—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9A6CB102B284B7EB1C738B2DC08001" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6B6D54D8C9141959DD10064A2F78F17" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of a child who is not an
applicable child for the fiscal year (as defined in subsection (e)), the
child—</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FBB15B75A5D4B40BDE8448330A35475"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>in clause (i)(I)
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>(A)(ii)</quote> and inserting
<quote>(A)(i)(II)</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BCF64D0FAD7410FA551C77F5971B1E0"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>in clause
(i)(IV) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C700667CF3641DC008DBF24D4EC32E6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding item (aa), by striking <quote>(A)</quote> and inserting
<quote>(A)(i)</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H466713E527404EC9819402161C33FFD6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C395D2739B34416A35299DEB9C4EA6D"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB8BDF7A95474746A137002F825EF780" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAEACA1749C349F9AF3CACB4241B24D" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a child who is an
applicable child for the fiscal year (as so defined), the child meets the
requirements of subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), is determined eligible for adoption
assistance payments under this part with respect to a prior adoption (or who
would have been determined eligible for such payments had the Adoption and Safe
Families Act of 1997 been in effect at the time that such determination would
have been made), and 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.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF7C4C8D1FEB4BA68435B5734623C09D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84573650478440D60002AC6DF2B62278" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74096402416045398E8DB35E3D30929" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H930F0517EB1A49DA86A79CB2C821738"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subsection, no payment may be made to parents with respect to any applicable
child for a fiscal year that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CDB861F829B4C5FA85761287474662D" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would be considered a child with special
needs under subsection (c)(2);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6315E9B89E904DE5B390056DD0734E8F" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a citizen or resident of the United
States; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD75029BB90B4EAF00C7C216172E4090" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was adopted outside of the United States or
was brought into the United States for the purpose of being adopted.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE30AB26BFD74BBDAFCE50BA5F29FFCE" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed as
prohibiting payments under this part for an applicable child described in
subparagraph (A) that is placed in foster care subsequent to the failure, as
determined by the State, of the initial adoption of the child by the parents
described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H98C6AE175826436BB8FED652A14ED846" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
State shall spend an amount equal to the amount of savings (if any) in State
expenditures under this part resulting from the application of paragraph
(2)(A)(ii) to all applicable children for a fiscal year to provide to children
or families any service (including post-adoption services) that may be provided
under this part or part
B.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA77A1B225A0C4BFDBCEA3054B166C113"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3ED4160AE8204A4DA957C7F2A4CCC000"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
realigning the margins accordingly;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65A260E88FBC42EE8847C701D4D94BFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>this section, a child shall not be considered a child with special needs
unless</quote> and inserting “this section—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AADAFB2B126463D911C1482007545EF" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9966B952092458A90A7B1A9442CA3F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a
child who is not an applicable child for a fiscal year, the child shall not be
considered a child with special needs
unless</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H166B06398EC94BCE878DE6C2009F07A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting
<quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DBDF606A554446D929DE1D79E3B0559"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4AA8B095F0AF4024B300E2AF97D3FE84" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C5E057E81324AAF8F00A559091E8374"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a
child who is an applicable child for a fiscal year, the child shall not be
considered a child with special needs unless—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H245441CC378B47A7B83C5D173DA16D27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State has determined, pursuant to a
criterion or criteria established by the State, that the child cannot or should
not be returned to the home of his parents;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28E5FE55BB8E4A358B4E7279BF35E9D8"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9A9DCBC3564A418885C3E13980988E5B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State has determined that there exists
with respect to the child a specific factor or condition (such as ethnic
background, age, or membership in a minority or sibling group, or the presence
of factors such as medical conditions or physical, mental, or emotional
handicaps) because of which it is reasonable to conclude that the child cannot
be placed with adoptive parents without providing adoption assistance under
this section and medical assistance under title XIX; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7543471099D49C78D32DD6EB2E60034" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the child meets all medical or
disability requirements of title XVI with respect to eligibility for
supplemental security income benefits; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H018B5D79DF71428DA76560878F5DDD6"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State has determined that, except where
it would be against the best interests of the child because of such factors as
the existence of significant emotional ties with prospective adoptive parents
while in the care of the parents as a foster child, a reasonable, but
unsuccessful, effort has been made to place the child with appropriate adoptive
parents without providing adoption assistance under this section or medical
assistance under title XIX.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H506E387E01E9478DAB5239AC105C29C0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE79B37697CDE48AFBD20F644E800A1D4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H99E661EE0B764071B07DE8201CDD57FC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicable child
defined</header>
<paragraph id="HC301506C2929407E96E810A127C8384"><enum>(1)</enum><header>On the basis of
age</header>
<subparagraph id="HF18C7DABDEFC45EF81EAACA3FC36AFF0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), in this section, the
term <term>applicable child</term> means a child for whom an adoption
assistance agreement is entered into under this section during any fiscal year
described in subparagraph (B) if the child attained the applicable age for that
fiscal year before the end of that fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC2E97C80F964BA38FE31441F584E26C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicable
age</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the applicable age for a
fiscal year is as follows:</text>
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<tgroup cols="2" grid-typeface="1.1" no-carding="1" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colwidth="217pts" min-data-value="200" rowsep="0"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="column2" colsep="1" colwidth="108pts" min-data-value="100"></colspec>
<thead>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" rowsep="1">In the case of fiscal year:</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2" rowsep="1">The
applicable age is:</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2010</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">16</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2011</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">14</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2012</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">12</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2013</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">10</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2014</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">8</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2015</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">6</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2016</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">4</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2017</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">2</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="force-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2018 or thereafter</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0">any age.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6E0E87ACF0934C25851E95B88E75CEA7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for
duration in care</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this
subsection, beginning with fiscal year 2010, such term shall include a child of
any age on the date on which an adoption assistance agreement is entered into
on behalf of the child under this section if the child—</text>
<subparagraph id="H666AFCED34204CF1A4C09134C692009B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has been in foster
care under the responsibility of the State for at least 60 consecutive months;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H71C2C9C848CD4CBDB89DCED3DDB2A89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets the
requirements of subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEACD7484334A4D63BF3126DD00C78F38"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception for
member of a sibling group</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2)
of this subsection, beginning with fiscal year 2010, such term shall include a
child of any age on the date on which an adoption assistance agreement is
entered into on behalf of the child under this section without regard to
whether the child is described in paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection if the
child—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3EF2CC83A73644A188F6B37E3C91C600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a sibling of a
child who is an applicable child for the fiscal year under paragraph (1) or (2)
of this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA864BAA3B3D143FF9005B99679255B30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is to be placed in
the same adoption placement as an applicable child for the fiscal year who is
their sibling; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40F4E4F24CDA43D4873857022E0000C0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the requirements of subsection
(a)(2)(A)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1544E9E0DD7F484D9B24A9A314FE8426"><enum>403.</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), 103, 204(b), 206, and 301(c)(1)(A) of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H227FF840C888425E00DCE64055C558F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (31);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82EF3B9F2AE14C19A6FC2B6C14713F91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (32) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68A1FE0CA09C49AE9C000200C4FC009E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8579A4705C8A43AFBBFA8865E06D83D3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1DA262D89CA54EA4BF9EC946E8C16F6C"><enum>(33)</enum><text>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 of
1986.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Clarification of
uniform definition of child and other provisions</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B4413A12FC44B6181F09B08C19935B"><enum>501.</enum><header>Clarification of
uniform definition of child</header>
<subsection id="HDC54B800D9D843EC80BADBEF83E3373D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Child must be
younger than claimant</header><text>Section 152(c)(3)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting <quote>is younger than the
taxpayer claiming such individual as a qualifying child and</quote> after
<quote>such individual</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H117AD89BC32342F38600BF92B57CA5E0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Child must be
unmarried</header><text>Section 152(c)(1) of such Code is amended by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C), by striking the period at
the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding
at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48C55108A88A497A88DE05CA23472DC0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H1A64BB48DC654174B76C44AF3752DE78"><enum>(E)</enum><text>who has not filed
a joint return (other than only for a claim of refund) with the individual's
spouse under section 6013 for the taxable year beginning in the calendar year
in which the taxable year of the taxpayer
begins.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H75CCA861D9B8412EB832ACCA8285776D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restrict
qualifying child tax benefits to child's parent</header>
<paragraph id="H5659AFF8C2784B83B65E0040705B00FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Child tax
credit</header><text>Section 24(a) of such Code is amended by inserting
<quote>for which the taxpayer is allowed a deduction under section 151</quote>
after <quote>of the taxpayer</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04A487089DE4483A9420ECF58E5D002F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Persons other
than parents claiming qualifying child</header>
<subparagraph id="H6403D5D5285D493A98AB2649F7196089"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 152(c)(4) of such Code is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7EC803FCB664D5DA28DE180148723A7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC8D420E7986D4EA387AFA3C4CA711E02"><enum>(C)</enum><header>No parent
claiming qualifying child</header><text>If the parents of an individual may
claim such individual as a qualifying child but no parent so claims the
individual, such individual may be claimed as the qualifying child of another
taxpayer but only if the adjusted gross income of such taxpayer is higher than
the highest adjusted gross income of any parent of the
individual.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3054F4B938D84C9989DB8CC2BEB6B31"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<clause id="HFF28123ED5B149358FD67DD3E3BE9990"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Section
152(c)(4)(A) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>Except</quote> through
<quote>2 or more taxpayers</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in
subparagraphs (B) and (C), if (but for this paragraph) an individual may be
claimed as a qualifying child by 2 or more taxpayers</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3A2E31CF129F4FB9A02EB16ED0D2AEA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The
heading for section 152(c)(4) of such Code is amended by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">claiming</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">who can claim the
same</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64A194167AE4456FA1143B208672E583"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H747A791A12D440AE8F6C706B963EAE82" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Investment of
operating cash</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 323 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H935DC06B68D74734BF809100D126EF28" style="USC">
<section id="HD63B741973344EF2A7618525A44F4560"><enum>323.</enum><header>Investment of
operating cash</header>
<subsection id="HD6A2B1051E2648B29D1B00C77652C606"><enum>(a)</enum><text>To manage United
States cash, the Secretary of the Treasury may invest any part of the operating
cash of the Treasury for not more than 90 days. The Secretary may invest the
operating cash of the Treasury in—</text>
<paragraph id="H54EEE3E14DD944F186A7CE55D4005D82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>obligations of
depositories maintaining Treasury tax and loan accounts secured by pledged
collateral acceptable to the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD57E25A6A07490CB27D61DE5395A79E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>obligations of the
United States Government; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BA2C355CE184814B3ADACA5B7A44D82"><enum>(3)</enum><text>repurchase
agreements with parties acceptable to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3108F6EDC0AE4AE490E98F8CD0DE46C8"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
this section does not require the Secretary to invest a cash balance held in a
particular account.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF17CEF93CB8E4D0883641783FC66F8FD"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall consider the prevailing market in prescribing rates of interest for
investments under subsection (a)(1) of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7124763C4D6040A9B58939CA7DE8E63C"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H772A2E6F93304A9294D942C64318AE03"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of the
Treasury shall submit each fiscal year to the appropriate committees a report
detailing the investment of operating cash under subsection (a) for the
preceding fiscal year. The report shall describe the Secretary's consideration
of risks associated with investments and the actions taken to manage such
risks.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF248ACC7D2946689386DF00C5A86A1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the
term <term>appropriate committees</term> means the Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H52C1BFD7483647DEAC5277E7CBF1DCD"><enum>503.</enum><header>No Federal
funding to unlawfully present individuals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
alter prohibitions on Federal payments to individuals who are unlawfully
present in the United States.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<section id="H27C6EE89F99942A299ECD964741511FD"><enum>601.</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<subsection id="H40B0244C3CAE42508C442492E1CD5554"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this Act, each amendment
made by this Act to part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to
payments under the part amended for quarters beginning on or after the
effective date of the amendment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFFCF625727174878AF529322E7E88673"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Delay permitted
if State legislation required</header><text>In the case of a State plan
approved under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the
Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation
(other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the
additional requirements imposed by this Act, the State plan shall not be
regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such part solely on the
basis of the failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before
the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the close of the 1st
regular session of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year period
beginning with the date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative
session, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular session of
the State legislature.</text>
</subsection></section>