1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Improved Adoption Incentives
and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008
.
(b)Table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title;
table of contents.
TITLE I—Extension and
Improvement of Adoption Incentives
Sec. 101. Extension of adoption
incentives program.
Sec. 102. Promotion of adoption of
children with special needs.
TITLE II—Support for
Relative Guardianships
Sec. 201. Relative guardianship
assistance payments for children.
TITLE
III—Miscellaneous
Sec. 301. Authority for comparisons and
disclosures of information in the Federal Parent Locator Service for child
welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance program purposes.
<enum>I</enum><header>Extension and
Improvement of Adoption Incentives</header>
<section id="idBDE90333B41E4C4CBA81E5E897442F67"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extension of
adoption incentives program</header>
<subsection id="HCDB54953AFDB415B95C5B9F5EBFCC694"><enum>(a)</enum><header>5-year
extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE155ECA60DDE4892A8EDCD7200E2AA25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(4), by striking <quote>in the case of fiscal years 2001 through
2007,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2AAC6BA775FE4084B1D5052C6F39F3C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(5), by striking <quote>1998 through 2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2008
through 2012</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DD11F8FA1B646388980B030AFB5D316"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007</quote> and
inserting <quote>a fiscal year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB7046CEB94A41D688AEC8A560F72C00"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in each of
subsections (h)(1)(D) and (h)(2), by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting
<quote>2013</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF4576D55F46048AEB79F242FA300BC1E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
incentive payment for exceeding the highest ever foster child adoption
rate</header>
<paragraph id="idD84BB961058249A2A8AA3F09F89A2009"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A(d) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0A1164C066554069802486C9CF8AE9AD"><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="id9E16404EAAE0434887DA419895A3038E"><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="id522A19F8EA23415C89D37092ACF363FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B07D7E9422A456480E560E8F386A7EE" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id8A48F094FCA34D31B2AD2BF6C7291C5D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Increased
incentive payment for exceeding the highest ever foster child adoption
rate</header>
<subparagraph id="id05486C2CF3CF48BDB2ADD88F081DE87C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If—</text>
<clause id="idF129615ACA9F4D6DBBE6E8BA81E4B0D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for fiscal year
2009 or any fiscal year thereafter the total amount of adoption incentive
payments payable under paragraph (1) are less than the amount appropriated
under subsection (h) for the fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1C909097C8F3481388E450FFCAAF5C75"><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) for the State shall be
increased, subject to subparagraph (C), by the amount determined for the State
under subparagraph (B).</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD6049F0CCD9E4DAC91BD0B80D5B378AB"><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="idE856FFA7F57341CAAB1CBACE0F23565D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$1,000; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id03575A38866240F9BCEA5E054CB56FB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the excess
of—</text>
<subclause id="idBD38497E6C6A49C799E0B924B8E5C7AA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of
foster child adoptions in the State in the fiscal year; over</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id910F0808CFAB4EA2B96422C260C4B4D7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the product
(rounded to the nearest whole number) of—</text>
<item id="idBBE171D6DC9E416BA805490C53D85BE6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the highest ever
foster child adoption rate determined for the State; and</text>
</item><item id="idD89E8C8C4BF84D3DADD6247A87628B62"><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="idC6242CB76F9544F3B5ADF3C1C38469A5"><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="idE21A16049FC24EF5B286BA8CC3201BE3"><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="idE68713FEA4EB4D71A94A2FF6181E9FD0"><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="id209C185276A4477E98EDBAA81982CBFD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Subsection
(g) of section 473A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6874C36833A450ABA65770358A3DA7D" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id93096C45C7234DE19E877539CB216816"><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 1998 and ends with the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD6A8FD29577D480AB5EBE043A7EE3EAB"><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="idD0BC77C3414E468BAC1E15BA5AF1DB47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
foster child adoptions finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0D9A1C1880084505A59BC53A97E0F24B"><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="id8013B4158F7F4FDF97FBC150C8916C65"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="id491150AAB66247D8B34A5D8340F78E48"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State
eligibility</header><text>Section 473A(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(b)(2))
is amended—</text>
<clause id="idB201EB1D72854E17BDE05EBFCEB8F3AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="id5C3D2B2E42944387BEDD5B02C4E8FE94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idEB2C3919AE264926BABB6B6535328FFF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99E8ED86EF7B468E93C328014EEB494A" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id3D91871FE77C469195D44E1DE7DE15B5" 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="id1031DA58A9794E13908A283030CE43DE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Data</header><text>Section
473A(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(c)(2)), as amended by subsection (a)(3),
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><subsection id="H1A33F7D63E7B44A685E4D02B215B4666"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Increase in
incentive payments for special needs adoptions and older child
adoptions</header><text>Section 473A(d)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(d)(1))
is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA46DD047EF50412E85DAA260E353551E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), as redesignated by subsection (b), by striking <quote>$2,000</quote> and
inserting <quote>$3,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70577DB153584E639D4647DD55F7D3CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>$4,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$8,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD5783AA10A4D4E20A5211D11678B7794"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Updating of
fiscal year used in determining base numbers of adoptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673b(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H638936A514C64F3CABE30041B7E6396C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>means</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>means, with respect to any fiscal year, the number of foster child
adoptions in the State in fiscal year 2007.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86DEF4231AD94F75B717C1A24B72A4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H85157A06F2624B939D402515BCC9CF46"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>that are not older
child adoptions</quote> before <quote>for a State</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4050F403973B4DB88E8E5E04E296E6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>means</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>means, with
respect to any fiscal year, the number of special needs adoptions that are not
older child adoptions in the State in fiscal year 2007.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78C568D4E8474BC19400D4D324173865"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>means</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>means, with respect to any fiscal year, the number of older child
adoptions in the State in fiscal year 2007.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2F6451EAF7E483E9F2D3EB4EB1C3A24"><enum>(e)</enum><header>24-month
availability of payments to states</header><text>Section 473A(e) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 673b(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54F1C34192AA4E6BA2ACCB8D399A776B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection
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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08EF52B8E6FD48E190F68AF1E4E858D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>through the end of the succeeding fiscal year</quote> and inserting
<quote>for a period of 24 months beginning with the month in which the payments
are made</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID07A7BD288CEE4A8FAABF861E1C454980" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Promotion of
adoption of children with special needs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8EF7B208A34F40CEA44B9893C78528D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of
eligibility based on AFDC and SSI income standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="SSA/473(a)">Section 473(a)</external-xref>(2) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673(a)">42 U.S.C.
673(a)</external-xref>(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76179B0E81594AA782A72BE47CAC2868"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses
(i) and (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97938162A5B149B894B7B3AE5E6F0DE6" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE7F063F206854BCCA02647E78CBEB213" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDAFE29F3724654EE0BA41562B93505911"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the time of termination of parental
rights was in the care of a public or licensed private child placement agency
or Indian tribal organization pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement,
relinquishment, or involuntary removal of the child from the home, and the
State has determined, pursuant to criteria established by the State (which may,
but need not, include a judicial determination), that continuation in the home
would be contrary to the safety or welfare of such child;</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID287FEB3034234C1ABEDBF9D916889264" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(II)</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>
</subclause><subclause changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4152C930E36A4E61A0855032E4ECC0D9" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was residing in a foster family home or
child care institution with the child’s minor parent, provided that the child's
minor parent was in such foster family home or child care institution pursuant
to a voluntary placement agreement, relinquishment, or involuntary removal of
the child from the home, and the State has determined, pursuant to criteria
established by the State (which may, but need not, include judicial
determination), that continuation in the home would be contrary to the safety
or welfare of such child; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2C5B65BCE7924DD2A54C08F543AECC06" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been determined by the State, pursuant
to subsection (c), to be a child with special needs, which needs shall be
considered by the State, together with the circumstances of the adopting
parents, in determining the amount of any payments to be made to the adopting
parents.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EA9F0BCDA754738ADC777D46A93E2D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE19D10179B6A448EA8E8D8310F98F373" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9E0DCD31ED964F4B99C4DDD819177770" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A child who meets the requirements of
subparagraph (A), who was 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 who is available for adoption because the prior adoption has been dissolved
and the parental rights of the adoptive parents have been terminated or because
the child’s adoptive parents have died, shall be treated as meeting the
requirements of this paragraph for purposes of paragraph
(1)(B)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBE7F434BDE00426E85D1730137692308"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="SSA/473(a)">Section 473(a)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673(a)">42 U.S.C. 673(a)</external-xref>)
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social Security Act" changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBE83FDFDAA6B48FF8601A128EE2E0426" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID793054E21BA44F11AD324C19D4B4BF03" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDF3D630D568DC4AB9BCF7DBCCD3CB6B00"><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 child
that—</text>
<clause changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8DB7F0580F3F49CF99005F858E00F5E6" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would be considered a child with special
needs under subsection (c);</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD6833A59F5EF4FB3999EAEE300B4BA74" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a citizen or resident of the United
States; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA1F2C002FB06480CBCAA19009DD1A056" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><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 changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9040E4F75CAC4639BB098B85440540C5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed as
prohibiting payments under this part for a 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 such child by the parents described in such
subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC524950B88254F0AADE340AD3F637105"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement for
use of State savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="SSA/473(a)">Section 473(a)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673(a)">42 U.S.C.
673(a)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (b), is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social Security Act" changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID96434CCEF7BB4B56B1D4CD47EB33DEFD" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9041D2044A3A4103AB907B005105BB13" 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) on and after the effective date of the
amendments to such paragraph made by section 102(a) of the
<short-title>Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative
Guardianship Support Act of 2008 </short-title> 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>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF525E81BDABC493B939477669D0003E0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determination of
a child with special needs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="SSA/473(c)">Section 473(c)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673(c)">42 U.S.C. 673(c)</external-xref>)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27B2FB0F2C264680917371DBDD7B3C48" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID690B6A012CA94491B49D009D86B18DCB"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, a child shall
not be considered a child with special needs unless—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID120C598DA9DA4CEB007988B0B0117EA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State has determined, pursuant to a
criteria established by the State (which may or may not include a judicial
determination), that the child cannot or should not be returned to the home of
his parents; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID462D5DF30E0D44A99C2FC9D2EA19753E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State has determined—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB2BC7F280060441198CE572EC39F07DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8AC3BE07E56640E5ACA5DB8BA783C21C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 such 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><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">A child who meets all medical or
disability requirements of title XVI with respect to eligibility for
supplemental security income benefits shall be deemed to be a child for whom
the determination required by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) has been
made.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEF2538E75F314DA3B96C7C4F76A1BB20"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2008, and shall apply to adoption
assistance agreements executed on or after that date.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Support for
Relative Guardianships</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H185AD4E703444AD49473000856C82DE0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Relative
guardianship assistance payments for children</header>
<subsection id="HBA91E26BE2F8417582D1977128007C65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Option for
states To enhance and subsidize a relative guardianship program</header>
<paragraph id="id1E3E7E11E29F46FA99E490AFAB9260FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State plan
amendment</header><text>Section 471(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)(1)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD23C621539CF41D08A056528D8610CC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>provides</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id794DB5EF23DF4872951F0099823DFD33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCDA33C45655A4763905FDABA3931075A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0525E29B13864D8E9817D1DB0D3B0848" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id8F7C282677234FB59E7149C5DA024F1F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at the option of
the State, provides for relative guardianship assistance payments in accordance
with subsection (d) of section
473;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9888E090CBBA4DEAAC00AA4771589354"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Section
473 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social" changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" id="H795F377C147843F7A2BC4DB644599FBF" reported-display-style="strikethrough">
<subsection id="H8B4F88F8F3FA47A2985B6E6FD3ECBBE1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relative
guardianship assistance payments for children</header>
<paragraph id="H0308A13D744548D9B9EE83392CE0F2F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Relative
guardianship assistance agreement</header>
<subparagraph id="HA857E584AC6E40E0A0E49B0026C0053"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to receive payments under section 474(a)(5), a
State shall—</text>
<clause id="H4DFA73F137D442379C72D0E5D4A08CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>negotiate and
enter into a written, binding relative guardianship assistance agreement with
the relative guardian of a child who meets the requirements of paragraph
(3)(B);</text>
</clause><clause id="H16411EBCCC9F4A749E06C1FC2013E258"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide the
relative guardian with a copy of the agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAA11FE3022F247409B2B71F0440233AB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certify that any child on whose behalf
relative guardianship assistance payments are made under the agreement shall be
provided medical assistance under title XIX in accordance with section
1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(I).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4150DB7E4F4F49428727BFB4E796D492"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>The agreement shall specify, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="H39AE42D40C434061A21EEF2DD549D4DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of, and
manner in which, each relative guardianship assistance payment will be provided
under the agreement;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4800B0C8615E408FA7058C11E82100CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the additional
services and assistance that the child and relative guardian will be eligible
for under the agreement;</text>
</clause><clause id="H86CD2E1FC7EC47E2003600289F9281BA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the procedure by
which the relative guardian may apply for additional services as needed,
provided the agency and relative guardian agree on the additional services as
specified in the agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1CC4D4EDFFA94CFB00711E6C2153A33C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>that the State
will pay up to $2,000 of nonrecurring expenses associated with obtaining legal
guardianship of the child.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30AE73328D964591B14F87EF70CFA8B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Interstate
application</header><text>The agreement shall provide that the agreement shall
remain in effect without regard to the State residency of the relative
guardian.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83DF3D76A7D04F17B2989DB80049CDE"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Federal
reimbursement of nonrecurring expenses</header><text>A State’s payment of
nonrecurring guardianship expenses under a relative guardianship assistance
agreement in accordance with subparagraph (B)(iv) shall be treated as a direct
expenditure made for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan
for purposes of section 474(a)(3)(E).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H74FD5023AE514D0EB93F60291789C95B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relative
guardianship assistance payment</header>
<subparagraph id="HFED4605B2E5948EB8BBE91C73AC59BF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the relative
guardianship assistance payment shall be based on consideration of the
circumstances of the relative guardian and the needs of the child.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEBB0EAD180974612A6B01DD0575FA920"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum and
maximum payment</header><text>A relative guardianship assistance payment shall
not be less than the adoption assistance payment the State would have made on
behalf of the child under an adoption assistance agreement entered into under
subsection (a) and shall not exceed the foster care maintenance payment which
would have been paid if the child had remained in a foster family home.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id971AC0C4AF14418A80CF69DED75E70C3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Periodic
adjustments</header><text>A relative guardianship assistance payment may be
readjusted periodically, with the concurrence of the relative guardian (which
may be specified in the relative guardianship assistance agreement), depending
upon changes in the circumstances of the relative guardian and the needs of the
child.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2EFE3DE321B844C99CF2D3AE4F58FE11"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No
relative guardianship assistance payment may be made to a relative guardian for
any child who has attained 18 years of age.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H589155B45EE94C8EA42E53A147F1EF78"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Child’s
eligibility for a relative guardianship assistance payment</header>
<subparagraph id="H2D72C247C33042A6ADB48F238B775C49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A child is eligible for a relative guardianship
assistance payment under this subsection if the State agency determines the
following:</text>
<clause id="HB85D31043BAA460B00CC8CF6F53571FE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The child—</text>
<subclause id="HC085268C4DC24F4FBDAEE9214FDC773D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has been 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="HECE5177779274D66B044BE52DD6468F4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the month
prior to the establishment of the legal guardianship, is eligible for foster
care maintenance payments under section 472.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H92977C19C58F4923863798B6ECAD38BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Being returned
home or adopted are not appropriate permanency options for the child.</text>
</clause><clause id="H68ED9DE5440940B99B5315AF8DAEA47C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The child
demonstrates a strong attachment to the relative guardian and the relative
guardian has a strong commitment to caring permanently for the child.</text>
</clause><clause id="id34C36B78342B4A46A152BDD09E731DAE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The relative
guardian satisfies the requirements of subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause><clause id="HA0BF3C67BB8F4EB597AC003BC3702F12"><enum>(v)</enum><text>With respect to a
child who has attained 14 years of age, the child has been consulted regarding
the relative guardianship arrangement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id197ED2BAFD48442ABB4E1134B8052EA5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements for
relative guardians</header><text>A relative guardian satisfies the requirements
of this subparagraph if the relative—</text>
<clause id="id3CCE72CA3419491EA492F73ECA4E7A29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is the grandparent
or other relative of a child on whose behalf relative guardianship assistance
payments are to be made;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2677BD9125E046DDBC15DD412443F66E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has satisfied the
background checks required under section 471(a)(20);</text>
</clause><clause id="id6DB00287BDFE44079790DFC510E640C2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has met the
State’s requirements established under section 471(a)(10) to be a foster family
home; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idED701DBA58234464A48B23B8F08ABCD3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>assumes legal
guardianship of such child and commits to caring for the child on a permanent
basis.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF91F7EC8F394479B97C4BFACD0DA1710"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment of
siblings</header><text>With respect to a child described in subparagraph (A)
whose sibling or siblings are not so described—</text>
<clause id="H4D5EFC8106F747938521E2358FE5C1A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the child and any
sibling of the child shall be placed in the same relative guardianship
arrangement unless it can be demonstrated that it is inappropriate to do so;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAF643BCAEAFE428F8FC52936359177B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>relative
guardianship assistance payments may be paid for the child and each sibling so
placed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F47F18FFBDC4814A39609FB8E4E97F3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payments to
states</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD106380CC8B744A48F67FBD2F4EA2F98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EACE6CA93724F7A9390FF967DACFE94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(B), by striking <quote>foster or adoptive parents and the members of the
staff of State-licensed or State-approved child care institutions providing
care to foster and adopted children receiving assistance under this part, in
ways that increase the ability of such current or prospective parents, staff
members, and institutions to provide support and assistance to foster and
adopted children,</quote> and inserting <quote>foster parents, adoptive
parents, or relative guardians and the members of the staff of State-licensed
or State-approved child care institutions providing care to foster children,
adoptive children, or children living with a relative guardian, who are
receiving assistance under this part, in ways that increase the ability of such
current or prospective parents, relative guardians, staff members, and
institutions to provide support and assistance to foster children, adoptive
children, or children living with a relative guardian,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D2C1DFF975F4B6EBCCD75C71DA15428"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; plus</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D30640F88344314B245BD9D9C0DDFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" id="H29DA62BB7EB648B4BD381FA400F6235D" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA7D419C3B1FF4779BCF9C5B027151617"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an amount equal to
the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 1905(b)) of
the total amount expended during such quarter as relative guardianship
assistance payments under section 473(d) pursuant to relative guardianship
assistance
agreements.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id499950EDC7AE48289FE1B208F7DDFB8B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Incentive
payments for relative guardianship placement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1F004CEA78E4957B994E8CB650EB7F2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 473A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b)
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DE4683BD16C4177BA8EF391BBAC0527" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E37F476422D433F9CDED63064517CF2"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Incentive
payments for relative guardianship placements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5787B67E81464E22928C42E382C5065A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of unawarded
adoption incentive funds to make relative guardianship incentive
payments</header><text>If in any fiscal year the total amount of adoption
incentive payments payable under subsection (d) are less than the amount
appropriated under subsection (h) for the fiscal year, States that have
established a relative guardianship assistance program under section
471(a)(1)(B) shall be awarded, in addition to any adoption incentive payments
made to such States under subsection (d), relative guardianship incentive
payments from the portion of such amount that is in excess of the total amount
of adoption incentive payments to be made under such subsection for such fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBE2DD87AA644F98BBA0062DA0CF5139"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment
amount</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), the relative guardianship
incentive payment payable to a State for a fiscal year under this subsection
shall be equal to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49B5D70BF0A6473495F5E09A2D6C9A37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of the
first fiscal year in which the State establishes a relative guardianship
assistance program under section 471(a)(1)(B), the product of $1,000 and the
number of relative guardianship assistance agreements entered into under
section 473(d) in the State during that fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id715F06C6EEDC4365B36E82E52BD1AE70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of any
succeeding fiscal year, the product of $1,000 and the amount (if any) by which
the number of relative guardianship assistance agreements entered into under
section 473(d) in the State for the fiscal year exceed the base number of
relative guardianship assistance agreements in the State for the fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id047EB20E41394A1D8F36CFC38BC73668"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pro rata
adjustment if insufficient funds available</header><text>For any fiscal year,
if the total amount of relative guardianship incentive payments otherwise
payable under this subsection for a fiscal year exceeds the amount available
for such payments for the fiscal year, the amount of the relative guardianship
incentive payment payable to each State under this subsection for the fiscal
year shall be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54F3A10447674F87B7835D70CC67F35B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of the
relative guardianship incentive payment that would otherwise be payable to the
State under this subsection for the fiscal year; multiplied by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB33898E4EF5A4C8AB60E9CFAD0F3A90F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage
represented by the amount so available for the fiscal year, divided by the
total amount of relative guardianship incentive payments otherwise payable
under this section for the fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8701897E53454817973CBAAF18C55F33"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition of
base number of relative guardianship assistance
agreements</header><text>Subsection (g) of section 473A of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673b), as amended by section 101(b)(2), is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58F877AB611B43C2B8C600E6FF9DABDE" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA059F387736F4655B3168E92EE661F85"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Base number of
relative guardianship assistance agreements</header><text>The term <term>base
number of relative guardianship assistance agreements</term> means, with
respect to a fiscal year, the number of relative guardianship assistance
agreements entered into under section 473(d) in the State in the fiscal year
for which the number is the greatest in the period that begins with the first
fiscal year in which the State establishes a relative guardianship assistance
program under section 471(a)(1)(B) and ends with the preceding fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC399C34346534A48A69D838112435BF2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Subsection (f) of section 473A of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673b) is amended by inserting <quote>and relative navigator and support
services</quote> after <quote>post-adoption services</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC32F2D34E51846A08CD2B300273B2239"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Maintaining
eligibility for adoption assistance program</header><text>Section 473(a) of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673">42 U.S.C. 673(a)</external-xref>), as amended by
subsections (b) and (c) of section 102, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" id="H33F1F720EF0F493A00B9C60612F999A" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HADEC4F93918740BAB13BA8FB76CDC32" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A child on whose behalf relative
guardianship assistance payments have been made under section 473(d) and who
pursuant to subsection (c) has been determined to be a child with special
needs, shall be eligible for adoption assistance as if no relative guardianship
agreement or payments had been made. The State shall make payments of
nonrecurring adoption expenses under this section to the adoptive parents of
such a
child.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7344BB01EEE462A95DEA7AB5D07C722"><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="HCE3F16686AA143088DCE52A805E3E95"><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="HB53F2DA7A739434183E654DA309FE3E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFFDD4B6E92441F785E699C23DEAC903"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19872B06F3254DC7BAB899A027404785"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD88D329D71AC43DA86F496DA6F20D2EF" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC05F187ECE3444D7BC90694287EBDB00"><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 relative guardianship or
adoption.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23DA1342C8944EB9B599C7C540EF5E8"><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>from foster care after attaining age
16</quote> and inserting <quote>or entering relative guardianship from foster
care after attaining 16 years of age</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1DB65DDC2A494667B3401850306100AF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notice
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H499E3E543BD4460BB854663643570030"><enum>(1)</enum><header>IV<enum-in-header>-</enum-in-header>E
State plan requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="idBF8AABE193194523A28943C5D0392734"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice to
relatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 471(a)(19)
of such<act-name parsable-cite="SSA"> Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(19)) is
amended—</text>
<clause id="HF0744A32F9E745278C6372128800468E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking “that
the State” and inserting “that—</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" id="H2C6EE095419E438BA5804C008D55A4DA" reported-display-style="strikethrough">
<subparagraph id="H50E4FE3B8E2E4C04B2D9C5166407CFC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
State</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HFD57C60887284C7895CA1F1BE1A00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5E045CF0F154241BB7B3DBF5C1C8EB" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA81B0B521A9F43FAA56EF80066255BF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>within 60 days of
the removal of the child from the custody of the child’s parent or parents, 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>
<clause id="HCB39E35B5BC24B67854FB38E80276F91"><enum>(i)</enum><text>specifies that the
child has been or is being removed from the custody of the child’s parent or
parents;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F96617E40B24C5887A355B763ACBE63"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>explains the
options the relative has under Federal, State, and local law to participate in
the child’s care and placement, including any options that may be lost by
failing to respond to the notice;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id014319161CBF4930ACE0D89BF306E454"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>describes the
requirements under section 471(a)(10) to become a foster family home and the
additional services and supports that are available for children placed in such
a home; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C5CD506C8964557AE516B732B036A6B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>if the State has
elected the option to make relative guardianship assistance payments under
paragraph (1)(B), describes how the relative may enter into an agreement with
the State under section 473(d) to receive such payments; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF5FE6FB71B846729B48473F0190A7A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to
any minor child (excluding minor heads of households and their spouses)
receiving assistance under the State program funded under part A (or under a
State program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section
409(a)(7)(B)(i))) who is in the care of a nonparent caretaker relative as a
result of interaction with the State agency responsible for administering the
program authorized under this part, and who does not have a parent in the home,
the State shall provide the nonparent caretaker relative with notice
that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85C1DBD558D446068B6413870B0D6998"><enum>(i)</enum><text>explains the
options the relative has under Federal, State, and local law to participate in
the child’s care and placement, including any options that may be lost by
failing to respond to the notice;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09BD8119FCE242F29E923035A96DD163"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the
requirements under section 471(a)(10) to become a foster family home and the
additional services and supports that are available for children placed in such
a home; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B6E664ADC594647A7CB9A8C78E524BD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if the State has
elected the option to make relative guardianship assistance payments under
paragraph (1)(B), describes how the relative may enter into an agreement under
section 473(d) with the State to receive such
payments;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEFC1698D66C2491BB8282FE6F31772E6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information on
adoption tax credit</header><text>Section 471(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a))
is amended—</text>
<clause id="H90C18E368206435997E2EAF9BDD64216"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (26);</text>
</clause><clause id="HCA2889E73B404663AA123DBE5298958C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (27) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H31EE56B251114108976CDA80028002B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25019D664438483685BB04BB5E06B335" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA07A5E3289934414BAD6DDA7C1D47251"><enum>(28)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that the State will inform any
individual who is adopting, or whom the State is made aware is considering
adopting, a child who is in foster care under the responsibility of the State
of the potential eligibility of the individual for a Federal tax credit (under
section 23 of the Internal Revenue Code) without the need to document any
adoption-related
expenses.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2357092070F245DDA8C8F4943DA93BC9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>TANF penalty for
failure to provide notice</header><text>Section 409(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
609(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBC2565CF05F4F7EBAAF48B0E1FA0E4D" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID30D6CAD9AC43418394BF09902DED181A"><enum>(16)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Penalty for noncompliance with notice
requirements for relatives under part E</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3542BE357C2E4203B8E2281538367CB2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a State to which a grant
is made under section 403 in a fiscal year has not exercised the due diligence
required under section 471(a)(19)(C) during the fiscal year, the Secretary
shall reduce the grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) for the
immediately succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal to not less than 1
percent and not more than 5 percent of the State family assistance
grant.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID25EE3A4EA7CF4D1D8F852CEBC1B6A8EF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Penalty based on
severity of failure</header><text>The Secretary shall impose reductions under
subparagraph (A) with respect to a fiscal year based on the degree of
noncompliance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2F0BE2047E8A486AB9BCF5A61DE5B18"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Case plan
requirements</header><text>Section 475(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 675(1)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id870CB50159C24BFFA5403DEEB33BF11F" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id58358216E0744B95B26635FBBD341A65"><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 relative guardianship assistance payments under section 473(d), a
description of—</text>
<clause id="id2B5A8A2F3C7D4B6BBD0398EEE4D962DA"><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="id75D3D72B1D374046865D30D5AFD634B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the reasons why a
permanent placement with a fit and willing relative through a relative
guardianship assistance arrangement is in the child’s best interests;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB6540303A56B4838BF715DD5760AA47E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the ways in
which the child meets the eligibility requirements for a relative guardianship
assistance payment;</text>
</clause><clause id="idFB895EAB7DB8408BB04D43408BADEFE8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the efforts the
agency has made to discuss adoption by the child’s relative guardian who is to
receive such payments as a more permanent alternative to legal guardianship
and, in the case of such a relative guardian who has chosen not to pursue
adoption, documentation of the reasons therefor; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDCBA575EAE94BA69560C602892F6DAD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the efforts made
by the State agency to secure the consent of the child’s parent or parents to
the relative guardianship assistance arrangement, or the reasons why the
efforts were not
made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id769E6C74B10A46C2B894B2506E3AE4EB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Requirement To
conduct criminal records and child abuse and neglect registry
checks</header><text>Section 471(a)(20) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(20)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC44F670284494161BE8D6177DBE7E052"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), in the matter preceding clause (i) by striking <quote>foster or adoptive
parent before the foster or adoptive parent may be finally approved for
placement of a child on whose behalf foster care maintenance payments or
adoption assistance payments</quote> and inserting <quote>foster parent,
adoptive parent, or relative guardian before the foster parent, adoptive
parent, or relative guardian may be finally approved for placement of a child
on whose behalf foster care maintenance payments, adoption assistance payments,
or relative guardianship assistance payments</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B99696A8F9745128AB2D76694F20F07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(i) (as redesignated by section 152(b)(2) of Public Law 109–248), by
striking <quote>prospective foster or adoptive parent and on any other adult
living in the home</quote> and all that follows through <quote>adoption
assistance payments</quote> and inserting <quote>prospective foster parent,
adoptive parent, or relative guardian and on any other adult living in the home
of such a prospective parent or relative guardian, and request any other State
in which any such prospective parent, relative guardian, or other adult has
resided in the preceding 5 years, to enable the State to check any child abuse
and neglect registry maintained by such other State for such information,
before the prospective foster parent, adoptive parent, or relative may be
finally approved for placement of a child, regardless of whether foster care
maintenance payments, adoption assistance payments, or relative guardianship
assistance payments</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCBECB8100BC942CCB0CF60AC6A22908E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
October 1, 2008, and shall apply to relative guardianship agreements executed
on or after that date.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="idDEA15709BC72466CA5D857F5E436CD4C"><enum>301.</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
such Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)(3)) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>, part B, part E,</quote> after <quote>this
part</quote>.</text>
</section>
1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Improved Adoption Incentives
and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008
.
(b)Table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Extension and Improvement
of Adoption Incentives
Sec. 101. Extension of adoption incentives
program.
Sec. 102. Promotion of adoption of children
with special needs.
TITLE II—Support for Relative
Guardianships
Sec. 201. Relative guardianship assistance
payments for children.
Sec. 202. Demonstration projects regarding
licensing of immediate relative foster parents.
Sec. 203. Grants to carry out kinship navigator
programs.
Sec. 204. Authority for comparisons and
disclosures of information in the Federal Parent Locator Service for child
welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance program purposes.
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. Grants to States that successfully
collaborate with and support Tribes to improve permanency outcomes for Indian
children.
Sec. 303. Establishment of National Child
Welfare Resource Center for Tribes.
TITLE IV—Support for Older
Children in Foster Care and Other Provisions
Sec. 401. State option for children in foster
care, and certain children in an adoptive or guardianship placement, after
attaining age 18.
Sec. 402. Transition plan for children aging
out of foster care.
Sec. 403. Educational stability.
TITLE V—Revenue Provisions
Sec. 501. Clarification of uniform definition
of child.
Sec. 502. Collection of unemployment
compensation debts resulting from fraud.
Sec. 503. Investment of operating
cash.
<enum>I</enum><header>Extension and Improvement
of Adoption Incentives</header>
<section id="id01338c34-0bcc-47f3-9ed2-b42b6f0b9d57"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extension of adoption
incentives program</header>
<subsection id="idfc6d9c0c-5c10-4f54-8dff-8ad34f452864"><enum>(a)</enum><header>5-year
extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id526dc1a1-c2d7-4fea-9135-16e77ec0ed70"><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="ida45b1d14-4489-4114-8f59-ede2ceef1727"><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="id030a4039-799a-43ff-95d7-8c4cf5e5b7cb"><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="idc428edea-b440-463d-b84d-cdbea72442c5"><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="id0e190405-21e6-4630-a073-1cb7f85b4e8b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional incentive
payment for exceeding the highest ever foster child adoption rate</header>
<paragraph id="idc29583e7-0923-4257-b943-9ace381f8598"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A(d) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4d01da69-885c-404d-8885-0cf83e8333a7"><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="idacfb5ad1-42cc-491f-ad77-d2eb16474a3c"><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="id5cb09f65-ab3f-4fb5-80ea-c93213a41314"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc56fa80a-ba99-4395-a9cd-65bdbe74661f" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id10a49f20-5db8-4d1f-b5fd-4701bf5b7667"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Increased incentive
payment for exceeding the highest ever foster child adoption rate</header>
<subparagraph id="id02d5d108-0fe1-4fa1-ae58-640b540968b8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If—</text>
<clause id="id83d8d9fc-91ea-4d3b-afbd-ceb442470e45"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2009 or
any fiscal year thereafter the total amount of adoption incentive payments
payable under paragraph (1) are less than the amount appropriated under
subsection (h) for the fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ided65ea2f-b2de-4c7b-973b-3d0d0ab9c4aa"><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) for the State shall be increased,
subject to subparagraph (C), by the amount determined for the State under
subparagraph (B).</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idac64a34b-dbfe-434b-937a-599996505b25"><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="idd102e3fe-3da5-4e30-a7e0-bb1c51267a99"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$1,000; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idced4661f-f06a-4c7a-b8a3-5d777b3f9784"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the excess of—</text>
<subclause id="idf8a0b597-389e-49f9-85a7-72b918f8e948"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of foster
child adoptions in the State in the fiscal year; over</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idfcb2c0d7-ef4e-4be7-9b79-6b52ac321686"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the product (rounded to
the nearest whole number) of—</text>
<item id="id49ca6104-dbf2-4a85-aedb-40a187738593"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the highest ever foster
child adoption rate determined for the State; and</text>
</item><item id="id836fe717-e2ed-4722-80a4-c66c0c1efad4"><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="idbadcee8d-6f49-432c-ad52-3d2127ad61fe"><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="idc944978a-d9f5-49e7-9d0b-08357e547810"><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="id42d49500-44cd-4bfc-a562-0c625239318d"><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="idb8f162f7-5f81-4be3-94f2-2180a02745b4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Subsection
(g) of section 473A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb68e7142-bafc-4aa0-b18a-585f7bf8655b" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idfd0d22c0-0aa6-46ee-8931-327311af3ae4"><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 1998 and ends with the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1bf05c57-8d1c-402c-b61c-1aec9892c4ae"><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="id2280f7c1-effd-444c-8f7b-2bf29a0ae3a5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of foster
child adoptions finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88e07cf7-e468-4430-a9c9-433edc890f50"><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="id18080603-efcc-4950-9ccd-f6e8bbe4033a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="id0da49de3-ee7c-4b08-8f19-f19488fb9b34"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State
eligibility</header><text>Section 473A(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(b)(2))
is amended—</text>
<clause id="ideb52ea44-5007-45df-a36e-6185438c30b8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="ide36dca74-10eb-42ba-9a85-d622f801f2ef"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id977f7278-b519-4b67-9557-6ac36c9859e8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09ef72c7-6035-4a9f-9f17-076a7bff4c53" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idcec89719-2441-4d12-b3c4-6d65450a6696" 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="id9b78c794-3722-437c-8c54-a23e4188b956"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Data</header><text>Section
473A(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(c)(2)), as amended by subsection (a)(3),
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><subsection id="id378330e8-2901-469f-ba98-e5def3b9fd62"><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 (42 U.S.C. 673b(d)(1))
is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id507e5183-a97a-4e1d-b050-e05fcab4b329"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>$2,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcc846be-36bd-4d15-97a8-327bc07b3d9c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by
striking <quote>$4,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$8,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb0aa559b-9080-4d2f-88d4-5cfc52ab1de9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Updating of fiscal year
used in determining base numbers of adoptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673b(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4b34f915-2ec4-440f-a77b-3454b0c03b0c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by
striking <quote>means</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>means,
with respect to any fiscal year, the number of foster child adoptions in the
State in fiscal year 2007.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bb697e5-fdf1-41e3-9da3-f19678f7ff73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idda8e9dfc-8f3e-469e-8921-b2560c163526"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>that are not older
child adoptions</quote> before <quote>for a State</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9e8e44ef-1ffa-43fe-acde-cbc73679e95d"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc229a306-b115-4b57-9abc-13fc90dd2eb0"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d44aa04-edbc-4893-8efd-3275195593cc"><enum>(e)</enum><header>24-month availability
of payments to states</header><text>Section 473A(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673b(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0266db7f-6c98-4d50-a9c5-a0339be81e5a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection
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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9a2729a-47e8-4f3e-99fa-b70c56df8086"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>through the end of the succeeding fiscal year</quote> and inserting
<quote>for a period of 24 months beginning with the month in which the payments
are made</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04991829-8dfd-457b-91c9-0cb37b422cf4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Promotion of
adoption of children with special needs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bea6dfb-f03c-4be0-977d-3fa16bdbe8f6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of
eligibility based on AFDC and SSI income standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="SSA/473(a)">Section 473(a)</external-xref>(2) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673(a)">42 U.S.C.
673(a)</external-xref>(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27a62448-945e-4d33-b9bf-72d8c7517b26"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses
(i) and (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0020db00-113b-4aa5-b147-a83f19e05a8a" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38260b67-28e2-423e-9d1b-0514596a34c8" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idf38653c8-e792-4e05-8bb5-43070b23909a"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the time of termination of parental
rights was in the care of a public or licensed private child placement agency
or Indian tribal organization pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement,
relinquishment, or involuntary removal of the child from the home, and the
State has determined, pursuant to criterion or criteria established by the
State (which may, but need not, include a judicial determination), that
continuation in the home would be contrary to the safety or welfare of such
child;</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf4a9408-9fec-4011-8bbb-3432c0799cc3" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</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>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08c0c01a-7777-4525-9622-a7e82d90f99c" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was residing in a foster family home or
child care institution with the child’s minor parent, provided that the child's
minor parent was in such foster family home or child care institution pursuant
to a voluntary placement agreement, relinquishment, or involuntary removal of
the child from the home, and the State has determined, pursuant to criterion or
criteria established by the State (which may, but need not, include judicial
determination), that continuation in the home would be contrary to the safety
or welfare of such child; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8494b34-307b-4b1d-8468-a8129f50143f" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been determined by the State, pursuant
to subsection (c), to be a child with special
needs.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a295704-617a-4c94-9f7d-6510b80e919f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph
(C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14bd4303-d3a1-4099-9c63-bbf5d471ace2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31ed3afe-0889-4650-89d4-ebffa163a533" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A child who meets the requirements of
subparagraph (A)(ii), who was 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 who is available for adoption because the prior adoption has been
dissolved and the parental rights of the adoptive parents have been terminated
or because the child’s adoptive parents have died, shall be treated as meeting
the requirements of this paragraph for purposes of paragraph
(1)(B)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde2ca8f4-9fca-4162-85c5-5fecafd31682"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="SSA/473(a)">Section 473(a)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673(a)">42 U.S.C. 673(a)</external-xref>)
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social Security Act" changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf70cf30-5c14-4e18-b99b-367c06d22f40" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29b1de2a-3547-4c5e-b920-bc677d245115" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7ee53c7b-96e6-407f-ad54-bfd328d7dbff"><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 child
that—</text>
<clause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e0a22ab-7190-40ab-aa86-980ee7ebd018" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would be considered a child with special
needs under subsection (c);</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb88f93d1-e36b-48db-b21d-0089877c9098" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a citizen or resident of the United
States; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb16778e4-24a6-4191-8b0a-00a4a62d164e" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01096b23-c36b-4aa2-90cd-e0db806230ec" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed as
prohibiting payments under this part for a 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 such child by the parents described in such
subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefc8bf62-50de-4cbd-a776-fe2f920d4140"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement for use of
State savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="SSA/473(a)">Section 473(a)</external-xref> of
the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673(a)">42 U.S.C.
673(a)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (b), is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social Security Act" changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1df27bf5-cb76-4c40-9d56-07b963eae4a8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf1f4d10-017d-441a-8605-4dba4fceb2a4" 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) on and after the effective date of the
amendments to such paragraph made by section 102(a) of the Improved Adoption
Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008 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>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc7bd0c9-61a5-4e16-94ef-666088181897"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determination of a
child with special needs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="SSA/473(c)">Section 473(c)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673(c)">42 U.S.C. 673(c)</external-xref>)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ed06d91-083f-40be-95ee-31a368b355ef" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d4b35c6-f31c-4e44-afc8-889d87131e9f"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, a child shall
not be considered a child with special needs unless—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id955d8c6d-e9aa-43f1-866b-141191e2e6e1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State has determined, pursuant to a
criterion or criteria established by the State (which may, but need not,
include a judicial determination), that the child cannot or should not be
returned to the home of his parents; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide039ee73-14e1-4e5e-8968-3fe705329b54"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the State has determined—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc163386f-5794-404b-8f1c-e14e863720d1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7dad83b5-90c0-439a-b0e1-92d9721f2e73"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 such 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><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">A
child who meets all medical or disability requirements of title XVI with
respect to eligibility for supplemental security income benefits shall be
deemed to be a child for whom the determination required by subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (2) has been
made.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DB4DE43107C4A6E965EC643C15B75F6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABCB36365F08496DAC91D29D0F3497C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to adoption assistance
agreements entered into on or after October 1, 2012.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA963E13CE1A54D9AAEB46BEFC814E788"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Earlier phased-in
application on the basis of age</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any adoption assistance
agreement entered into on or after—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFED97D463F14E65B4C39860A97483B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>October 1, 2010, the
amendments made by this section shall apply to the agreement if the child on
whose behalf the agreement is entered into has attained age 12 on or before the
date on which the agreement is executed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98BAFC77D0A5460697CF01853F60AFB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>October 1, 2011, the
amendments made by this section shall apply to the agreement if the child on
whose behalf the agreement is entered into has attained age 6 on or before the
date on which the agreement is executed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Support for Relative
Guardianships</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78612f1e-95f1-462c-b953-ae9944d7aa93" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Relative
guardianship assistance payments for children</header>
<subsection id="idea5559d4-91fa-4ce0-a3f8-22be054388ed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Option for states To
enhance and subsidize a relative guardianship program</header>
<paragraph id="idde2c5c61-5e83-4ad3-9afb-61b97501fec0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State plan
amendment</header><text>Section 471(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)(1)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4b84dcd8-3f1c-48f9-9bf5-fde17f9e37bf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>provides</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24c99aca-1cb1-42a3-b586-312ef31561a7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id39c8b558-f57a-4db2-adf2-96fc4a0ea09b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa953a6d-3682-4d8e-aa8f-1468bc29f752" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id2a5b7f9f-d10f-4c80-90f5-bc0aa044412f" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at the option of the
State, provides for relative guardianship assistance payments in accordance
with subsection (d) of section
473;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4edb47e3-6c41-4d47-baf8-a4e5844e6f41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Section
473 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social" changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="idf85bf722-0cb0-4871-80b8-c9d95fd36361" reported-display-style="italic">
<subsection id="idc844fe8d-314f-435f-8fd9-71e66f1d3376"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relative guardianship
assistance payments for children</header>
<paragraph id="idfd797cf7-32ab-44b6-a9c0-7c70a8ddde44"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Relative guardianship
assistance agreement</header>
<subparagraph id="id4bd219af-c932-4fa6-b4cf-67e16b445d25"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to receive payments under section 474(a)(5), a
State shall—</text>
<clause id="id48d269e1-d248-4d67-81f3-c1314395885d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>negotiate and enter into
a written, binding relative guardianship assistance agreement with the relative
guardian of a child who meets the requirements of paragraph (3)(B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idc23a57b2-3dc8-4eef-8186-bffaa236f663"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide the relative
guardian with a copy of the agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida2bae485-1eb7-452b-901f-ec76b3094f5a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text>The agreement shall specify, at a minimum—</text>
<clause id="id14f6d25f-7599-4546-ad00-2a1b8723b8d5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of, and manner
in which, each relative guardianship assistance payment will be provided under
the agreement;</text>
</clause><clause id="id3b9585aa-21cf-4213-9688-fe62e93dce8d"><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="id85f3659f-8a8b-4a7a-8cf8-b55f15a70d74"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the procedure by which
the relative guardian may apply for additional services as needed, provided the
agency and relative guardian agree on the additional services as specified in
the agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5518c318-9977-43e6-b164-05931f01bb1d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>that the State will pay
up to $2,000 of nonrecurring expenses associated with obtaining legal
guardianship of the child.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id669f4a8d-ffee-4dd7-a9da-19a2e2cedae3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Interstate
application</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="id653fd381-f22d-4ba3-b9bc-3aea83778bab"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Federal reimbursement
of nonrecurring expenses</header><text>A State’s payment of nonrecurring
guardianship expenses under a relative guardianship assistance agreement in
accordance with subparagraph (B)(iv) shall be treated as a direct expenditure
made for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan for purposes
of section 474(a)(3)(E).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida1814192-0868-4848-beec-8a0bc6f6f1e4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relative guardianship
assistance payment</header>
<subparagraph id="id3be45afd-aa08-4e7a-904a-d3328935fdca"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the relative
guardianship assistance payment shall be based on consideration of the
circumstances of the relative guardian and the needs of the child.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcbacfe5f-1f11-47e9-a09e-e6c548374f14"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum and maximum
payment</header><text>A relative guardianship assistance payment shall not be
less than the adoption assistance payment the State would have made on behalf
of the child under an adoption assistance agreement entered into under
subsection (a) and shall not exceed the foster care maintenance payment which
would have been paid if the child had remained in a foster family home.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb0c90316-d8d0-4714-ba16-ca3498a634e4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Periodic
adjustments</header><text>A relative guardianship assistance payment may be
readjusted periodically, with the concurrence of the relative guardian (which
may be specified in the relative guardianship assistance agreement), depending
upon changes in the circumstances of the relative guardian and the needs of the
child.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc2c7d64f-c460-4aea-8b36-d84c3da819ba"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Child’s eligibility for
a relative guardianship assistance payment</header>
<subparagraph id="id783c3f10-e339-4b2a-b13b-79ce97a8096f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A child is eligible for a relative guardianship
assistance payment under this subsection if the State agency determines the
following:</text>
<clause id="ida9840c7c-87b3-4ea0-8410-c15971b3a67f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The child—</text>
<subclause id="id33ab617f-2d68-4705-b334-a0926d59fb59"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has been 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="idce221b13-7d5c-4520-a09c-892606d45b43"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the month prior to
the establishment of the legal guardianship, is eligible for foster care
maintenance payments under section 472.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id47324A538734421ABEA0DE1E6424550A"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE4F58A4144BA4CD9AFDD32953B3EE124"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Being returned home or
adopted are not appropriate permanency options for the child.</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="id228C00DFB1624AA38098BDE14D583ECD" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>In the case of a child
who has been removed from the home for reasons primarily associated with
parental substance abuse and addiction, attempts to engage the family in
residential, comprehensive family treatment programs are inappropriate or have
been unsuccessful or such programs are unavailable.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id087db437-d29e-4290-953b-be136d7b70e8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The child demonstrates
a strong attachment to the relative guardian and the relative guardian has a
strong commitment to caring permanently for the child.</text>
</clause><clause id="id9f655ecb-4ca8-468e-8bb5-53564342053f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The relative guardian
satisfies the requirements of subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause><clause id="id71bf7845-2ec9-444f-a3c4-9d7bb9cda8a9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>With respect to a child
who has attained 14 years of age, the child has been consulted regarding the
relative guardianship arrangement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6f5a05df-68f9-4ab3-b080-b7b74dd1c488"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements for
relative guardians</header><text>A relative guardian satisfies the requirements
of this subparagraph if the relative—</text>
<clause id="idc8ad6e89-777f-405c-83c5-554c1e639757"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is the grandparent or
other relative of a child on whose behalf relative guardianship assistance
payments are to be made;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9bef7965-0679-45e7-9a20-ac2433ca09fb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has satisfied the
background checks required under section 471(a)(20);</text>
</clause><clause id="idba98fcce-e8f8-4020-b5a5-4fafc73dc09f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has met the State’s
requirements established under section 471(a)(10) to be a foster family home;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6b473a2f-2798-4d24-90dd-17c0b41ddc9c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>assumes legal
guardianship of such child and commits to caring for the child on a permanent
basis.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b83d437-c118-4243-b8f7-6dd2d369324e"><enum>(C)</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="idc864ec0f-1464-4121-a3fc-b8f889ec2d48"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the child and any sibling
of the child shall be placed in the same relative guardianship arrangement
unless it can be demonstrated that it is inappropriate to do so; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idcf7ba71a-fd11-46bc-8b2d-0029d5438318"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>relative guardianship
assistance payments may be paid for the child and each sibling so
placed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27edfb28-fcf2-4431-84b8-862ebc2aef6d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payments to
states</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id548a7370-988b-41f2-99e5-7bb7834eb059"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84a6918c-d230-4cda-b8de-54cb38c4b190"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), by
striking <quote>foster or adoptive parents and the members of the staff of
State-licensed or State-approved child care institutions providing care to
foster and adopted children receiving assistance under this part, in ways that
increase the ability of such current or prospective parents, staff members, and
institutions to provide support and assistance to foster and adopted
children,</quote> and inserting <quote>foster parents, adoptive parents, or
relative guardians and the members of the staff of State-licensed or
State-approved child care institutions providing care to foster children,
adoptive children, or children living with a relative guardian, who are
receiving assistance under this part, in ways that increase the ability of such
current or prospective parents, relative guardians, staff members, and
institutions to provide support and assistance to foster children, adoptive
children, or children living with a relative guardian,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7b66966c-577c-4f47-9496-33026f8d2751"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(B), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; plus</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc92a0ff-8e62-4a44-9220-d733f916570f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="idbbd5b392-24a7-43cd-9343-7f3a51871e95" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id9609ca32-28e6-4bd7-9214-835ae95728bb"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an amount equal to the
Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 1905(b)) of the
total amount expended during such quarter as relative guardianship assistance
payments under section 473(d) pursuant to relative guardianship assistance
agreements.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95b3cb2f-066a-457d-98d4-ad700059d1cf"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Incentive payments for
relative guardianship placement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3daddb3a-fa15-4f37-8d50-e5884a36115f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 473A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b)
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40e7c8bb-345c-4b13-93d5-e155e9bb38e2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbbbc5137-0b82-4b3d-a9bf-63e8b58b4875"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Incentive payments for
relative guardianship placements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4b583f6-91a9-41f0-9716-02b8e2c2a3c5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of unawarded
adoption incentive funds to make relative guardianship incentive
payments</header><text>If in any fiscal year the total amount of adoption
incentive payments payable under subsection (d) are less than the amount
appropriated under subsection (h) for the fiscal year, States that have
established a relative guardianship assistance program under section
471(a)(1)(B) shall be awarded, in addition to any adoption incentive payments
made to such States under subsection (d), relative guardianship incentive
payments from the portion of such amount that is in excess of the total amount
of adoption incentive payments to be made under such subsection for such fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8212709d-781c-4a30-9e4b-16490f964705"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment
amount</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), the relative guardianship
incentive payment payable to a State for a fiscal year under this subsection
shall be equal to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9d2ca1a-4b35-4e7f-86ae-2fea12cbb006"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of the first
fiscal year in which the State establishes a relative guardianship assistance
program under section 471(a)(1)(B), the product of $1,000 and the number of
relative guardianship assistance agreements entered into under section 473(d)
in the State during that fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d612a26-7651-4d37-aac8-1ebe6f43af8a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of any
succeeding fiscal year, the product of $1,000 and the amount (if any) by which
the number of relative guardianship assistance agreements entered into under
section 473(d) in the State for the fiscal year exceed the base number of
relative guardianship assistance agreements in the State for the fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6cc52e7b-2528-4f5b-8bd7-b2e766a9e4ef"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pro rata adjustment if
insufficient funds available</header><text>For any fiscal year, if the total
amount of relative guardianship incentive payments otherwise payable under this
subsection for a fiscal year exceeds the amount available for such payments for
the fiscal year, the amount of the relative guardianship incentive payment
payable to each State under this subsection for the fiscal year shall
be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b5382ab-586d-480d-bfb1-0889dea27bf1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of the
relative guardianship incentive payment that would otherwise be payable to the
State under this subsection for the fiscal year; multiplied by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5733852-dd8c-41d7-97d6-641642140af2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage
represented by the amount so available for the fiscal year, divided by the
total amount of relative guardianship incentive payments otherwise payable
under this section for the fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id523072bd-056c-4b15-9551-db9eb3e51379"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definition of base
number of relative guardianship assistance agreements</header><text>Subsection
(g) of section 473A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b), as amended by section
101(b)(2), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b93ff34-8952-4fbe-9e1e-f789920dfdaa" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd04cf041-8300-4e6a-8305-dfc70376663e"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Base number of relative
guardianship assistance agreements</header><text>The term <term>base number of
relative guardianship assistance agreements</term> means, with respect to a
fiscal year, the number of relative guardianship assistance agreements entered
into under section 473(d) in the State in the fiscal year for which the number
is the greatest in the period that begins with the first fiscal year in which
the State establishes a relative guardianship assistance program under section
471(a)(1)(B) and ends with the preceding fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfae5467f-3d80-43fe-a0e0-fdee6a497c41"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Subsection (f) of section 473A of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673b) is amended by inserting <quote>and relative navigator and support
services</quote> after <quote>post-adoption services</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1517605b-6e83-4ef5-a8b1-5b787a062766"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Maintaining eligibility
for adoption assistance program and title XIX</header><text>Section 473 of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673">42 U.S.C. 673</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6181AC7939704EC783049B996F7160ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), as
amended by subsections (b) and (c) of section 102, by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="idf105cdb9-5368-4859-a735-00bdf3e6d344" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ide4b239de-9e1b-412b-81d8-320100160257" indent="up1"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A child on whose behalf relative
guardianship assistance payments have been made under section 473(d) and who
pursuant to subsection (c) has been determined to be a child with special
needs, shall be eligible for adoption assistance as if no relative guardianship
assistance agreement or payments had been made. The State shall make payments
of nonrecurring adoption expenses under this section to the adoptive parents of
such a child.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB70B283A19764020848F2CF35B747E96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9EAB68E6134643E9983AA120E124D2D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii),
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCADDC516876A4820B74D1B5CF84D5727"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC685C410A14F43B89BF8BCFA64B56FB5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF26CAEBADF5B4715998B99BEB85810E1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idA5B55685140D4E7196B6444D84F815E7" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to whom
relative guardianship assistance payments are being made under subsection
(d).</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3070e1d-31e2-424f-8d6d-03069d5a41ce"><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="idcced30d4-cf17-4d95-8a6d-a968cb8950d6"><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="id2a783754-50f8-4157-86f1-bcd0099d2137"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd5058f74-610d-467a-8ac2-0da28df0e2f8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at
the end of paragraph (6) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf59c12f5-ccd9-4d5a-bfd8-7267098ccda9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fce2007-dc61-4580-a2a1-25e5ef435d4a" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id57208f6d-13c5-420f-a83c-3b0ac6fc5387"><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 relative guardianship or
adoption.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id645ae1ed-6618-4e37-a15b-0941b186cc34"><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>from foster care after attaining age 16</quote> and
inserting <quote>or entering relative guardianship from foster care after
attaining 16 years of age</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8c3a7db9-ef2a-49b5-afca-d838f117ec45"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notice
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="id3ec855b3-76f5-4214-be73-19882f4a19ae"><enum>(1)</enum><header>IV<enum-in-header>–</enum-in-header>E
State plan requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="id97ed8a75-1242-4bbe-9ffc-66c25c50316b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice to
relatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 471(a)(19)
of such<act-name parsable-cite="SSA"> Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(19)) is
amended—</text>
<clause id="id50faeb96-8a7c-47ee-8f0a-f9dd96b51025"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking “that the
State” and inserting “that—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="id72cc56d4-72e6-40d3-98ab-5319a5f0791e" reported-display-style="italic">
<subparagraph id="id190e635c-cfed-4406-85a8-c2d0e1713048"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
State</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="id7e5c4b60-acd4-4075-8d24-1285b35ba623"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf8175c5-08e3-4f0a-9bb5-faa08052a44a" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ide2fafe24-e36d-4905-8bb1-73335a51caa6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>within 60 days of the
removal of the child from the custody of the child’s parent or parents, 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>
<clause id="id0dc06c31-358f-454f-ada5-99ecfcc17485"><enum>(i)</enum><text>specifies that the child
has been or is being removed from the custody of the child’s parent or
parents;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d8d147d-00da-43e4-bc02-580fc50e7891"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>explains the options the
relative has under Federal, State, and local law to participate in the child’s
care and placement, including any options that may be lost by failing to
respond to the notice;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7238def0-332d-4822-b01f-bb6801e96e62"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>describes the
requirements under paragraph (10) to become a foster family home and the
additional services and supports that are available for children placed in such
a home; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46377157-ef20-42cf-8f8f-3cfb919762f6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>if the State has elected
the option to make relative guardianship assistance payments under paragraph
(1)(B), describes how the relative may enter into an agreement with the State
under section 473(d) to receive such payments; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95f2bc5f-3817-4c6f-9ce6-0d655735811d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to any minor
child (excluding minor heads of households and their spouses) receiving
assistance under the State program funded under part A (or under a State
program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section
409(a)(7)(B)(i))) who is in the care of a nonparent caretaker relative as a
result of interaction with the State agency responsible for administering the
program authorized under this part, and who does not have a parent in the home,
the State shall provide the nonparent caretaker relative with notice
that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77405557-f405-4df2-bab8-00e6247e8e7c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>explains the options the
relative has under Federal, State, and local law to participate in the child’s
care and placement, including any options that may be lost by failing to
respond to the notice;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdc0b513-d3ff-451a-86cf-114c19878b3b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the
requirements under section 471(a)(10) to become a foster family home and the
additional services and supports that are available for children placed in such
a home; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fc80e9e-7cf3-4238-b4f2-417b52d8f335"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if the State has
elected the option to make relative guardianship assistance payments under
paragraph (1)(B), describes how the relative may enter into an agreement under
section 473(d) with the State to receive such
payments;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf024f30f-c7c3-4a4f-8a7f-0a98dedbf757"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information on adoption
tax credit</header><text>Section 471(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is
amended—</text>
<clause id="id66643f93-a6ef-4d6a-b697-8e2e32facb3a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (26);</text>
</clause><clause id="id1bedb64e-87b3-4792-9c1e-ce71a5409ca3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period
at the end of paragraph (27) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id56a6e215-5280-4a20-9813-581590d94e7e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida18be4e2-adaa-49ac-843a-03043692b221" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ida4dfa5d0-1271-46fb-928e-0d4065654010"><enum>(28)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that the State will inform any
individual who is adopting, or whom the State is made aware is considering
adopting, a child who is in foster care under the responsibility of the State
of the potential eligibility of the individual for a Federal tax credit under
section 23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (without the need to document
any adoption-related expenses, in the case of the adoption of a child with
special needs (as defined in section 23(d)(3) of such
Code)).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0daaf597-c151-4f89-9f3f-6c3aed38368f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>TANF penalty for
failure to provide notice</header><text>Section 409(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
609(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id934d40a3-275d-40c3-b40e-cdb858991b84" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03ce5054-6bad-4c1f-a2c0-e4a4c74be6c5"><enum>(16)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Penalty for noncompliance with notice
requirements for relatives under part E</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd13c138c-1b8c-4e5f-b2f2-1a23bbcf0482"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a State to which a grant
is made under section 403 in a fiscal year has not exercised the due diligence
required under section 471(a)(19)(C) during the fiscal year, the Secretary
shall reduce the grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) for the
immediately succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal to not less than 1
percent and not more than 3.5 percent of the State family assistance
grant.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54542c4d-9ebd-4f64-8d4c-e51e10f6f059"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Penalty based on
severity of failure</header><text>The Secretary shall impose reductions under
subparagraph (A) with respect to a fiscal year based on the degree of
noncompliance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idac1ee6c7-cef9-4040-83ec-a0566004e52a"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Case plan
requirements</header><text>Section 475(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 675(1)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28d3d9b5-fb47-4b4b-b098-2ba8232702dc" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id39c22161-2954-4e31-bd57-176c5ff4c137"><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 relative guardianship assistance payments under section 473(d), a
description of—</text>
<clause id="ide2d3e864-7b7e-4b5b-8ec0-7b19f3a778e7"><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="id8099944f-26b6-4340-b59f-0c741c7662c2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the reasons why a
permanent placement with a fit and willing relative through a relative
guardianship assistance arrangement is in the child’s best interests;</text>
</clause><clause id="ide5adfedf-98a0-4bcd-b1aa-c81fa92fee5c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the ways in which the
child meets the eligibility requirements for a relative guardianship assistance
payment;</text>
</clause><clause id="idb73586fe-44b2-48b9-b01b-b84a029ed303"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the efforts the agency
has made to discuss adoption by the child’s relative guardian who is to receive
such payments as a more permanent alternative to legal guardianship and, in the
case of such a relative guardian who has chosen not to pursue adoption,
documentation of the reasons therefor; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab44e864-f7bf-4e34-9055-bc94bd1df6b3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the efforts made by the
State agency to secure the consent of the child’s parent or parents to the
relative guardianship assistance arrangement, or the reasons why the efforts
were not
made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id98c88bc2-24b8-4d4b-a71f-1804958fd993"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Requirement To conduct
criminal records and child abuse and neglect registry
checks</header><text>Section 471(a)(20) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(20)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0F0963159E0048DE8AE2F84814ECC780"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), in
the matter preceding clause (i) by striking <quote>foster or adoptive parent
before the foster or adoptive parent may be finally approved for placement of a
child regardless of whether foster care maintenance payments or adoption
assistance payments</quote> and inserting <quote>foster parent, adoptive
parent, or relative guardian before the foster parent, adoptive parent, or
relative guardian may be finally approved for placement of a child regardless
of whether foster care maintenance payments, adoption assistance payments, or
relative guardianship assistance payments</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id417b71c8-549d-43e9-ba7e-e8e070da1e0b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i)
(as redesignated by section 152(b)(2) of Public Law 109–248), by striking
<quote>prospective foster or adoptive parent and on any other adult living in
the home</quote> and all that follows through <quote>adoption assistance
payments</quote> and inserting <quote>prospective foster parent, adoptive
parent, or relative guardian and on any other adult living in the home of such
a prospective parent or relative guardian, and request any other State in which
any such prospective parent, relative guardian, or other adult has resided in
the preceding 5 years, to enable the State to check any child abuse and neglect
registry maintained by such other State for such information, before the
prospective foster parent, adoptive parent, or relative may be finally approved
for placement of a child, regardless of whether foster care maintenance
payments, adoption assistance payments, or relative guardianship assistance
payments</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8ee2f733-06f2-4be3-a4ea-d745d0e2d437"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
October 1, 2008, and shall apply to relative guardianship assistance agreements
executed on or after that date.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id394BDAA5878647BAB75C61D2AB408E7A"><enum>202.</enum><header>Demonstration projects
regarding licensing of immediate relative foster parents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title XI of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1130A the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5E00B694139406CB6C6B28EB3884BB6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="idE156D2CD01124325939473800457141F"><enum>1130B.</enum><header>Demonstration
projects regarding licensing of immediate relative foster parents</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idB781099611BF4531A4B4FD49076FFCD3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id21EBE072859246EF83ECF4EF3FE00BBD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Children in foster
care</header><text>The term <term>children in foster care</term> means children
who are placed in foster family homes receiving funds under part B or E of
title IV.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idEAB7E32AEAD04A30BAD1D0DFA3E2D343"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Demonstration
projects</header><text>The term <term>demonstration projects</term> means the
projects conducted under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDF60724456D84E4B8087A17C64A5C9E6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Directly funded tribal
iv–e program</header><text>The term <term>directly funded tribal IV–E
program</term> means a program established under section 479B by an Indian
tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium (as defined in subsection (a)
of such section).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDEEF8CB4148449C8B3E2CC7B6EC3CBD3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Immediate relative
foster parent</header><text>The term <term>immediate relative foster
parent</term> means, with respect to a child in foster care, a foster parent of
the child who is an adult sibling, grandparent, aunt, or uncle of the
child.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3758DF294DF64874B6C164FCE9C819A1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means any of the 50 States or the District of Columbia
with a State plan approved under section 471(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id50EE54D9A7C04E28B9D728185EA76698"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish not more than 10 demonstration projects to determine
the extent to which flexibility in the application of certain licensing
standards to foster family homes of immediate relative foster parents results
in improved well-being and permanency outcomes for children in foster
care.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id84446F5087BD4447A508B558ADA8770C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idB898CD90F0F34D95ABC7DE4FD8C84682"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Number of
projects</header><text>Of the demonstration projects conducted under this
section, at least—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idC54DF759609E4CD5BE033963DFE8A56B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>2 projects shall be
conducted in States with a large number of rural areas, as determined by the
Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD654CC0CA0A54C528E514D5EAA7E336A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 project shall be
conducted in a State in which the State plan under this part is administered by
a political subdivision of the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9A17A23A65E04F51813A89F9077E62CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 project shall be
conducted by a directly funded tribal IV–E program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id925FE3304FC84CEB81652EA8C224B165"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application to certain
licensing standards</header><text>For purposes of placing a child in foster
care in the home of an immediate relative foster parent of the child, and
determining whether the home satisfies standards established by a State or
directly funded tribal IV–E program for purposes of complying with section
471(a)(10), a State or directly funded tribal IV–E program selected to conduct
a demonstration project under this section may modify the extent to which the
home is required to comply with any or all of the following standards in order
to be a licensed foster family home for the child:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id905D83D67D5446D6A48F0C733BC60546"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Standards relating to the
number or size of bedrooms in the home, but only if the State or tribal program
applies appropriate safeguards for age and gender.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id49DA32181F3A4856AFFF0DEC7DCD3A7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Standards relating to the
number of bathrooms in the home, but only if the State or tribal program
applies appropriate safeguards for age and gender.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id60F4A3BB262848B1818B9350FA59F303"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Standards relating to
overall square footage of the home.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id75B6F50D8F9D46AD92A0A0BCEA45EB9F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation;
duration</header><text>The demonstration projects shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id4A6F853CDF7041B5A71B0159D28EE169"><enum>(A)</enum><text>begin not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5CF1CFAC4A42411CBFD4E86FBEF1F2FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be conducted for a 2-year
period.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idEA2D9ED2F0DC4320BFF2F253198C165F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date on which the projects are completed, the
Secretary 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—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idE04F55F217014013B355430AA157D131"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluates, with respect
to each State or directly funded tribal IV–E program conducting a project, the
impact of the projects on the well-being of children in foster care and the
extent to which the projects result in improved permanency outcomes for
children in foster care, based on the past performance of the State (or, in the
case of a directly funded tribal IV–E program, based on the past performance of
each State in which the program is conducted); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4B57DC48D005460894BA2AF76CE864A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes such
recommendations for administrative or legislative action as the Secretary
determines
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id2F405E4E5804422F9DA60059B9D74F41"><enum>203.</enum><header>Grants to carry out
kinship navigator programs</header>
<subsection id="id7420A63CEB2D4F7A8BB4B63FA35688B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part B of title IV of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 620–629i) is amended by inserting after
section 426 the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA57F7CD41E2743A191497271B599F0F9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="idF71BE78655E7423BBD9DE4E4DFFADC04"><enum>427.</enum><header>Grants to carry out
kinship navigator programs</header>
<subsection id="ID7CFBB4FEED4246EE96881489A3365562"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of this section are—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4203339804454C41BA67682521524590"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish kinship
navigator programs in States, large metropolitan areas, and tribal areas to
assist kinship caregivers in navigating their way through programs and
services, to help the caregivers learn about and obtain assistance to meet the
needs of the children they are raising and their own needs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID70DCAB65FA324E88AB66457CADE87E57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to promote effective
partnerships among public and private agencies, including community-based and
faith-based agencies, to help the agencies described in this paragraph more
effectively and efficiently serve kinship care families and address the
fragmentation that creates barriers to meeting the needs of those
families.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID583C2CFE140A4E1BB834B34F4FF6879D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID2C73B93B0CAD4C8196FEB5E7302B41D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant
secretary</header><text>The term <term>Assistant Secretary</term> means the
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and
Human Services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID087E5854149444B986BC8A8DE97EA9CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Large metropolitan
area</header><text>The term <term>large metropolitan area</term> means a
metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, with a
population of not less than 1,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID47F3790E07124420B195C950A2899002"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Metropolitan
agency</header><text>The term <term>metropolitan agency</term> means an agency
serving a large metropolitan area, or a county or political subdivision of a
large metropolitan area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCF68D97660C54999AEAA532EE80E81F7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Tribal
area</header><text>The term <term>tribal area</term> means the area served by a
tribal organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCABE71ACE7294B2A9388F80CEF0A33CF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Tribal
organization</header><text>The term <term>tribal organization</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE0048506534D40699CBAC28598060FDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has the meaning given
that term in section 479B(a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2749FAEB53A2473ABF6A6D8C7075D3E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes a consortium of
tribal organizations described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4EC13F3F33214569B7F13835055A6DA9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header>
<paragraph id="ID3E5813A46F3E4851911992E1D118F76B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Assistant Secretary may make grants to eligible
entities to pay for the Federal share (as determined by the Assistant
Secretary) of the cost of carrying out kinship navigator programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4C46412845CB4DF8940727F239B79169"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
Entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an
entity shall be a State agency, metropolitan agency, or tribal organization,
with experience in—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4627A7C95A4A45988A1B9B299B3CB8C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>addressing the needs of
kinship caregivers or children; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1C854ABC2FE14B09890DB37A700A033A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>connecting the children
or caregivers with appropriate services and assistance, such as services and
assistance provided by—</text>
<clause id="ID39D85633E1584000BB0037832BC982DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an area agency on aging
under the <act-name parsable-cite="OAA65">Older Americans Act of
1965</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.); or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID16CD1C341174455994453EE2E95B32A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an agency with
jurisdiction over child welfare, income-based financial assistance, human
services, or health matters, or a public entity that links family resource and
support programs, for the State, large metropolitan area, or Indian tribe
involved.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID66106D2611FB4378AB5794336E9C887D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation of
Grants</header><text>Of the funds made available for grants under this section
for each fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary shall use not less than 50
percent to make grants to State agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID820FAA0569DE41E88A539C78B10ED878"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Non-Federal
share</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost may be provided in cash.
Not more than 50 percent of the non-Federal share of the cost may be provided
in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9B0E7F389CC54545A5264C76837E1166"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="ID6C01110645464F7085CF1D33A128E523"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an
entity shall submit an application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the Assistant Secretary may
require, including, at a minimum, the information described in paragraph
(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC3F4DCB6D38943F9975D0394B05C99A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
application shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID225B52F64E38410094FE8E5074324CF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of the
steps the entity will take during the first 6 months of the grant period
to—</text>
<clause id="ID1AD7026544D64FAA9D672E1CC2A721E5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify gaps in services
for kinship care families in the State, large metropolitan area, or tribal area
to be served and the specific activities that are needed to bridge the
gaps;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID26A7DE9BDC1A4594B959EEA3BB3389A9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>convene a group of
partners to assist in the operation of the kinship navigator program funded
through the grant;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9C5CE56F99394CB1B459BD58314A5263"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>utilize or develop
relevant technology;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA4B6DDA5D25848DD99A8E18A887706FA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>conduct outreach to
kinship caregivers about the kinship navigator program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDBC4DF8B2527F49969B5F23EB965ABEBE"><enum>(v)</enum><text>develop a plan for
reaching kinship caregivers, ensuring that the caregivers can access the
kinship navigator program, and following up to ensure that the caregivers
actually receive necessary services and supports.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID18AD5860D828458D82ED2FF547C98CB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An assurance that the
entity will provide at least the core activities specified in subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of subsection (f)(2) for kinship care families through the kinship
navigator program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7B6915981A814786B7E29D07B74DDA77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of the
activities the entity expects to offer over the grant period and the entity’s
initial projection of the number of children and kinship caregivers likely to
be served.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA8708C20BE29479C8B90BBFDEFE29E90"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A description of how the
entity will involve in the planning and operation of the kinship navigator
program, on an ongoing basis—</text>
<clause id="ID47754391020E4DF49A39C66BB3B33357"><enum>(i)</enum><text>kinship
caregivers;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1826714704454B90B56D6FF28836B3AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>youth raised or being
raised by kinship caregivers;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD2D8E8664FC74CC18911BC2EAB5B306C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>representatives of
kinship care support organizations;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID682DE54915CD4409B1A34378D33B3367"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>relevant government
agencies (including agencies with jurisdiction over matters relating to aging,
mental health, mental retardation or developmental disabilities, substance
abuse treatment, criminal justice, health, youth services, human services,
education, income-based financial assistance, child welfare, child custody,
guardianship, adoption, or child support enforcement);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC34D547F821C46C185A551C2C3B24CEC"><enum>(v)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID9D22715F064B4F6D8E1803872330C1E3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not-for-profit service
providers, including community-based and faith-based agencies; and</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="ID5687663C68EA4A60BBA7012DE4BEF8E6" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>educational
institutions; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID672A3B4840784DB9B2DB55DEEE68EE56"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other State or local
agencies or systems that promote service coordination or provide information
and referral services, including the entities that provide the 2–1–1 or 3–1–1
information systems where applicable.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA87FCC704A3D41C2AE07B49DCB9F6135"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A description of—</text>
<clause id="IDA0F921380F40439BBA7C4D2D3B81196E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>how the entity will
coordinate its activities with other State or local agencies or systems that
promote service coordination or provide information and referral services for
children, families, or older individuals, including the entities that provide
the 2–1–1 or 3–1–1 information systems where applicable, so as to avoid
duplication of services and the fragmentation of services that prevents kinship
care families from getting the help the families need; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC34175638F6944799BF9B4BC8A428D08"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>how the entity will
encourage regional cooperation among agencies, particularly agencies serving
border communities that may cross jurisdictional lines, to ensure that kinship
care families will get help.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID72CC8DC728B14A8789392631E48DE8A9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>An assurance that the
entity will report at least annually to the Assistant Secretary, in a manner
prescribed by the Assistant Secretary, to ensure comparability of data across
States, on—</text>
<clause id="ID968E27FB65194FECAB75F10ED51012AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>activities established
with the funds made available through grants made under this section;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5CD7566207A549CE977E18533E702111"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the numbers and ages of
the children and caregivers assisted through the grants;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA5A1CA351524452489F5C7D0B7092B98"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the types of the
assistance provided;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAD72BB6FB7A74665B18D62CBAD641331"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the outcomes achieved
with the assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB1ED764275754A918EA829A472148EA3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the barriers identified
to meeting the needs of kinship care families and plans for addressing the
barriers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA0B7B74A2CA44A06AD8A1F39610531A5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>An assurance that the
entity, not later than 3 months after the end of the final year of the grant
period, will submit a final report to the Administration for Children and
Families that describes—</text>
<clause id="IDB0CB6710F9CE4F43878F100A595D29DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the numbers and ages of
the children and caregivers assisted through the grants;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID45EF176876D84F8BB1417AEFC60E9EBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the types of assistance
provided;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2EA6153CF7D44491BC8378F4D750EC07"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the outcomes achieved
with the assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID73031578A8C34427B16C8E8774F64396"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the barriers to meeting
the needs of kinship care families that were addressed through the
grants;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0C987524F8724D30AB816439EAA6383C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the plans of the entity
to continue the kinship navigator program after the grant period has
ended;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID772FF6F4DE2F448481C074246C06A427"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>lessons learned during
the grant period; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDFCE54D28EA0248CBA9439415ACCBBF5E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>recommendations about
the considerations that should be taken into account as the program carried out
under this section is expanded throughout the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF24E736668F94DDBABCFB2EAB898973C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In
awarding grants under this section, the Assistant Secretary shall give
preference to agencies or organizations that can demonstrate that the agencies
and organizations will offer the full array of activities described in
subsection (f)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDB800C1430EA84094B8C1A9C9B29F1A78"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of grant
funds</header>
<paragraph id="ID74310C3282654DBBADF3D63939CB8181"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>An entity that receives a grant under this title may use
the funds made available through the grant directly, or through grants or
contracts with other public or private agencies, including community-based or
faith-based agencies, that have experience in connecting kinship caregivers
with appropriate services and assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD35DA2BC7D16425B829C91D86FC6B44C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
Funds</header><text>An entity that receives a grant under this title may use
the funds made available through the grant for activities that help to connect
kinship caregivers with the services and assistance required to meet the needs
of the children the caregivers are raising and their own needs, such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID498A53165001448B9CDB2C3DF468F4E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishing and
maintaining information and referral systems that—</text>
<clause id="ID0C72234E39A2422C812433856E69D5D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assist, through toll free
access that includes access to a live operator, kinship caregivers, kinship
care service providers, kinship care support group facilitators, and others to
learn about and link to—</text>
<subclause id="ID20F71AC25C674CCD9806DA6EDCF58F43"><enum>(I)</enum><text>local kinship care
service providers, support groups, respite care programs, and special services
for incarcerated parents;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID3BEA3E95BC5640659BD957BCC8805EAF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>eligibility and
enrollment information for Federal, State, and local benefits, such as—</text>
<item id="IDCC48E205B769483A88CD1B386F67FEE2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>education (including
preschool, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and special education);</text>
</item><item id="IDA21FFA3919214B409C848426600FC8CF"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>family support services,
early intervention services, mental health services, substance abuse prevention
and treatment services, services to address domestic violence problems,
services to address HIV or AIDS, legal services, child support, housing
assistance, and child care;</text>
</item><item id="ID329578CD66DB437D9B619588ED265147"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the disability insurance
benefits program established under title II;</text>
</item><item id="ID4499E507CBDA4C8B99C125FB91F2401C"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>the program of block
grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families established under
part A;</text>
</item><item id="ID09730684FAF14E34A1E8BB7F18F3AF6F"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>the supplemental
security income program established under title XVI;</text>
</item><item id="IDE7F1685B2CBC439681042BEF30D6E3AE"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>the medicaid program
established under title XIX;</text>
</item><item id="IDF29409C977644E1EBC7445D6148344E0"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>the State children’s
health insurance program established under title XXI;</text>
</item><item id="IDCBFA2EB353B64BE68A3E2F398BF24C7C"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>the program of Federal
payments for foster care and adoption assistance established under part E,
including the program of relative guardianship assistance payments for children
established under section 473(d); and</text>
</item><item id="ID36A2F25C2726485FB80DB2EAED5B1D5B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the supplemental
nutrition assistance program established under the
<act-name parsable-cite="FSA77">Food and Nutrition Act of 2008</act-name> (7
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID06E50C17EEA149AE9D9DCCDEA9D42FEA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>relevant training to
assist kinship caregivers in obtaining benefits and services and performing
their caregiving activities; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID941747BC1E2C44C6AA91E222B92F0937"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>relevant legal
assistance and help in obtaining access to legal services, including access to
legal aid service providers and statewide elder law hotlines;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID385682CC3D3B4E68BDAF59096CF8A195"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide outreach to
kinship care families, in collaboration with schools, pediatric care clinics,
kinship care organizations, senior citizen centers, agencies with jurisdiction
over child welfare or human services, and others to link the families to the
kinship navigator program and to services and assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB0AF127C8F7B4DE9BD0CF988AFB97B79"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establish, distribute,
and regularly update kinship care resource guides, websites, or other relevant
outreach materials;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID27C828E887DE4992AFA33D5571327C5F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promoting partnerships
between public and private agencies, including community-based and faith-based
agencies—</text>
<clause id="ID9EE955636AE54D6492E6760F303F98DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to help the agencies
described in this paragraph more effectively and efficiently meet the needs of
kinship care families; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDDC6A09C8221548549FDA0725107DA91B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to familiarize the
agencies about the special needs of kinship care families, policies that affect
their eligibility for a range of education, health, mental health, social,
child care, and child welfare services, income-based financial assistance,
legal assistance, and other services and benefits, and the means for making
policies more supportive of kinship care families;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID44427B75892C4A4B89B71815F1F2D8D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establishing and
supporting a kinship care ombudsman who has the authority to actively intervene
with State agency staff or service providers with which the State agency
contracts to help ensure, through various appropriate means including working
with individual families in an ongoing manner, that kinship caregivers get the
services they need and for which they are eligible; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID91997588C33C4878A2AB292D17C8192C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>supporting other
activities that are designed to assist kinship caregivers in obtaining
benefits, services, and activities designed to improve their caregiving.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF36128C466184877B42517E21A9884BE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Except
as provided in paragraph (2)(D), the entity may not use any of the funds made
available through the grant for direct services to children in kinship care
families or to kinship caregivers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC87822197F7D43698F6A56F6D395F5AE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Administration of the
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In administering the
program carried out under this section, the Assistant Secretary for Children
and Families shall periodically consult with the Assistant Secretary for Aging
of the Department of Health and Human Services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDBB0226F60159469DB94FB2401597E941"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary may reserve not
more than 1 percent of the funds made available under this section for a fiscal
year to provide technical assistance to the recipients of grants under this
section related to the purposes of the grants.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID79F2673D69F4400591B676351C1EC77F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, $5,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2009 through
2013.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idE34DD4E15FE140BEBC557918F6825087"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 425 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 625) is amended by
inserting <quote>(other than sections 426, 427, and 429)</quote> after
<quote>this subpart</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1bde06ae-251e-4403-bfc3-8b05ac2f3424" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</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
such Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)(3)) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>, part B, part E,</quote> after <quote>this
part</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Tribal Foster Care and
Adoption Access</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30AF959AE2914E9981A3B7C9FB68CF5D" 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="ID77F3D0719D3C4E67B4C2F9B1579875E7"><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="idB539BB473C124B7CA894468640BCCA3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part E of title IV of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID31FB4163706B424986F21700A783C8E5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5DA7380AFCAC45C882E86F364C512496" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>479B.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs operated by Indian tribal
organizations</header>
<subsection id="H5993BC04D13E4B21BCD515CC32772FA1"><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 (25 U.S.C. 450b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBCCB33A6005343F380B8F54621B3ED9C"><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="idF3650F855B1F454B85D4911B7B685DBA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan
requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA9BA6F5D27446CFBEA972BFBBE81E79"><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="idA94FECCA4E6848D4B5FCF2DE6E280889"><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="idBA686E0F19164851A226D9ED3354490C"><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="idCC5FD90F2C824D5A8878E6B8BCB53FD3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6C227CB42584EA0BF6E19DE248C05C1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), an assurance that the plan will
provide—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31DDA1E65673414C86F5E7797C83B6ED"><enum>(I)</enum><text>foster care maintenance
payments under section 472 only on behalf of children who satisfy the
eligibility requirements of subsection (a) of that section;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8249F3A4FDD4408A80A3976C63B5B5CA"><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="id744A3239F5FC4A73B05F619481E3E0CE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>at the option of the
tribe, organization, or consortium, relative guardianship assistance payments
in accordance with section 473(d) only on behalf of children who meet the
requirements of paragraph (3)(B) of that section.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3809BEF79B4542729147B1CA4545BE7D"><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="idFC2767EF2A564DC983EDC81F9D4ED722"><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="id4B65385F52C04432A135F50EC2C91DBC"><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 paragraph (3) of section 472(a).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95D4748B0B9C4E8C9F2348CB57882919"><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="id95222250D58E4505BD9503A8F26F7864"><enum>(i)</enum><header>No effect on authority
for tribes, organizations, or consortia to claim in-kind expenditures to the
same extent States may claim in-kind expenditures</header><text>Nothing in this
subparagraph shall be construed as preventing a tribe, organization, or
consortium from claiming any in-kind expenditures 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="id54F6FB552E444151AA9796C578A16207"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2010 or
2011</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B904C6EECCD40E5A64AC30349A4DC1B"><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="id2236E1505C9245BD8277776A5ADF42EF"><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="id1B8660D595DC4F798FC7E4EC0B5E405C"><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="idA62FE7C26FB34FBB8BA18E857D5E4FA5"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>A State or local
government.</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DD2ABE7A1F740F28E81BCC8A4BE7748"><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="idB4FB38C49E21411C9D7E2721C8E3A661"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>A public institution of
higher education.</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35F91B7BAE43489B85D829590F522E8A"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>A Tribal College or
University (as defined in section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1059c)).</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E0DDD1064374661B3CF7F46ECEE3A2A"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>A private charitable
organization.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C5BE31193B941A183D8E89F10F640E6"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2012,
2013, or 2014</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3445A6B51E8C4D7798465FD903622D8B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subclause (II) and clause (v), 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), 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 Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support 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="id4545000DF34548B9BF7CB10B540EEB61"><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)), 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="id8650B0BB900645C9B46FA1ECB7096929"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Definition of early
approved tribe, organization, or consortium</header><text>For purposes of
subclause (II), 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="idD7B5B4AF4DC146BFB352A4900F54C00D"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2015 and
thereafter</header><text>Subject to clause (v), 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), in-kind expenditures from third-party
sources may be claimed for purposes of determining the non-Federal share of
expenditures under any subparagraph of section 474(a)(3) only in accordance
with the regulations promulgated by the Secretary under section 301(e)(2) of
the Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of
2008.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89234C1B485D44C5B31EA6E47CD6E0C5"><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), no regulations required to be promulgated under section
301(e)(2) of the Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support
Act of 2008 are in effect, and no legislation has been enacted specifying
otherwise—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A7A8ACB25A145CD97A5001F320B5ED1"><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) 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="id85B1B11E1B1C46118DF8E55536417FAF"><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) 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="id9CB08588C0954EC1A2C99C0F6BAB68A5"><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="ID16B269AD54214DBF9948CCC673626260"><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="ID7618CE3F904F4DE8B1558BF9A1A28C25"><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="ID54800DC8A81C431A8DB3312D720A7150"><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="ID6C0D7ABBE45D47A1856DB7C5519D5849"><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="ID3EFF6F0125C141EDA6DE30D20DBEA4C9"><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="id4D888190FA804220B2B8DE4FF052ACE5"><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="idFFDE06799A72406B8BA413593126F13B"><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 subsection (h) of
section 472 to a child on whose behalf payments are paid under such section, or
the application of subsection (b) of section 473 to a child on whose behalf
payments are made under that section pursuant to an adoption assistance
agreement or a relative 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="ID04470D82BE4D4EEFA879DEC283C8EA2A"><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="idD39C13CD10E4465FB2C48CB433AE2938"><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="idED831CF2F63E4DF5AEB729ECE0524A3C"><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="idC570C57E14FB496686006F53DB662213"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF931A5B4F05447EEAA14D42970AA3A9D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB167258CE3949C3B83463A261C88ABC"><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="idBDB864693E9549F7B85A50A826F7C95B"><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 (42 U.S.C. 677) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C42B5B79CF34F608F6A5A4C6561CEBA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92EFB8AA178C43C2990F50E2986949BE"><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="idCDE6DC3D8FD24271B00C93F48FB206E2"><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).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF33F18C60FC2434797207DF9A7AECD47"><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) 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="id3E1999DE8D9545698502645D7EF1CD70"><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="id538559E8D0B14204AF443C1F809F3A42"><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="idB7936184A6784CB2860F5E36AE9957A7"><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="idE0B2BDC246AC4341B5D04F989ABB6409"><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="id826F9B1ACA224A2697559D59BA9236A5"><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="id6283360468C04AFC91C0DA9085B1D7C0"><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) 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="id1D1E0FF1C74245EFB5B894887BDEFC65"><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) 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) 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 tribal
organization, or tribal consortium is located.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59A1155CB6D24C7F925029719F83D255"><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="idFE8792B594424E51A29B4E2CBEE521BD"><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="id240C965C17C748CEAD1B97FC917685DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sum of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9A464D43DE844BFA1491B8556AE9654"><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="ID87e709118187457bb7172ea346c9de17"><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="id8434CCE02AD1478F9C2DA498C4E54B9A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State and Tribal
cooperation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D9F40C114A64F4293EB1AC89F03DD21"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)), as amended by section 201(f)(1)(B), is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3A83876D171C496B9ADA9836C694404F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (27);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC59B666AE04948AEBD5737D2AED47BD2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at
the end of paragraph (28) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39304F0F8A9341349DA35ADFB17C8A1C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60C8EF065B3149CE9C1CC3987102BA9B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7C97F49D1F8442B87169F8ACA9859F8"><enum>(29)</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 provide for payments 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 place in
tribally licensed foster family homes, adoption assistance payments, and, if
the State has elected to provide such payments, relative guardianship
assistance payments, and tribal access to resources for administration,
training, and data collection under this
part.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3872DBFA1114BC3993023C9F23C0A01"><enum>(2)</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 (42 U.S.C. 677(b)(3)(G)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD70176CB208046CD8570E699658DFF4C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and that</quote> and
inserting <quote>that</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11C1F3CC3D7F4CE2B4AEBF306F66F1E4"><enum>(B)</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>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9ADE587C6B934B54871E5F03E971FA77"><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="id78DF5EE3633B4184A0FF69820A67DFD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorization to terminate funding to any
Indian or Indian family receiving foster care maintenance payments or adoption
assistance payments on the date of enactment of this Act on behalf of a child
and for which the State receives Federal matching payments under paragraph (1)
or (2) of section 474(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)),
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 the Social
Security Act (as added by subsection (a)); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB446F7347A704910AA27C2CE577CCD6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>affecting the
responsibility of a State—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA08D048218F48079A7339308EE98385"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as part of the plan
approved under section 471 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671), to
provide foster care maintenance payments, adoption assistance payments, and if
the State elects, relative 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 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="idD551CDDAEDA34B6C8989FE9D59673BA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as part of the plan approved under section
477 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677) 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) 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="ID085AAC42E8C047B3AD4E996FA0C5125B"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B3F965F319D4AACA77BFF5B44CBC8E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
paragraph (2), 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)) 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="id9FA27814A1F94CF5AB5029537EE260B4"><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="id08EEA3DEFF54419085E8862F4B89B09C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), 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="idB407D09DFFB84C45A5D66A7A8347D367"><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="id05D11024B4144301A0C21DDC0338B4DE"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate</header><text>It is the sense of the Senate that if the Secretary of
Health and Human Services fails to publish in the Federal Register the
regulations required under subparagraph (A), 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="IDA4163E011EFE41DF8C04E8FBE70BCC1F"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section 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 id="id3609CD1944FA4DBBA8F9FF3E7F15625C"><enum>302.</enum><header>Grants to States that
successfully collaborate with and support Tribes to improve permanency outcomes
for Indian children</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part E of
title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.), as amended by
section 301(a)(1), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC934BD817AB148F6B72B6F27781EAFDD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56E9825F58F248B386C09B7C6863EEAA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>479C.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to States that successfully
collaborate with and support Tribes to improve permanency outcomes for Indian
children</header>
<subsection id="id76CB8D07C9B84A448C7EBE7C52E73DC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idC2A4F4EA951B47EEACF123B23A2C23E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Grant
year</header><text>The term <term>grant year</term> means each of fiscal years
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCF0D12F3A764415A999A3E5D3CCE825F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian
children</header><text>The term <term>Indian children</term> means children who
are members of, enrolled in, or affiliated with, or eligible for membership,
enrollment, or affiliation with, an Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id64867947BF1749E88D99FE1AF56EA2EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian tribe, tribal
organization, tribal consortium</header><text>The terms <term>Indian tribe,
tribal organization, and tribal consortium</term> have the meaning given those
terms in section 479B(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2E72C5348C2148D9815093B39B83078C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means any of the 50 States or the District of Columbia
with State plans approved under part B and this part that elect to apply for a
grant under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD91D457081D74D79A80419AA162C3F87"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Successful
Collaboration and Tribal Support State</header><text>The term <term>Successful
Collaboration and Tribal Support State</term> means, with respect to any grant
year, a State that the Secretary determines has demonstrated significant
evidence of successful collaboration and Tribal support (as determined under
subsection (c)) for the fiscal year preceding the grant year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCB6AC9974D4E4323BFCD92D7FE1455C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The
Secretary shall make a grant pursuant to this paragraph to each State for each
grant year for which the Secretary determines that the State is a Successful
Collaboration and Tribal Support State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id23F1FAAC686E4EDB8B02EA890C7B719E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Significant evidence of
successful collaboration and Tribal support</header>
<paragraph id="id1D80FB3B3F424DCBA74956E17E42E709"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(5), significant evidence
of successful collaboration and Tribal support shall be demonstrated through
submission by a State of the following evidence to the Secretary:</text>
<subparagraph id="idD5CAE677719E408D99450C55D42C2EE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Evidence of collaboration
by the State with an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium to
plan for and ensure access to services and supports for Indian children and
their families which includes, at a minimum, evidence of the measures and
activities required under sections 422(b)(9), 471(a)(29), and
477(b)(3)(G).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDae610477c49d45e3aea5d81f8d64a9e9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Evidence that the State
has obtained from the Secretary, or is engaged in accessing (including through
the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes established under section
479D), technical assistance to improve services and permanency outcomes for
Indian children and their families, such as through improved identification of
Indian children, increased recruitment of Indian foster family homes, and,
consistent with the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25
U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), improved rates of family reunification, legal or relative
guardianships, or adoptive homes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID267dcb39c6134c7b973dab3215af7185"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Evidence of improved
outcomes for Indian children and their families and such other data as the
Secretary may require to verify that an improvement in outcomes appropriate for
Indian children and their families has been achieved.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id817AFB0C568D480B8B6155E070977B6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form and
manner</header><text>The Secretary shall establish the form and manner in which
a State that elects to apply for a grant under this section shall submit the
evidence described in each subparagraph of paragraph (1). To the extent
practicable, the requirements for such evidence shall be consistent with data
requirements under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1901 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id49DD81DD7CC14D45BC269E525E9BE457"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amount of
grant</header><text>The amount of the grant payable under this section to a
Successful Collaboration and Tribal Support State for a grant year is equal to
the product of—</text>
<paragraph id="id15EDCC52DCD447DD9440A8D4472E791C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount appropriated
under subsection (e) for that year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id884559BA179946848E3580816FE24E12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the ratio of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA58C0C7C131B45558D660057FCA2D6C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of Indian
children in the State (as determined for purposes of making payments under
section 428; to</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7F05157930D149F7BEFE0CA4B60F2AB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the sum of the number of
such children determined for all Successful Collaboration and Tribal Support
States for the grant year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID77ac1d9daf6843b5a4ee4f158bfc970b"><enum>(e)</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 payments under
this section, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through
2014.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idB4AF679DFFCE4E518D38BFB0DB2BB7BB"><enum>303.</enum><header>Establishment of
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part E of title IV of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.), as amended by section 302, is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id336D26B5019647FE951EF1B9F66987E9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC461D82B69F4DFA99A6E4BB201D7BD5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>479D.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Child Welfare Resource Center for
Tribes</header>
<subsection id="id129ADFB0791C4329962CD701F9568A18"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish a National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes
that is—</text>
<paragraph id="id0DAE38E9BE7A4FFD903830AF73500966"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specifically and
exclusively dedicated to meeting the needs of Indian tribes, tribal
organizations, (as defined in section 479B(a)), tribal consortia, and States in
improving services and permanency outcomes for Indian children and their
families through the provision of assistance described in subsection (b);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id126E0A2F16CB42F8A14308AE3995773A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not part of any existing
national child welfare resource center.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id480F5F9E7E5143DDA42B3555454D0750"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance
provided</header>
<paragraph id="idF8D561D1F6E140BBBF2ED713C95A76F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE2DE462461124C708D73CADA03AA59F1"><enum>(A)</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 provided
for under State plans under part B and this part; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8E44017791EB4F4C97311AE701C4DEC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assist and provide
technical assistance to—</text>
<clause id="id9B24CABA671D4F4FBF97935C55657E77"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Indian tribes, tribal
organizations, and tribal consortia seeking to operate a program under part B
or this part through direct application to the Secretary under section 479B;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id46BD88725EF34591B4C04F043313321B"><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)(29), or 477(b)(3)(G).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5930401D9E604D70A4BBE8153068D9C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation
authority</header><text>The Secretary may provide the assistance described in
paragraph (1) 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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6065B6ADD5154F2182F60AB6087045FF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriations</header><text>There
is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any money in the Treasury of the
United States not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2009 through 2013 to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Support for Older
Children in Foster Care and Other Provisions</header>
<section id="HBA7E78CBE0964EB1B786EC5026A389CB"><enum>401.</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="HADAC3AAAD88A4BBBB0EA5B1D92B2292"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
child</header>
<paragraph id="id40B73EA8BCC141BC8A77773E5C4FFC3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 475 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51503FCAF336486F898CA491166A3254" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H609B1FDB300E44F485C55708A02414F"><enum>(8)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H860D410B3CE140ACB620B085A52641DB"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="id21282FD494AB428C91B2E8468A9F9F57" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>At the option of a State,
the term shall include an individual—</text>
<clause id="HDE3D445B454948679F2796DF244398FF"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB145486D9CF34EA294EB73CAE234761D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>who is in foster care
under the responsibility of the State;</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="HA4FAFD6D3CA6422EBFE2E33FB1D8590" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="H5D58A5790B934FA7B123442585CB8666" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(III)</enum><text>with respect to whom a
relative 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="idA6F1C25FE4744126A54C317418BB03DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who has attained 18
years of age;</text>
</clause><clause id="id46D707159A8F4CFDBC42E3BF43111DCC"><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="id12A25047462C4F4EA68740D29F9241EC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>who—</text>
<subclause id="id6FDECF1C06A648C2AF624CB64ED5E16A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is completing secondary
education or a program leading to an equivalent credential;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id13928AC2D0044BD18B680E111B012F31"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is enrolled in an
institution which provides post-secondary or vocational education;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id48FA334E090A464486C327D05ACE4757"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is participating in a
program or activity designed to promote, or remove barriers to,
employment;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idE025DBFFD23144B68337A1BB27ADBA06"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>is employed for at least
80 hours per month; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id063A8E8BF3764CD8A1CB4A5D8929A983"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the State determines is
particularly vulnerable or a high-risk
individual.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H30C1C0D866A04FF6B411B83847615659"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment to
definition of child-care institution</header><text>Section 472(c)(2) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 672(c)(2)) is amended by inserting <quote>, except, in the case
of a child who has attained 18 years of age, the term shall include a
supervised setting in which the individual is living independently, in
accordance with such conditions as the Secretary shall establish in
regulations</quote> before the period.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFF556773C6A4464FBCC4A6E888C1D52E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments
to age limits applicable to children eligible for adoption assistance or
relative guardianship assistance</header><text>Section 473(a)(4) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 673(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="H976FD7494D6C45EE80BDFE8DF1B5C7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEA1E114A61BC4C38AB57C8206B001EA0" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H44159086B28B4CF8006C8D0962F54F7D"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="H21C11FC1422849A7A87552EC5578BD63" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who has attained—</text>
<subclause id="H8873275347974384AE4EE69D43D33401"><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="HDBCCF138D7A3430E92CF11446CBFC79B"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="H8F2B344EBA3948BAB3790045C9B6E71E" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="H18B49C0F0FEB44E5B0DCFAE72E6FF45F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="HD5ED971CB47C4E7F84FEA38B5D26B23" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Parents or relative
guardians who have been receiving adoption assistance payments or relative
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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8B1B47A5FF74057BAF314053650F72A"><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 id="id63FF56EE685140CF82A5228C662FE736"><enum>402.</enum><header>Transition plan for
children aging out of foster care</header>
<subsection id="idB1975BFD45CE4B5E8AF8070E1BB7C972"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transition plan for
children aging out of foster care</header><text>Section 475(5) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 675) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3E95969679334C3F905A8C717D8AF63F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)(ii),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id717F016A751E4C9395F2088E972DF721"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEAB630B21481484CAD4F8DD8D4A51492"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6F7A3BFDD24428ABFAA516BCEA172C7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id1941A101DC7F44FCB40C2703239D67E9"><enum>(H)</enum><text>during the 90-day period
immediately prior to the date of the legal emancipation of a child, 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></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0ABA996C36D3438EAB373933E4C600AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76FC9E62133E42199CBB4CE125F9E3F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made
by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A4FD55ABA424EB0A8891B7BC9C1342D"><enum>(2)</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>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4B0C116FBA1C467F8115B4F2BC57B897"><enum>403.</enum><header>Educational
stability</header>
<subsection id="H31551224B92642558973F4D7ACCAAF92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 475 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675),
as amended by section 201(g) of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H246A5AF7C7EC452CB098BE5500272EC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0E8F6F887AB42FCAD3C446F442BEF1B"><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="H7F3AF8D296E54741841134D96DD8E38C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="H38E428E9076E4EF2A160F499855BD138" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H0D42A285A826455D8BE8E3FBEC7601"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A plan for ensuring the
educational stability of the child while in foster care, including—</text>
<clause id="HA3F91EFA920B40019B0904BEE1BAECD9"><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="H96002320BA6B447D8773DA5977EBCCE9"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEC29644525E24650AC14E4FBA27D177D"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" id="HC29753A3F0DE42F495F90100B9561239" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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="HE97498C50C624DE1005E70E8DDD75451"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the 1st sentence of
paragraph (4)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5AFEF1A7D9646B48BDCB791CBB0B352"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and
reasonable</quote> and inserting <quote>reasonable</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1525C93DA87448B2B31125758BA799EB"><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="H42DBCC92B07D423C89AB0249869000D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Educational attendance
requirement</header><text>Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)), as amended by sections 201(f)(1)(B) and 301(c)(1) of this Act, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF9D17FEA77F49E58442C5EA4AD2800"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (28);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B553344B0494AFCB751B597461184DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at
the end of paragraph (29) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D936D583EFA4C97851942866C6878C9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A7B76C167E94ADB88A198A7C228AA00" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6FF22AE684EE462A9817D4521BC29800"><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="HC8D4FFAD53504DBB91175EC2BBD60024"><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="HDA07635ECC5947E0BF0039F268003791"><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="HF5AFCC9381FD49EEAEEBC3CB8189BDD6"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8CA6755E7A3046D386E85370A975CF11"><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 included in the case
plan of the
child.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF82C477EB911423FBF617266BA5A245B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7EFFA23AC8148DBA061786537D3FD27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made
by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7C996A36AEFC47E6830614CC11486187"><enum>(2)</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>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Revenue
Provisions</header>
<section id="id45CC3364E64E4C44A5B112BD93A80E7D"><enum>501.</enum><header>Clarification of
uniform definition of child</header>
<subsection id="id5894116DE4664295B30FBB74CA30DCD2"><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="id4FE5E85C1E58468A9709FC5872CD8F6F"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF679FF79B9324092857838EC1F17DA6B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idB378CE9314B0455F80CBD161F4305918"><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="id08F70ADCA9F948578544A18DB53595CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restrict qualifying
child tax benefits to child's parent</header>
<paragraph id="idA2504370373F44B6B8EBB31FF95916A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Child tax
credit</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 24 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="idBB1D2F2E6BCF4A89A5E35E263B0E2261"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Persons other than
parents claiming qualifying child</header>
<subparagraph id="id0838928227FD40AAA0FCAA2AE53CBD98"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (4) of section 152(c) of such Code is amended
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAED5CEE1D1E74D00A1EF248350BFD2B8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id20EFFBDA05A24F5A9F5BF8D8C41462F8"><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="idEEA93297EB7D49DDB39D9BC3DCD239AA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<clause id="id78054427834D4DD0B952FE1769EE64AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Subparagraph (A) of
section 152(c)(4) 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="idBD0332538EC24263AE75500E3CD1967A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The heading for
paragraph (4) of section 152(c) 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="id8695A73AA578477F96795A6CF64DA72B"><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 id="H37AD8CF21A9A4117A8D6C1AF8F6851F5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Collection of
unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud</header>
<subsection id="HB62C60296D444A7D9C0032AF31BC7F15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6402 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to authority to make credits or
refunds) is amended by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) as subsections
(g) through (l), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (e) the
following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C4DE820851E4C3FBDE6E3A6878FBE00" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0B453CFCA70845FA8D362993BC753E00"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Collection of
unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud</header>
<paragraph id="HD7BCC2B3CDF14CDEB091C4C4AD61252E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon receiving notice from any State that a named person
owes a covered unemployment compensation debt to such State, the Secretary
shall, under such conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H351F6E09E4F6438900D115F1FD58F690"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduce the amount of any
overpayment payable to such person by the amount of such covered unemployment
compensation debt;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H018293C9BDB44038ACA700BED8117356"><enum>(B)</enum><text>pay the amount by which
such overpayment is reduced under subparagraph (A) to such State and notify
such State of such person’s name, taxpayer identification number, address, and
the amount collected; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H610C928D5558473F913CDCA72916B421"><enum>(C)</enum><text>notify the person making
such overpayment that the overpayment has been reduced by an amount necessary
to satisfy a covered unemployment compensation debt.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">If an
offset is made pursuant to a joint return, the notice under subparagraph (C)
shall include information related to the rights of a spouse of a person subject
to such an offset.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H521D23F30F764A72AFFCD3E56DD19879"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priorities for
offset</header><text>Any overpayment by a person shall be reduced pursuant to
this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC9935885C9784679AFC6BC3BF04600D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>after such overpayment is
reduced pursuant to—</text>
<clause id="H22746830946C4B9D8207F8727215AFF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subsection (a) with
respect to any liability for any internal revenue tax on the part of the person
who made the overpayment;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8D09DFC1B7EB4D17B6A7326D5DCAD4F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subsection (c) with
respect to past-due support; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8853807224EE4ABC9300A22D4E784231"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>subsection (d) with
respect to any past-due, legally enforceable debt owed to a Federal agency;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBF42886C8B442FC859E9999EE2900EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>before such overpayment
is credited to the future liability for any Federal internal revenue tax of
such person pursuant to subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">If
the Secretary receives notice from a State or States of more than one debt
subject to paragraph (1) or subsection (e) that is owed by a person to such
State or States, any overpayment by such person shall be applied against such
debts in the order in which such debts accrued.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID18bb9bf6e5ef40c0b8faf172bca47b35"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Offset permitted only
against residents of State seeking offset</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall
apply to an overpayment by any person for a taxable year only if the address
shown on the Federal return for such taxable year of the overpayment is an
address within the State seeking the offset.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50BC5F5AB96743E900B7DAE75FB877B1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notice; consideration
of evidence</header><text>No State may take action under this subsection until
such State—</text>
<subparagraph id="H926CBC575B294A2F834107C4C052B82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notifies by certified
mail with return receipt the person owing the covered unemployment compensation
debt that the State proposes to take action pursuant to this section;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1A4A6C213B149AE82EC6983409EFE69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides such person at
least 60 days to present evidence that all or part of such liability is not
legally enforceable or due to fraud;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H275F0C674E984932BA35FE45FA0195F4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>considers any evidence
presented by such person and determines that an amount of such debt is legally
enforceable and due to fraud; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE04E53297FE4011899500F773BDC488"><enum>(D)</enum><text>satisfies such other
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe to ensure that the determination made
under subparagraph (C) is valid and that the State has made reasonable efforts
to obtain payment of such covered unemployment compensation debt.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDDAF4983BE584D1E8CD8BF8EF089F274"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Covered unemployment
compensation debt</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>covered unemployment compensation
debt</quote> means a debt which resulted from a judgment rendered by a court of
competent jurisdiction and which is no longer subject to judicial review in an
amount equal to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H043FBB3DBA7D4507947BFB2F848D04F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a past-due debt for erroneous payment of
unemployment compensation due to fraud which has become final under the law of
a State certified by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to section 3304 and which
remains uncollected;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CD42115ACFF4D2C84C9C57D88000B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contributions due to the unemployment fund
of a State for which the State has determined the person to be liable due to
fraud; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA06F730B06F442094A5A347A1667D9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any penalties and
interest assessed on such debt.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H17AF9ECF9972458C86FCEB06B37DF746"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<subparagraph id="HB2BF9B9E8DCF448C8EDCF92CECF53F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may issue regulations prescribing the time
and manner in which States must submit notices of covered unemployment
compensation debt and the necessary information that must be contained in or
accompany such notices. The regulations may specify the minimum amount of debt
to which the reduction procedure established by paragraph (1) may be
applied.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H465A4539E65A42B5867000AC5238FC0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fee payable to
Secretary</header><text>The regulations may require States to pay a fee to the
Secretary, which may be deducted from amounts collected, to reimburse the
Secretary for the cost of applying such procedure. Any fee paid to the
Secretary pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be used to reimburse
appropriations which bore all or part of the cost of applying such
procedure.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCDB77339554F4EA9938DC618B9D15DCD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Submission of notices
through Secretary of Labor</header><text>The regulations may include a
requirement that States submit notices of covered unemployment compensation
debt to the Secretary via the Secretary of Labor in accordance with procedures
established by the Secretary of Labor. Such procedures may require States to
pay a fee to the Secretary of Labor to reimburse the Secretary of Labor for the
costs of applying this subsection. Any such fee shall be established in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury. Any fee paid to the Secretary
of Labor may be deducted from amounts collected and shall be used to reimburse
the appropriation account which bore all or part of the cost of applying this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE2A06AFB70D44D8BA52C29B1E85D0054"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Erroneous payment to
state</header><text>Any State receiving notice from the Secretary that an
erroneous payment has been made to such State under paragraph (1) shall pay
promptly to the Secretary, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary
may prescribe, an amount equal to the amount of such erroneous payment (without
regard to whether any other amounts payable to such State under such paragraph
have been paid to such
State).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H585F60B0C4484B00A4FA1721F9361B81"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disclosure of certain
information to States requesting refund offsets for legally enforceable state
unemployment compensation debt resulting from fraud</header>
<paragraph id="HE0FFE6C790F343F5B65EF6A4735CD0D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General
rule</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 6103(a) of such Code is amended by
inserting <quote>(10),</quote> after <quote>(6),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82DF7274136B402EB1B894FE76486148"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disclosure to
Department of Labor and its agent</header><text>Paragraph (10) of section
6103(l) of such Code is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1EC22DFAE25D4248B83DD4A406B6FE34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(c),
(d), or (e)</quote> each place it appears in the heading and text and inserting
<quote>(c), (d), (e), or (f)</quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H960C1A52FC8A4FB59872D1550873BE36"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by
inserting <quote>, to officers and employees of the Department of Labor for
purposes of facilitating the exchange of data in connection with a request made
under subsection (f)(5) of section 6402,</quote> after <quote>section
6402</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9968B58822964EB0907C2CBD00BE23A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id7A2A700264534360B1B3142F6B806B69"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(i)</quote> after <quote>(B)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id44ADFE153D904D109D53A7EDC4C4F3B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C20CECFE0A948C69D80A96920E00546" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" id="id4733749356114CB996A09F5FFEAFB0A2" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Notwithstanding clause
(i), return information disclosed to officers and employees of the Department
of Labor may be accessed by agents who maintain and provide technological
support to the Department of Labor’s Interstate Connection Network (ICON)
solely for the purpose of providing such maintenance and
support.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8996CD66F6834D95A51397D59B488C60"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Safeguards</header><text>Paragraph
(4) of section 6103(p) of such Code is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7BED2232864B4FC700CB89EB00E17231"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(l)(16),</quote> and inserting
<quote>(l)(10), (16),</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF950E30034364798BF2EE99E18C04EE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)(i),
by striking <quote>(l)(16),</quote> and inserting <quote>(l)(10),
(16),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBE51B6E644B4609A72BE72826EF29ED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the matter following
subparagraph (F)(iii)—</text>
<clause id="HABED3CF965BA4E2E9561E9822F60A98"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in each of the first two
places it appears, by striking <quote>(l)(16),</quote> and inserting
<quote>(l)(10), (16),</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H17E1E2FC97574666B6E58124757EFFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(10),</quote> after <quote>paragraph (6)(A),</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H74BA827B46FD484EB9CC10FBE0A04589"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in each of the last two
places it appears, by striking <quote>(l)(16)</quote> and inserting
<quote>(l)(10) or (16)</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC806D5F264004E9BADF57EE53D02D54E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenditures from State
fund</header><text>Section 3304(a)(4) of such Code is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H67325538E888461CB1605C1676DB4D80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BD41C414F2749E7B03CABCEBB7573B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by
inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21EC0E08BD6A40D8A37BAF1EC777D1CB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB10C92832C8C4CA3A05EC8212C14B55" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8AF9332D8BD14DEFA8FE997F81EDC4FD"><enum>(G)</enum><text>with respect to amounts
of covered unemployment compensation debt (as defined in section 6402(f)(4))
collected under section 6402(f)—</text>
<clause id="HF9C7C2380BD449A2BDEDFA9729F066CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>amounts may be deducted
to pay any fees authorized under such section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H84E27219B0B948F7B5D36008B531241E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the penalties and
interest described in section 6402(f)(4)(B) may be transferred to the
appropriate State fund into which the State would have deposited such amounts
had the person owing the debt paid such amounts directly to the
State;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0ABBD8192F81448BAF64FB700759487"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H4DE40DF185C14EB996E14363FD4B7E90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of section
6402 of such Code is amended by striking <quote>(c), (d), and (e),</quote> and
inserting <quote>(c), (d), (e), and (f)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7F818DA4BC142CA94BFBB8617F02273"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (2) of section
6402(d) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>and before such overpayment
is reduced pursuant to subsection (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>and before
such overpayment is reduced pursuant to subsections (e) and (f)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E7E5EC0098B4028873653913B798972"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Paragraph (3) of section
6402(e) of such Code is amended in the last sentence by inserting <quote>or
subsection (f)</quote> after <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75E3708C489A40F189AF83C4BE2B9615"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Subsection (g) of section
6402 of such Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking
<quote>(c), (d), or (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>(c), (d), (e), or
(f)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4CA88BAEF28455D99AFE36B104C31BA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Subsection (i) of section
6402 of such Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking
<quote>subsection (c) or (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c), (e),
or (f)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCAD143663F94093AAB500C9243BEEFC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to refunds
payable under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6402">section 6402</external-xref> of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H446A70D2CA4C446CA7BB95B00037C8D8"><enum>503.</enum><header>Investment of
operating cash</header>
<subsection id="id88509B83BA13482FB14728E03E44796D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 323 of title
31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D81BF618D124A2EB67C976645D73627" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<section id="H692AD9B677494B33BDA8D89974235C94"><enum>323.</enum><header>Investment of
operating cash</header>
<subsection id="H13A4AF514A2545A690401DF5E3E5A5CB"><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="H1EA494D62E444E87B46514DE1E2CC59"><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="H194F75840526486DB22484C0A53E8BCD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>obligations of the United
States Government; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB71E5DADB5C54C35ABEB6C946434E676"><enum>(3)</enum><text>repurchase agreements
with parties acceptable to the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A15AEDA2DC14CF8A5CED004FF87C9"><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="HC6DC9FCE031F4E73B57D739100505DD6"><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="H7403787AFD324FBFBD285FD9D4C75000"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDE633D52D5624D50B5463E5446D27EC7"><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 changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSFI00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A1FB3324EF84918BD222541B6E21C69" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><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>
</subsection><subsection id="id9F74DE69BA334966BEA8CD8432B47DE2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) takes effect on October
1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section>
September 16, 2008
Reported with an amendment