1.Renewal of authority to
approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State
child welfare programsSection
1130 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9) is
amended—
(1)in subsection
(a)—
(A)in paragraph (2),
by striking 1998 through 2003
and inserting 2011 through
2016
;
(B)in paragraph
(3)—
(i)in
subparagraph (A), by inserting or kinship guardianship
after
placements
;
(ii)in
subparagraph (C), by striking address kinship care
and inserting
provide early intervention and crisis intervention services that safely
reduce out-of-home placements and improve child outcomes
; and
(iii)by
redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D) and inserting after
subparagraph (B) the following:
(C)If an appropriate application therefor is
submitted, the Secretary shall consider authorizing a demonstration project
which is designed to identify and address domestic violence that endangers
children and results in the placement of children in foster
care.
;
(C)in paragraph (4),
by inserting or kinship guardianship
after
assistance
; and
(D)in paragraph (5),
by inserting and the ability of the State to implement a corrective
action approved under section 1123A
before the period;
(2)in subsection
(e)—
(A)by striking
and
at the end of paragraph (6);
(B)by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting ; and
;
and
(C)by adding at the
end the following:
(8)an accounting of any additional Federal,
State, local, and private investments (other than those with respect to which
matching funds were provided under part B or E of title IV) made, during the 2
fiscal years preceding the application to provide the services described in
paragraph (1), and an assurance that the State will provide an accounting of
that same spending for each year of an approved demonstration
project.
;
(3)in subsection
(f)(1)—
(A)in subparagraph
(B), by striking ; and
and inserting , including all
children and families under the project who come to the attention of the
State’s child welfare program, either through a report of abuse or neglect or
through the provision of services described in subsection (e)(1) to the child
or family;
; and
(B)by redesignating
subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D) and inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following:
(C)a comparison of the amounts of Federal,
State, local and private investments in the services described in subsection
(e)(1), by service type, with the amount of the investments during the period
of the demonstration project; and
;
and
(4)by adding at the
end the following:
(h)Indian tribes
considered StatesAn Indian
tribe (as defined in section 479B(a)) shall be considered a State for purposes
of this
section.
.
2.The budgetary effects
of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act
of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled
Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation
for this Act, submitted
for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget
Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on
passage.
Passed the House of
Representatives May 31, 2011.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk.