[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1234 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1234

 To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize 
    grants to assist children affected by methamphetamine or other 
 substance abuse under the promoting safe and stable families program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 20 (legislative day, June 16), 2011

 Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize 
    grants to assist children affected by methamphetamine or other 
 substance abuse under the promoting safe and stable families program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Partners for Stable Families and 
Foster Youth Affected by Methamphetamine or Other Substance Abuse 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS TO ASSIST CHILDREN AFFECTED BY 
              METHAMPHETAMINE OR OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

    (a) Reauthorization.--
            (1) In general.--Section 437(f) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``2011'' and inserting ``2016'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, 
                        unless in the judgment of the Secretary, the 
                        grant should be renewed for an additional 
                        period of not more than 2 fiscal years'' before 
                        the period; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Reservation of funds for new grantees.--The 
                Secretary shall reserve a portion of the amounts 
                appropriated or reserved for awarding grants under this 
                subsection for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016 
                for awarding grants to regional partnerships that have 
                not been awarded a grant under this subsection in any 
                of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (6)(A)--
                            (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' 
                        after the semicolon;
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the 
                        period and inserting a semicolon; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) 70 percent for the sixth such fiscal 
                        year; and
                            ``(v) 65 percent for the seventh such 
                        fiscal year.''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) Limitation on use of funds for administrative 
        expenses of the secretary.--Not more than 5 percent of the 
        amounts appropriated or reserved for awarding grants under this 
        subsection for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016 may be 
        used by the Secretary for salaries and Department of Health and 
        Human Services administrative expenses.''.
            (2) Funding.--Section 436(b)(5) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 629f(b)(5)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 
                through 2016.''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        take effect on October 1, 2011.
    (b) Evaluations.--Not later than December 31, 2012, and not later 
than December 31, 2017, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall evaluate the effectiveness of the grants awarded to regional 
partnerships under section 437(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
629g(f)) and shall publish a report regarding the results of each 
evaluation on the website of the Department of Health and Human 
Services. Each report required to be published under this subsection 
shall include--
            (1) an evaluation of the programs and activities conducted, 
        and the services provided, with the grant funds awarded under 
        such section for fiscal years 2007 through 2011, in the case of 
        the evaluation required by December 31, 2012, and for fiscal 
        years 2012 through 2016, in the case of the evaluation required 
        by December 31, 2017;
            (2) an analysis of the regional partnerships awarded such 
        grants that have, and have not, been successful in achieving 
        the goals and outcomes specified in their grant applications 
        and with respect to the performance indicators established by 
        the Secretary under paragraph (8) of such section that are 
        applicable to their grant awards; and
            (3) an analysis of the extent to which such grants have 
        been successful in addressing the needs of families with 
        methamphetamine or other substance abuse problems who come to 
        the attention of the child welfare system and in achieving the 
        goals of child safety, permanence, and family stability.
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