[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2565 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2565

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 23, 2016

 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. McConnell) 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, opioid, 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 ``Protecting Families Affected by 
Substance Abuse Act''.

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

    (a) Reauthorization.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 436(b)(5) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629f(b)(5)) is amended by 
        inserting ``In addition to any amount appropriated pursuant to 
        section 436, there are authorized to be appropriated for 
        awarding grants under section 437(f) $20,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2017 through 2021.'' after ``2016.''.
            (2) Program authority.--Section 437(f) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by inserting ``and such 
                        State child welfare agency should coordinate to 
                        a reasonable degree with the State agency 
                        described in subparagraph (A)(ii)'' after 
                        ``partners''; and
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by inserting ``and 
                        the State agencies described in such clause (i) 
                        and (ii) should coordinate to a reasonable 
                        degree with each other in carrying out 
                        activities funded in whole or in part with 
                        funds provided through a grant awarded under 
                        this subsection'' after ``other State agency 
                        described in such clause (i) or (ii)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``and for 
                each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021'' after 
                ``2016''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (10), by striking ``each of fiscal 
                years 2012 through 2016'' and inserting ``any fiscal 
                year''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        take effect on October 1, 2016.
    (b) Evaluations.--Not later than December 31, 2020, 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;
            (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, opioid, 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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