[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3438 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3438

 To provide for a temporarily enhanced Federal match for certain State 
          or tribal child welfare data reporting expenditures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2019

   Ms. Bass introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for a temporarily enhanced Federal match for certain State 
          or tribal child welfare data reporting expenditures.

    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 ``Child Welfare Data Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARILY ENHANCED FEDERAL MATCH FOR CERTAIN STATE OR TRIBAL 
              EXPENDITURES FOR CHILD WELFARE DATA REPORTING.

    (a) In General.--The percentages which shall be in effect under 
section 474(a)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act with respect to 
eligible child welfare data reporting expenditures of a State, Indian 
tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium in the applicable 
period shall--
            (1) be 75 percent; and
            (2) apply with respect to the expenditures, without regard 
        to whether the systems for which the expenditures are made may 
        be used with respect to foster or adoptive children other than 
        those on behalf of whom foster care maintenance payments or 
        adoption assistance payments are made under a State or tribal 
        plan approved under this part.
    (b) Treatment of Digital System as Mechanized System.--The digital 
system described in subsection (c)(2) of this section shall be 
considered a mechanized system for purposes of subparagraphs (C) and 
(D) of section 474(a)(3) of the Social Security Act.
    (c) Meaning of Terms.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, the terms used in this section shall have the 
        meanings the terms would have if this section were in part E of 
        title IV of the Social Security Act.
            (2) Eligible child welfare data reporting expenditures.--In 
        subsection (a) of this section, the term ``eligible child 
        welfare data reporting expenditures'' means expenditures as are 
        for the planning, design, development, update, or installation 
        of statewide or tribal digital data collection and information 
        retrieval systems (including for hardware components for the 
        systems), but only to the extent that the systems--
                    (A) meet the requirements imposed by the 
                regulations prescribed under section 479(b)(2) of the 
                Social Security Act, as in effect on January 13, 2017;
                    (B) use cost-effective, innovative technologies to 
                automate the collection of high-quality case management 
                data, and promote the analysis, distribution, and use 
                the data by workers, supervisors, administrators, 
                researchers, and policymakers--
                            (i) in accordance with the Comprehensive 
                        Child Welfare Information System Final Rule (81 
                        FR 35449); or
                            (ii) by means of a statewide automated 
                        child welfare information system that meets the 
                        requirements of the regulations prescribed 
                        under such section 479(b)(2);
                    (C) include the information required to be 
                collected and reported by section 471(e)(4)(E), and the 
                data described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
                479A(a)(7)(A), of such Act;
                    (D) to the extent practicable, are capable of 
                interfacing with the State or tribal data collection 
                system that collects information relating to child 
                abuse and neglect;
                    (E) to the extent practicable, have the capability 
                of interfacing with, and retrieving information from, 
                the State or tribal data collection system that 
                collects information relating to the eligibility of 
                individuals for assistance under a program funded under 
                part A, for purposes of facilitating verification of 
                income for purposes of eligibility for benefits under a 
                State plan approved under this part; and
                    (F) are determined by the Secretary to be likely to 
                provide more efficient, economical, and effective 
                administration of a State or tribal program carried out 
                under a plan developed under part B or approved under 
                this part.
            (3) Applicable period.--In subsection (a), the term 
        ``applicable period'' means the period that begins with January 
        13, 2017, and ends with September 30, 2020.
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