[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 73 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 73

  To allow community supports to meet specific needs of families and 
  children through an electronic care portal under the MaryLee Allen 
              Promoting Safe and Stable Families program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 25, 2023

 Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mr. Casey) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow community supports to meet specific needs of families and 
  children through an electronic care portal under the MaryLee Allen 
              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 ``Helping Households And Neighbors 
Distribute Services for Families Act'' or the ``Helping HANDS for 
Families Act''.

SEC. 2. MODERNIZED FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES.

    Section 431(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629a(a)(1)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (F) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) the services referred to in this paragraph 
                may include the means of access and use of an 
                electronic or digital portal to facilitate the 
                provision of community support to care for and meet 
                specific needs of families and children.''.
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