Supporting Families in Substance Abuse Treatment Act

Summary: Supporting Families in Substance Abuse Treatment Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide that the removal and foster care placement of a child shall meet the requirements for foster care maintenance payments on the child's behalf if the child has been placed with a parent residing in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility. Placement with such a parent shall meet these requirements only if:  the placement recommendation is specified in the child's case plan before the placement; the treatment facility offers, as part of substance abuse treatment, parenting skills training, parent education, and individual and family counseling; and this training and counseling are delivered under an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma, and in accordance with recognized principles of a trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific interventions, to address the consequences of trauma and facilitate healing.   The bill specifies the amount the state may receive for a child placed with a parent who is in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Families in Substance 
Abuse Treatment Act''.

SEC. 2. FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS FOR CHILDREN WITH PARENTS IN A 
              LICENSED RESIDENTIAL FAMILY-BASED TREATMENT FACILITY FOR 
              SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 472 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
672) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking ``or'' and 
        inserting ``, with a parent residing in a licensed residential 
        family-based treatment facility, but only to the extent 
        permitted under subsection (j), or in a''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Children Placed With a Parent Residing in a Licensed 
Residential Family-Based Treatment Facility for Substance Abuse.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding the preceding provisions 
        of this section, a child who is eligible for foster care 
        maintenance payments under this section shall be eligible for 
        the payments for a period of not more than 12 months during 
        which the child is placed with a parent who is in a licensed 
        residential family-based treatment facility for substance 
        abuse, but only if--
                    ``(A) the recommendation for the placement is 
                specified in the child's case plan before the 
                placement;
                    ``(B) the treatment facility provides, as part of 
                the treatment for substance abuse, parenting skills 
                training, parent education, and individual and family 
                counseling; and
                    ``(C) the substance abuse treatment, parenting 
                skills training, parent education, and individual and 
                family counseling is provided under an organizational 
                structure and treatment framework that involves 
                understanding, recognizing, and responding to the 
                effects of all types of trauma and in accordance with 
                recognized principles of a trauma-informed approach and 
                trauma-specific interventions to address the 
                consequences of trauma and facilitate healing.
            ``(2) Payment amount.--The amount the State may receive 
        under section 474(a)(1) for a child placed with a parent who is 
        in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for 
        substance abuse shall not exceed the amount the State would 
        otherwise be eligible to receive under such section based on 
        where the child would be appropriately placed in a setting 
        described in section 472(a)(2)(C) if such treatment setting 
        were not available.
            ``(3) Application.--With respect to children for whom 
        foster care maintenance payments are made under paragraph (1), 
        only the children who satisfy the requirements of paragraphs 
        (1)(B) and (3) of subsection (a) shall be considered to be 
        children with respect to whom foster care maintenance payments 
        are made under this section for purposes of subsection (h) or 
        section 473(b)(3)(B).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 474(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
674(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``subject to section 472(j),'' 
before ``an amount equal to the Federal'' the first place it appears.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Effective Dates.--Subject to subsection (b), the amendments 
made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2017.
    (b) Transition Rule.--
            (1) In general.--In the case of a State plan under part E 
        of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation 
        (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the 
        plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the 
        amendments made by this Act, the State plan shall not be 
        regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such 
        part solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet 
        such additional requirements before the first day of the first 
        calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular 
        session of the State legislature that begins after the date of 
        enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, 
        in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, 
        each year of the session shall be deemed to be a separate 
        regular session of the State legislature.
            (2) Application to programs operated by indian tribal 
        organizations.--In the case of an Indian tribe, tribal 
        organization, or tribal consortium which the Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services determines requires time to take 
        action necessary to comply with the additional requirements 
        imposed by the amendments made by this Act (whether the tribe, 
        organization, or tribal consortium has a plan under section 
        479B of the Social Security Act or a cooperative agreement or 
        contract entered into with a State), the Secretary shall 
        provide the tribe, organization, or tribal consortium with such 
        additional time as the Secretary determines is necessary for 
        the tribe, organization, or tribal consortium to take the 
        action to comply with the additional requirements before being 
        regarded as failing to comply with the requirements.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 20, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.