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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10424 

To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States 

to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed 

from the custody of his or her parents. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2024 

Mrs. DINGELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 

to require States to follow certain procedures in placing 

a child who has been removed from the custody of his 

or her parents. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Samier Amer Foster 

5 Care Improvement Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT STATES FOLLOW CERTAIN 

2 PROCEDURES IN PLACING A CHILD RE3 MOVED FROM THE CUSTODY OF HIS OR HER 

4 PARENTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 471(a)(29) of the Social 

6 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(29)) is amended to read 

7 as follows: 

8 ‘‘(29) provides that— 

9 ‘‘(A) within 90 days after the State makes 

10 a placement decision with respect to the child, 

11 the State shall provide notice of the decision 

12 and the reasons therefor to each parent of the 

13 child, each relative who has expressed to the 

14 State an interest in caring for the child, the 

15 guardian of the child, and the guardian ad 

16 litem for the child, the attorney for the child, 

17 the attorney for each parent of the child, the 

18 child (if the child is able to express an opinion 

19 regarding placement), and the prosecutor in20 volved; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the State shall establish procedures 

22 to— 

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1 ceipt of the notice, documentation of the 

2 reasons for the decision involved; 

3 ‘‘(ii) allow the attorney for the child 

4 to petition the court involved to review the 

5 decision; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) require the court to— 

7 ‘‘(I) commence such a review 

8 within 7 days after receipt of a peti9 tion made pursuant to clause (ii); and 

10 ‘‘(II) conduct such a review on 

11 the record;’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by 

14 subsection (a) shall take effect on the 1st day of the 

15 1st fiscal year beginning on or after the date of the 

16 enactment of this Act, and shall apply to payments 

17 under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 

18 for calendar quarters beginning on or after such 

19 date. 

20 (2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION

21 REQUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human 

22 Services determines that State legislation (other 

23 than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 

24 order for a State plan approved under part E of title 

25 IV of the Social Security Act to meet the additional 


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1 requirements imposed by the amendment made by 

2 subsection (a), the plan shall not be regarded as fail3 ing to meet any of the additional requirements be4 fore the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin5 ning after the first regular session of the State legis6 lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 

7 this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, if 

8 the State has a 2-year legislative session, each year 

9 of the session is deemed to be a separate regular 

10 session of the State legislature. 

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