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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10424 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2024

 Mrs. Dingell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 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.

    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 ``Samier Amer Foster Care Improvement 
Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT STATES FOLLOW CERTAIN PROCEDURES IN PLACING A 
              CHILD REMOVED FROM THE CUSTODY OF HIS OR HER PARENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 471(a)(29) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 671(a)(29)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(29) provides that--
                    ``(A) within 90 days after the State makes a 
                placement decision with respect to the child, the State 
                shall provide notice of the decision and the reasons 
                therefor to each parent of the child, each relative who 
                has expressed to the State an interest in caring for 
                the child, the guardian of the child, and the guardian 
                ad litem for the child, the attorney for the child, the 
                attorney for each parent of the child, the child (if 
                the child is able to express an opinion regarding 
                placement), and the prosecutor involved; and
                    ``(B) the State shall establish procedures to--
                            ``(i) allow a person who receives a notice 
                        pursuant to subparagraph (B) to request, in 
                        writing, within 5 days after receipt of the 
                        notice, documentation of the reasons for the 
                        decision involved;
                            ``(ii) allow the attorney for the child to 
                        petition the court involved to review the 
                        decision; and
                            ``(iii) require the court to--
                                    ``(I) commence such a review within 
                                7 days after receipt of a petition made 
                                pursuant to clause (ii); and
                                    ``(II) conduct such a review on the 
                                record;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
        take effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year beginning on 
        or after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply 
        to payments under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 
        for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date.
            (2) Delay permitted if state legislation required.--If the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State 
        legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) is 
        required in order for a State plan approved under part E of 
        title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the additional 
        requirements imposed by the amendment made by subsection (a), 
        the plan shall not be regarded as failing to meet any of the 
        additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar 
        quarter beginning after the first regular session of the State 
        legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, if the State has a 
        2-year legislative session, each year of the session is deemed 
        to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.
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