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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1518 

Improving outcomes for youth at risk for sex trafficking, and other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 

Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

Improving outcomes for youth at risk for sex trafficking, 

and other purposes. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Improving Outcomes for Youth At Risk for Sex Traf6 ficking Act of 2013’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 


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Sec. 2. Findings. 

TITLE I—ADDRESSING THE RISKS THAT MAKE YOUTH VULNERABLE TO SEX TRAFFICKING AND OTHER NEGATIVE OUTCOMES 

Sec. 101. Identifying and screening youth at risk of sex trafficking. 

Sec. 102. Supporting normalcy for children in foster care. 

Sec. 103. Improvements to another planned permanent living arrangement as 

a permanency option. 

Sec. 104. Restrictions on and improvements to placement in child care institutions or other settings that are not a foster family home. 

Sec. 105. Redirecting funds for block grants to States for social services to improve child welfare and address issues of domestic sex trafficking. 

Sec. 106. Nonapplication of cost allocation requirements for State expenditures 

related to identifying and screening youth at risk of sex trafficking and other negative outcomes and supporting normalcy. 

Sec. 107. Information on children in foster care placed in child care institutions 

or other settings that are not a foster family home in annual 

reports using AFCARS data; consultation. 

TITLE II—EMPOWERING OLDER YOUTH VULNERABLE TO 

DOMESTIC SEX TRAFFICKING AND OTHER NEGATIVE OUTCOMES 

Sec. 201. Empowering foster youth age 14 and older in the development of 

their own case plan and transition planning for a successful 

adulthood. 

Sec. 202. Ensuring foster youth have a birth certificate, social security card, 

and a bank account. 

Sec. 203. Education improvements for older youth. 

Sec. 204. Increased funding for housing assistance for victims of sex trafficking 

and other youth and additional changes to support successful 

transitions to adulthood through the John H. Chafee Foster 

Care Program. 

Sec. 205. Authority for monthly caseworker visits to occur electronically for foster youth age 18 or older. 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

Sec. 301. Pilot program to support placement stability for children in therapeutic foster care. 

Sec. 302. Presidential award for excellence in the field of child welfare. 

Sec. 303. Determination of budgetary effects. 

Sec. 304. Extension of effective date for State law amendment. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) Recent reports on sex trafficking estimate 

4 that hundreds of thousands of children and youth 

5 are at risk for domestic sex trafficking. 


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1 (2) The risk is compounded every year for the 

2 up to 30,000 young people who are ‘‘emancipated’’ 

3 from foster care. 

4 (3) The current child welfare system does not 

5 effectively identify, prevent, or intervene when a 

6 child or youth presents as trafficked or at risk for 

7 trafficking. 

8 (4) Within the current foster care system, many 

9 young adults are housed in congregate care facilities 

10 or group homes, which often are targeted by traf11 fickers. 

12 (5) Within the current foster care system, chil13 dren and youth are routinely denied the opportunity 

14 to participate in normal, age or developmentally ap15 propriate activities such as joining 4–H and other 

16 clubs, participating in school plays, playing sports, 

17 going to camp, and visiting a friend. 

18 (6) A lack of normalcy and barriers to partici19 pation in age or developmentally appropriate activi20 ties, which are endemic features of the current child 

21 welfare system, contribute to increased vulnerability 

22 for trafficking, homelessness, and other negative 

23 outcomes for children and youth in foster care. 

24 (7) The latest research in adolescent brain de25 velopment indicates that young people learn through 


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1 experience and through trial and error and as part 

2 of healthy brain development young people need to 

3 take on increasing levels of decisionmaking through 

4 their teenage years. 

5 (8) In order to combat domestic sex trafficking 

6 and to improve outcomes for children and youth in 

7 foster care, systemic changes need to be made to the 

8 current child welfare system that focus on— 

9 (A) the reduction of youth in congregate 

10 care facilities and group homes; 

11 (B) greater youth interaction with case 

12 planning while in foster care; 

13 (C) improved policies and procedures that 

14 encourage age or developmentally appropriate 

15 activities for children in foster care and permit 

16 more opportunities for such children to make 

17 meaningful and permanent connects with caring 

18 adults; and 

19 (D) with regard to domestic sex traf20 ficking, improved identification, prevention, and 

21 intervention by the child welfare agency in col22 laboration with the courts, local law enforce23 ment agencies, and other social service pro24 viders. 


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1 TITLE I—ADDRESSING THE 

2 RISKS THAT MAKE YOUTH 

3 VULNERABLE TO SEX TRAF4 FICKING AND OTHER NEGA5 TIVE OUTCOMES 

6 SEC. 101. IDENTIFYING AND SCREENING YOUTH AT RISK 

7 OF SEX TRAFFICKING. 

8 Section 471(a)(9) of the Social Security Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 671(a)(9)) is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 

12 after the semicolon; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(C) not later than— 

15 ‘‘(i) January 1, 2015, demonstrate to 

16 the Secretary that it has developed, in con17 sultation with the child protective services 

18 agency for the State, policies and proce19 dures for identifying and screening, and to 

20 determine appropriate State action and 

21 services, any child who the State has rea22 sonable cause to believe is a victim of sex 

23 trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) 

24 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

25 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(10))) or a severe 


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1 form of trafficking in persons described in 

2 paragraph (9)(A) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 

3 7102(9)(A)) or is at risk of being a victim 

4 of either kind of trafficking (including at 

5 the option of the State, any individual who 

6 has not attained age 26 without regard to 

7 whether that individual is or was in foster 

8 care under the responsibility of the State); 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(ii) January 1, 2016, demonstrate to 

11 the Secretary that it is implementing, in 

12 consultation with the child protective serv13 ices agency for the State, the policies and 

14 procedures developed under clause (i).’’. 

15 SEC. 102. SUPPORTING NORMALCY FOR CHILDREN IN FOS16 TER CARE. 

17 (a) REASONABLE AND PRUDENT PARENT STAND18 ARD.— 

19 (1) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO THE STAND20 ARD.—Section 475 of the Social Security Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 675) is amended by adding at the end the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(9)(A) The term ‘reasonable and prudent par24 ent standard’ means the standard characterized by 

25 careful and sensible parental decisions that maintain 


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1 a child’s health, safety, and best interests while at 

2 the same time encouraging the child’s emotional and 

3 developmental growth, that a caregiver shall use 

4 when determining whether to allow a child in foster 

5 care under the responsibility of the State to partici6 pate in extracurricular, enrichment, and social ac7 tivities. 

8 ‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 

9 term ‘caregiver’ means a foster parent with whom a 

10 child in foster care has been placed or a designated 

11 official for a child care institution in which a child 

12 in foster care has been placed. 

13 ‘‘(10)(A) The term ‘age or developmentally ap14 propriate’ means activities or items that are gen15 erally accepted as suitable for children of the same 

16 chronological age or level of maturity or that are de17 termined to be developmentally appropriate for a 

18 child, based on the development of cognitive, emo19 tional, physical, and behavioral capacities that are 

20 typical for an age or age group. 

21 ‘‘(B) In the case of a specific child, the term 

22 means activities or items that are suitable for that 

23 child based on the developmental stages attained by 

24 the child with respect to the child’s cognitive, emo25 tional, physical, and behavioral capacities.’’. 


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1 (2) STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.—Section 

2 471(a)(24) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 671(a)(24)) is amended— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘include a’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘(A) includes a’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘and that such prepara7 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘that such preparation’’; 

8 (C) by inserting ‘‘, and that such prepara9 tion shall include knowledge and skills relating 

10 to the reasonable and prudent parent standard 

11 for the child’s participation in age or develop12 mentally appropriate activities, including knowl13 edge and skills relating to the developmental 

14 stages of a child’s cognitive, emotional, physical, 

15 and behavioral capacities, and knowledge and 

16 skills relating to applying the standard to deci17 sions such as whether to allow the child to en18 gage in social, extracurricular, and enrichment 

19 activities, including sports, field trips, and over20 night activities lasting one or more days, and to 

21 decisions involving the signing of permission 

22 slips and arranging of transportation for the 

23 child to and from social, extracurricular, and 

24 enrichment activities’’ before the semicolon. 


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1 (b) NORMALCY FOR CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE IN2 STITUTIONS.—Paragraph (10) of section 471(a) of the So3 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended to read 

4 as follows: 

5 ‘‘(10) provides— 

6 ‘‘(A) for the establishment or designation 

7 of a State authority or authorities that shall be 

8 responsible for establishing and maintaining 

9 standards for foster family homes and child 

10 care institutions which are reasonably in accord 

11 with recommended standards of national orga12 nizations concerned with standards for such in13 stitutions or homes, including standards related 

14 to admission policies, safety, sanitation, and 

15 protection of civil rights, and which shall permit 

16 use of the reasonable and prudent parenting 

17 standard; 

18 ‘‘(B) that the standards so established 

19 under subparagraph (A) shall be applied by the 

20 State to any foster family home or child care 

21 institution receiving funds under this part or 

22 part B of this title and shall require, as a con23 dition of any contract entered into by the State 

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1 spect to any child placed at the child care insti2 tution, is designated to be the caregiver who is 

3 authorized to apply the reasonable and prudent 

4 parent standard to decisions involving the 

5 child’s access to age or developmentally appro6 priate items and participation in age or develop7 mentally appropriate activities, and who is pro8 vided with training in how to use and apply the 

9 reasonable and prudent parent standard in the 

10 same manner as prospective foster parents are 

11 provided such training under paragraph (24); 

12 ‘‘(C) that the standards so established 

13 under subparagraph (A) include policies and 

14 procedures to safeguard foster parents and pri15 vate entities under contract by the State 

16 against frivolous lawsuits involving the applica17 tion of the reasonable and prudent parent 

18 standard; and 

19 ‘‘(D) that a waiver of any standards so es20 tablished under subparagraph (A) may be made 

21 only on a case-by-case basis for nonsafety 

22 standards (as determined by the State) in rel23 ative foster family homes for specific children in 

24 care;’’. 


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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year 

3 after the date of enactment of this Act, without regard 

4 to whether regulations have been promulgated by that 

5 date to implement the amendments made by this section. 

6 SEC. 103. IMPROVEMENTS TO ANOTHER PLANNED PERMA7 NENT LIVING ARRANGEMENT AS A PERMA8 NENCY OPTION. 

9 (a) ELIMINATION OF THE OPTION FOR CHILDREN

10 UNDER AGE 16.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 475(5)(C) of the So12 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675(5)(C)) is amended 

13 by inserting ‘‘only in the case of a child who has at14 tained age 16’’ before ‘‘(in cases where the State 

15 agency has documented’’. 

16 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

17 422(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 622(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 

19 subject to the requirements of paragraphs (5)(C) 

20 and (10) of section 475’’ after ‘‘arrangement’’. 

21 (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Part E of title IV of the So23 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) is amended 

24 by inserting after section 475 the following new sec25 tion: 


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1 ‘‘ADDITIONAL CASE PLAN AND CASE REVIEW SYSTEM

2 REQUIREMENTS

3 ‘‘SEC. 475A. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR ANOTHER

4 PLANNED PERMANENT LIVING ARRANGEMENT.—In the 

5 case of any child for whom another planned permanent 

6 living arrangement is the permanency plan for the child, 

7 the following requirements shall apply for purposes of ap8 proving the case plan for the child and the case system 

9 review procedure for the child: 

10 ‘‘(1) DOCUMENTATION OF INTENSIVE, ONGO11 ING, UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS FOR FAMILY PLACE12 MENT.—At each permanency hearing held with re13 spect to the child, the State agency documents the 

14 intensive, ongoing, and, as of the date of the hear15 ing, unsuccessful efforts made by the State agency 

16 to return the child home or secure a placement for 

17 the child with a fit and willing relative, a legal 

18 guardian, or an adoptive parent, including through 

19 efforts that utilize search technology to find biologi20 cal family members for children in the child welfare 

21 system. 

22 ‘‘(2) REDETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATENESS

23 OF PLACEMENT AT EACH PERMANENCY HEARING.— 

24 At each permanency hearing held with respect to the 

25 child, the court or administrative body appointed or 


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1 approved by the court conducting the hearing on the 

2 permanency plan for the child shall do the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) Ask the child if the child wants to be 

4 adopted. 

5 ‘‘(B) Make a judicial determination of a 

6 compelling reason with respect to each of the 

7 following options for why it continues to not be 

8 in the best interests of the child to— 

9 ‘‘(i) return home; 

10 ‘‘(ii) be placed for adoption; 

11 ‘‘(iii) be placed with a legal guardian; 

12 or 

13 ‘‘(iv) be placed with a fit and willing 

14 relative. 

15 ‘‘(C) Make a new determination that an16 other planned permanent living arrangement is 

17 the appropriate permanency plan for this child 

18 and submit findings as to why, as of the date 

19 of the hearing, another planned permanent liv20 ing arrangement is the best permanency plan 

21 for the child. 

22 ‘‘(D) Identify the barriers to permanency 

23 plans other than another planned permanent 

24 living arrangement for the child. 


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1 ‘‘(E) Require the State agency to docu2 ment at the next permanency hearing held with 

3 respect to the child the intensive, ongoing, ef4 forts made by the State agency to address such 

5 barriers and allow a different permanency plan 

6 for the child. 

7 ‘‘(3) DEMONSTRATION OF SUPPORT FOR EN8 GAGING IN AGE OR DEVELOPMENTALLY APPRO9 PRIATE ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL EVENTS.—The 

10 State agency shall appear before the court or admin11 istrative body appointed or approved by the court 

12 and demonstrate, not less frequently than every 6 

13 months while the child is placed in another planned 

14 permanent living arrangement— 

15 ‘‘(A) the steps the State agency is taking, 

16 including with respect to reducing barriers such 

17 as paper work or other documentation, to en18 sure the child has regular, ongoing opportuni19 ties to engage in age or developmentally appro20 priate activities, including social events; and 

21 ‘‘(B) that an individual, other than a case22 worker, is the caregiver for the child for pur23 poses of the reasonable and prudent parent 

24 standard, including with respect to authority 

25 for signing permission slips and giving informal 


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1 permission for the child to participate in age or 

2 developmentally appropriate activities, including 

3 social events.’’. 

4 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (A) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.— 

6 (i) PART B.—Section 422(b)(8)(A)(ii) 

7 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 622(b)(8)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting 

9 ‘‘and in accordance with the requirements 

10 of section 475A’’ after ‘‘section 475(5)’’. 

11 (ii) PART E.—Section 471(a)(16) of 

12 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 671(a)(16)) is amended— 

14 (I) by inserting ‘‘and in accord15 ance with the requirements of section 

16 475A’’ after ‘‘section 475(1)’’; and 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘section 

18 475(5)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

19 475(5) and 475A’’. 

20 (B) DEFINITIONS.—Section 475 of the So21 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675) is amended— 

22 (i) in paragraph (1), in the matter 

23 preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 

24 ‘‘meets the requirements of section 475A 

25 and’’ after ‘‘written document which’’; and 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (5)(C), as amended 

2 by section 102(a)(1) and subsection (a)(1), 

3 is amended— 

4 (I) by inserting ‘‘, as of the date 

5 of the hearing,’’ after ‘‘compelling rea6 son for determining’’; and 

7 (II) by inserting ‘‘subject to the 

8 requirements of section 475A(a),’’ 

9 after ‘‘another planned permanent liv10 ing arrangement,’’. 

11 (c) COLLECTED CHILD SUPPORT DIRECTED TO THE

12 YOUTH.— 

13 (1) FOSTER YOUTH IN ANOTHER PLANNED

14 PERMANENT LIVING ARRANGEMENT.—Section 

15 457(e)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 657(e)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘unless the per17 manency plan for the child is another planned per18 manent living arrangement, in which case the 

19 amounts collected (without any reimbursement to 

20 the Federal Government) shall be deposited in an 

21 account established in the child’s name at an insured 

22 depository institution (as defined in section 3 of the 

23 Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)) or 

24 an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of 

25 the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752)) and 


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1 used at the discretion of the child (and, until the 

2 child attains age 18, in consultation with the child’s 

3 caregiver) for payment of fees or other costs attrib4 utable to the child’s participation in age or develop5 mentally appropriate activities’’ before the semi6 colon. 

7 (2) FORMER FOSTER YOUTH WHO HAVE AGED

8 OUT OF FOSTER CARE.—Section 457 of the Social 

9 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657) is amended— 

10 (A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre11 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(d) and (e)’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘(d), (e), and (f)’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

14 subsection: 

15 ‘‘(f) YOUTH AGE 18 OR OLDER IN FOSTER CARE.— 

16 Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, 

17 amounts collected by a State as child support for months 

18 in any period on behalf of a child who is in foster care 

19 under the responsibility of the State on the date the child 

20 attains 18 years of age or such higher age as the State 

21 has elected under section 475(8)(B)(iii) shall be paid to 

22 the child (without any reimbursement to the Federal Gov23 ernment).’’. 

24 (d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para2 graph (2), the amendments made by this section 

3 shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act. 

5 (2) DELAY OF CHILD SUPPORT AMENDMENT

6 PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION REQUIRED.—In 

7 the case of a State plan approved under section 454 

8 of the Social Security Act which requires State legis9 lation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in 

10 order for the plan to meet the additional require11 ments imposed by the amendments made by sub12 section (c), the State plan shall not be regarded as 

13 failing to comply with the additional requirements 

14 solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet 

15 the additional requirements before the first day of 

16 the first calendar quarter beginning after the close 

17 of the first regular session of the State legislature 

18 that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 

19 For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case 

20 of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each 

21 year of such session shall be deemed to be a sepa22 rate regular session of the State legislature. 


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1 SEC. 104. RESTRICTIONS ON AND IMPROVEMENTS TO 

2 PLACEMENT IN CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS 

3 OR OTHER SETTINGS THAT ARE NOT A FOS4 TER FAMILY HOME. 

5 (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR PLACEMENT.—Section 

6 475(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 675(5)(A)) is amended— 

8 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and insert9 ing a semicolon; 

10 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the comma at the 

11 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(iii) if the child is to be placed in a 

14 child care institution, an emergency group 

15 setting that is expected to last for more 

16 than 15 days, or any other setting that is 

17 not a foster family home, the State agency 

18 must appear before a court and verify 

19 that— 

20 ‘‘(I) a family group decision21 making meeting was held at which it 

22 was determined that such placement 

23 is in the best interests of the child; or 

24 ‘‘(II) efforts have been made (by 

25 an individual experienced in using in26 tensive search technology) to locate 


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1 relatives or other potential guardians 

2 for the child but that those family3 finding efforts, while ongoing, have 

4 thus far been unsuccessful in locating 

5 an alternative placement; and 

6 ‘‘(iv) within 90 days of placement of 

7 the child in the child care institution or 

8 other setting that is not a foster family 

9 home, and every 90 days thereafter while 

10 the child remains in such setting, the State 

11 agency shall— 

12 ‘‘(I) reconsider whether such 

13 placement continues to be in the best 

14 interests of the child and supports the 

15 ongoing development of the child; and 

16 ‘‘(II) ensure that the child’s case 

17 plan is updated to reflect the result of 

18 such reconsideration;’’. 

19 (b) DEFINITION OF FOSTER FAMILY HOME.—Sec20 tion 472(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 672(c)(1)) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘For purposes of this part,’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 

24 part:’’; and 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘(1) the term’’ and all that fol2 lows through ‘‘(2) the term’’, and inserting the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(1) FOSTER FAMILY HOME.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘foster fam6 ily home’ means the home of an individual or 

7 family licensed or approved by the State in 

8 which it is situated as meeting the standards 

9 established for such licensing or approval, that 

10 provides 24-hour substitute care for children 

11 placed away from their parents or other care12 takers, and that provides such care for— 

13 ‘‘(i) not more than 3 foster children 

14 who have not attained age 2; 

15 ‘‘(ii) not more than 4 foster children 

16 who have attained age 2 but have not at17 tained age 5; 

18 ‘‘(iii) not more than 4 foster children 

19 who have attained age 5 but have not at20 tained age 13; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) not more than 4 foster children 

22 who have attained age 13. 

23 ‘‘(B) STATE FLEXIBILITY.—The maximum 

24 number of children permitted under a clause of 

25 subparagraph (A) may be decreased by a State 


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1 and only may be increased by a State for any 

2 one or more of the following reasons: 

3 ‘‘(i) To allow siblings to remain to4 gether. 

5 ‘‘(ii) To allow a child with an estab6 lished, meaningful relationship with the 

7 family, such as a former foster child, to re8 main with the family. 

9 ‘‘(iii) To allow a family to provide 

10 care to a child who has a severe emotional 

11 or physical disability. 

12 ‘‘(2) CHILD CARE INSTITUTION.—The term’’. 

13 (c) REDUCTION IN FEDERAL MATCH FOR PLACE14 MENT IN A SETTING OTHER THAN A FOSTER FAMILY

15 HOME.—Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 674) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘subject 

18 to subsection (h)’’ before ‘‘an amount equal to the 

19 Federal’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(h) REDUCED FEDERAL MATCHING PERCENTAGE

22 FOR PLACEMENT IN A SETTING OTHER THAN A FOSTER

23 FAMILY HOME.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 

25 (a) and any regulations promulgated under section 


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1 1123A(b)(3), no Federal payment shall be made 

2 under subsection (a)(1) for amounts expended dur3 ing a quarter for foster care maintenance payments 

4 under section 472 for any child in a congregate care 

5 placement for— 

6 ‘‘(A) in the case of a child who has not at7 tained age 13, more than 15 consecutive or 

8 nonconsecutive days; and 

9 ‘‘(B) in the case of a child who has at10 tained age 13, more than 365 consecutive days 

11 or 548 nonconsecutive days, whichever occurs 

12 first. 

13 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATIONS OF AGE OF CHILDREN

14 AND LENGTH OF PLACEMENTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

16 make determinations relating to the age of chil17 dren and length of congregate care placements 

18 on the basis of the most recent best data avail19 able. 

20 ‘‘(B) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary 

21 may require States to submit such information 

22 and data as necessary to carry out this sub23 section. 

24 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF CONGREGATE CARE

25 PLACEMENT.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the 

2 term ‘congregate care placement’ means place3 ment in a child care institution or any other 

4 setting that is not a foster family home. 

5 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term does not 

6 include placement in any of the following: 

7 ‘‘(i) A setting specializing in providing 

8 prenatal or post-partum supports for 

9 youth. 

10 ‘‘(ii) A setting specializing in pro11 viding supports for parenting teens. 

12 ‘‘(iii) In the case of a child who has 

13 attained 18 years of age, a supervised set14 ting in which the child is living independ15 ently. 

16 ‘‘(iv) In the case of a child with a se17 vere physical disability, an institution spe18 cializing in treatment for children with 

19 such disabilities. 

20 ‘‘(v) An emergency placement in a 

21 setting that is not a foster family home 

22 that does not exceed 15 days.’’. 

23 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

24 this section take effect on October 1, 2015. 


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1 SEC. 105. REDIRECTING FUNDS FOR BLOCK GRANTS TO 

2 STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES TO IMPROVE 

3 CHILD WELFARE AND ADDRESS ISSUES OF 

4 DOMESTIC SEX TRAFFICKING. 

5 (a) REPEAL OF BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR SO6 CIAL SERVICES.—Sections 2001 through 2004 and sec7 tions 2006 and 2007 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 1397–1397c, 1397e–1397f) are repealed. 

9 (b) CHILD WELFARE SERVICES PROGRAMS.— 

10 (1) REDIRECTING FUNDING.—Section 425 of 

11 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 625) is amend12 ed— 

13 (A) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘; 

14 RESERVATION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS’’ after 

15 ‘‘APPROPRIATIONS’’; 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘To’’; 

17 (C) by striking ‘‘2016.’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘2014, and $725,000,000 for each of fiscal 

19 years 2015 through 2016.’’; and 

20 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(b) From the amounts specified in subsection (a) for 

22 a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2015), the Sec23 retary shall reserve $400,000,000 for payments to States 

24 from allotments under section 423(f).’’. 

25 (2) REQUIRED USE OF REDIRECTED FUND26 ING.— 


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1 (A) PURPOSES.—Section 421 of the Social 

2 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621) is amended— 

3 (i) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, 

4 including the domestic sex trafficking of 

5 children’’ after ‘‘children’’; 

6 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

8 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

9 paragraph (6); and 

10 (iv) by inserting after paragraph (4), 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(5) providing funding to support implementa13 tion of the reasonable and prudent parent standard 

14 and the participation of children in foster care, 

15 adoptive, or kinship care families in age or develop16 mentally appropriate activities; and’’. 

17 (B) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—Section 

18 423 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 623) 

19 is amended— 

20 (i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The 

21 sum appropriated pursuant to section 425 

22 for each fiscal year shall be allotted by the 

23 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘From the 

24 amount described in section 425(a) for any 

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1 tion 425(b) for the fiscal year, the Sec2 retary shall make allotments to States’’; 

3 and 

4 (ii) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL STATE ALLOTMENTS FOR EXPLOI7 TATION PREVENTION AND NORMALCY.— 

8 ‘‘(1) EXPLOITATION PREVENTION AND NOR9 MALCY ALLOTMENTS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal 

11 year 2015, in addition to any allotment for a 

12 State determined under subsection (a) for a fis13 cal year, the Secretary shall determine for each 

14 State for which an allotment is made under 

15 that subsection for the fiscal year, an additional 

16 allotment equal to the sum of— 

17 ‘‘(i) the exploitation prevention 

18 amount determined for the State for the 

19 fiscal year under paragraph (2); and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the normalcy support amount de21 termined for the State for the fiscal year 

22 under paragraph (3). 

23 ‘‘(B) USE OF ALLOTMENT AMOUNTS.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The exploitation 

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1 made under this subsection for a fiscal 

2 year shall only be used by a State to carry 

3 out the purpose described in section 421(2) 

4 in accordance with clause (ii) and the nor5 malcy support amount of a State allotment 

6 made under this subsection for a fiscal 

7 year shall only be used to carry out the 

8 purpose described in section 421(5) in ac9 cordance with clause (iii). 

10 ‘‘(ii) PERMISSIVE USES FOR EXPLOI11 TATION PREVENTION FUNDS.—In addition 

12 to other activities to prevent the neglect, 

13 abuse, or exploitation of children, funds 

14 made available from the exploitation pre15 vention amount of a State allotment made 

16 under this subsection for a fiscal year may 

17 be used for any or all of the following: 

18 ‘‘(I) Establishment of a hotline 

19 uniquely prepared to receive calls 

20 from youth in foster care, or other 

21 youth, concerning neglect, sexual or 

22 physical abuse, or exploitation, and 

23 whose staff, which may include 

24 trained foster care alumni, are 

25 equipped to provide such youth with 


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1 guidance and reassurance related to 

2 reporting such neglect, abuse, or ex3 ploitation, and are able to offer other 

4 supports (including appropriate refer5 rals for mental health or law enforce6 ment services) for such youth. 

7 ‘‘(II) Healthy relationship train8 ing for youth. 

9 ‘‘(III) Efforts to identify prior 

10 child sex abuse among children and 

11 youth brought to the attention of the 

12 child welfare agency and to provide 

13 treatment and services, including 

14 mental health treatment needed as a 

15 result of being trafficked, to enable 

16 such children and youth to recover, 

17 including through support of non18 profit agencies, such as children’s ad19 vocacy centers, that provide com20 prehensive treatment and services to 

21 child victims of sexual abuse. 

22 ‘‘(IV) Activities related to identi23 fying and preventing labor trafficking 

24 of children in foster care. 


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1 ‘‘(V) Treatment for victims of 

2 trafficking and sexual abuse that rec3 ognizes the pervasiveness of trauma 

4 and makes a commitment to identify 

5 and address it early, seeks to under6 stand the connection between pre7 senting symptoms and behaviors and 

8 an individual’s past trauma history, 

9 and provides trauma-specific treat10 ment that is developmentally focused 

11 and specialized as needed to address 

12 complex trauma-related consequences. 

13 ‘‘(iii) USES FOR NORMALCY SUPPORT

14 FUNDS.— 

15 ‘‘(I) REQUIRED AND PERMISSIVE

16 USES.—Funds made available from 

17 the normalcy support amount of a 

18 State allotment made under this sub19 section for a fiscal year shall be used 

20 for any or all of activities described in 

21 subclause (II) and any or all of the 

22 costs described in subclause (III) and 

23 may be used for activities described in 

24 subclause (IV). 


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1 ‘‘(II) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

2 REASONABLE AND PRUDENT PARENT

3 STANDARD.—Activities related to im4 plementation of the reasonable and 

5 prudent parent standard, including 

6 (but not limited to) any of the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(aa) Recruitment of foster 

9 parents and training for case10 workers on how to retain and 

11 support the foster families as12 signed to them through the provi13 sion of an ongoing relationship 

14 with those families. 

15 ‘‘(bb) Training for foster 

16 parents on the reasonable and 

17 prudent parent standard. 

18 ‘‘(cc) Reviewing State licens19 ing standards and other State or 

20 local safety certifications or pro21 visions to ensure that such stand22 ards, certifications, and provi23 sions do not impede the ability of 

24 children in foster care to partici25 pate in age or developmentally 


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1 appropriate social, enrichment, 

2 and extracurricular activities. 

3 ‘‘(dd) Removing barriers to 

4 full application of the reasonable 

5 and prudent parenting standard 

6 and to normalcy for children in 

7 foster care. 

8 ‘‘(ee) Developing a list of 

9 age or developmentally appro10 priate activities and other infor11 mation to assist caregivers in the 

12 application of the reasonable and 

13 prudent parenting standard. 

14 ‘‘(ff) Reviewing liability pro15 visions in the State to clarify the 

16 ability of caregivers to apply the 

17 reasonable and prudent parenting 

18 standard while continuing to en19 sure their accountability. 

20 ‘‘(gg) Training on identifica21 tion of prior sexual abuse, keep22 ing children safe from sexual 

23 abuse, and keeping children and 

24 youth safe from trafficking. 


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1 ‘‘(III) PARTICIPATION FEES, 

2 TRANSPORTATION, AND OTHER NOR3 MALCY-RELATED COSTS.—To pay di4 rectly, or to reimburse, payment for 

5 any trips fees, uniforms, materials, or 

6 costs associated with the participation 

7 of children in foster care, or, at the 

8 discretion of the State, in kinship care 

9 or guardianship arrangements, in age 

10 or developmentally appropriate activi11 ties, including entertainment or rec12 reational activities that are age or de13 velopmentally appropriate and typical 

14 for children in the general public, to 

15 pay for costs associated with permit16 ting age or developmentally appro17 priate access of children in foster care 

18 to cell phones and computers, and to 

19 pay for costs associated with pro20 viding transportation for children in 

21 foster care to and from part-time em22 ployment. 

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1 tion 471(a)(30) and paragraphs 

2 (1)(G) and (4)(A) of section 475, as 

3 added by section 204 of the Fostering 

4 Connections to Success and Increas5 ing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public 

6 Law 110–351). 

7 ‘‘(iv) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Ex8 penditures from the normalcy support 

9 amount of a State allotment made under 

10 this subsection for a fiscal year that are 

11 described in clause (iii)(II) shall not be 

12 considered to be expenditures for foster 

13 care maintenance payments under this 

14 part. 

15 ‘‘(C) EVALUATION AND REPORT ON USES

16 FOR EXPLOITATION PREVENTION FUNDS.—The 

17 Secretary shall conduct, by grant, contract, or 

18 interagency agreement, an evaluation of the ac19 tivities carried out with funds made available 

20 from the exploitation prevention amount of 

21 State allotments made under this subsection 

22 and, not later than October 1, 2018, shall sub23 mit a report to Congress that includes best 

24 practices for the use of such funds. 


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1 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF EXPLOITATION PRE2 VENTION AMOUNT.—With respect to a State and a 

3 fiscal year, the exploitation prevention amount is 

4 equal to the product of $200,000,000 and the ratio 

5 of— 

6 ‘‘(A) the amount of the allotment deter7 mined under subsection (a) for the State for the 

8 fiscal year (without regard to any amounts real9 lotted to the State under subsection (e) for the 

10 year); to 

11 ‘‘(B) the sum of the allotments determined 

12 for all States for the fiscal year under sub13 section (a) (as so determined). 

14 ‘‘(3) DETERMINATION OF NORMALCY SUPPORT

15 AMOUNT.—With respect to a State and a fiscal year, 

16 the normalcy support amount is equal to the product 

17 of $200,000,000 and the ratio of— 

18 ‘‘(A) the amount of the allotment deter19 mined under subsection (a) for the State for the 

20 fiscal year (without regard to any amounts real21 lotted to the State under subsection (e) for the 

22 year); to 

23 ‘‘(B) the sum of the allotments determined 

24 for all States for the fiscal year under sub25 section (a) (as so determined). 


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1 ‘‘(4) REALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—The amount 

2 of any allotment made to a State for a fiscal year 

3 under this subsection which the State certifies to the 

4 Secretary will not be required for carrying out the 

5 purposes specified in paragraph (1)(B), shall be re6 allotted to other States in the same manner as un7 used amounts of allotments made under subsection 

8 (a) are reallotted under subsection (e). Amounts re9 allotted to a State under this paragraph shall be 

10 deemed to be part of the allotment made to the 

11 State under this subsection for a fiscal year and only 

12 may be used to carry out the purposes specified in 

13 paragraph (1)(B).’’. 

14 (C) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—Section 424 

15 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 624) is 

16 amended— 

17 (i) in subsection (a)— 

18 (I) by striking ‘‘allotment’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘allotments’’; and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘section 422 an’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘section 422, and in ad22 dition, from the allotment made under 

23 section 423(f), each State that has 

24 such a plan shall be entitled to pay25 ment, of a total’’; 


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1 (ii) in subsection (b)(2)— 

2 (I) by striking ‘‘the allotment’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘each of the allot4 ments’’; and 

5 (II) by striking ‘‘amount’’ each 

6 place it appears and inserting ‘‘total 

7 amount’’; and 

8 (iii) in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) 

9 of subsection (f), by striking ‘‘subsection 

10 (a) for the fiscal year’’ each place it ap11 pears, and inserting ‘‘the portion of the 

12 payment made to a State for the fiscal 

13 year under this section that is attributable 

14 to the allotment determined under section 

15 423(a)’’. 

16 (D) PAYMENTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL ORGA17 NIZATIONS.—Section 428(b) of the Social Secu18 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 628(b)) is amended by in19 serting ‘‘under subsection (a) or (f) of’’ before 

20 ‘‘section 423’’. 

21 (c) PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES.— 

22 (1) REDIRECTING FUNDING.—Section 436(a) of 

23 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629f(a)) is 

24 amended by striking ‘‘2016.’’ and inserting ‘‘2014, 


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1 and $1,095,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 

2 through 2016.’’. 

3 (2) REQUIRED USE OF PORTIONS OF REDI4 RECTED FUNDING.— 

5 (A) INCLUSION OF RESIDENTIAL FAMILY

6 TREATMENT PROGRAMS, INTENSIVE FAMILY7 FINDING, AND PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIO8 LENCE IN FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES.— 

9 Section 431(a) of the Social Security Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 629a(a)) is amended— 

11 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (I) in subparagraph (E), by 

13 striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

14 (II) in subparagraph (F), by 

15 striking the period at the end and in16 serting a semicolon; and 

17 (III) by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(G) residential family treatment pro20 grams; 

21 ‘‘(H) intensive family-finding efforts that 

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1 bers or other guardians for children in the child 

2 welfare system, and once identified, work to re3 establish those relationships and explore ways 

4 to find a permanent family placement for the 

5 children; 

6 ‘‘(I) services designed to identify and ad7 dress domestic violence that endangers children 

8 and results in the placement of children in fos9 ter care.’’; and 

10 (ii) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(10) RESIDENTIAL FAMILY TREATMENT PRO13 GRAM.—The term ‘residential family treatment pro14 gram’ means a program that enables parents and 

15 their children to live in a safe environment for a pe16 riod of not less than 6 months and provides, on-site 

17 or by referral, substance abuse treatment services, 

18 children’s early intervention services, family coun19 seling, medical, and mental health services, nursery 

20 and pre-school, and other services that are designed 

21 to provide comprehensive treatment that supports 

22 the family.’’. 

23 (B) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Section 

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1 629f(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(6) SUPPORT FOR PRESERVING INTACT FAMI4 LIES, INCLUDING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL FAMILY

5 TREATMENT PROGRAMS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall 

7 reserve $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

8 2015 through 2016 for allotment in accordance 

9 with section 433(f). 

10 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—A State to which 

11 an amount is paid from amounts reserved 

12 under subparagraph (A) shall use the amount 

13 to provide family preservation services and shall 

14 use at least 10 percent of such amount for pro15 viding such services through residential family 

16 treatment programs. 

17 ‘‘(7) POST-PERMANENCY SERVICES.— 

18 ‘‘(A) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall 

19 reserve $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

20 2015 through 2016 for allotment in accordance 

21 with section 433(f). 

22 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—A State to which 

23 an amount is paid from amounts reserved 

24 under subparagraph (A) shall use the amount 

25 to provide post-permanency services, including 


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1 with respect to family reunification, guardian2 ship, and adoption. 

3 ‘‘(8) THERAPEUTIC SERVICES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall 

5 reserve $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

6 2015 through 2016 for allotment in accordance 

7 with section 433(f). 

8 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—A State to which 

9 an amount is paid from amounts reserved 

10 under subparagraph (A) shall use the amount 

11 to provide services to parents and foster fami12 lies that are similar to the services provided in 

13 therapeutic foster care programs for parents 

14 and foster families. 

15 ‘‘(9) FAMILY CONNECTION GRANTS.—The Sec16 retary shall reserve $15,000,000 for each of fiscal 

17 years 2015 through 2016 for awarding grants under 

18 section 427.’’. 

19 (C) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

20 436(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 629f(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘After ap22 plying’’ and all that follows through ‘‘percent’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall reserve 

24 $9,150,000’’. 


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1 (3) PAYMENT TO STATES.—Section 434(a) of 

2 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629d(a)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

5 after the semicolon; 

6 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the 

7 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) the lesser of — 

10 ‘‘(A) 75 percent of the total expenditures 

11 by the State in accordance with paragraphs 

12 (6)(B), (7)(B), and (8)(B), respectively, of sec13 tion 436(b) during the fiscal year or the imme14 diately succeeding fiscal year; or 

15 ‘‘(B) the allotment amount of the State 

16 under section 433(f) for the fiscal year.’’. 

17 (4) ALLOTMENT.—Section 433 of the Social Se18 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 629c) is amended by adding 

19 at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(f) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS RESERVED TO SUPPORT

21 PRESERVING INTACT FAMILIES, INCLUDING THROUGH

22 RESIDENTIAL FAMILY TREATMENT PROGRAMS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) TERRITORIES.—From the amounts re24 served pursuant to paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), re25 spectively, of section 436(b) for any fiscal year, the 


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1 Secretary shall allot, separately with respect to each 

2 such amount reserved, to each jurisdiction specified 

3 in subsection (b) of this section, an amount deter4 mined in the same manner as the allotment to each 

5 of such jurisdictions is determined under section 423 

6 (without regard to the initial allotment of $70,000 

7 to each State). 

8 ‘‘(2) OTHER STATES.—From the amounts re9 served pursuant to paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), re10 spectively, of section 436(b) for any fiscal year that 

11 remains after applying paragraph (1) of this sub12 section for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot, 

13 separately with respect to each such amount re14 served, to each State (other than an Indian tribe) 

15 not specified in subsection (b) of this section, an 

16 amount equal to such remaining amount multiplied 

17 by the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

18 benefits percentage of the State (as defined in sub19 section (c)(2) of this section) for the fiscal year, ex20 cept that in applying subsection (c)(2)(A) of this 

21 section, ‘subsection (f)(2)’ shall be substituted for 

22 ‘such paragraph (1)’.’’. 

23 (5) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

24 432(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (A) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘(other 

2 than expenditures by the State from funds re3 served under paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9) 

4 respectively, of section 436(b)’’ after ‘‘the re5 maining expenditures’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (8)(B)— 

7 (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, and 

8 specifically the planned expenditures by the 

9 State in accordance with paragraphs 

10 (6)(B), (7)(B), and (8)(B), respectively, of 

11 section 436(b)’’ before the semicolon; and 

12 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, and 

13 specifically with respect to the services and 

14 programs for which funds are reserved 

15 under paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respec16 tively, of section 436(b),’’ after ‘‘subpart 

17 1’’. 

18 (d) COURT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.— 

19 (1) REDIRECTING FUNDING.—Section 

20 436(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 629f(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘$180,000,000’’. 

23 (2) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 

24 438(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 629h(a)) is amended— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 

2 including the requirements under section 

3 471(a)(9)(C) relating to protecting children 

4 from domestic sex trafficking)’’ after ‘‘E’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

7 ‘‘, and to ensure collaboration between the 

8 courts, child welfare agencies, law enforce9 ment, Court Appointed Special Advocates, 

10 and social service agencies in the identi11 fication, prevention, and intervention of do12 mestic sex trafficking of children’’ after 

13 ‘‘concurrent planning’’; 

14 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

15 (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (D) and 

16 (E), respectively; and 

17 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

18 (A), the following: 

19 ‘‘(B) to coordinate between court, child 

20 welfare, law enforcement, and social service 

21 agencies with respect to the recruitment, en22 couragement, and retention of foster and adop23 tive parents, guardians and relative caregivers 

24 who are willing and able to meet the reasonable 

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1 ‘‘(C) to ensure that court processes encour2 age and facilitate participation in age or devel3 opmentally appropriate activities by youth in 

4 foster care and enhance the opportunities of 

5 such youth to make positive connections with 

6 their peers, their siblings and with caring 

7 adults;’’; and 

8 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘cases; and’’ and inserting ‘‘cases, includ11 ing on the reasonable and prudent parent 

12 standard for caregivers and improved over13 sight of such cases where another planned 

14 permanent living arrangement is the per15 manency plan;’’; 

16 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

17 (B) as subparagraph (C) and realigning 

18 the left margin so as to align with para19 graph (4); and 

20 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

21 (A), the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) to provide for the training of court, child 

23 welfare, law enforcement, Court Appointed Special 

24 Advocates, and social service agencies personnel on 


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1 the identification, prevention, and intervention of do2 mestic sex trafficking; and’’. 

3 (3) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Section 

4 438(c)(3)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629h(c)(3)(A)) 

5 is amended— 

6 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘$9,000,000’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘$129,000,000’’; 

8 (B) in clause (iii), by striking 

9 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$35,000,000’’; 

10 and 

11 (C) in clause (iv), by striking 

12 ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,000,000’’. 

13 (4) IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE.—Section 

14 426 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 626) is amended— 

15 (A) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘; 

16 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE’’; and 

17 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES AND PROCE19 DURES FOR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM DOMESTIC

20 SEX TRAFFICKING AND OTHER NEGATIVE OUTCOMES.— 

21 Out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro22 priated, there are appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 

23 year 2015, $49,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, for the purpose of providing technical assistance 

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1 receives funds under section 438, and law enforcement 

2 agencies in implementing the requirements under section 

3 471(a)(9)(C) (relating to protecting children from domes4 tic sex trafficking). The Secretary shall consult with the 

5 Attorney General on the provision of technical assistance 

6 under this subsection.’’. 

7 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

8 (1) TITLE XX.—Title XX of such Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.) is amended— 

10 (A) in the title heading, by striking 

11 ‘‘BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR SO12 CIAL SERVICES’’ and inserting ‘‘HEALTH 

13 PROFESSIONS DEMONSTRATIONS, EN14 VIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONDITION 

15 DETECTION,’’; 

16 (B) in the heading for subtitle A, by strik17 ing ‘‘Block Grants to States for Social 

18 Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Health Profes19 sions Demonstrations and Environ20 mental Health Condition Detection’’; 

21 (C) by redesignating sections 2005, 2008, 

22 and 2009 as sections 2001, 2002, and 2003 re23 spectively; 


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1 (D) in section 2002(d)(2) (as redesignated 

2 by subparagraph (C)), by striking ‘‘Section 

3 2005(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 2001(a)’’; and 

4 (E) in section 2003(f)(2) (as so redesig5 nated), by striking ‘‘Section 2005(a)’’ and in6 serting ‘‘Section 2001(a)’’. 

7 (2) TANF TRANSFER AUTHORITY.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(d) of the 

9 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 604(d)) is 

10 amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO USE PORTION OF GRANT FOR

12 OTHER PURPOSES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 

14 State may use not more than 30 percent of the 

15 amount of any grant made to the State under sec16 tion 403(a) for a fiscal year for any or all of the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(A) To develop, strengthen, and carry out 

19 programs for the prevention, detection, assess20 ment, and treatment of, intervention in, inves21 tigation of, and response to elder abuse, ne22 glect, and exploitation under section 721 of the 

23 Older Americans Act of 1965. 


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1 ‘‘(B) To carry out a State program pursu2 ant to the Child Care and Development Block 

3 Grant Act of 1990. 

4 ‘‘(C) To provide special services for per5 sons with developmental or physical disabilities, 

6 or persons with visual or auditory impairments, 

7 to maximize the potential of such persons and 

8 to enable such persons to live in the least re9 strictive environment possible. Such services 

10 may include personal and family counseling, 

11 respite care, family supports, recreation, trans12 portation, aid to assist with independent func13 tioning in the community, training in mobility, 

14 communication skills, the use of special aids 

15 and appliances, and self-sufficiency skills. Resi16 dential and medical services may be included 

17 only as an integral but subordinate part of such 

18 services. 

19 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE RULES.—Any amount paid to 

20 a State under this part that is used to carry out a 

21 program or special services specified in paragraph 

22 (1) shall not be subject to the requirements of this 

23 part, but shall be subject to the requirements that 

24 apply to Federal funds provided directly under the 

25 provision of law to carry out the program, or, in the 


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1 case of special services described in paragraph 

2 (1)(C), in accordance with such reporting and other 

3 requirements as the Secretary shall specify, and the 

4 expenditure of any amount so used shall not be con5 sidered to be an expenditure under this part.’’. 

6 (3) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

7 (A) Section 422(b) of the Social Security 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 622(b)) is amended— 

9 (i) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

10 (I) by striking ‘‘administers or 

11 supervises’’ and inserting ‘‘adminis12 tered or supervised’’; and 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘subtitle 1 of 

14 title XX’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle A of 

15 title XX (as in effect before the repeal 

16 of such subtitle)’’; and 

17 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

18 ‘‘under subtitle 1 of title XX,’’. 

19 (B) Section 471(a) of the Social Security 

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended— 

21 (i) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘, 

22 under subtitle 1 of title XX of this Act,’’; 

23 and 

24 (ii) in paragraph (8), by striking 

25 ‘‘XIX, or XX’’ and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 


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1 (C) Section 472(h)(1) of such Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 672(h)(1)) is amended by striking the 

3 second sentence. 

4 (D) Section 473(b) of the Social Security 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 673(b)) is amended— 

6 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(3)’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘(2)’’; 

8 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking 

9 ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 

11 (iii) by striking paragraph (2) and re12 designating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

13 paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 

14 (E) Section 1128(h) of the Social Security 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(h)) is amended— 

16 (i) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of para17 graph (2); and 

18 (ii) by striking paragraph (3) and re19 designating paragraph (4) as paragraph 

20 (3). 

21 (F) Section 1128A(i)(1) of such Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(i)(1)) is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘or subtitle 1 of title XX of this Act’’. 

24 (G) Section 1132(a)(1) of the Social Secu25 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–2(a)(1)) is amended 


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1 by striking ‘‘XIX, or XX’’ and inserting ‘‘or 

2 XIX’’. 

3 (H) Section 1902(e)(13)(F)(iii) of the So4 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 1396a(e)(13)(F)(iii)) is amended— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘EXCLUSIONS’’ and in7 serting ‘‘EXCLUSION’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘an agency that deter9 mines eligibility for a program established 

10 under the Social Services Block Grant es11 tablished under title XX or’’. 

12 (I) Section 16(k)(5)(B)(i) of the Food and 

13 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

14 2025(k)(5)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘, or 

15 title XX,’’. 

16 (J) Section 402(b)(3) of the Personal Re17 sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili18 ation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(3)) is 

19 amended by striking subparagraph (B) and re20 designating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 

21 (B). 

22 (K) Section 245A(h)(4)(I) of the Immigra23 tion Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 

24 1255a(h)(4)(I)) is amended by striking ‘‘, XVI, 

25 and XX’’ and inserting ‘‘and XVI’’. 


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1 (L) Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell 

2 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is 

3 amended— 

4 (i) in subsection (a)(2)— 

5 (I) in subparagraph (B)— 

6 (aa) by striking ‘‘—’’ and all 

7 that follows through ‘‘(i)’’; 

8 (bb) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

9 end of clause (i); and 

10 (cc) by striking clause (ii); 

11 and 

12 (II) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by 

13 striking ‘‘or title XX’’; and 

14 (ii) in subsection (o)(2)(B)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘or title XX’’ each 

16 place it appears; and 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘or XX’’. 

18 (M) Section 201(b) of the Indian Child 

19 Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1931(b)) is 

20 amended by striking ‘‘titles IV–B and XX’’ 

21 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘part B of 

22 title IV’’. 

23 (N) Section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31, 

24 United States Code, is amended by striking 

25 clause (vi) and redesignating clauses (vii) 


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1 through (xvi) as clauses (vi) through (xv), re2 spectively. 

3 (O) Section 14502(d)(3) of title 40, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘and title XX’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘, 1397 et seq.’’. 

7 (P) Section 2006(a)(15) of the Public 

8 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300z–5(a)(15)) 

9 is amended by striking ‘‘and title XX’’. 

10 (Q) Section 203(b)(3) of the Older Ameri11 cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3013(b)(3)) is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘XIX, and XX’’ and in13 serting ‘‘and XIX’’. 

14 (R) Section 213 of the Older Americans 

15 Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3020d) is amended by 

16 striking ‘‘or title XX’’. 

17 (S) Section 306(d) of the Older Americans 

18 Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3026(d)) is amended in 

19 each of paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking ‘‘ti20 tles XIX and XX’’ and inserting ‘‘title XIX’’. 

21 (T) Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home 

22 Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 

23 8624) is amended in each of subsections (b)(4) 

24 and (j) by striking ‘‘under title XX of the So25 cial Security Act,’’. 


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1 (U) Section 602 of the Child Development 

2 Associate Scholarship Assistance Act of 1985 

3 (42 U.S.C. 10901) is repealed. 

4 (V) Section 3(d)(1) of the Assisted Suicide 

5 Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 

6 14402(d)(1)) is amended by striking subpara7 graph (C) and redesignating subparagraphs (D) 

8 through (K) as subparagraphs (C) through (J), 

9 respectively. 

10 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeals and amendments 

11 made by this section take effect on October 1, 2014. 

12 SEC. 106. NONAPPLICATION OF COST ALLOCATION RE13 QUIREMENTS FOR STATE EXPENDITURES RE14 LATED TO IDENTIFYING AND SCREENING 

15 YOUTH AT RISK OF SEX TRAFFICKING AND 

16 OTHER NEGATIVE OUTCOMES AND SUP17 PORTING NORMALCY. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 474 of the Social Security 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 674), as amended by section 104(b), is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(i) ELIMINATION OF COST ALLOCATION REQUIRE22 MENTS FOR EXPENDITURES RELATED TO IDENTIFYING

23 AND SCREENING YOUTH AT RISK OF SEX TRAFFICKING

24 AND OTHER NEGATIVE OUTCOMES AND SUPPORTING

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall treat 

2 as necessary for the proper and efficient administra3 tion of the State plan all expenditures submitted by 

4 a State under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sub5 section (a)(3) for training related to the require6 ments described in paragraph (2), and all expendi7 tures submitted by a State under subsection 

8 (a)(3)(E) for activities related to the development 

9 and implementation of requirements described in 

10 paragraph (2), without regard to whether individuals 

11 participating in such activities include individuals 

12 providing care or services for children for whom as13 sistance may be provided under this part. 

14 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements de15 scribed in this paragraph are the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) The requirements of paragraph 

17 (9)(C) of section 471(a) (relating to identifying 

18 and screening youth at risk for sex trafficking). 

19 ‘‘(B) The reasonable and prudent parent 

20 standard, as defined in section 475(9) and im21 plemented under paragraphs (10) and (24) of 

22 section 471(a). 

23 ‘‘(C) The requirements of section 

24 477(b)(3)(D) (related to training on youth de25 velopment to help caregivers and caseworkers 


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1 understand and address issues confronting 

2 youth preparing for a successful transition to 

3 adulthood).’’. 

4 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

5 subsection (a) takes effect on October 1, 2014. 

6 SEC. 107. INFORMATION ON CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE 

7 PLACED IN CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS OR 

8 OTHER SETTINGS THAT ARE NOT A FOSTER 

9 FAMILY HOME IN ANNUAL REPORTS USING 

10 AFCARS DATA; CONSULTATION. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 479A of the Social Secu12 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 679b) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

17 the semicolon; 

18 (3) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking the period 

19 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

20 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(7) include in the report submitted pursuant 

22 to paragraph 5 for fiscal year 2015 or any suc23 ceeding fiscal year, State-by State data on children 

24 in foster care who have been placed in a child care 


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1 institution or other setting that is not a foster fam2 ily home, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) the number of children in such place4 ments and their ages, including separately, the 

5 number and ages of children who have a perma6 nency plan of another planned permanent living 

7 arrangement; 

8 ‘‘(B) the duration of the placement in such 

9 settings (including for children who have a per10 manency plan of another planned permanent 

11 living arrangement); 

12 ‘‘(C) the types of child care institutions 

13 used (including, but not limited to, group 

14 homes, residential treatment, shelters, or other 

15 congregate care settings); 

16 ‘‘(D) with respect to each child care insti17 tution or other setting that is not a foster fam18 ily home, the number of children in foster care 

19 residing in each such institution or non-foster 

20 family home; and 

21 ‘‘(E) any clinically diagnosed special need 

22 of such children; and 

23 ‘‘(8) include in the report submitted pursuant 

24 to paragraph 5 for fiscal year 2015 or any suc25 ceeding fiscal year, State-by-State data on children 


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1 in foster care who are pregnant or parenting teens.’’; 

2 and 

3 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION ON OTHER ISSUES.—The Sec5 retary shall consult with States and organizations with an 

6 interest in child welfare, including organizations that pro7 vide adoption and foster care services, and shall take into 

8 account requests from Members of Congress, in selecting 

9 other issues to be analyzed and reported on under this 

10 section using data available to the Secretary, including 

11 data reported by States through the Adoption and Foster 

12 Care Analysis and Reporting System and to the National 

13 Youth in Transition Database.’’. 

14 (b) GAO REPORT ON SHELTER CARE PLACE15 MENTS.—The Comptroller General of the United States 

16 shall review State placements of children at risk for foster 

17 care placement and of children in foster care in emergency 

18 and non-emergency shelter care, and, not later than 1 year 

19 after the date of enactment of this Act, submit a report 

20 to Congress that includes the following: 

21 (1) Information relating to the prevalence of 

22 such placements. 

23 (2) The Federal and State expenditures for 

24 such placements for the most recent year for which 

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1 (3) Information relating to the length of place2 ments in shelter care. 

3 (4) With respect to children for whom shelter 

4 care is the initial placement for the child, an anal5 ysis of the effect of that placement on the perma6 nency outcomes for such children. 

7 (5) Such additional information, including rec8 ommendations for administrative or legislative ac9 tion, as the Comptroller General determines appro10 priate. 

11 TITLE II—EMPOWERING OLDER 

12 YOUTH VULNERABLE TO DO13 MESTIC SEX TRAFFICKING 

14 AND OTHER NEGATIVE OUT15 COMES 

16 SEC. 201. EMPOWERING FOSTER YOUTH AGE 14 AND OLDER 

17 IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR OWN CASE 

18 PLAN AND TRANSITION PLANNING FOR A 

19 SUCCESSFUL ADULTHOOD. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 475(1)(B) of the Social 

21 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675(1)(B)) is amended by adding 

22 at the end the following: ‘‘With respect to a child who has 

23 attained age 14, the plan developed under this paragraph 

24 for the child, the permanency plan required for the child 

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1 to such plans, shall be developed in consultation with the 

2 child and, at the option of the child, with up to 2 members 

3 of the case planning team who are chosen by the child 

4 and who are not the child’s foster parent or caseworker. 

5 A State may reject an individual selected by a child to 

6 be a member of the case planning team at any time if 

7 the State has good cause to believe that the individual 

8 would not act in the best interests of the child. One indi9 vidual selected by a child to be a member of the child’s 

10 case planning team may be designated to be the child’s 

11 advisor and, as necessary, advocate, with respect to the 

12 application of the reasonable and prudent parent standard 

13 to the child.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO INCLUDE YOUTH

15 14 AND OLDER IN TRANSITION PLANNING.—Section 475 

16 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 675) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ‘‘Where 

18 appropriate, for a child age 16’’ and inserting ‘‘For 

19 a child age 14’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (5)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘16’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘14’’; and 

23 (B) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘16’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘14’’. 


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1 (c) TRANSITION PLANNING FOR A SUCCESSFUL

2 ADULTHOOD.—Paragraphs (1)(D), (5)(C)(i), and 

3 (5)(C)(iii) of section 475 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 675) are 

4 each amended by striking ‘‘independent living’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘a successful adulthood’’. 

6 (d) LIST OF RIGHTS.—Section 475A of the Social Se7 curity Act, as added by section 103(b)(1), is amended by 

8 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(b) LIST OF RIGHTS.—The case plan for any child 

10 in foster care under the responsibility of the State or with 

11 respect to whom adoption or kinship guardianship, assist12 ance is made available under this part, who has attained 

13 age 14 shall include a written document that describes the 

14 child’s rights with respect to education, health, visitation, 

15 and court participation, and to staying safe and avoiding 

16 exploitation and a signed acknowledgment by the child 

17 that the child has been provided them with a written copy 

18 of such document.’’. 

19 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

20 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 

21 Human Services shall submit a report to Congress regard22 ing the implementation of the amendments made by this 

23 section. The report shall include— 

24 (1) an analysis of how States are administering 

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1 Security Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this 

2 Act, to permit a child in foster care who has at3 tained age 14 to select up to 2 members of the 

4 child’s case planning team from individuals who are 

5 not the child’s foster parent or caseworker; and 

6 (2) a description of best practices of States with 

7 respect to the administration of such requirement. 

8 SEC. 202. ENSURING FOSTER YOUTH HAVE A BIRTH CER9 TIFICATE, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, AND A 

10 BANK ACCOUNT. 

11 (a) CASE REVIEW SYSTEM REQUIREMENT.—Section 

12 475(5)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675(5)(I)) 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘and receives assistance’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘receives assistance’’; and 

16 (2) by inserting before the period, the following: 

17 ‘‘and is not discharged from care without being pro18 vided with an official birth certificate, a social secu19 rity card issued by the Commissioner of Social Secu20 rity, and a fee-free (or low-fee) transaction account 

21 (as defined in section 19(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Re22 serve Act (12 U.S.C. 461(b)(1)(C))) established in 

23 the child’s name at an insured depository institution 

24 (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit In25 surance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)) or an insured credit 


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1 union (as defined in section 101 of the Federal 

2 Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752)), unless the 

3 child, after consultation with the child’s selected 

4 members of the child’s case planning team (if any), 

5 elects to not have such an account established’’. 

6 (b) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—Section 474 of 

7 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674), as amended by 

8 sections 104(b) and 106(a), is amended by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

10 ‘‘(j) REDUCED FEDERAL MATCHING PERCENTAGE

11 FOR ADMINISTRATION FOR FAILURE TO ENSURE FOSTER

12 YOUTH HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE, SOCIAL SECURITY

13 CARD, AND A BANK ACCOUNT.—If the Secretary finds 

14 with respect to a fiscal year quarter that a State has failed 

15 to comply with the requirement under section 475(5)(I) 

16 to provide each child in foster care under the responsibility 

17 of the State with an official birth certificate, a social secu18 rity card issued by the Commissioner of Social Security, 

19 and a fee-free (or low-fee) transaction account (as defined 

20 in section 19(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 

21 U.S.C. 461(b)(1)(C))) established in the child’s name at 

22 an insured depository institution (as defined in section 3 

23 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)) 

24 or an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of 

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1 the child is discharged from such care, (unless the child 

2 elects, after consultation with the child’s selected members 

3 of the child’s case planning team (if any), to not have such 

4 an account established) then, notwithstanding subsection 

5 (a) of this section and any regulations promulgated under 

6 section 1123A(b)(3), the Secretary shall reduce the Fed7 eral matching percentage for expenditures described in 

8 subsection (a)(3)(E) for the succeeding fiscal year quarter 

9 by 1 percentage point for every multiple of 10 children 

10 for whom the Secretary determines the State failed to 

11 comply with such requirements (but not to exceed 25 per12 centage points).’’. 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 this section take effect on October 1, 2015. 

15 SEC. 203. EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR OLDER YOUTH. 

16 (a) EXPANDING AND CLARIFYING THE USE OF EDU17 CATION AND TRAINING VOUCHERS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 477(i)(3) of the So19 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677(i)(3)) is amend20 ed— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘on the date’’ and all that 

22 follows through ‘‘23’’ and inserting ‘‘to remain 

23 eligible until they attain 26’’; and 

24 (B) by inserting ‘‘, but in no event may a 

25 youth participate in such program for more 


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1 than 5 years (whether or not such years are 

2 consecutive)’’ before the period. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 

4 477(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677(i)), as amended 

5 by paragraph (1), is amended— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘who 

7 have attained age 16’’ before the period; 

8 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (6); 

9 and 

10 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

11 through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), re12 spectively. 

13 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

14 by this subsection take effect on October 1, 2014. 

15 (b) PROMOTING AWARENESS OF FEDERAL FINAN16 CIAL AID AND OTHER POST-SECONDARY SUPPORTS OR

17 SERVICES FOR YOUTH IN, OR FORMERLY IN, FOSTER

18 CARE.— 

19 (1) INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

21 Health and Human Services and the Secretary 

22 of Education (in this subsection referred to as 

23 the ‘‘Secretaries’’) shall jointly develop and ad24 minister an information clearinghouse that con25 tains the information described in subparagraph 


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1 (B) relating to youth in foster care under the 

2 responsibility of a State, youth for whom adop3 tion assistance payments or kinship guardian4 ship assistance payments are made under sec5 tion 473 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 673), and youth who were formerly in foster 

7 care and shall engage in outreach activities to 

8 make such youth aware of the such informa9 tion. 

10 (B) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.—The 

11 clearinghouse established under this subsection 

12 shall provide information on the following: 

13 (i) Federal financial aid available for 

14 youth described in subparagraph (A). 

15 (ii) Any special Federal financial aid 

16 rules that may apply to such youth, includ17 ing treatment as an independent student in 

18 accordance with section 480(d)(1)(B) of 

19 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

20 U.S.C. 1087vv(d)(1)(B)). 

21 (iii) The Free Application for Federal 

22 Student Aid (FAFSA), including questions 

23 and provisions specific to such youth. 

24 (iv) Any Federal post-secondary edu25 cation supports or services available to 


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1 such youth, including through the Federal 

2 TRIO programs under chapter 1 of sub3 part 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher 

4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

5 11 et seq.) and demonstration projects pro6 vided with support or assistance from the 

7 Fund for the Improvement of Postsec8 ondary Education established under sec9 tion 741 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1138). 

10 (v) The vouchers available for edu11 cation and training under the John H. 

12 Chafee Foster Care Independence Program 

13 in accordance with section 477(i) of the 

14 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677(i)). 

15 (vi) Such additional information as 

16 the Secretaries determine appropriate. 

17 (C) IMPLEMENTATION.—The information 

18 clearinghouse required under subparagraph (A) 

19 shall be established and accessible by the public 

20 not later than the date that is 6 months after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act. The Secre22 taries shall collaborate with respect to the col23 lection and dissemination of information in the 

24 clearinghouse to the public and shall regularly 

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1 (D) FUNDING.—There is appropriated to 

2 carry out this paragraph, $1,000,000 for fiscal 

3 year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, to re4 main available until expended. 

5 (2) TITLE IV–E STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.— 

6 Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 671(a)) is amended— 

8 (A) in paragraph (32), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

9 after the semicolon; 

10 (B) in paragraph (33), by striking the pe11 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (C) by inserting after paragraph (33), the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(34) provides that the State agency regularly 

15 shall provide children in foster care under the re16 sponsibility of the State, children for whom adoption 

17 assistance payments or kinship guardianship assist18 ance payments are made under section 473, and 

19 children who were formerly in foster care with notice 

20 of, and access to, the information clearinghouse of 

21 Federal financial aid and other post-secondary sup22 ports or services for former foster youth established 

23 under section 203(b) of the Improving Outcomes for 

24 Youth At Risk for Sex Trafficking Act of 2013.’’. 


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1 SEC. 204. INCREASED FUNDING FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE 

2 FOR VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING AND 

3 OTHER YOUTH AND ADDITIONAL CHANGES 

4 TO SUPPORT SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS TO 

5 ADULTHOOD THROUGH THE JOHN H. CHAFEE 

6 FOSTER CARE PROGRAM. 

7 (a) HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF SEX

8 TRAFFICKING AND OTHER YOUTH.—Section 477(a)(5) of 

9 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677(a)(5)) is amended 

10 to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(5)(A) to provide financial, housing, coun12 seling, employment, education, and other appro13 priate support and services to former foster care re14 cipients between 16 and 26 years of age so that 

15 those individuals can take on increasing and age or 

16 developmentally appropriate responsibilities and have 

17 the ability to form and maintain appropriate and 

18 healthy relationships; and 

19 ‘‘(B) to provide housing assistance to youth 

20 who have aged out of foster care, who have not at21 tained age 26, and who are pregnant, parenting, or 

22 a victim of sex trafficking (as defined in section 

23 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

24 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(10))) or a severe form of 

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1 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)) or are at risk 

2 of being a victim of either kind of trafficking;’’. 

3 (b) FUNDING.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 477 of the Social 

5 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677) is amended by adding 

6 at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(k) FUNDING FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR VIC8 TIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING AND OTHER YOUTH AND FOR

9 EDUCATION AND TRAINING VOUCHERS.—In addition to 

10 any other amounts made available under subsection (h) 

11 to carry out this section, there are appropriated for each 

12 fiscal year— 

13 ‘‘(1) for payments under section 474(a)(4), 

14 $440,000,000, which shall be available only to carry 

15 out the purposes described in subsection (a)(5)(B) 

16 and allotted to States in accordance with subsection 

17 (c)(5); and 

18 ‘‘(2) for payments under section 474(e), 

19 $60,000,000, which shall be allotted to States under 

20 subsection (c)(3) for education and training vouch21 ers for youth who age out of foster care in the same 

22 manner as amounts appropriated pursuant to sub23 section (h)(2) are allotted to States for such vouch24 ers.’’. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 477(c) of such 

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 677(c)) is amended— 

3 (i) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (I) by inserting ‘‘and the amount 

5 appropriated under subsection (k)(2) 

6 for a fiscal year’’ after ‘‘subsection 

7 (h)(2) for a fiscal year’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘multiplied by 

9 the amount’’ and inserting ‘‘multiplied 

10 by the sum of the amounts’’; and 

11 (ii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(5) HOUSING ASSISTANCE ALLOTMENT.—In 

14 addition to other amounts allotted to States under 

15 this subsection, the Secretary shall determine a 

16 methodology for allotting the amounts made avail17 able under subsection (k)(1) for carrying out the 

18 purposes described in subsection (a)(5)(B) to those 

19 States that satisfy the requirements of subpara20 graphs (F) and (J)(iii) of subsection (b)(3).’’. 

21 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

22 477(b)(3)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 677(b)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘para24 graphs (1) and (3) of’’ before ‘‘subsection (c)’’. 


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1 (3) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—Section 474 of 

2 such Act (42 U.S.C. 674) is amended— 

3 (A) in subsection (a)(4)(A)(ii), by striking 

4 ‘‘section 477(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 

5 (1) and (5) of section 477(c)’’; and 

6 (B) in subsection (e)— 

7 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik8 ing ‘‘DISCRETIONARY’’; and 

9 (ii) in the matter preceding paragraph 

10 (1), by inserting ‘‘(and from amounts ap11 propriated under section 477(k)(2), the 

12 Secretary shall make a grant to a State 

13 with a plan approved under this part)’’ 

14 after ‘‘may make a grant to a State with 

15 a plan approved under this part’’. 

16 (4) DEMONSTRATION OF PROGRAM COORDINA17 TION.—Section 477(b)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 677(b)(3)) is amended— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (F)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘the State will make 

21 every effort’’ and inserting ‘‘demonstrates 

22 the efforts made by the State’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘part B of title III of 

24 the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre25 vention Act of 1974)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 


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1 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act), giving 

2 priority to programs with demonstrated 

3 success in serving transition aged at-risk 

4 youth, tenant-based assistance provided 

5 under the family unification program 

6 under section 8(x)(2)(B) of the United 

7 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

8 1437f(x)(2)(B)), benefits or assistance pro9 vided under the temporary assistance for 

10 needy families program funded under part 

11 A of this title, the low-income housing 

12 credit for units occupied by students de13 scribed in section 42(i)(3)(D) of the Inter14 nal Revenue Code of 1986, the programs 

15 under chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A of 

16 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 

17 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11 et seq.),’’; and 

18 (B) in subparagraph (J)— 

19 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

20 after the semicolon; 

21 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe22 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(iii) to ensure that the program is 

2 coordinated with other appropriate edu3 cation and training programs, including 

4 the programs under chapter 1 of subpart 2 

5 of part A of title IV of the Higher Edu6 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–11 

7 et seq.).’’. 

8 (c) OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.—Section 477 of the So9 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677), as amended by sub10 sections (a) and (b), is amended— 

11 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘INDE12 PENDENCE’’ and inserting ‘‘SUCCESSFUL TRAN13 SITION TO ADULTHOOD’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘iden16 tify’’ and all that follows through the semicolon, 

17 and inserting ‘‘support all youth that have ex18 perienced foster care and who are age 16 or 

19 older in their transition to adulthood;’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘who are 

21 likely’’ and all that follows through the semi22 colon, and inserting ‘‘who experience foster care 

23 and are age 16 or older achieve meaningful, 

24 permanent connections with a caring adult;’’; 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘who are 

2 likely’’ and all that follows through the semi3 colon, and inserting ‘‘that experience foster care 

4 and who are age 16 and older engage in age or 

5 developmentally appropriate activities, positive 

6 youth development, and experiential learning 

7 that reflects what their peers in intact families 

8 experience;’’; 

9 (D) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘, to 

10 youths who have aged out of foster care’’; and 

11 (E) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘(other 

12 than assistance described in paragraph (5)(B))’’ 

13 after ‘‘subsection’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking ‘‘ado16 lescents’’ and inserting ‘‘youth’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

19 ‘‘21’’ and inserting ‘‘26’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

21 ‘‘21’’ and inserting ‘‘26’’; 

22 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 

23 (I) by inserting ‘‘on youth devel24 opment’’ after ‘‘to provide training’’; 

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1 (II) by striking ‘‘adolescents pre2 paring for independent living’’ and all 

3 that follows through the period and 

4 inserting ‘‘youth preparing for a suc5 cessful transition to adulthood and a 

6 permanent connection with a caring 

7 adult.’’; 

8 (iv) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

9 ‘‘adolescents’’ each place it appears and in10 serting ‘‘youth’’; and 

11 (v) in subparagraph (K)— 

12 (I) by striking ‘‘an adolescent’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘a youth’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘the adolescent’’ 

15 each place it appears and inserting 

16 ‘‘the youth’’; and 

17 (4) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (2) 

18 and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

20 12 months after the date of enactment of the Im21 proving Outcomes for Youth At Risk for Sex Traf22 ficking Act of 2013, the Secretary shall submit to 

23 the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

24 Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 

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1 sition Database and any other databases in which 

2 States report outcome measures relating to children 

3 in foster care and children who have aged out of fos4 ter care or left foster care for kinship guardianship 

5 or adoption. The report shall include the following: 

6 ‘‘(A) A description of the reasons for entry 

7 into foster care and of the foster care experi8 ences, such as length of stay, number of place9 ment settings, and case goal, of 17-year-olds 

10 who are surveyed by the National Youth in 

11 Transition Database and an analysis of the 

12 comparison of that description with the reasons 

13 for entry and foster care experiences of children 

14 who exit from foster care before attaining age 

15 17. 

16 ‘‘(B) A description of the characteristics of 

17 the individuals who report poor outcomes at 

18 ages 19 and 21 to the National Youth in Tran19 sition Database. 

20 ‘‘(C) An analysis of the comparison of out21 comes for youth who are surveyed by the Na22 tional Youth in Transition Database with the 

23 outcomes for youth of the same age in the gen24 eral population, particularly with respect to the 

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1 relative to their peers, and with respect to iden2 tifying benchmarks for determining what con3 stitutes a poor outcome for youth who remain 

4 in foster care. 

5 ‘‘(D) An analysis of the association be6 tween types of placement, number of overall 

7 placements, time spent in foster care, and other 

8 factors, and outcomes at ages 19 and 21. 

9 ‘‘(E) An analysis of the differences in out10 comes for children in foster care at age 19 and 

11 21 among States, and of the extent to which 

12 improved outcomes are being achieved in States 

13 that have elected a higher eligibility age for fos14 ter care under section 475(8)(B)(iii).’’. 

15 (d) COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF HOUSING

16 ASSISTANCE BEST PRACTICES.— 

17 (1) REQUIREMENT TO COLLECT BEST PRAC18 TICES.—The Secretary of Health and Human Serv19 ices shall collect and make publicly available infor20 mation regarding best practices for providing hous21 ing assistance for youth who have aged out of foster 

22 care and for youth who are pregnant, parenting, vic23 tims of sex trafficking, or are at risk of being vic24 tims of sex trafficking. 


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1 (2) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall solicit 

2 comments from States on the best practices collected 

3 and made publicly available under paragraph (1) 

4 and not later than 1 year after the date on which 

5 such best practices are first made publicly available, 

6 issue regulations based on such best practices and 

7 State comments. 

8 (3) DEFINITION OF SEX TRAFFICKING.—In this 

9 subsection, the term ‘‘sex trafficking’’ has the mean10 ing given that term in section 103(10) of the Traf11 ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 

12 7102(10)) and includes a severe form of trafficking 

13 in persons described in paragraph (9)(A) of that Act 

14 (22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)). 

15 SEC. 205. AUTHORITY FOR MONTHLY CASEWORKER VISITS 

16 TO OCCUR ELECTRONICALLY FOR FOSTER 

17 YOUTH AGE 18 OR OLDER. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 422(a)(17) of the Social 

19 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 622(a)(17)) is amended by insert20 ing ‘‘(which, if the child has attained age 18, may occur 

21 by telephone or using a voice over Internet Protocol)’’ 

22 after ‘‘on a monthly basis’’. 

23 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

24 this section takes effect on the date of enactment of this 

25 Act. 


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1 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

2 SEC. 301. PILOT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT PLACEMENT STA3 BILITY FOR CHILDREN IN THERAPEUTIC FOS4 TER CARE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 472 of the Social Security 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 672) is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(j) PILOT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT PLACEMENT STA9 BILITY FOR CHILDREN IN THERAPEUTIC FOSTER

10 CARE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall conduct 

12 a pilot program under which, in the case of a child 

13 who is in a foster family home, for whom monthly 

14 foster care maintenance payments are made under 

15 this section, or on whose behalf adoption assistance 

16 payments or kinship guardianship assistance pay17 ments are being made under section 473, and who 

18 is receiving therapeutic foster care, a State shall be 

19 authorized to divide the monthly foster care mainte20 nance payment, adoption assistance payment, or kin21 ship guardianship assistance payment (as the case 

22 may be) in such portions as the State, in consulta23 tion with the Secretary, may elect, and to pay such 

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1 parents, or relative guardian, and the therapeutic 

2 foster care program, respectively. 

3 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 10 

5 States shall be approved to participate in the 

6 pilot program established under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(B) TRIBAL PROGRAMS.—An Indian 

8 tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium 

9 with a plan approved under section 479B may 

10 be approved to participate in the program and 

11 if so approved, shall count towards the State 

12 participation limit in subparagraph (A). 

13 ‘‘(3) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit 

14 annual reports to the Committee on Ways and 

15 Means of the House of Representatives and the 

16 Committee on Finance of the Senate on the pilot 

17 project established under this section. Each report 

18 submitted shall include an analysis of the extent to 

19 which the pilot program encourages placement sta20 bility for children in therapeutic foster care, together 

21 with such other information and recommendations 

22 as the Secretary determines appropriate.’’. 


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1 SEC. 302. PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE 

2 FIELD OF CHILD WELFARE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in consultation 

4 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may 

5 make Presidential awards to individuals contributing to 

6 excellence in the field of child welfare, including child wel7 fare case workers, child welfare advocates, foster parents, 

8 and foster youth. 

9 (b) NOMINATIONS.—The Governor of each State, in 

10 consultation with youth representatives and representa11 tives of youth advocacy boards, shall nominate 2 individ12 uals each year for the award established in subsection (a). 

13 At least one of the nominees for a year shall be a child 

14 welfare case worker. A nominee shall not be a previous 

15 recipient of an award under this section. 

16 (c) SELECTION.—In any year, not more than 30 

17 awards may be made under this section. 

18 (d) PRESENTATION.—The President, or his designee, 

19 shall present the awards at an appropriate ceremony in 

20 Washington, DC. 

21 SEC. 303. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

22 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

23 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

24 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

25 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

26 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 


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1 by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, pro2 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

3 vote on passage. 

4 SEC. 304. EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE FOR STATE LAW 

5 AMENDMENT. 

6 In the case of a State plan approved under part B 

7 or E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Sec8 retary of Health and Human Services determines requires 

9 State legislation (other than legislation appropriating 

10 funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional require11 ments imposed by this Act, the State plan shall not be 

12 regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of 

13 such part solely on the basis of the failure of the plan 

14 to meet such additional requirements before the first day 

15 of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of 

16 the first regular session of the State legislature that ends 

17 after the 1-year period beginning with the date of enact18 ment of this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 

19 in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, 

20 each year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular 

21 session of the State legislature. 

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