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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1476 

To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to provide coordinated 

case management services for TANF recipients. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2019 

Mrs. WALORSKI (for herself, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, and Mr. WENSTRUP) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to 

provide coordinated case management services for TANF 

recipients. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coordinating Assist5 ance for TANF Recipients Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COORDINATED CASE MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRA7 TION PROJECTS. 

8 Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 603) is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(c) COORDINATED CASE MANAGEMENT DEM2 ONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 

4 grants to States to conduct demonstration projects 

5 designed to implement and evaluate strategies to 

6 provide coordinated case management to help indi7 viduals receiving assistance under a State program 

8 funded under this part or any other State program 

9 funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined 

10 in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) increase their employ11 ment and self-sufficiency. 

12 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec13 retary shall require each State that applies for a 

14 grant under this paragraph to do the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) Describe how, using the funds pro16 vided under this paragraph, the State or its 

17 designee will ensure an individual responsibility 

18 plan is developed in accordance with section 

19 408(b) for each recipient referred to in para20 graph (1) of this subsection. 

21 ‘‘(B) Describe how the State or its des22 ignee will ensure the development of this plan 

23 is coordinated with other programs and agen24 cies providing benefits and services to the indiVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:07 Mar 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1476.IH H1476

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1 vidual to help the recipient increase the employ2 ment and self-sufficiency of the recipient. 

3 ‘‘(C) Describe how the State or its des4 ignee will ensure the delivery of the benefits 

5 and services to the recipient (which may include 

6 the use of home visiting models). 

7 ‘‘(D) Describe how the State or its des8 ignee will meet with the recipient at least 

9 monthly to review the employment status of the 

10 recipient and status of the participation of the 

11 recipient in other activities, the benefits and 

12 services the recipient is receiving, and the 

13 progress of the recipient toward meeting the 

14 goals specified in the individual responsibility 

15 plan of the recipient. 

16 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—A State to which a grant 

17 is made under this subsection may use the grant for 

18 the following purposes: 

19 ‘‘(A) To support coordinated case man20 agers in completing the activities specified in 

21 paragraph (2). 

22 ‘‘(B) To provide short-term transitional 

23 benefits and services to individuals who, due to 

24 increased employment or earnings, may face 


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1 disincentives to increasing work or earnings due 

2 to the phase-out or loss of certain benefits. 

3 ‘‘(C) To ensure that recipients of services 

4 under the demonstration project have a choice 

5 between two or more coordinated case manage6 ment service providers (which may include man7 aged care organizations) that demonstrate expe8 rience and expertise in case management, in9 cluding the development of individual assess10 ment plans and coordinated service manage11 ment across various programs. 

12 ‘‘(D) To improve coordination between pro13 grams serving recipients who are part of the 

14 demonstration project. 

15 ‘‘(E) To improve coordination between in16 formation technology and other systems to de17 liver better benefits or services to the recipient, 

18 except that not more than 10 percent of the 

19 grant amount may be used for this purpose. 

20 ‘‘(4) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in consulta21 tion with each State conducting a demonstration 

22 project under this subsection, shall conduct a high23 quality evaluation of the demonstration project in 

24 accordance with the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) EVALUATOR QUALIFICATIONS.—The 

2 Secretary may not enter into a contract with an 

3 evaluator unless the evaluator has demonstrated 

4 experience in conducting rigorous evaluations of 

5 program effectiveness including, where available 

6 and appropriate, well-implemented randomized 

7 controlled trials. 

8 ‘‘(B) METHODOLOGIES TO BE USED.—The 

9 evaluation of a demonstration project shall use 

10 experimental designs using random assignment 

11 or other reliable, evidence-based research meth12 odologies that allow for the strongest possible 

13 causal inferences when random assignment is 

14 not feasible. 

15 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary 

16 shall publish the results of the evaluation on the 

17 website of the Department of Health and 

18 Human Services in a location easily accessible 

19 by the public. 

20 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION ON COST OF EVALUA21 TIONS.—For evaluations under this paragraph, 

22 the Secretary may not obligate more than 20 

23 percent of the funds reserved under paragraph 

24 (6) for each fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(5) RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS.—The 

2 Secretary shall submit recommendations to the Con3 gress on ways to improve case management and bet4 ter coordinate benefits and services across programs. 

5 ‘‘(6) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made avail6 able to carry out subsection (b) for fiscal year 2021 

7 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

8 reserve $300,000,000 to carry out this subsection. 

9 ‘‘(7) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds pro10 vided to a State under this subsection for a fiscal 

11 year shall be expended by the State in the fiscal year 

12 or in the succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

14 The amendment made by this Act shall take effect 

15 on October 1, 2020. 

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