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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1293

To improve the performance outcomes of the child support enforcement program in order to increase the financial stability and well-being of children

and families.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 9, 1997

Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Ms. SNOWE) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To improve the performance outcomes of the child support

enforcement program in order to increase the financial

stability and well-being of children and families.

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 ‘‘Child Support Per5 formance Improvement Act of 1997’’.

6 SEC. 2. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO STATES.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of title IV of the Social

8 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651–669) is amended by inserting

9 after section 458 the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 458A. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO STATES.

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other pay3 ment under this part, the Secretary shall, subject to sub4 section (f), make an incentive payment to each State for

5 each fiscal year in an amount determined under subsection

6 (b).

7 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF INCENTIVE PAYMENT.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The incentive payment for

9 a State for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of the

10 applicable percentages (determined in accordance

11 with paragraph (3)) of the maximum incentive

12 amount for the State for the fiscal year, with respect

13 to each of the following measures of State perform14 ance for the fiscal year:

15 ‘‘(A) The paternity establishment perform16 ance level.

17 ‘‘(B) The support order performance level.

18 ‘‘(C) The current payment performance

19 level.

20 ‘‘(D) The arrearage payment performance

21 level.

22 ‘‘(E) The cost-effectiveness performance

23 level.

24 ‘‘(F) Subject to section 2(d)(2)(C) of the

25 Child Support Performance Improvement Act of

26 1997, the medical support performance level.
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1 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM INCENTIVE AMOUNT.—

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para3 graph (1), the maximum incentive amount for

4 a State for a fiscal year is—

5 ‘‘(i) subject to subsection (e)(2), with

6 respect to the performance measures de7 scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)

8 of paragraph (1), 0.49 percent of the State

9 collections base for the fiscal year;

10 ‘‘(ii) subject to subsection (e)(2), with

11 respect to the performance measures de12 scribed in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of

13 paragraph (1), 0.37 percent of the State

14 collections base for the fiscal year; and

15 ‘‘(iii) with respect to the performance

16 measure described in subparagraph (F),

17 such percentage of the State collections

18 base for the fiscal year as the Secretary by

19 regulation may determine in accordance

20 with subsection (e)(2).

21 ‘‘(B) STATE COLLECTIONS BASE.—For

22 purposes of subparagraph (A), the State collec23 tions base for a fiscal year is equal to the sum

24 of—

25 ‘‘(i) 2 times the sum of—
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1 ‘‘(I) the total amount of support

2 collected during the fiscal year under

3 the State plan approved under this

4 part in cases in which the support ob5 ligation involved is required to be as6 signed to the State pursuant to part

7 A or E of this title or title XIX; and

8 ‘‘(II) the total amount of support

9 collected during the fiscal year under

10 the State plan approved under this

11 part in cases in which the support ob12 ligation involved was so assigned but,

13 at the time of collection, is not re14 quired to be so assigned; and

15 ‘‘(ii) the total amount of support col16 lected during the fiscal year under the

17 State plan approved under this part in all

18 other cases.

19 ‘‘(3) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE PER20 CENTAGES BASED ON PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—

21 ‘‘(A) PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT.—

22 ‘‘(i) DETERMINATION OF PATERNITY

23 ESTABLISHMENT PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—

24 The paternity establishment performance

25 level for a State for a fiscal year is, at the
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1 option of the State, the IV–D paternity es2 tablishment percentage determined under

3 section 452(g)(2)(A) or the statewide pa4 ternity establishment percentage deter5 mined under section 452(g)(2)(B).

6 ‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE

7 PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage

8 with respect to a State’s paternity estab9 lishment performance level is as follows:

‘‘If the paternity establishment performance level is: The applicable

percentage is: At least: But less than:

80% ...................................... .............................................. 100

79% ...................................... 80% ...................................... 98

78% ...................................... 79% ...................................... 96

77% ...................................... 78% ...................................... 94

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‘‘If the paternity establishment performance level is: The applicable

percentage is: At least: But less than:

0% ........................................ 50% ...................................... 0.

1 Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if

2 the paternity establishment performance

3 level of a State for a fiscal year is less

4 than 50 percent but exceeds by at least 10

5 percentage points the paternity establish6 ment performance level of the State for the

7 immediately preceding fiscal year, then the

8 applicable percentage with respect to the

9 State’s paternity establishment perform10 ance level is 50 percent.

11 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT

12 ORDERS.—

13 ‘‘(i) DETERMINATION OF SUPPORT

14 ORDER PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—The sup15 port order performance level for a State

16 for a fiscal year is the percentage of the

17 total number of cases under the State plan

18 approved under this part in which there is

19 a support order during the fiscal year.

20 ‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE

21 PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage
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1 with respect to a State’s support order per2 formance level is as follows:

‘‘If the support order performance level is: The applicable

percentage is: At least: But less than:

80% ...................................... .............................................. 100

79% ...................................... 80% ...................................... 98

78% ...................................... 79% ...................................... 96

77% ...................................... 78% ...................................... 94

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51% ...................................... 52% ...................................... 61

50% ...................................... 51% ...................................... 60

0% ........................................ 50% ...................................... 0.

3 Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if

4 the support order performance level of a

5 State for a fiscal year is less than 50 per6 cent but exceeds by at least 5 percentage

7 points the support order performance level

8 of the State for the immediately preceding
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1 fiscal year, then the applicable percentage

2 with respect to the State’s support order

3 performance level is 50 percent.

4 ‘‘(C) COLLECTIONS ON CURRENT CHILD

5 SUPPORT DUE.—

6 ‘‘(i) DETERMINATION OF CURRENT

7 PAYMENT PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—The

8 current payment performance level for a

9 State for a fiscal year is equal to the total

10 amount of current support collected during

11 the fiscal year under the State plan ap12 proved under this part divided by the total

13 amount of current support owed during the

14 fiscal year in all cases under the State

15 plan, expressed as a percentage.

16 ‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE

17 PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage

18 with respect to a State’s current payment

19 performance level is as follows:

‘‘If the current payment performance level is: The applicable

percentage is: At least: But less than:

80% ...................................... .............................................. 100

79% ...................................... 80% ...................................... 98

78% ...................................... 79% ...................................... 96

77% ...................................... 78% ...................................... 94

76% ...................................... 77% ...................................... 92

75% ...................................... 76% ...................................... 90

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73% ...................................... 74% ...................................... 86

72% ...................................... 73% ...................................... 84

71% ...................................... 72% ...................................... 82
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‘‘If the current payment performance level is: The applicable

percentage is: At least: But less than:

70% ...................................... 71% ...................................... 80

69% ...................................... 70% ...................................... 79

68% ...................................... 69% ...................................... 78

67% ...................................... 68% ...................................... 77

66% ...................................... 67% ...................................... 76

65% ...................................... 66% ...................................... 75

64% ...................................... 65% ...................................... 74

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41% ...................................... 42% ...................................... 51

40% ...................................... 41% ...................................... 50

0% ........................................ 40% ...................................... 0.

1 Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if

2 the current payment performance level of a

3 State for a fiscal year is less than 40 per4 cent but exceeds by at least 5 percentage

5 points the current payment performance

6 level of the State for the immediately pre7 ceding fiscal year, then the applicable per8 centage with respect to the State’s current

9 payment performance level is 50 percent.
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1 ‘‘(D) COLLECTIONS ON CHILD SUPPORT

2 ARREARAGES.—

3 ‘‘(i) DETERMINATION OF ARREARAGE

4 PAYMENT PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—The ar5 rearage payment performance level for a

6 State for a fiscal year is equal to the total

7 number of cases under the State plan ap8 proved under this part in which payments

9 of past-due child support were received

10 during the fiscal year and part or all of the

11 payments were distributed to the family to

12 whom the past-due child support was owed

13 (or, if all past-due child support owed to

14 the family was, at the time of receipt, sub15 ject to an assignment to the State, part or

16 all of the payments were retained by the

17 State) divided by the total number of cases

18 under the State plan in which there is

19 past-due child support, expressed as a per20 centage.

21 ‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE

22 PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage

23 with respect to a State’s arrearage pay24 ment performance level is as follows:
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‘‘If the arrearage payment performance level is: The applicable

percentage is: At least: But less than:

80% ...................................... .............................................. 100

79% ...................................... 80% ...................................... 98

78% ...................................... 79% ...................................... 96

77% ...................................... 78% ...................................... 94

76% ...................................... 77% ...................................... 92

75% ...................................... 76% ...................................... 90

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41% ...................................... 42% ...................................... 51

40% ...................................... 41% ...................................... 50

0% ........................................ 40% ...................................... 0.

1 Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if

2 the arrearage payment performance level

3 of a State for a fiscal year is less than 40

4 percent but exceeds by at least 5 percent-
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1 age points the arrearage payment perform2 ance level of the State for the immediately

3 preceding fiscal year, then the applicable

4 percentage with respect to the State’s ar5 rearage payment performance level is 50

6 percent.

7 ‘‘(E) COST-EFFECTIVENESS.—

8 ‘‘(i) DETERMINATION OF COST-EF9 FECTIVENESS PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—The

10 cost-effectiveness performance level for a

11 State for a fiscal year is equal to the total

12 amount collected during the fiscal year

13 under the State plan approved under this

14 part divided by the total amount expended

15 during the fiscal year under the State plan,

16 expressed as a ratio.

17 ‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE

18 PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage

19 with respect to a State’s cost-effectiveness

20 performance level is as follows:

‘‘If the cost-effectiveness performance level is: The applicable

percentage is: At least: But less than:

5.00 ...................................... .............................................. 100

4.50 ...................................... 4.99 ...................................... 90

4.00 ...................................... 4.50 ...................................... 80

3.50 ...................................... 4.00 ...................................... 70

3.00 ...................................... 3.50 ...................................... 60

2.50 ...................................... 3.00 ...................................... 50

2.00 ...................................... 2.50 ...................................... 40
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‘‘If the cost-effectiveness performance level is: The applicable

percentage is: At least: But less than:

0.00 ...................................... 2.00 ...................................... 0.

1 ‘‘(F) MEDICAL SUPPORT.—Subject to sec2 tion 2(d)(2)(C) of the Child Support Perform3 ance Improvement Act of 1997, the medical

4 support performance level for a State for a fis5 cal year, and the applicable percentage for a

6 State with respect to such level, shall be deter7 mined in accordance with regulations imple8 menting the recommendations required to be in9 cluded in the report submitted under section

10 2(d)(2)(B) of such Act.

11 ‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF INTERSTATE COLLECTIONS.—

12 In computing incentive payments under this section, sup13 port which is collected by a State at the request of another

14 State shall be treated as having been collected in full by

15 both States, and any amounts expended by a State in car16 rying out a special project assisted under section 455(e)

17 shall be excluded.

18 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—The amounts

19 of the incentive payments to be made to the States under

20 this section for a fiscal year shall be estimated by the Sec21 retary at or before the beginning of the fiscal year on the

22 basis of the best information available, as obtained in ac23 cordance with section 452(a)(12). The Secretary shall
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1 make the payments for the fiscal year, on a quarterly basis

2 (with each quarterly payment being made not later than

3 the beginning of the quarter involved), in the amounts so

4 estimated, reduced, or increased to the extent of any over5 payments or underpayments which the Secretary deter6 mines were made under this section to the States involved

7 for prior periods and with respect to which adjustment has

8 not already been made under this subsection. Upon the

9 making of any estimate by the Secretary under the preced10 ing sentence, any appropriations available for payments

11 under this section are deemed obligated.

12 ‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pre14 scribe such regulations as may be necessary govern15 ing the calculation of incentive payments under this

16 section, including directions for excluding from the

17 calculations certain closed cases and cases over

18 which the States do not have jurisdiction, and regu19 lations excluding from the calculations of the current

20 payment performance level and the arrearage pay21 ment performance level any case in which the State

22 used State funds to make such payments for the pri23 mary purpose of increasing the State’s performance

24 levels in such areas.
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1 ‘‘(2) REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE MEDI2 CAL SUPPORT PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—Subject to

3 section 2(d)(2)(C) of the Child Support Performance

4 Improvement Act of 1997, the Secretary shall pre5 scribe regulations implementing the recommenda6 tions required to be included in the report submitted

7 under section 2(d)(2)(B) of such Act. To the extent

8 necessary to ensure that the implementation of such

9 recommendations does not result in total Federal ex10 penditures under this section in excess of the

11 amount of such expenditures in the absence of such

12 implementation, such regulations may increase or

13 decrease the percentages specified in clauses (i) and

14 (ii) of subsection (b)(2)(A).

15 ‘‘(f) REINVESTMENT.—

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Until such time as the

17 State qualifies for the maximum incentive amount

18 possible, as determined under subsection (b)(2), pay19 ments under this section and section 458 shall sup20 plement, not supplant, State child support expendi21 tures under the State program under this part to

22 the extent that such expenditures were funded by

23 the State in fiscal year 1996.

24 ‘‘(2) PENALTY.—Failure to satisfy the require25 ment of paragraph (1) shall result in a proportionate
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1 reduction, determined by the Secretary, of future

2 payments to the State under this section and section

3 458.’’.

4 (b) PAYMENTS DURING TRANSITION PERIOD.—Not5 withstanding section 458A of the Social Security Act (42

6 U.S.C. 658A), as added by subsection (a), the amount of

7 an incentive payment for a State under such section shall

8 not be—

9 (1) in the case of fiscal year 2000, less than 80

10 percent or greater than 120 percent of the incentive

11 payment for the State determined under section 458

12 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 658) for fiscal

13 year 1999 (as such section was in effect for such fis14 cal year);

15 (2) in the case of fiscal year 2001, less than 60

16 percent or greater than 140 percent of the incentive

17 payment for the State (as so determined);

18 (3) in the case of fiscal year 2002, less than 40

19 percent or greater than 160 percent of the incentive

20 payment for the State (as so determined); and

21 (4) in the case of fiscal year 2003, less than 20

22 percent or greater than 180 percent of the incentive

23 payment for the State (as so determined).

24 (c) REGULATIONS.—Within 9 months after the date

25 of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Health and
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1 Human Services shall prescribe regulations governing the

2 implementation of section 458A of the Social Security Act,

3 when such section takes effect, and the implementation

4 of subsection (b) of this section.

5 (d) STUDIES.—

6 (1) GENERAL REVIEW OF NEW INCENTIVE PAY7 MENT SYSTEM.—

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of

9 Health and Human Services (in this subsection

10 referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a

11 study of the implementation of the incentive

12 payment system established by section 458A of

13 the Social Security Act, in order to identify the

14 problems and successes of the system.

15 (B) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—

16 (i) REPORT ON VARIATIONS IN STATE

17 PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTABLE TO DEMO18 GRAPHIC VARIABLES.—Not later than Oc19 tober 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit

20 to Congress a report that identifies any de21 mographic or economic variables that ac22 count for differences in the performance

23 levels achieved by the States with respect

24 to the performance measures used in the

25 system, and contains the recommendations
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1 of the Secretary for such adjustments to

2 the system as may be necessary to ensure

3 that the relative performance of States is

4 measured from a baseline that takes ac5 count of any such variables.

6 (ii) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than

7 March 1, 2001, the Secretary shall submit

8 to Congress an interim report that con9 tains the findings of the study required by

10 subparagraph (A).

11 (iii) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than

12 October 1, 2003, the Secretary shall sub13 mit to Congress a final report that con14 tains the final findings of the study re15 quired by subparagraph (A). The report

16 shall include any recommendations for

17 changes in the system that the Secretary

18 determines would improve the operation of

19 the child support enforcement program.

20 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL SUPPORT IN21 CENTIVE.—

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con23 sultation with State directors of programs oper24 ated under part D of title IV of the Social Se25 curity Act and representatives of children po-
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1 tentially eligible for medical support, such as

2 child advocacy organizations, shall develop a

3 new medical support performance measure

4 based on the effectiveness of States in establish5 ing and enforcing medical support obligations,

6 and shall make recommendations for the incor7 poration of the measure, in a revenue neutral

8 manner, into the incentive payment system es9 tablished by section 458A of the Social Security

10 Act.

11 (B) REPORT.—Not later than October 1,

12 1998, the Secretary shall submit to the Com13 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of

14 Representatives and the Committee on Finance

15 of the Senate, a report that describes the per16 formance measure and contains the rec17 ommendations required under subparagraph

18 (A).

19 (C) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL RE20 QUIRED.—

21 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary

22 shall, by regulation, implement the rec23 ommendations required to be included in

24 the report submitted under subparagraph

25 (B) unless a joint resolution is enacted, in
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1 accordance with subparagraph (D), dis2 approving such recommendations before

3 the end of the 1-year period that begins

4 on the date on which the Secretary sub5 mits such report.

6 (ii) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DAYS.—

7 For purposes of clause (i) and subpara8 graph (D), the days on which either House

9 of Congress is not in session because of an

10 adjournment of more than 3 days to a day

11 certain shall be excluded from the com12 putation of the period.

13 (D) CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION.—

14 (i) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—

15 For purposes of subparagraph (C)(i), the

16 term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a joint

17 resolution that is introduced within the 1-

18 year period described in such subpara19 graph and—

20 (I) that does not have a pre21 amble;

22 (II) the matter after the resolv23 ing clause of which is as follows:

24 ‘‘That Congress disapproves the rec25 ommendations of the Secretary of
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1 Health and Human Services regarding

2 the implementation of a medical sup3 port performance measure submitted

4 on ll’’, the blank space being filled

5 in with the appropriate date; and

6 (III) the title of which is as fol7 lows: ‘‘Joint resolution disapproving

8 the recommendations of the Secretary

9 of Health and Human Services re10 garding the implementation of a medi11 cal support performance measure.’’.

12 (ii) REFERRAL.—A resolution de13 scribed in clause (i) that is introduced—

14 (I) in the House of Representa15 tives, shall be referred to the Commit16 tee on Ways and Means; and

17 (II) in the Senate, shall be re18 ferred to the Committee on Finance.

19 (iii) DISCHARGE.—If a committee to

20 which a resolution described in clause (i) is

21 referred has not reported such resolution

22 by the end of the 20-day period beginning

23 on the date on which the Secretary sub24 mits the report required under subpara25 graph (B), such committee shall be, at the
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1 end of such period, discharged from fur2 ther consideration of such resolution, and

3 such resolution shall be placed on the ap4 propriate calendar of the House involved.

5 (iv) CONSIDERATION.—On or after

6 the third day after the date on which the

7 committee to which a resolution described

8 in clause (i) has reported, or has been dis9 charged from further consideration of such

10 resolution, such resolution shall be consid11 ered in the same manner as a resolution is

12 considered under subsections (d), (e), and

13 (f) of section 2908 of the Defense Base

14 Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10

15 U.S.C. 2687 note).

16 (e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 341 of the Personal

18 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation

19 Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 658 note) is amended—

20 (A) by striking subsection (a) and redesig21 nating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as sub22 sections (a), (b), and (c), respectively; and

23 (B) in subsection (c) (as so redesig24 nated)—
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1 (i) by striking paragraph (1) and in2 serting the following:

3 ‘‘(1) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO PRESENT

4 SYSTEM.—The amendments made by subsection (a)

5 of this section shall become effective with respect to

6 a State as of the date the amendments made by sec7 tion 103(a) (without regard to section 116(a)(2))

8 first apply to the State.’’; and

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

10 ‘‘(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)’’.

11 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

12 by this subsection shall take effect as if included in

13 the enactment of section 341 of the Personal Re14 sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation

15 Act of 1996.

16 (f) ELIMINATION OF PREDECESSOR INCENTIVE PAY17 MENT SYSTEM.—

18 (1) REPEAL.—Section 458 of the Social Secu19 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 658) is repealed.

20 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

21 (A) Section 458A of the Social Security

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 658a) is redesignated as section

23 458.
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1 (B) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section

2 458(f) (as so redesignated) are each amended

3 by striking ‘‘and section 458’’.

4 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

5 by this subsection shall take effect on October 1,

6 2003.

7 (g) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as other8 wise provided in this section, the amendments made by

9 this section shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

10 SEC. 3. DATA INTEGRITY.

11 (a) DUTY OF THE SECRETARY TO ENSURE RELI12 ABLE DATA.—Section 452(a) of the Social Security Act

13 (42 U.S.C. 652(a)) is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

15 end;

16 (2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period

17 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

19 ‘‘(12) ensure that data required for the oper20 ation of State programs is complete and reliable by

21 providing Federal guidance, technical assistance,

22 and monitoring.’’.

23 (b) DENYING INCENTIVE PAYMENTS WHEN FED24 ERAL AUDITS FIND THAT CLAIMS ARE BASED ON INCOM25 PLETE OR UNRELIABLE DATA.—Section 409(a)(8)(A) of
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1 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(8)(A)) is

2 amended by striking the period and inserting the follow3 ing: ‘‘, and, in addition to the reductions specified in sub4 paragraph (B), no State shall be eligible for incentive pay5 ments pursuant to section 458 or 458A for any fiscal year

6 in which its claim is based on data found to be incomplete

7 or unreliable pursuant to an audit or audits conducted

8 under section 452(a)(4)(C).’’.

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

10 this section shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

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