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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1784

To provide for a demonstration project to improve provision of certain benefits

under the Social Security Act through a private aid program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 21, 1993

Mr. KLECZKA (for himself and Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and

Means and Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To provide for a demonstration project to improve provision

of certain benefits under the Social Security Act through

a private aid program.

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

3 SECTION. 1. NEW HOPE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and

5 Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec6 retary’’) shall provide for a demonstration project for a

7 qualified program to be conducted in Milwaukee, Wiscon8 sin, in accordance with this section.
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1 (b) PAYMENTS.—(1) Except as provided in para2 graph (2), for each calendar quarter in which there is a

3 qualified program approved under this subsection, the Sec4 retary shall pay to the operator of the qualified program

5 an amount equal to the aggregate amount that would oth6 erwise have been payable to the State in the absence of

7 the program, with respect to participants in the program,

8 for cash assistance and child care under part A of title

9 IV of the Social Security Act, for medical assistance under

10 title XIX of such Act, and for administrative expenses re11 lated to such assistance, for such calendar quarter. In cal12 culating the amount of such payment, the expenses of the

13 program incurred in evaluating the effects of the program

14 (as required under subsection (d)(1)) may be treated as

15 amounts necessary for the proper and efficient administra16 tion of the program, for purposes of part A of title IV,

17 and title XIX, of such Act.

18 (2) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.—Payments shall be

19 made under paragraph (1) to participants in the program

20 for no more than 20 calendar quarters.

21 (c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT DESCRIBED.—For

22 purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified program’’

23 means a program operated—

24 (1) by The New Hope Project, Inc., a private,

25 not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the
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1 laws of the State of Wisconsin (referred to in this

2 section as the ‘‘operator’’), which offers low-income

3 residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, employment,

4 wage supplements, child care, health care, and coun5 seling and training for job retention or advancement;

6 and

7 (2) in accordance with an application submitted

8 by the operator of the program and approved by the

9 Secretary based on the Secretary’s determination

10 that the application satisfies the requirements of

11 subsection (d).

12 (d) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—The operator of

13 the qualified program shall provide, in the operator’s ap14 plication to conduct a demonstration project for the pro15 gram, that the following terms and conditions will be met:

16 (1) The operator will develop and implement an

17 evaluation plan designed to provide reliable informa18 tion on the impact and implementation of the pro19 gram. The evaluation plan will include adequately

20 sized groups of project participants and control

21 groups assigned at random.

22 (2) The operator will develop and implement a

23 plan addressing the services and assistance to be

24 provided by the program, the timing and determina25 tion of payments from the Secretary to the operator
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1 of the program, and the roles and responsibilities of

2 the Secretary and the operator with respect to meet3 ing the requirements of this paragraph.

4 (3) The operator will specify a methodology for

5 determining expenditures to be paid to the operator

6 by the Secretary, with assistance from the Secretary

7 in calculating the amount that would otherwise have

8 been payable to the State in the absence of the pro9 gram, pursuant to subsection (b).

10 (4) The operator will issue an interim and final

11 report on the results of the evaluation described in

12 paragraph (1) to the Secretary at such times as re13 quired by the Secretary.

14 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

15 on the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins

16 after the date of enactment of this Act.

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