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Union Calendar No. 225 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2824 
[Report No. 115–315, Part I] 
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend the Maternal, Infant, 
and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2017 
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. REED, 
Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. NOEM, and Mrs. WALORSKI) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 
Additional sponsor: Mr. SESSIONS 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 8, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend the 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Increasing Opportunity 
and Success for Children and Parents through Evidence- 
Based Home Visiting Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Continuing evidence-based home visiting program. 
Sec. 4. Continuing to demonstrate results to help families. 
Sec. 5. Reviewing statewide needs to target resources. 
Sec. 6. Improving the likelihood of success in high-risk communities. 
Sec. 7. Measuring improvements in family economic self-sufficiency. 
Sec. 8. Option to fund evidence-based home visiting on a pay for outcome basis. 
Sec. 9. Strengthening evidence-based home visiting through state, local, and pri-
vate partnerships. 
Sec. 10. Data exchange standards for improved interoperability. 
SEC. 3. CONTINUING EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITING 
PROGRAM. 
Section 511(j)(1)(H) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 711(j)(1)(H)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2017’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2017 through 
2022’’. 
SEC. 4. CONTINUING TO DEMONSTRATE RESULTS TO HELP 
FAMILIES. 
(a) REQUIRE SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS TO DEM-
ONSTRATE IMPROVEMENT
IN APPLICABLE BENCHMARK 
AREAS.—Section 511 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
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711) is amended in each of subsections (d)(1)(A) and 
(h)(4)(A) by striking ‘‘each of’’. 
(b) DEMONSTRATION OF IMPROVEMENTS IN SUBSE-
QUENT YEARS.—Section 511(d)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
711(d)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) DEMONSTRATION
OF
IMPROVEMENTS 
IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.— 
‘‘(i) CONTINUED MEASUREMENT OF IM-
PROVEMENT
IN
APPLICABLE
BENCHMARK 
AREAS.—The eligible entity, after dem-
onstrating improvements for eligible fami-
lies as specified in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B), shall continue to track and report not 
later than 30 days after the end of fiscal 
year 2020 and every three years thereafter, 
information demonstrating that the pro-
gram results in improvements for the eligi-
ble families participating in the program in 
at least 4 of the areas specified in subpara-
graph (A) that the service delivery model or 
models, selected by the entity, intend to im-
prove. 
‘‘(ii) CORRECTIVE
ACTION
PLAN.—If 
the eligible entity fails to demonstrate im-
provement in at least 4 of the areas speci-
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