search, for not less than 30 hours per
week).’’.
SEC. 105. REQUIREMENT THAT MINOR NONCUSTODIAL
PARENTS WHO FAIL TO PROVIDE CHILD OR
SPOUSAL SUPPORT PARTICIPATE IN WORK,
JOB TRAINING, MONEY MANAGEMENT AND
PARENTING CLASSES, AND CAREER COUN-
SELING.
Section 466(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)), as amended by section 104 of this Act, is amend-
ed by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:
‘‘(13) Procedures which require that an order
issued on or after the effective date of this para-
graph by a court or an administrative process estab-
lished under State law, which establishes or modifies
a support obligation of an individual who has not at-
tained 18 years of age, shall require the individual
to participate in good faith in a State program that
includes work, job training, parenting and money
management classes, and career counseling during
any period before the individual attains 18 years of
age for which the individual fails to provide such
support.’’.
SEC. 106. EFFECTIVE DATE; REGULATIONS.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this title shall
take effect on October 1, 1996.
(2) STATE
OPTION
FOR
EARLY
APPLICABIL-
ITY.—If a State formally notifies the Secretary of
Health and Human Services of its desire to operate
a program under section 402(a)(19) and part F of
title IV of the Social Security Act (as amended by
this title), during any period which begins after the
date of the enactment of this Act and ends on Sep-
tember 30, 1996, with respect to 1 or more groups
of individuals selected by the State who are eligible
for aid under the State plan approved under section
402 of the Social Security Act, and makes such
changes in the plan as are required in order to so
operate the program (except that, in lieu of the defi-
nition contained in section 402(a)(19)(I)(i) of the
Social Security Act, there is substituted a definition
which describes such group or groups) then—
(A) section 402(a)(19)(I) of the Social Se-
curity Act (with such substituted definition)
shall apply to the State during the period; and
(B) section 403(o)(4)(B) of the Social Se-
curity Act shall be applied to the State for the
first 12 months of such period by substituting
‘‘85 percent’’ for ‘‘the greater of 70 percent or
the Federal medical assistance percentage (as
defined in section 1118 in the case of a State
to which section 1108 applies, or as defined in
section 1905(b) in the case of any other
State)’’.
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall prescribe such regulations as
may be necessary to enable States to establish and operate
programs pursuant to the amendments made by this title.
TITLE II—PATERNITY
ESTABLISHMENT
SEC. 201. COOPERATION REQUIREMENT AND GOOD CAUSE
EXCEPTION.
(a) CHILD
SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 654) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(23);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (24) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (24) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(25) provide that the State agency administer-
ing the plan under this part—
‘‘(A) will make the determination specified
under paragraph (4), as to whether an individ-
ual is cooperating with efforts to establish pa-
ternity and secure support (or has good cause
not to cooperate with such efforts) for purposes
of the requirements of sections 402(a)(26) and
1912;
‘‘(B) with respect to any child born on or
after the date that is 10 months after the date
of the enactment of this paragraph, will not de-
termine (or redetermine) the mother (or other
custodial relative) of such child to be cooperat-
ing with efforts to establish paternity unless
such individual furnishes—
‘‘(i) the name of the putative father
(or fathers); and
‘‘(ii) sufficient additional information
to enable the State agency, if reasonable
efforts were made, to verify the identity of
the person named as the putative father
(including such information as the putative
father’s present address, telephone num-
ber, date of birth, past or present place of