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Union Calendar No. 283 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3058 
[Report No. 118–347] 
To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to improve 
foster and adoptive parent recruitment and retention, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2023 
Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, and 
Mr. BACON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
JANUARY 16, 2024 
Additional sponsors: Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, and Mr. 
MOLINARO 
JANUARY 16, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 2, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security 
Act to improve foster and adoptive parent recruitment 
and retention, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Recruiting Families 
Using Data Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE PLAN AMENDMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 422 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 622) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(7), by inserting ‘‘through 
the development and implementation of a family 
partnership plan which meets the requirements of 
subsection (d) for identification, recruitment, screen-
ing, licensing, support, and retention of foster and 
adoptive families’’ after ‘‘are needed’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) FAMILY PARTNERSHIP PLAN REQUIREMENTS.— 
For purposes of subsection (b)(7), the requirements for a 
family partnership plan (in this subsection referred to as 
the ‘plan’) are the following: 
‘‘(1) The plan is developed in consultation with 
birth, kinship, foster and adoptive families, commu-
nity-based service providers, technical assistance pro-
viders, and youth with lived experience with foster 
care and adoption. 
‘‘(2) The plan describes— 
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‘‘(A) how the State plans to identify, notify, 
engage, and support relatives (and others con-
nected to the child) as potential placement re-
sources for children; 
‘‘(B) how the State plans to develop and 
implement child-specific recruitment plans for 
every child in or entering foster care who needs 
a foster or adoptive family; 
‘‘(C) how the State plans to authentically 
engage children and youth in recruitment efforts 
on their behalf; 
‘‘(D) how the State plans to use data to es-
tablish goals, assess needs, measure progress, re-
duce unnecessary placements in congregate care, 
increase permanency, improve placement sta-
bility, increase the rate of kinship placements, 
improve recruitment and retention of families 
for teens, sibling groups, and other special popu-
lations, and align the composition of foster and 
adoptive families with the needs of children in or 
entering foster care; and 
‘‘(E) how the State will stand up or support 
foster family advisory boards for the purpose of 
improving recruitment and retention of foster 
and adoptive families. 
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‘‘(6) The plan includes such other information 
relating to foster and adoptive parent recruitment 
and retention as the Secretary may require.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendment made by this subsection 
shall take effect on October 1, 2024. 
(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION 
REQUIRED.—In the case of a State plan approved 
under subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social 
Security Act which the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services determines requires State legislation 
(other than legislation appropriating funds) in order 
for the plan to meet the additional requirements im-
posed by this subsection, the State plan shall not be 
regarded as failing to comply with the requirements 
of such part solely on the basis of the failure of the 
plan to meet such additional requirements before the 
first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after 
the close of the first regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of enactment of this 
subsection. For purposes of the previous sentence, in 
the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative ses-
sion, each year of such session shall be deemed to be 
a separate regular session of the State legislature. 
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SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON FOSTER AND 
ADOPTIVE FAMILIES IN ANNUAL CHILD WEL-
FARE OUTCOMES REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Section 479A(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
679b(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) include in the report submitted pursuant to 
paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2025 or any succeeding 
fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) State-by-State data on the number, de-
mographics, and characteristics of foster and 
adoptive families in the State, and the number 
of potential foster and adoptive families not 
being utilized in the State and the reasons why; 
‘‘(B) a summary of the challenges of, and 
barriers to, being a foster or adoptive parent, in-
cluding with respect to recruitment, licensure, 
engagement, retention, and why parents stop fos-
tering, adoptions disrupt or dissolve, or foster or 
adoptive families struggle, as reported by States 
based on surveys of foster and adoptive parents; 
and 
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‘‘(C) a summary of the challenges and bar-
riers States reported on efforts to recruit a pool 
of families that reflect the racial and ethnic 
background of children in foster care in the 
State, and efforts to overcome those barriers.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 283 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3058 
[Report No. 118–347] 
A BILL 
To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social 
Security Act to improve foster and adoptive par-
ent recruitment and retention, and for other pur-
poses. 
JANUARY 16, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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