person households, and more than 3- 
person households; and 
‘‘(ii) a projection of how the State ex-
pects the estimates described in this sub-
paragraph to change over the term of the 
plan. 
‘‘(B) Procedures administering cash assist-
ance payments to eligible households in accord-
ance with the requirements of this title. 
‘‘(C) Procedures for making cash assist-
ance payments available to individuals who are 
banked, unbanked, experiencing homelessness, 
or are otherwise economically vulnerable. 
‘‘(D) Measures to ensure that the plan will 
not, intentionally or unintentionally, function in 
a discriminatory manner that impairs the abil-
ity of an eligible household to receive cash as-
sistance based on the race, color, religion, sex, 
or national origin of any member of the house-
hold. 
‘‘(E) Contingency plans that the State will 
rely on to administer cash assistance payments 
in times of disaster or severe disruption. 
‘‘(F) Data sharing systems and processes 
necessary to meet the data sharing require-
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ments of paragraph (2) (including the data se-
curity and privacy requirements under subpara-
graph (C) of such paragraph). 
‘‘(G) Plans for overcoming anticipated 
shortcomings or challenges (which shall include 
estimates of the likelihood that each such short-
coming or challenge will occur) that the State 
foresees in administering cash assistance and 
how the State will use any available technical 
assistance or administrative funding to over-
come such shortcomings or challenges. 
‘‘(2) DATA SHARING.— 
‘‘(A) COORDINATION AMONG STATE AGEN-
CIES.—A State developing a plan for approval 
under this section shall establish processes for 
the State department of revenue (or whichever 
State agency is responsible for administering 
the State’s tax code) and the State agencies re-
sponsible for administering the Medicaid pro-
gram under title XIX, the Children’s Health In-
surance Program under title XXI, the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program under the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, any State 
pension or retirement program, and any other 
State program that provides means-tested as-
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sistance to individuals or families to share all 
program data necessary to enable the State to 
identify individuals and families in the State 
who are eligible for a family crisis cash assist-
ance payment under section 1303. 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL DATA.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the head of the 
agency responsible for administering a 
Federal public assistance program (as de-
fined in clause (ii)) shall make available to 
any State with a plan approved under this 
section all program data necessary to en-
able the State to identify individuals and 
families in the State who are eligible for a 
family crisis cash assistance payment 
under section 1303. 
‘‘(ii) FEDERAL
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘Federal public as-
sistance program’ means any retirement, 
welfare, health, disability, public or as-
sisted housing, postsecondary education, 
food assistance, unemployment benefit, 
earned income tax credit, or any other 
similar benefit for which payments, tax 
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credits, or assistance are provided to an in-
dividual, household, or family eligibility 
unit by an agency of the United States. 
‘‘(C) USE OF INFORMATION; PRIVACY PRO-
TECTIONS.—Each State with a plan approved 
under this section— 
‘‘(i) shall only use data provided to 
the State under this section for the pur-
pose of identifying individuals and families 
who are eligible for a family crisis cash as-
sistance payment under section 1303; and 
‘‘(ii) shall comply with all data secu-
rity and privacy provisions applicable to 
data provided to the State under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(D) COSTS OF DATA SHARING.—The Sec-
retary shall pay for costs of State and Federal 
agencies that are attributable to sharing data in 
accordance with this paragraph from the 
amount reserved for such purpose under section 
1301(a)(5)(B). 
‘‘(d) TERM OF PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State plan for family cri-
sis cash assistance under this section shall be in ef-
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fect for the 5-year period beginning with the date 
that the Secretary approves such plan. 
‘‘(2) RENEWAL.—A State shall apply for a re-
newal of a plan for family crisis cash assistance 
under this section, with all necessary updates to en-
sure that the plan meets the requirements of this 
section, 12 months before such plan would otherwise 
terminate. 
‘‘(3) REVISION OF PLAN FOR FAILURE TO MEET 
THRESHOLDS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), if a 
State is required to submit a proposed plan to im-
prove the timeliness of assistance and eliminate dis-
parities in the provision of assistance under clause 
(ii)(III) of section 1305(d)(1)(A), the State shall 
apply to renew the plan for family crisis cash assist-
ance under this section (with the necessary updates 
to improve such timeliness and eliminate such dis-
parities) not later than 90 days after the date on 
which the State submits the report under section (if 
earlier than the date on which the State would oth-
erwise be required to renew such plan under this 
subsection). 
‘‘(e) GUIDANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this title, the Sec-
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retary shall issue detailed guidance to States de-
scribing the requirements for State plans under this 
title, and how to submit and obtain approval of such 
a plan. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
shall offer technical assistance to States to support 
the development, enactment, implementation, and 
updating of State plans under this section to ensure 
that the plans meet all requirements of such section, 
including by— 
‘‘(A) ensuring that the State’s plan recog-
nizes and seeks to reduce discrimination and 
disparities based on the race and ethnicity, pri-
mary language, sexual orientation, disability 
status, gender identity, housing status, and so-
cioeconomic status of its residents; 
‘‘(B) consulting with relevant, local organi-
zations that specialize in ensuring the equitable 
delivery and distribution of social services and 
support with regard to the race and ethnicity, 
primary language, sexual orientation, disability 
status, gender identity, housing status, and so-
cioeconomic status of the recipients to ensure 
that the plan will achieve equitable distribution 
and delivery outcomes; 
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