SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Families 
in Substance Abuse Treatment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS FOR CHIL-
DREN WITH PARENTS IN A LICENSED RESI-
DENTIAL FAMILY-BASED TREATMENT FACIL-
ITY FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 472 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 672) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, with a parent residing in a licensed 
residential family-based treatment facility, but only 
to the extent permitted under subsection (j), or in 
a’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) CHILDREN PLACED WITH A PARENT RESIDING 
IN
A LICENSED RESIDENTIAL FAMILY-BASED TREAT-
MENT FACILITY FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the pre-
ceding provisions of this section, a child who is eligi-
ble for foster care maintenance payments under this 
section shall be eligible for the payments for a period 
of not more than 12 months during which the child 
is placed with a parent who is in a licensed residen-
tial family-based treatment facility for substance 
abuse, but only if—
‘‘(A) the recommendation for the place-
ment is specified in the child’s case plan before 
the placement; 
‘‘(B) the treatment facility provides, as 
part of the treatment for substance abuse, par-
enting skills training, parent education, and in-
dividual and family counseling; and 
‘‘(C) the substance abuse treatment, par-
enting skills training, parent education, and in-
dividual and family counseling is provided 
under an organizational structure and treat-
ment framework that involves understanding, 
recognizing, and responding to the effects of all 
types of trauma and in accordance with recog-
nized principles of a trauma-informed approach 
and trauma-specific interventions to address the 
consequences of trauma and facilitate healing. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT
AMOUNT.—The amount the 
State may receive under section 474(a)(1) for a 
child placed with a parent who is in a licensed resi-
dential family-based treatment facility for substance 
abuse shall not exceed the amount the State would 
otherwise be eligible to receive under such section 
based on where the child would be appropriately
placed in a setting described in section 472(a)(2)(C) 
if such treatment setting were not available. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—With respect to children 
for whom foster care maintenance payments are 
made under paragraph (1), only the children who 
satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and 
(3) of subsection (a) shall be considered to be chil-
dren with respect to whom foster care maintenance 
payments are made under this section for purposes 
of subsection (h) or section 473(b)(3)(B).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 474(a)(1) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(1)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘subject to section 472(j),’’ before ‘‘an amount equal to 
the Federal’’ the first place it appears. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATES.—Subject to subsection (b), 
the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on Oc-
tober 1, 2017. 
(b) TRANSITION RULE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a State plan 
under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 
which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
determines requires State legislation (other than leg-
islation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to 
meet the additional requirements imposed by the
amendments made by this Act, the State plan shall 
not be regarded as failing to comply with the re-
quirements of such part solely on the basis of the 
failure of the plan to meet such additional require-
ments before the first day of the first calendar quar-
ter beginning after the close of the first regular ses-
sion of the State legislature that begins after the 
date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the 
previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 
2-year legislative session, each year of the session 
shall be deemed to be a separate regular session of 
the State legislature. 
(2) APPLICATION TO PROGRAMS OPERATED BY 
INDIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.—In the case of an 
Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium 
which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
determines requires time to take action necessary to 
comply with the additional requirements imposed by 
the amendments made by this Act (whether the 
tribe, organization, or tribal consortium has a plan 
under section 479B of the Social Security Act or a 
cooperative agreement or contract entered into with 
a State), the Secretary shall provide the tribe, orga-
nization, or tribal consortium with such additional 
time as the Secretary determines is necessary for the
tribe, organization, or tribal consortium to take the 
action to comply with the additional requirements 
before being regarded as failing to comply with the 
requirements. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 20, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2857 
AN ACT 
To support foster care maintenance payments for 
children with parents in a licensed residential 
family-based treatment facility for substance 
abuse.