‘‘(I) The Assistant Secretary for 
the Administration for Children and 
Families. 
‘‘(II) The Administrator of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration. 
‘‘(D) EVALUATIONS.—In assessing the per-
formance of grant recipients as described in 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) use each of the core indicators es-
tablished under subparagraph (C) and any 
other performance indicators the Secretary 
considers appropriate; 
‘‘(ii) whenever possible, use existing 
data systems and appropriate comparison 
groups to monitor outcomes; and 
‘‘(iii) assist grantees in establishing 
and analyzing performance indicators to 
ensure local capacity to examine out-
comes.’’. 
(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 435(c)(2) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 629e(c)(2)) is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘section 437(f)’’ the following: ‘‘, including by con-
ducting an annual technical assistance and training meet-
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ing and an annual grantee meeting so that grantees can 
learn from the experiences of other grantees’’. 
(i) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 436(a) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 629f(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012 
through 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2017 through 2021’’. 
(2) 
RESERVATION
FOR
PARTNERSHIP 
GRANTS.—Section 436(b)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
629f(b)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘$20,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 
through 2021— 
‘‘(A) of which $30,000,000 shall be used 
for regional partnership grants under such sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) of which $30,000,000 shall be used 
for State partnership grants under such sec-
tion.’’. 
(3) 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Section 
435(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629e(c)(2)), as 
amended by subsection (h) of this section, is further 
amended by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$3,000,000’’. 
(4) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
437(f)(10) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)(10)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year’’. 
(j) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 437(f) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(f)) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading— 
(A) by striking ‘‘TO INCREASE’’ and inserting 
‘‘TO
SUPPORT
PARTNERSHIPS
THAT
IN-
CREASE’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘TO’’ before ‘‘IMPROVE’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘regional’’ before 
‘‘partnerships’’. 
(k) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to partnership grants 
awarded after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
prepare and submit to the Congress a report that— 
(1) addresses progress on the national goals re-
lating to substance abuse and child protection that 
were established in the report, entitled ‘‘Blending 
Perspectives and Building Common Ground. A Re-
port to Congress on Substance Abuse and Child Pro-
tection’’, published by the Department of Health 
and Human Services in 1999; 
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(2) addresses the financing mechanisms avail-
able to States; and 
(3) has input from the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts, each agency with principal 
responsibility for carrying out activities funded 
through the block grants for prevention and treat-
ment of substance abuse under subpart II of part B 
of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act, and 
State child welfare agency directors on how to better 
meet the needs of families affected by substance 
abuse disorders. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT THAT STATES COORDINATE SUB-
STANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREAT-
MENT SERVICES AND CHILD WELFARE SERV-
ICES. 
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section 432(a) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629b(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(9); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) provides that the child welfare agencies of 
the State shall have in effect a protocol for coordi-
nating substance abuse prevention and treatment 
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services with child welfare services, which shall, at a 
minimum, provide for— 
‘‘(A) meeting the need for timely access to 
services; 
‘‘(B) reporting on the effects of parental 
substance use disorders on the child welfare 
agencies; and 
‘‘(C) how the child welfare agencies will 
address parental substance abuse treatment 
needs.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 
1st calendar quarter that begins 1 year or more 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall 
apply to payments under part B of title IV of the 
Social Security Act for calendar quarters beginning 
on or after such date. 
(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION 
REQUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services determines that State legislation (other 
than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 
order for a State plan developed pursuant to part B 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the ad-
ditional requirements imposed by the amendments 
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