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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1784
To provide for a demonstration project to improve provision of certain benefits
under the Social Security Act through a private aid program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 21, 1993
Mr. KLECZKA (for himself and Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and
Means and Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To provide for a demonstration project to improve provision
of certain benefits under the Social Security Act through
a private aid program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. NEW HOPE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall provide for a demonstration project for a
qualified program to be conducted in Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin, in accordance with this section.
(b) PAYMENTS.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), for each calendar quarter in which there is a
qualified program approved under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall pay to the operator of the qualified program
an amount equal to the aggregate amount that would oth-
erwise have been payable to the State in the absence of
the program, with respect to participants in the program,
for cash assistance and child care under part A of title
IV of the Social Security Act, for medical assistance under
title XIX of such Act, and for administrative expenses re-
lated to such assistance, for such calendar quarter. In cal-
culating the amount of such payment, the expenses of the
program incurred in evaluating the effects of the program
(as required under subsection (d)(1)) may be treated as
amounts necessary for the proper and efficient administra-
tion of the program, for purposes of part A of title IV,
and title XIX, of such Act.
(2) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.—Payments shall be
made under paragraph (1) to participants in the program
for no more than 20 calendar quarters.
(c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT DESCRIBED.—For
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified program’’
means a program operated—
(1) by The New Hope Project, Inc., a private,
not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the
laws of the State of Wisconsin (referred to in this
section as the ‘‘operator’’), which offers low-income
residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, employment,
wage supplements, child care, health care, and coun-
seling and training for job retention or advancement;
and
(2) in accordance with an application submitted
by the operator of the program and approved by the
Secretary based on the Secretary’s determination
that the application satisfies the requirements of
subsection (d).
(d) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—The operator of
the qualified program shall provide, in the operator’s ap-
plication to conduct a demonstration project for the pro-
gram, that the following terms and conditions will be met:
(1) The operator will develop and implement an
evaluation plan designed to provide reliable informa-
tion on the impact and implementation of the pro-
gram. The evaluation plan will include adequately
sized groups of project participants and control
groups assigned at random.
(2) The operator will develop and implement a
plan addressing the services and assistance to be
provided by the program, the timing and determina-
tion of payments from the Secretary to the operator
of the program, and the roles and responsibilities of
the Secretary and the operator with respect to meet-
ing the requirements of this paragraph.
(3) The operator will specify a methodology for
determining expenditures to be paid to the operator
by the Secretary, with assistance from the Secretary
in calculating the amount that would otherwise have
been payable to the State in the absence of the pro-
gram, pursuant to subsection (b).
(4) The operator will issue an interim and final
report on the results of the evaluation described in
paragraph (1) to the Secretary at such times as re-
quired by the Secretary.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
on the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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