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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4543 
To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to provide coordinated 
case management services for TANF recipients. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2021 
Mrs. WALORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for the conduct of demonstration projects to 
provide coordinated case management services for TANF 
recipients. 
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 ‘‘Coordinating Assist-
ance for TANF Recipients Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COORDINATED CASE MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECTS. 
Section 403 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
603) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(d) COORDINATED
CASE
MANAGEMENT
DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to States to conduct demonstration projects 
designed to implement and evaluate strategies to 
provide coordinated case management to help indi-
viduals receiving assistance under a State program 
funded under this part or any other State program 
funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined 
in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) increase their employ-
ment and self-sufficiency. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall require each State that applies for a 
grant under this paragraph to do the following: 
‘‘(A) Describe how, using the funds pro-
vided under this paragraph, the State or its 
designee will ensure an individual responsibility 
plan is developed in accordance with section 
408(b) for each recipient referred to in para-
graph (1) of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) Describe how the State or its des-
ignee will ensure the development of this plan 
is coordinated with other programs and agen-
cies providing benefits and services to the indi-
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vidual to help the recipient increase the employ-
ment and self-sufficiency of the recipient. 
‘‘(C) Describe how the State or its des-
ignee will ensure the delivery of the benefits 
and services to the recipient (which may include 
the use of home visiting models). 
‘‘(D) Describe how the State or its des-
ignee will meet with the recipient at least 
monthly to review the employment status of the 
recipient and status of the participation of the 
recipient in other activities, the benefits and 
services the recipient is receiving, and the 
progress of the recipient toward meeting the 
goals specified in the individual responsibility 
plan of the recipient. 
‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—A State to which a grant 
is made under this subsection may use the grant for 
the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To support coordinated case man-
agers in completing the activities specified in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) To provide short-term transitional 
benefits and services to individuals who, due to 
increased employment or earnings, may face 
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disincentives to increasing work or earnings due 
to the phase-out or loss of certain benefits. 
‘‘(C) To ensure that recipients of services 
under the demonstration project have a choice 
between two or more coordinated case manage-
ment service providers (which may include man-
aged care organizations) that demonstrate expe-
rience and expertise in case management, in-
cluding the development of individual assess-
ment plans and coordinated service manage-
ment across various programs. 
‘‘(D) To improve coordination between pro-
grams serving recipients who are part of the 
demonstration project. 
‘‘(E) To improve coordination between in-
formation technology and other systems to de-
liver better benefits or services to the recipient, 
except that not more than 10 percent of the 
grant amount may be used for this purpose. 
‘‘(4) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with each State conducting a demonstration 
project under this subsection, shall conduct a high- 
quality evaluation of the demonstration project in 
accordance with the following: 
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‘‘(A) EVALUATOR
QUALIFICATIONS.—The 
Secretary may not enter into a contract with an 
evaluator unless the evaluator has demonstrated 
experience in conducting rigorous evaluations of 
program effectiveness including, where available 
and appropriate, well-implemented randomized 
controlled trials. 
‘‘(B) METHODOLOGIES TO BE USED.—The 
evaluation of a demonstration project shall use 
experimental designs using random assignment 
or other reliable, evidence-based research meth-
odologies that allow for the strongest possible 
causal inferences when random assignment is 
not feasible. 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary 
shall publish the results of the evaluation on the 
website of the Department of Health and 
Human Services in a location easily accessible 
by the public. 
‘‘(D) LIMITATION
ON
COST
OF
EVALUA-
TIONS.—For evaluations under this paragraph, 
the Secretary may not obligate more than 20 
percent of the funds reserved under paragraph 
(6) for each fiscal year. 
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‘‘(5) RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS.—The 
Secretary shall submit recommendations to the Con-
gress on ways to improve case management and bet-
ter coordinate benefits and services across programs. 
‘‘(6) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made avail-
able to carry out subsection (b) for fiscal year 2023 
and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
reserve $300,000,000 to carry out this subsection. 
‘‘(7) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds pro-
vided to a State under this subsection for a fiscal 
year shall be expended by the State in the fiscal year 
or in the succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 2022. 
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