I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 926 
To provide emergency funding for home visiting programs during the 
pandemic, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2021 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Ms. CASTOR of Florida) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ap-
propriations 
A BILL 
To provide emergency funding for home visiting programs 
during the pandemic, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
EMERGENCY 
ASSISTANCE 
TO 
FAMILIES 
THROUGH HOME VISITING PROGRAMS. 
(a) SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
there are appropriated to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services $150,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2022, to enable eligible entities to 
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conduct programs in accordance with section 511 of the 
Social Security Act and subsection (c) of this section. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—To be eligible to re-
ceive funds made available by subsection (a), an entity 
shall— 
(1) as of the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, be conducting a program under section 511 of 
the Social Security Act; 
(2) ensure the modification of grants, contracts, 
and other agreements, as applicable, executed under 
section 511 of such Act under which the program is 
conducted as are necessary to provide that, during 
the period that begins with the date of the enact-
ment of this section and ends with the end of the 
2nd succeeding fiscal year after the funds are 
awarded, the entity shall— 
(A) not reduce funding for, or staffing lev-
els of, the program on account of reduced en-
rollment in the program; and 
(B) when using funds to provide emer-
gency supplies to eligible families receiving 
grant services under section 511 of such Act, 
ensure coordination with local diaper banks to 
the extent practicable; and 
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(3) reaffirm that, in conducting the program, 
the entity will focus on priority populations (as de-
fined in section 511(d)(4) of such Act). 
(c) USES OF FUNDS.—An entity to which funds are 
provided under this section may use the funds— 
(1) to serve families with home visits or with 
virtual visits, that may be conducted by the use of 
electronic information and telecommunications tech-
nologies, in a service delivery model described in sec-
tion 511(d)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act; 
(2) to pay hazard pay or other additional staff 
costs associated with providing home visits or ad-
ministration for programs funded under section 511 
of such Act; 
(3) to train home visitors employed by the enti-
ty in conducting a virtual home visit and in emer-
gency preparedness and response planning for fami-
lies served, and may include training on how to safe-
ly conduct intimate partner violence screenings, and 
training on safety and planning for families served 
to support the family outcome improvements listed 
in section 511(d)(2)(B) of such Act; 
(4) for the acquisition by families served by 
programs under section 511 of such Act of such 
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technological means as are needed to conduct and 
support a virtual home visit; 
(5) to provide emergency supplies (such as dia-
pers and diapering supplies including diaper wipes 
and diaper cream, necessary to ensure that a child 
using a diaper is properly cleaned and protected 
from diaper rash, formula, food, water, hand soap 
and hand sanitizer) to an eligible family (as defined 
in section 511(k)(2) of such Act); 
(6) to coordinate with and provide reimburse-
ment for supplies to diaper banks when using such 
entities to provide emergency supplies specified in 
paragraph (5); and 
(7) to provide prepaid grocery cards to an eligi-
ble family (as defined in section 511(k)(2) of the So-
cial Security Act) participating in the maternal, in-
fant, and early childhood home visiting program 
under section 511 of such Act for the purpose of en-
abling the family to meet the emergency needs of the 
family. 
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