I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4909 
To provide States with assistance in finding a permanent home for every 
child. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2014 
Mr. LANGEVIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide States with assistance in finding a permanent 
home for every child. 
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 ‘‘Permanent Families 
for All Children Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. 3-YEAR LIMIT ON FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT OF 
FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS FOR 
CHILD NOT IN A LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP OR 
KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP ARRANGEMENT. 
Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
674) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) LIMITATION
ON NUMBER
OF MONTHS
FOR 
WHICH FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS MADE 
ON BEHALF OF A CHILD NOT IN A LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP 
OR KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP ARRANGEMENT MAY BE RE-
IMBURSED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
part, a foster care maintenance payment made on behalf 
of a child shall not be taken into account for purposes 
of this section after such a payment has been made on 
behalf of the child for 36 months (whether or not consecu-
tive) ending after the effective date of this subsection, un-
less the child is in a legal guardianship or kinship guard-
ianship arrangement.’’. 
SEC. 3. 1-YEAR LIMIT ON FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT OF 
FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS FOR 
CHILD IN CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION. 
Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
674), as amended by section 2 of this Act, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) LIMITATION
ON NUMBER
OF MONTHS
FOR 
WHICH FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS MADE 
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TO CHILD-CARE INSTITUTIONS ON BEHALF OF A CHILD 
MAY BE REIMBURSED.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this part, a foster care maintenance payment 
made to a child-care institution on behalf of a child resid-
ing in the institution shall not be taken into account for 
purposes of this section after such a payment has been 
made to 1 or more such institutions on behalf of the child 
for 12 months (whether or not consecutive) ending after 
the effective date of this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 4. ELIMINATION OF AFDC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT 
FOR 
FOSTER 
CARE 
MAINTENANCE 
PAY-
MENTS. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 472(a) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘if’’ and 
all that follows and inserting ‘‘if the removal 
and foster care placement met, and the place-
ment continues to meet, the requirements of 
paragraph (2).’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4). 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 470 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
670) is amended by striking ‘‘who otherwise 
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would have been eligible for assistance under 
the States plan approved under part A (as such 
plan was in effect on June 1, 1995)’’. 
(B) Section 479B(c)(1)(C)(ii) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 679c(c)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the following shall 
apply:’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘Only’’ and inserting ‘‘only’’; and 
(ii) by striking subclause (II). 
(b) REPLACEMENT OF FEDERAL MATCHING RATE 
APPLICABLE TO FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS 
AND RELATED COSTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 474(a)(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(1)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) an amount equal to the foster care part-
nership rate applicable to the State for the quarter, 
as determined under subsection (k), of the total 
amount expended during the quarter as foster care 
maintenance payments under section 472 for chil-
dren in foster family homes or child-care institutions 
(or, with respect to such payments made during the 
quarter under a cooperative agreement or contract 
entered into by the State and an Indian tribe, tribal 
organization, or tribal consortium for the adminis-
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tration or payment of funds under this part, an 
amount equal to the Federal medical assistance per-
centage (as defined in section 1905(b)) that would 
apply under section 479B(d) (in this paragraph re-
ferred to as the ‘tribal FMAP’) if the Indian tribe, 
tribal organization, or tribal consortium made such 
payments under a program operated under that sec-
tion, unless the tribal FMAP is less than the Fed-
eral medical assistance percentage that applies to 
the State); plus’’. 
(2) FOSTER CARE PARTNERSHIP RATE.—Sec-
tion 474 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 674), as amended 
by sections 2 and 3 of this Act, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) The Secretary, in consultation with a State, 
shall determine the foster care partnership rate applicable 
to the State for a quarter so that the total of the amounts 
payable to the State under subsection (a)(1) for the fiscal 
year in which the quarter occurs equals the total of the 
amounts required to be paid to the State under subsection 
(a)(1) (as in effect just before the 1st quarter for which 
this subsection is in effect with respect to the State) for 
the 4 quarters preceding such 1st quarter.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st calendar 
quarter that begins after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) STATE
OPTION
TO
DELAY
EFFECTIVE 
DATE.—A State may elect to delay the effectiveness 
of the amendments made by this section with respect 
to the State for not more than 3 years. 
SEC. 5. ELIGIBILITY OF CHILD IN RESIDENTIAL TREAT-
MENT PROGRAM FOR HALF OF REGULAR 
FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS. 
Section 472(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
672(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, except that, while the 
child is in a residential treatment program, the payments 
may continue to be made on behalf of the child at 50 per-
cent of the level at which the payments that would other-
wise be made’’ before the period. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this Act, the amendments made by this Act shall take ef-
fect on the 1st day of the 12th month beginning on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply 
to payments under part E of title IV of the Social Security 
Act for calendar quarters ending on or after such date. 
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