vidual who is not a recipient of cash 
assistance’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(aa) has attained 18 years 
of age and has not attained 67 
years of age; 
‘‘(bb) is not employed and is 
determined by the qualifying en-
tity to have been unsuccessful at 
obtaining paid employment after 
participating in a job search pro-
gram; 
‘‘(cc) is not an individual de-
scribed in subitems (AA) or (BB) 
of subclause (II)(bb); and 
‘‘(dd) is a member of a fam-
ily that includes a minor child re-
siding with the family (including 
a noncustodial parent of the 
child) if the family has an income 
that is less than the poverty line 
(as defined in section 673(2) of 
the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1981, including any 
revision required by such section, 
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applicable to a family of the size 
involved). 
‘‘(E) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(i) SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT.—For 
each fiscal year for which a qualifying enti-
ty receives a grant under this paragraph, 
the entity shall submit to the Secretary, 
within 6 months after the end of the fiscal 
year, a report on the subsidized employ-
ment program described in subparagraph 
(D)(i)(I), which shall— 
‘‘(I) describe the structure of the 
activities of the entity to use the grant 
funds to subsidize employment for in-
dividuals participating in the program 
(in this clause referred to as ‘sub-
sidized 
employees’), 
including 
the 
amount and duration of the subsidies 
provided; 
‘‘(II) for each month of the fiscal 
year, specify the number of individ-
uals whose employment is subsidized 
with these funds and the percentage 
of such individuals whose employment 
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is in an area that matches their pre-
vious training and work experience; 
‘‘(III) describe the qualifying en-
tity’s policies in effect during the fis-
cal year— 
‘‘(aa) to ensure nondisplace-
ment as required under para-
graph (4)(A); and 
‘‘(bb) to implement griev-
ance procedures as required in 
(4)(B), including information on 
the number of grievance claims 
filed in the preceding fiscal year 
and the aggregate results of 
those claims; 
‘‘(IV) describe requirements im-
posed on employers by the State as a 
condition of participating in the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(V) describe the types of jobs in 
which 
subsidized 
employees 
are 
placed; 
‘‘(VI) provide demographic infor-
mation for subsidized employees and 
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for the target population the entity 
seeks to assist under the program; 
‘‘(VII) specify the average num-
ber of hours worked per week by a 
subsidized employee; 
‘‘(VIII) 
specify 
the 
average 
length of time for which a subsidized 
employee participates in the program; 
‘‘(IX) describe the employment 
outcomes for subsidized employees 
after participating in the program, in-
cluding the number of individuals 
hired by an employer with which the 
individual was placed during the pro-
gram and the number of individuals 
hired by other employers; 
‘‘(X) specify the percentage of 
subsidized employees who are in un-
subsidized employment during the sec-
ond quarter after the subsidy ended; 
‘‘(XI) specify the percentage of 
subsidized employees who are in un-
subsidized employment during the 
fourth quarter after the subsidy 
ended; 
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‘‘(XII) specify the median earn-
ings of subsidized employees who are 
in unsubsidized employment during 
the second quarter after the subsidy 
ended; and 
‘‘(XIII) specify the number of 
subsidized employees who concurrently 
received 
other 
Federal 
or 
State 
means-tested benefits during their 
subsidized employment. 
‘‘(ii) SECTORAL SKILLS TRAINING.—If 
a qualifying entity elects to conduct a sec-
toral skills training program described in 
subparagraph (D)(i)(II), the report re-
quired under clause (i) of this subpara-
graph shall also include a description of— 
‘‘(I) the design of the program; 
‘‘(II) the industries in which indi-
viduals receiving assistance under the 
program (in this clause referred to as 
‘trainees’) receive training; 
‘‘(III) demographic information 
for trainees and for the target popu-
lation the entity seeks to assist under 
the program; 
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‘‘(IV) the total number of train-
ees participating in the program dur-
ing the fiscal year; 
‘‘(V) the average number of 
hours per week for which a trainee re-
ceives training; 
‘‘(VI) the average length of time 
for which a trainee participates in the 
program; and 
‘‘(VII) the employment outcomes 
for trainees after participating in the 
program. 
‘‘(F) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall 
establish and implement a rigorous system for 
evaluating the success of subsidized employment 
programs and sectoral training programs con-
ducted pursuant to this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) NONDISPLACEMENT.—A State to 
which a grant is made under this subsection 
shall ensure that no participant in a subsidized 
job program funded in whole or in part under 
this subsection is employed or assigned to a job 
under the program— 
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‘‘(i) when any other individual is on 
layoff from the same or any substantially 
equivalent job; or 
‘‘(ii) if the employer has terminated 
the employment of any regular employee or 
otherwise caused an involuntary reduction 
of its workforce in order to fill the vacancy 
so created with a participant in such sub-
sidized job program. 
‘‘(B) GRIEVANCE
PROCEDURE.—A State 
with a program funded under this subsection 
shall establish and maintain a grievance proce-
dure for resolving complaints of alleged viola-
tions of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) NO
PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this 
paragraph shall preempt or supersede any pro-
vision of State or local law that provides greater 
protection for employees from displacement. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) INDIAN
TRIBE; TRIBAL
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal or-
ganization’ have the meaning given such terms 
in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b). 
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‘‘(B) SECTORAL
SKILLS
TRAINING.—The 
term ‘sectoral skills training’ means training 
that implements a sectoral skills training strat-
egy established by an industry or sector part-
nership (as defined in section 3(26) of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act). 
‘‘(C) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means 
each of the 50 States of the United States and 
the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(D) TERRITORIES.—The term ‘territories’ 
means Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
and American Samoa.’’. 
(b) PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS COUNTED TOWARD 
WORK PARTICIPATION RATE.—Section 407(b) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 607(b)), as amended by section 201(a)(1)(B) 
of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) STATE OPTION TO INCLUDE SUBSIDIZED 
EMPLOYMENT
AND
SECTORAL
SKILLS
TRAINING 
PARTICIPANTS.—If an individual who is not a recipi-
ent of assistance under the State program funded 
under this part (or any other State program funded 
with qualified State expenditures (as defined in sec-
tion 409(a)(7)(B)(i))) participates in work activities 
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for not less than the minimum average number of 
hours per week specified in the table in subsection 
(c)(1) of this section during a month as part of a 
State’s subsidized employment or sectoral skills 
training program funded under section 403(b), the 
State may count the individual as a family that in-
cludes an adult or a minor child head of household 
who is engaged in work for the month for purposes 
of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection.’’. 
(c) STATE PLAN REQUIRED TO INCLUDE DESCRIP-
TION
OF
EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAMS.—Section 
402(a)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(B)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) The document shall indicate 
whether the State intends to apply for a 
grant to conduct a subsidized employment 
program and, if the State so chooses, a 
sectoral skills training program, under sec-
tion 403(b). If so, the document shall in-
clude a description of the program or pro-
grams the State intends to conduct using 
the grant funds and a description of how 
the program or programs will serve non-
custodial parents of minor children.’’. 
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(d) GRANTS EXEMPTED FROM TERRITORIAL PAY-
MENT CEILING.—Section 1108(a)(2) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘403(b),’’ 
after ‘‘403(a)(5),’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO RETAIN DEFINI-
TION OF NEEDY STATE.— 
(1) NUMBER
OF
WEEKS
FOR
WHICH
JOB 
SEARCH COUNTS AS WORK.—Section 407(c)(2)(A) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (iii)’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) NEEDY
STATE.—For purposes 
of clause (i), a State is a needy State for 
a month if— 
‘‘(I) the average rate of— 
‘‘(aa) total unemployment in 
such State (seasonally adjusted) 
for the period consisting of the 
most recent 3 months for which 
data for all States are published 
equals or exceeds 6.5 percent; 
and 
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‘‘(bb) total unemployment in 
such State (seasonally adjusted) 
for the 3-month period equals or 
exceeds 110 percent of such aver-
age rate for either (or both) of 
the corresponding 3-month peri-
ods ending in the 2 preceding 
calendar years; or 
‘‘(II) as determined by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture (in the discretion 
of the Secretary of Agriculture), the 
monthly average number of individ-
uals (as of the last day of each 
month) participating in the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program 
in the State in the then most recently 
concluded 3-month period for which 
data are available exceeds by not less 
than 10 percent the lesser of— 
‘‘(aa) the monthly average 
number of individuals (as of the 
last day of each month) in the 
State that would have partici-
pated in the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program in the 
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corresponding 3-month period in 
fiscal year 1994 if the amend-
ments made by titles IV and VIII 
of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation Act of 1996 had been in ef-
fect throughout fiscal year 1994; 
or 
‘‘(bb) the monthly average 
number of individuals (as of the 
last day of each month) in the 
State that would have partici-
pated in the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program in the 
corresponding 3-month period in 
fiscal year 1995 if the amend-
ments made by titles IV and VIII 
of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation Act of 1996 had been in ef-
fect 
throughout 
fiscal 
year 
1995.’’. 
(2) AUTHORITY
OF
SECRETARY
TO
REDUCE 
WORK PARTICIPATION RATE PENALTY DUE TO CIR-
CUMSTANCES
THAT
CAUSED
STATE
TO
BECOME 
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NEEDY STATE.—Section 409(a)(3)(C) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 609(a)(3)(C)) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 
403(b)(5)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
407(c)(2)(A)(iii)’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 203. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that a State to which 
a grant is made under section 403 of the Social Security 
Act should consider a noncustodial parent of a minor 
child, if the child is a recipient of assistance under a State 
program funded under part A of title IV of such Act (or 
under any other State program funded with qualified 
State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) 
of such Act)), to be a member of the family of the child 
for purposes of providing assistance to the family, the 
child, and the noncustodial parent under the program. 
TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT 
SEC. 301. FULL FAMILY DISTRIBUTION AND BAN ON RECOV-
ERY OF MEDICAID COSTS FOR BIRTHS. 
(a) BAN ON RECOVERY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 454 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (33); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (34) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (34) the 
following: 
‘‘(35) provide that, except as provided in sec-
tion 1902(a)(25)(F)(ii), the State shall not use the 
State program operated under this part to collect 
any amount owed to the State by reason of costs in-
curred under the State plan approved under title 
XIX for the birth of a child for whom support rights 
have been assigned pursuant to section 1912.’’. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sec-
tion 454(35) of such Act, as added by paragraph 
(1), shall be construed as affecting the application of 
section 1902(a)(25) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a(a)(25)) with respect to a State (relating to 
the State Medicaid plan requirement for the State to 
take all reasonable measures to ascertain the legal li-
ability of third parties to pay for care and services 
available under the plan). 
(b) CLARIFICATION THAT BAN ON RECOVERY DOES 
NOT APPLY WITH RESPECT TO INSURANCE OF A PARENT 
WITH AN OBLIGATION TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT.—Clause 
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(ii) of section 1902(a)(25)(F) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)(F)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘only if such third-party liability is derived through insur-
ance,’’ before ‘‘seek’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
take effect on October 1, 2019. 
(2) EXTENSION
OF
EFFECTIVE
DATE
FOR 
STATE LAW AMENDMENT.—In the case of a State 
plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
determines requires State legislation in order for the 
plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by 
the amendments made by this section, the State 
plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with 
the requirements of such title solely on the basis of 
its failure to meet these additional requirements be-
fore the first day of the first calendar quarter begin-
ning after the close of the first regular session of the 
State legislature that begins after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sen-
tence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legis-
lative session, each year of the session is considered 
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to be a separate regular session of the State legisla-
ture. 
SEC. 302. STATE ASSESSMENTS OF BARRIERS TO EMPLOY-
MENT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF CHIL-
DREN. 
(a) STATE ASSESSMENTS AND REPORTS.—As a con-
dition of the continued approval of a State plan under part 
D of title IV of the Social Security Act, each State with 
such an approved plan, acting through the appropriate 
State agencies, shall assess the State policies with respect 
to the issues described in subsection (b) that affect the 
ability of parents to pay child support, and shall submit 
a report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
on the results of the assessment not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
(b) ISSUES DESCRIBED.—The issues described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) The effect of State criminal laws and law 
enforcement practices on the employment acquisi-
tion, retention, and advancement prospects of an in-
dividual who is a parent of a minor child following 
arrest, conviction, or imprisonment, including— 
(A) any efforts, including counseling or 
employment support, to assist individuals re-
leased from custody with reentry to a commu-
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nity and successful reunification with their fam-
ilies; and 
(B) an assessment of any efforts to seal or 
expunge arrest and conviction records and any 
efforts to grant certificates or other acknowl-
edgments of rehabilitation to parents returning 
from incarceration, and to examine State occu-
pational licensing and certification procedures. 
(2) An assessment of State practices related to 
the collection of debts owed by individuals to the 
State, including criminal justice fees and fines and 
child support debt. 
(3) An assessment of State practices related to 
providing parents returning from incarceration with 
valid identification documents upon release from 
prison. 
(4) Identification of any other barriers to 
healthy family formation, family reunification, copar-
enting, or sustainable economic opportunity for cus-
todial and noncustodial parents that are created or 
exacerbated by Federal or State laws, policies, or 
procedures, including an examination of the rules of 
Federal and State means-tested programs, the oper-
ation of the State workforce system, the availability 
of financial education services, and the availability of 
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domestic violence services and child support proce-
dures to help victims of domestic violence stay safe 
and obtain the child support they are owed. 
SEC. 303. PUBLIC REPORTING ON CONSEQUENCES FOR 
NONPAYMENT. 
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 452(a)(10) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(10)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) the number of cases, by State, in 
which each of the following consequences for 
nonpayment of support was incurred by an obli-
gor: 
‘‘(i) a loss of liberty due to a criminal 
conviction or finding of civil contempt; 
‘‘(ii) a suspension of a driver’s license; 
‘‘(iii) a suspension of a professional, 
occupational, or recreational license; 
‘‘(iv) withholding of a passport; or 
‘‘(v) 
late 
payment 
fees, 
interest 
charged (including the amount and rate of 
interest), and other financial sanctions; 
and’’. 
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