IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2824 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 
AN ACT 
To amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend the 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program, and to amend the Social Security Act to make 
certain revisions to provisions limiting payment of bene-
fits to fugitive felons under titles II, VIII, and XVI 
of the Social Security Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Table of Contents. 
TITLE I—INCREASING OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS FOR CHIL-
DREN AND PARENTS THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VIS-
ITING ACT 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Continuing evidence-based home visiting program. 
Sec. 103. Continuing to demonstrate results to help families. 
Sec. 104. Reviewing statewide needs to target resources. 
Sec. 105. Improving the likelihood of success in high-risk communities. 
Sec. 106. Measuring improvements in family economic self-sufficiency. 
Sec. 107. Option to fund evidence-based home visiting on a pay for outcome 
basis. 
Sec. 108. Strengthening evidence-based home visiting through state, local, and 
private partnerships. 
Sec. 109. Data exchange standards for improved interoperability. 
Sec. 110. Allocation of funds. 
TITLE II—CONTROL UNLAWFUL FUGITIVE FELONS ACT 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Revisions to provisions limiting payment of benefits to fugitive felons 
under title XVI of the Social Security Act. 
TITLE 
I—INCREASING 
OPPOR-
TUNITY AND SUCCESS FOR 
CHILDREN 
AND 
PARENTS 
THROUGH 
EVIDENCE-BASED 
HOME VISITING ACT 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Increasing Oppor-
tunity and Success for Children and Parents through Evi-
dence-Based Home Visiting Act’’. 
SEC. 102. CONTINUING EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITING 
PROGRAM. 
Section 511(j)(1)(H) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 711(j)(1)(H)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
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2017’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2017 through 
2022’’. 
SEC. 103. CONTINUING TO DEMONSTRATE RESULTS TO 
HELP FAMILIES. 
(a) REQUIRE SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS TO DEM-
ONSTRATE IMPROVEMENT IN APPLICABLE BENCHMARK 
AREAS.—Section 511 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 711) is amended in each of subsections (d)(1)(A) 
and (h)(4)(A) by striking ‘‘each of’’. 
(b) DEMONSTRATION OF IMPROVEMENTS IN SUBSE-
QUENT YEARS.—Section 511(d)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
711(d)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) DEMONSTRATION OF IMPROVEMENTS 
IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.— 
‘‘(i) CONTINUED
MEASUREMENT
OF 
IMPROVEMENT
IN
APPLICABLE
BENCH-
MARK
AREAS.—The eligible entity, after 
demonstrating improvements for eligible 
families as specified in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B), shall continue to track and report 
not later than 30 days after the end of fis-
cal year 2020 and every 3 years thereafter, 
information demonstrating that the pro-
gram results in improvements for the eligi-
ble families participating in the program in 
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technical assistance directly or through 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments. 
‘‘(iv) NO IMPROVEMENT OR FAILURE 
TO SUBMIT REPORT.—If the Secretary de-
termines after a period of time specified by 
the Secretary that an eligible entity imple-
menting an improvement plan under clause 
(ii) has failed to demonstrate any improve-
ment in at least four of the areas specified 
in subparagraph (A) that the service deliv-
ery model or models intend to improve, or 
if the Secretary determines that an eligible 
entity has failed to submit the report re-
quired by clause (i), the Secretary shall 
terminate the grant made to the entity 
under this section and may include any un-
expended grant funds in grants made to 
nonprofit organizations under subsection 
(h)(2)(B).’’. 
(c) INCLUDING
INFORMATION
ON
APPLICABLE 
BENCHMARKS
IN APPLICATION.—Section 511(e)(5) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 711(e)(5)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘that the service delivery model or models, selected by the 
entity, intend to improve’’ before the period at the end. 
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SEC. 104. REVIEWING STATEWIDE NEEDS TO TARGET RE-
SOURCES. 
Section 511(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 711(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later 
than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘statewide’’ the second 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Each State shall, as a con-
dition of receiving payments from an allotment for the 
State under section 502, review and update the statewide 
needs assessment not later than October 1, 2020 (which 
may be separate from but in coordination with the state-
wide’’. 
SEC. 105. IMPROVING THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS IN 
HIGH-RISK COMMUNITIES. 
Section 511(d)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 711(d)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, taking 
into account the staffing, community resource, and other 
requirements to operate at least one approved model of 
home visiting and demonstrate improvements for eligible 
families’’ before the period. 
SEC. 106. MEASURING IMPROVEMENTS IN FAMILY ECO-
NOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY. 
Section 511(d)(1)(A)(v) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 711(d)(1)(A)(v)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘(which shall include measures of employment and earn-
ings)’’ before the period. 
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SEC. 107. OPTION TO FUND EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VIS-
ITING ON A PAY FOR OUTCOME BASIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 511(c) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 711(c)) is amended by redesignating 
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respec-
tively, and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY TO USE GRANT FOR A PAY 
FOR OUTCOMES INITIATIVE.—An eligible entity to 
which a grant is made under paragraph (1) may use 
the grant to pay for the results of a pay for out-
comes initiative that satisfies the requirements of 
subsection (d) and that will not result in a reduction 
of funding for services delivered under this section 
while an eligible entity develops or operates such an 
initiative.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF PAY
FOR OUTCOMES INITIA-
TIVE.—Section 511(k) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 711(k)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PAY
FOR
OUTCOMES
INITIATIVE.—The 
term ‘pay for outcomes initiative’ means a perform-
ance-based grant, contract, cooperative agreement, 
or other agreement awarded by a public entity in 
which a commitment is made to pay for improved 
outcomes that result in social benefit and direct cost 
savings or cost avoidance to the public sector. Such 
an initiative shall include— 
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‘‘(A) a feasibility study that describes how 
the proposed intervention is based on evidence 
of effectiveness; 
‘‘(B) a rigorous, third-party evaluation 
that uses experimental or quasi-experimental 
design or other research methodologies that 
allow for the strongest possible causal infer-
ences to determine whether the initiative has 
met its proposed outcomes; 
‘‘(C) an annual, publicly available report 
on the progress of the initiative; and 
‘‘(D) a requirement that payments are 
made to the recipient of a grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement only when agreed upon 
outcomes are achieved, except that this require-
ment shall not apply with respect to payments 
to a third party conducting the evaluation de-
scribed in subparagraph (B).’’. 
(c) EXTENDED AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 
511(j)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 711(j)(3)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), funds’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) FUNDS FOR PAY FOR OUTCOMES INI-
TIATIVES.—Funds made available to an eligible 
entity under this section for a fiscal year (or 
portion of a fiscal year) for a pay for outcomes 
initiative shall remain available for expenditure 
by the eligible entity for not more than 10 years 
after the funds are so made available.’’. 
SEC. 108. STRENGTHENING EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VIS-
ITING THROUGH STATE, LOCAL, AND PRI-
VATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 511 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 711) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(l) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM HOME VISITING SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity to 
which a grant is made under this section for 
fiscal year 2020 or any succeeding fiscal year 
shall not use the grant to cover more than the 
applicable percentage of the costs of providing 
services or conducting activities under this sec-
tion during the fiscal year. 
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