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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10424 
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States 
to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed 
from the custody of his or her parents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2024 
Mrs. DINGELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 
to require States to follow certain procedures in placing 
a child who has been removed from the custody of his 
or her parents. 
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 ‘‘Samier Amer Foster 
Care Improvement Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT STATES FOLLOW CERTAIN 
PROCEDURES 
IN 
PLACING 
A 
CHILD 
RE-
MOVED FROM THE CUSTODY OF HIS OR HER 
PARENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 471(a)(29) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(29)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(29) provides that— 
‘‘(A) within 90 days after the State makes 
a placement decision with respect to the child, 
the State shall provide notice of the decision 
and the reasons therefor to each parent of the 
child, each relative who has expressed to the 
State an interest in caring for the child, the 
guardian of the child, and the guardian ad 
litem for the child, the attorney for the child, 
the attorney for each parent of the child, the 
child (if the child is able to express an opinion 
regarding placement), and the prosecutor in-
volved; and 
‘‘(B) the State shall establish procedures 
to— 
‘‘(i) allow a person who receives a no-
tice pursuant to subparagraph (B) to re-
quest, in writing, within 5 days after re-
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ceipt of the notice, documentation of the 
reasons for the decision involved; 
‘‘(ii) allow the attorney for the child 
to petition the court involved to review the 
decision; and 
‘‘(iii) require the court to— 
‘‘(I) commence such a review 
within 7 days after receipt of a peti-
tion made pursuant to clause (ii); and 
‘‘(II) conduct such a review on 
the record;’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the 1st day of the 
1st fiscal year 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 beginning on or after such 
date. 
(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION 
REQUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services determines that State legislation (other 
than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 
order for a State plan approved under part E of title 
IV of the Social Security Act to meet the additional 
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requirements imposed by the amendment made by 
subsection (a), the plan shall not be regarded as fail-
ing to meet any of the additional requirements be-
fore the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin-
ning after the first regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, if 
the State has a 2-year legislative session, each year 
of the session is deemed to be a separate regular 
session of the State legislature. 
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