MENT
FOR PREVENTION
AND FAMILY SERVICES
AND 
PROGRAMS BE
FOR PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES THAT 
MEET
THE
WELL-SUPPORTED
PRACTICE
REQUIRE-
MENT.—With respect to quarters in fiscal years 2020 and 
2021, section 474(a)(6)(A) of the Social Security Act shall 
be applied without regard to clause (ii) of such section. 
(b) SUPPORTED PRACTICES TEMPORARILY TREATED 
AS WELL-SUPPORTED PRACTICES.—With respect to quar-
ters in fiscal years 2022 and 2023, practices that meet 
the criteria specified for supported practices in section 
471(e)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act shall be considered 
well-supported 
practices 
for 
purposes 
of 
section 
474(a)(6)(A)(ii) of such Act. 
SEC. 3. ENHANCED FUNDING FOR TRANSITION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) TRANSITION FUNDING.— 
(1) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro-
priated, there are appropriated to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services (in this Act referred to 
as the ‘‘Secretary’’) to carry out this subsection 
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, which shall re-
main available through fiscal year 2021. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
allot the amount appropriated by paragraph (1) 
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of this subsection in accordance with section 
423 of the Social Security Act, and shall pay 
each State to which an allotment is so made, 
the total amount so allotted, subject to subpara-
graph (B) of this paragraph. 
(B) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR INDIAN 
TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Before 
applying subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall reserve 3 percent of the 
amount appropriated by paragraph (1) of this 
subsection for allotment to the Indian tribes 
and tribal organizations with a plan approved 
under subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act, based on each tribe or tribal 
organization’s share of the total tribal child 
population among all such tribes and tribal or-
ganizations. 
(b) FUNDING CERTAINTY FOR STATES WITH EXPIR-
ING DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro-
priated, there are appropriated to the Secretary, for 
payment to each State that was operating a dem-
onstration project approved under section 1130 of 
the Social Security Act on September 30, 2019, for 
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each fiscal year specified in paragraph (2) of this 
subsection, an amount equal to the amount (if any) 
by which— 
(A)(i) the applicable percentage for the fis-
cal year so specified of the maximum capped al-
location due to the State or sub-State jurisdic-
tion for fiscal year 2019 for foster care mainte-
nance, administration, or training costs, under 
the demonstration project, as specified in sec-
tion 4.3 of the State waiver terms and condi-
tions document capped allocation payment table 
in effect on August 31, 2019; or 
(ii) if the terms and conditions do not 
specify a maximum amount payable for fiscal 
year 2019 for the State or sub-State jurisdic-
tion (due to the use of a comparison jurisdic-
tion to ensure cost neutrality), the final cost 
neutrality limit for the State or sub-State juris-
diction for fiscal year 2018, as most recently re-
ported by the State or sub-State jurisdiction as 
of September 30, 2019, for foster care mainte-
nance, administration or training costs under 
the demonstration project that were included in 
the waiver; exceeds 
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(B) the total amount payable to the State 
or sub-State jurisdiction under part E of title 
IV of such Act for the fiscal year so specified 
for foster care expenditures (whether payable 
under paragraph (1) or (3) of section 474(a) of 
such Act) that were maintenance, administra-
tion, or training costs of the demonstration 
project taken into account by the Secretary in 
determining the total amount referred to in 
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. 
(2) APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE
DEFINED.—In 
this paragraph, the term ‘‘applicable percentage’’ 
means— 
(A) 90 percent, in the case of fiscal year 
2020; or 
(B) 75 percent, in the case of fiscal year 
2021. 
(3) SPECIAL
RULE.—The calculation under 
paragraph (1) with respect to a State shall be made 
without regard to— 
(A) any change approved after August 31, 
2019, in the capped allocation or the terms and 
conditions referred to in subparagraph (A) with 
respect to the State; or 
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(B) any change made after such date to 
the financial form submitted by the State that 
is used in determining the capped allocation. 
(4) DISTRIBUTION
OF
FUNDS.—Each State 
that receives funds under this subsection shall dis-
tribute the funds to jurisdictions in the State that 
were operating demonstration projects under section 
1130 of the Social Security Act in a manner con-
sistent with each sub-State jurisdiction’s propor-
tionate loss as compared with fiscal year 2019. 
(5) RECONCILIATION
PROCESS.—Each State 
seeking a payment under this subsection shall report 
expenditures pursuant to part E of title IV of the 
Social Security Act in a manner determined by the 
Secretary and the Secretary shall account for any 
revisions to spending for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 
after the end of the respective fiscal year that are 
reported by the State agency administering the 
State plan approved under such part, and received 
by the Department of Health and Human Services, 
within 2 years after the last day of the fiscal quarter 
in which the expenditure was made. 
(6) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—The amounts 
made available for payments to States under this 
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