SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Sex Traf-
ficking and Strengthening Families Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
TITLE I—PROTECTING CHILDREN AND YOUTH AT RISK OF SEX 
TRAFFICKING 
Subtitle A—Identifying and Protecting Children and Youth at Risk of Sex 
Trafficking 
Sec. 101. Identifying, documenting, and determining services for children and 
youth at risk of sex trafficking. 
Sec. 102. Reporting instances of sex trafficking. 
Sec. 103. Including sex trafficking data in the Adoption and Foster Care Anal-
ysis and Reporting System. 
Sec. 104. Locating and responding to children who run away from foster care. 
Sec. 105. Increasing information on children in foster care to prevent sex traf-
ficking. 
Subtitle B—Improving Opportunities for Children in Foster Care and 
Supporting Permanency 
Sec. 111. Supporting normalcy for children in foster care. 
Sec. 112. Improving another planned permanent living arrangement as a per-
manency option. 
Sec. 113. Empowering foster children age 14 and older in the development of 
their own case plan and transition planning for a successful 
adulthood. 
Sec. 114. Ensuring foster children have a birth certificate, Social Security card, 
health insurance information, medical records, and a driver’s li-
cense or equivalent State-issued identification card. 
Sec. 115. Information on children in foster care in annual reports using 
AFCARS data; consultation. 
Subtitle C—National Advisory Committee 
Sec. 121. Establishment of a national advisory committee on the sex trafficking 
of children and youth in the United States. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING ADOPTION INCENTIVES AND EXTENDING 
FAMILY CONNECTION GRANTS 
Subtitle A—Improving Adoption Incentive Payments 
Sec. 201. Extension of program through fiscal year 2016. 
Sec. 202. Improvements to award structure. 
Sec. 203. Renaming of program.
Sec. 204. Limitation on use of incentive payments. 
Sec. 205. Increase in period for which incentive payments are available for ex-
penditure. 
Sec. 206. State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from the 
phase-out of eligibility requirements for adoption assistance; re-
quirement to spend 30 percent of savings on certain services. 
Sec. 207. Preservation of eligibility for kinship guardianship assistance pay-
ments with a successor guardian. 
Sec. 208. Data collection on adoption and legal guardianship disruption and 
dissolution. 
Sec. 209. Encouraging the placement of children in foster care with siblings. 
Sec. 210. Effective dates. 
Subtitle B—Extending the Family Connection Grant Program 
Sec. 221. Extension of family connection grant program. 
TITLE III—IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL CHILD SUPPORT 
RECOVERY 
Sec. 301. Amendments to ensure access to child support services for inter-
national child support cases. 
Sec. 302. Child support enforcement programs for Indian tribes. 
Sec. 303. Sense of the Congress regarding offering of voluntary parenting time 
arrangements. 
Sec. 304. Data exchange standardization for improved interoperability. 
Sec. 305. Report to Congress. 
Sec. 306. Required electronic processing of income withholding. 
TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
Sec. 401. Determination of budgetary effects. 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, 
wherever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to a section or other provision, the 
amendment shall be considered to be made to a section 
or other provision of the Social Security Act.
TITLE 
I—PROTECTING 
CHIL-
DREN AND YOUTH AT RISK OF 
SEX TRAFFICKING 
Subtitle A—Identifying and Pro-
tecting Children and Youth at 
Risk of Sex Trafficking 
SEC. 
101. 
IDENTIFYING, 
DOCUMENTING, 
AND 
DETER-
MINING 
SERVICES 
FOR 
CHILDREN 
AND 
YOUTH AT RISK OF SEX TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 471(a)(9) (42 U.S.C. 
671(a)(9)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) not later than— 
‘‘(i) 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph, demonstrate to 
the Secretary that the State agency has 
developed, in consultation with State and 
local law enforcement, juvenile justice sys-
tems, health care providers, education 
agencies, and organizations with experience 
in dealing with at-risk children and youth, 
policies and procedures (including relevant
training for caseworkers) for identifying, 
documenting in agency records, and deter-
mining appropriate services with respect 
to— 
‘‘(I) any child or youth over 
whom the State agency has responsi-
bility for placement, care, or super-
vision and who the State has reason-
able cause to believe is, or is at risk 
of being, a sex trafficking victim (in-
cluding children for whom a State 
child welfare agency has an open case 
file but who have not been removed 
from the home, children who have run 
away from foster care and who have 
not attained 18 years of age or such 
older age as the State has elected 
under section 475(8) of this Act, and 
youth who are not in foster care but 
are receiving services under section 
477 of this Act); and 
‘‘(II) at the option of the State, 
any individual who has not attained 
26 years of age, without regard to 
whether the individual is or was in
foster care under the responsibility of 
the State; and 
‘‘(ii) 2 years after such date of enact-
ment, demonstrate to the Secretary that 
the State agency is implementing the poli-
cies and procedures referred to in clause 
(i).’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM.— 
Section 475 (42 U.S.C. 675) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(9) The term ‘sex trafficking victim’ means a 
victim of— 
‘‘(A) sex trafficking (as defined in section 
103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000); or 
‘‘(B) a severe form of trafficking in per-
sons described in section 103(9)(A) of such 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 102. REPORTING INSTANCES OF SEX TRAFFICKING. 
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 471(a) 
(42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(32); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (33) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(34) provides that, for each child or youth de-
scribed in paragraph (9)(C)(i)(I), the State agency 
shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this paragraph, report im-
mediately, and in no case later than 24 hours 
after receiving information on children or youth 
who have been identified as being a sex traf-
ficking victim, to the law enforcement authori-
ties; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 3 years after such date 
of enactment and annually thereafter, report to 
the Secretary the total number of children and 
youth who are sex trafficking victims.’’. 
(b) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Section 471 (42 
U.S.C. 671) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORTS
BY
THE SECRETARY
ON 
NUMBER
OF CHILDREN
AND YOUTH REPORTED
BY 
STATES TO BE SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.—Not later 
than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall report 
to the Congress and make available to the public on the 
Internet website of the Department of Health and Human
‘‘(35) provides that— 
‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this paragraph, the State 
shall develop and implement specific protocols 
for— 
‘‘(i) expeditiously locating any child 
missing from foster care; 
‘‘(ii) determining the primary factors 
that contributed to the child’s running 
away or otherwise being absent from care, 
and to the extent possible and appropriate, 
responding to those factors in current and 
subsequent placements; 
‘‘(iii) determining the child’s experi-
ences while absent from care, including 
screening the child to determine if the 
child is a possible sex trafficking victim (as 
defined in section 475(9)(A)); and 
‘‘(iv) reporting such related informa-
tion as required by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 2 years after such date 
of enactment, for each child and youth de-
scribed in paragraph (9)(C)(i)(I) of this sub-
section, the State agency shall report imme-
diately, and in no case later than 24 hours after
receiving, information on missing or abducted 
children or youth to the law enforcement au-
thorities for entry into the National Crime In-
formation Center (NCIC) database of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, established pursu-
ant to section 534 of title 28, United States 
Code, and to the National Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children.’’. 
SEC. 105. INCREASING INFORMATION ON CHILDREN IN 
FOSTER 
CARE 
TO 
PREVENT 
SEX 
TRAF-
FICKING. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall submit to the Congress a written report 
which summarizes the following: 
(1) Information on children who run away from 
foster care and their risk of becoming sex trafficking 
victims, using data reported by States under section 
479 of the Social Security Act and information col-
lected by States related to section 471(a)(35) of 
such Act, including— 
(A) characteristics of children who run 
away from foster care; 
(B) potential factors associated with chil-
dren running away from foster care (such as
reason for entry into care, length of stay in 
care, type of placement, and other factors that 
contributed to the child’s running away); 
(C) information on children’s experiences 
while absent from care; and 
(D) trends in the number of children re-
ported as runaways in each fiscal year (includ-
ing factors that may have contributed to 
changes in such trends). 
(2) Information on State efforts to provide spe-
cialized services, foster family homes, child care in-
stitutions, or other forms of placement for children 
who are sex trafficking victims. 
(3) Information on State efforts to ensure chil-
dren in foster care form and maintain long-lasting 
connections to caring adults, even when a child in 
foster care must move to another foster family home 
or when the child is placed under the supervision of 
a new caseworker.
Subtitle B—Improving Opportuni-
ties for Children in Foster Care 
and Supporting Permanency 
SEC. 111. SUPPORTING NORMALCY FOR CHILDREN IN FOS-
TER CARE. 
(a) REASONABLE AND PRUDENT PARENT STAND-
ARD.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS
RELATING
TO
THE
STAND-
ARD.—Section 475 (42 U.S.C. 675), as amended by 
section 101(b) of this Act, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(10)(A) The term ‘reasonable and prudent 
parent standard’ means the standard characterized 
by careful and sensible parental decisions that main-
tain the health, safety, and best interests of a child 
while at the same time encouraging the emotional 
and developmental growth of the child, that a care-
giver shall use when determining whether to allow a 
child in foster care under the responsibility of the 
State to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, 
cultural, and social activities. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 
term ‘caregiver’ means a foster parent with whom a 
child in foster care has been placed or a designated
official for a child care institution in which a child 
in foster care has been placed. 
‘‘(11)(A) The term ‘age or developmentally-ap-
propriate’ means— 
‘‘(i) activities or items that are generally 
accepted as suitable for children of the same 
chronological age or level of maturity or that 
are determined to be developmentally-appro-
priate for a child, based on the development of 
cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral 
capacities that are typical for an age or age 
group; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a specific child, activi-
ties or items that are suitable for the child 
based on the developmental stages attained by 
the child with respect to the cognitive, emo-
tional, physical, and behavioral capacities of the 
child. 
‘‘(B) In the event that any age-related activities 
have implications relative to the academic cur-
riculum of a child, nothing in this part or part B 
shall be construed to authorize an officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government to mandate, di-
rect, or control a State or local educational agency, 
or the specific instructional content, academic
achievement standards and assessments, curriculum, 
or program of instruction of a school.’’. 
(2) 
STATE
PLAN
REQUIREMENT.—Section 
471(a)(24) (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(24)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘include’’ and inserting 
‘‘includes’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and that such prepara-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘that the preparation’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, and that the prepara-
tion shall include knowledge and skills relating 
to the reasonable and prudent parent standard 
for the participation of the child in age or de-
velopmentally-appropriate activities, including 
knowledge and skills relating to the develop-
mental stages of the cognitive, emotional, phys-
ical, and behavioral capacities of a child, and 
knowledge and skills relating to applying the 
standard to decisions such as whether to allow 
the child to engage in social, extracurricular, 
enrichment, cultural, and social activities, in-
cluding sports, field trips, and overnight activi-
ties lasting 1 or more days, and to decisions in-
volving the signing of permission slips and ar-
ranging of transportation for the child to and
from extracurricular, enrichment, and social ac-
tivities’’ before the semicolon. 
(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall provide assistance 
to the States on best practices for devising strategies 
to assist foster parents in applying a reasonable and 
prudent parent standard in a manner that protects 
child safety, while also allowing children to experi-
ence normal and beneficial activities, including meth-
ods for appropriately considering the concerns of the 
biological parents of a child in decisions related to 
participation of the child in activities (with the un-
derstanding that those concerns should not nec-
essarily determine the participation of the child in 
any activity). 
(b) NORMALCY FOR CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE IN-
STITUTIONS.—Section 471(a)(10) (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(10)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(10) provides— 
‘‘(A) for the establishment or designation 
of a State authority or authorities that shall be 
responsible for establishing and maintaining 
standards for foster family homes and child 
care institutions which are reasonably in accord 
with recommended standards of national orga-
nizations concerned with standards for the in-
stitutions or homes, including standards related 
to admission policies, safety, sanitation, and 
protection of civil rights, and which shall permit 
use of the reasonable and prudent parenting 
standard; 
‘‘(B) that the standards established pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A) shall be applied by the 
State to any foster family home or child care 
institution receiving funds under this part or 
part B and shall require, as a condition of each 
contract entered into by a child care institution 
to provide foster care, the presence on-site of at 
least 1 official who, with respect to any child 
placed at the child care institution, is des-
ignated to be the caregiver who is authorized to 
apply the reasonable and prudent parent stand-
ard to decisions involving the participation of 
the child in age or developmentally-appropriate 
activities, and who is provided with training in 
how to use and apply the reasonable and pru-
dent parent standard in the same manner as 
prospective foster parents are provided the 
training pursuant to paragraph (24);
‘‘(C) that the standards established pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A) shall include policies 
related to the liability of foster parents and pri-
vate entities under contract by the State involv-
ing the application of the reasonable and pru-
dent parent standard, to ensure appropriate li-
ability for caregivers when a child participates 
in an approved activity and the caregiver ap-
proving the activity acts in accordance with the 
reasonable and prudent parent standard; and 
‘‘(D) that a waiver of any standards estab-
lished pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be 
made only on a case-by-case basis for nonsafety 
standards (as determined by the State) in rel-
ative foster family homes for specific children in 
care;’’. 
(c) SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION
IN AGE-APPRO-
PRIATE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) Section 477(a) (42 U.S.C. 677(a)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (6); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) to ensure children who are likely to remain 
in foster care until 18 years of age have regular, on-
going opportunities to engage in age or develop-
mentally-appropriate activities as defined in section 
475(11).’’. 
(2) Section 477(h)(1) (42 U.S.C. 677(h)(1)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or, beginning in fiscal year 
2020, $143,000,000’’ after ‘‘$140,000,000’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(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 developed pursuant to part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the ad-
ditional requirements imposed by the amendments 
made by this section, the plan shall not be regarded 
as failing to meet any of the additional requirements 
before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin-
ning after the 1st regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 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. 
SEC. 112. IMPROVING ANOTHER PLANNED PERMANENT 
LIVING ARRANGEMENT AS A PERMANENCY 
OPTION. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF ANOTHER PLANNED PERMA-
NENT LIVING ARRANGEMENT
FOR CHILDREN UNDER 
AGE 16.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 475(5)(C)(i) (42 
U.S.C. 675(5)(C)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘only 
in the case of a child who has attained 16 years of 
age’’ before ‘‘(in cases where’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
422(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
622(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
subject to the requirements of sections 475(5)(C) 
and 475A(a)’’ after ‘‘arrangement’’. 
(3) DELAYED
APPLICABILITY
WITH
RESPECT 
TO CERTAIN CHILDREN.—In the case of children in 
foster care under the responsibility of an Indian 
tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium (ei-
ther directly or under supervision of a State), the 
amendments made by this subsection shall not apply 
until the date that is 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Part E of title IV (42 
U.S.C. 670 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 475 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 475A. ADDITIONAL CASE PLAN AND CASE REVIEW 
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR ANOTHER PLANNED PER-
MANENT LIVING ARRANGEMENT.—In the case of any 
child for whom another planned permanent living arrange-
ment is the permanency plan determined for the child 
under section 475(5)(C), the following requirements shall 
apply for purposes of approving the case plan for the child 
and the case system review procedure for the child: 
‘‘(1) DOCUMENTATION
OF
INTENSIVE, ONGO-
ING, UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS FOR FAMILY PLACE-
MENT.—At each permanency hearing held with re-
spect to the child, the State agency documents the 
intensive, ongoing, and, as of the date of the hear-
ing, unsuccessful efforts made by the State agency 
to return the child home or secure a placement for 
the child with a fit and willing relative (including 
adult siblings), a legal guardian, or an adoptive par-
ent, including through efforts that utilize search 
technology (including social media) to find biological 
family members for the children.
‘‘(2) REDETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATENESS 
OF PLACEMENT AT EACH PERMANENCY HEARING.— 
The State agency shall implement procedures to en-
sure that, at each permanency hearing held with re-
spect to the child, the court or administrative body 
appointed or approved by the court conducting the 
hearing on the permanency plan for the child does 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Ask the child about the desired per-
manency outcome for the child. 
‘‘(B) Make a judicial determination ex-
plaining why, as of the date of the hearing, an-
other planned permanent living arrangement is 
the best permanency plan for the child and pro-
vide compelling reasons why it continues to not 
be in the best interests of the child to— 
‘‘(i) return home; 
‘‘(ii) be placed for adoption; 
‘‘(iii) be placed with a legal guardian; 
or 
‘‘(iv) be placed with a fit and willing 
relative. 
‘‘(3) DEMONSTRATION
OF
SUPPORT
FOR
EN-
GAGING
IN
AGE
OR
DEVELOPMENTALLY-APPRO-
PRIATE ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL EVENTS.—At each
portunities of the child to participate 
in the activities);’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (C)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘, as of the 
date of the hearing,’’ after ‘‘com-
pelling reason for determining’’; 
and 
(bb) by inserting ‘‘subject to 
section 475A(a),’’ after ‘‘another 
planned permanent living ar-
rangement,’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(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 developed pursuant to part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the ad-
ditional requirements imposed by the amendments 
made by this section, the plan shall not be regarded 
as failing to meet any of the additional requirements 
before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin-
ning after the 1st regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 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. 
SEC. 113. EMPOWERING FOSTER CHILDREN AGE 14 AND 
OLDER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR 
OWN CASE PLAN AND TRANSITION PLANNING 
FOR A SUCCESSFUL ADULTHOOD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 475(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
675(1)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘With respect to a child who has attained 14 years of age, 
the plan developed for the child in accordance with this 
paragraph, and any revision or addition to the plan, shall 
be developed in consultation with the child and, at the op-
tion of the child, with up to 2 members of the case plan-
ning team who are chosen by the child and who are not 
a foster parent of, or caseworker for, the child. A State 
may reject an individual selected by a child to be a mem-
ber of the case planning team at any time if the State 
has good cause to believe that the individual would not 
act in the best interests of the child. One individual se-
lected by a child to be a member of the child’s case plan-
ning team may be designated to be the child’s advisor and,
as necessary, advocate, with respect to the application of 
the reasonable and prudent parent standard to the child.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO INCLUDE CHIL-
DREN 14 AND OLDER IN TRANSITION PLANNING.—Sec-
tion 475 (42 U.S.C. 675) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ‘‘Where 
appropriate, for a child age 16’’ and inserting ‘‘For 
a child who has attained 14 years of age’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘16’’ and 
inserting ‘‘14’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
clause (ii); and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and (iv) if a child has attained 14 
years of age, the permanency plan devel-
oped for the child, and any revision or ad-
dition to the plan, shall be developed in 
consultation with the child and, at the op-
tion of the child, with not more than 2 
members of the permanency planning team 
who are selected by the child and who are 
not a foster parent of, or caseworker for, 
the child, except that the State may reject
an individual so selected by the child if the 
State has good cause to believe that the in-
dividual would not act in the best interests 
of the child, and 1 individual so selected by 
the child may be designated to be the 
child’s advisor and, as necessary, advocate, 
with respect to the application of the rea-
sonable and prudent standard to the 
child;’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘16’’ 
and inserting ‘‘14’’. 
(c) TRANSITION PLANNING
FOR
A SUCCESSFUL 
ADULTHOOD.—Paragraphs 
(1)(D), 
(5)(C)(i), 
and 
(5)(C)(iii) of section 475 (42 U.S.C. 675) are each amend-
ed by striking ‘‘independent living’’ and inserting ‘‘a suc-
cessful adulthood’’. 
(d) LIST OF RIGHTS.—Section 475A, as added by 
section 112(b)(1) of this Act, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(b) LIST OF RIGHTS.—The case plan for any child 
in foster care under the responsibility of the State who 
has attained 14 years of age shall include— 
‘‘(1) a document that describes the rights of the 
child with respect to education, health, visitation, 
and court participation, the right to be provided with
the documents specified in section 475(5)(I) in ac-
cordance with that section, and the right to stay safe 
and avoid exploitation; and 
‘‘(2) a signed acknowledgment by the child that 
the child has been provided with a copy of the docu-
ment and that the rights contained in the document 
have been explained to the child in an age-appro-
priate way.’’. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit a report to Congress regard-
ing the implementation of the amendments made by this 
section. The report shall include— 
(1) an analysis of how States are administering 
the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and (5)(C) of 
section 475 of the Social Security Act, as amended 
by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, that a 
child in foster care who has attained 14 years of age 
be permitted to select up to 2 members of the case 
planning team or permanency planning team for the 
child from individuals who are not a foster parent 
of, or caseworker for, the child; and 
(2) a description of best practices of States with 
respect to the administration of the requirements. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(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 developed pursuant to part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the ad-
ditional requirements imposed by the amendments 
made by this section, the plan shall not be regarded 
as failing to meet any of the additional requirements 
before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin-
ning after the 1st regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 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.