‘subsection (e)(1)(B)’ shall be substituted for 
‘such paragraph (1)’. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of 
this paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(A) AMOUNTS
ALLOTTED
FOR
FISCAL 
YEAR 2007.—In the case of amounts reserved 
pursuant to section 436(b)(4)(A) for fiscal year 
2007, the State has provided to the Secretary 
data which shows, for the most recent fiscal 
year for which such information is available— 
‘‘(i) the percentage of children in fos-
ter care under the responsibility of the 
State who were visited by the caseworker 
handling the case of the child at least once 
each month while the child was in such 
care; and 
‘‘(ii) the percentage of the visits that 
occurred in the residence of the child. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNTS
ALLOTTED
FOR
SUC-
CEEDING
FISCAL
YEARS.—In the case of 
amounts 
reserved 
pursuant 
to 
section 
436(b)(4)(A) for fiscal year 2008 or any suc-
ceeding fiscal year: 
‘‘(i) DATA SHOWING FREQUENCY AND 
LOCATION OF CASEWORKER VISITS.—The 
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State has provided to the Secretary data 
which shows, for the preceding fiscal year, 
that— 
‘‘(I) for at least 90 percent of the 
children in foster care under the re-
sponsibility of the State— 
‘‘(aa) the caseworker han-
dling the case of the child visited 
the child at least once each 
month while the child was in 
such care; and 
‘‘(bb) the majority of the 
visits occurred in the residence of 
the child; or 
‘‘(II) the State made the req-
uisite annual progress, as determined 
by the Secretary, to comply with sub-
clause (I) by October 1, 2011. 
‘‘(ii) STATE ABILITY TO VERIFY FRE-
QUENCY
OF
CASEWORKER
VISITS.—The 
Secretary has verified that the State has in 
effect such policies and standards as may 
be necessary to enable the State to deter-
mine whether, for at least 90 percent of 
the children in foster care under the re-
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sponsibility of the State, a caseworker vis-
ited the child at least once each month 
during the fiscal year. 
‘‘(iii) VERIFICATION OF NONSUPPLAN-
TATION COMPLIANCE.—The State has pro-
vided to the Secretary such documentation 
as may be necessary to verify that the 
State 
has 
complied 
with 
section 
436(b)(4)(B)(ii) during the fiscal year.’’. 
(c) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—Section 434(a) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 629d(a)), as amended by section 2(b)(1) 
of this Act, is amended by striking ‘‘the lesser of—’’ and 
all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘the sum of— 
‘‘(1) the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) 75 percent of the total expenditures 
by the State for activities under the plan during 
the fiscal year or the immediately succeeding 
fiscal year; or 
‘‘(B) the allotment of the State under sub-
section (a), (b), or (c) of section 433, whichever 
is applicable, for the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) 75 percent of the total expenditures 
by the State in accordance with section 
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436(b)(4)(B) during the fiscal year or the im-
mediately succeeding fiscal year; or 
‘‘(B) the allotment of the State under sec-
tion 433(e) for the fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 4. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHILD WELFARE SERV-
ICES PROGRAM. 
(a) FUNDING.—Subpart 1 of part B of title IV of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 620–628b) is amended 
by striking sections 420 and 425 and inserting after sec-
tion 424 the following: 
‘‘LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 425. To carry out this subpart, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than 
$325,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2011.’’. 
(b) PURPOSE OF PROGRAM.—Such subpart is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 421 and 423 as 
sections 423 and 424, respectively, and by transfer-
ring section 423 (as so redesignated) so that it ap-
pears after section 422; and 
(2) by inserting after the subpart heading the 
following: 
‘‘PURPOSE 
‘‘SEC. 421. The purpose of this subpart is to promote 
State flexibility in the development and expansion of a co-
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ordinated child and family services program that utilizes 
community-based agencies and ensures all children are 
raised in safe, loving families, by— 
‘‘(1) protecting and promoting the welfare of all 
children; 
‘‘(2) preventing the neglect, abuse, or exploi-
tation of children; 
‘‘(3) supporting at-risk families through serv-
ices which allow children, where appropriate, to re-
main safely with their families or return to their 
families in a timely manner; 
‘‘(4) promoting the safety, permanence, and 
well-being of children in foster care; and 
‘‘(5) providing training, professional develop-
ment and support to ensure a well-qualified child 
welfare workforce.’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION
OF
STATE
PLAN
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 422 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 622) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (3) through (5) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) include a description of the services and 
activities which the State will fund under the State 
program carried out pursuant to this subpart, and 
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how the services and activities will achieve the pur-
pose of this subpart;’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (6) and insert-
ing after paragraph (3) (as added by subpara-
graph (A) of this paragraph) the following: 
‘‘(4) contain a description of— 
‘‘(A) the steps the State will take to pro-
vide child welfare services statewide and to ex-
pand and strengthen the range of existing serv-
ices and develop and implement services to im-
prove child outcomes; and 
‘‘(B) the child welfare services staff devel-
opment and training plans of the State;’’; 
(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(7) 
through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (7), re-
spectively; 
(D) in paragraph (10)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (A); and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 
inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) has in effect policies and administra-
tive and judicial procedures for children aban-
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doned at or shortly after birth which enable 
permanent decisions to be made expeditiously 
with respect to the placement of the children;’’; 
(E) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(F) in paragraph (15), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; 
(G) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 
through (15) as paragraphs (8) through (13), 
respectively; and 
(H) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) include assurances that not more than 10 
percent of the expenditures of the State with respect 
to activities funded from amounts provided under 
this subpart will be for administrative costs; and 
‘‘(15) outlines how the State will ensure that 
physicians or other appropriate medical professionals 
are actively consulted and involved in— 
‘‘(A) assessing the health and well-being of 
children in foster care under the responsibility 
of the State; and 
‘‘(B) 
determining 
appropriate 
medical 
treatment for the children.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpart: 
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‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The term ‘ad-
ministrative costs’ means costs for the following, but 
only to the extent incurred in administering the 
State plan developed pursuant to this subpart: pro-
curement, payroll management, personnel functions 
(other than the portion of the salaries of supervisors 
attributable to time spent directly supervising the 
provision of services by caseworkers), management, 
maintenance and operation of space and property, 
data processing and computer services, accounting, 
budgeting, auditing, and travel expenses (except 
those related to the provision of services by case-
workers or the oversight of programs funded under 
this subpart). 
‘‘(2) OTHER TERMS.—For definitions of other 
terms used in this part, see section 475.’’. 
(d) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
STATE
ALLOT-
MENTS.—Section 423 of such Act, as so redesignated by 
subsection (b)(1) of this section, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’ after 
‘‘(a)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘420’’ and inserting 
‘‘425’’; and 
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(C) by striking ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Secretary’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘DETERMINATION
OF 
STATE ALLOTMENT PERCENTAGES.—’’ after 
‘‘(b)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘per centum’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘percent’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘PROMULGA-
TION
OF
STATE
ALLOTMENT
PERCENTAGES.—’’ 
after ‘‘(c)’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES DE-
FINED.—’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘fifty’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’; 
and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of any allot-
ment to a State for a fiscal year under the preceding 
provisions of this section which the State certifies to 
the Secretary will not be required for carrying out 
the State plan developed as provided in section 422 
shall be available for reallotment from time to time, 
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on such dates as the Secretary may fix, to other 
States which the Secretary determines— 
‘‘(A) need sums in excess of the amounts 
allotted to such other States under the pre-
ceding provisions of this section, in carrying out 
their State plans so developed; and 
‘‘(B) will be able to so use such excess 
sums during the fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
make the reallotments on the basis of the State 
plans so developed, after taking into consideration— 
‘‘(A) the population under 21 years of age; 
‘‘(B) the per capita income of each of such 
other States as compared with the population 
under 21 years of age; and 
‘‘(C) the per capita income of all such 
other States with respect to which such a deter-
mination by the Secretary has been made. 
‘‘(3) AMOUNTS
REALLOTTED
TO
A
STATE 
AMOUNTS DEEMED PART OF STATE ALLOTMENT.— 
Any amount so reallotted to a State is deemed part 
of the allotment of the State under this section.’’. 
(e) PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 
(1) EXCLUSION
OF
EXPENDITURES
FOR
DAY 
CARE, FOSTER
CARE, AND
ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE 
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FROM ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 424 of 
such Act, as so redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of 
this section, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘, for any fiscal 
year beginning after September 30, 
1979,’’; 
(III) in subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘necessary’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘living’’; and 
(IV) in subparagraph (C), by 
striking ‘‘, to the extent’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘1979’’; and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(excluding expendi-
tures for activities specified in subsection 
(c)(1))’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘such activities’’ and 
inserting ‘‘activities specified in subsection 
(c)’’. 
(2) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COST RE-
IMBURSEMENT.—Section 424 of such Act (42 
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U.S.C. 623), as so redesignated by subsection (b)(1) 
of this section, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENT FOR ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary shall not make a pay-
ment to a State under this section with respect to expendi-
tures during a fiscal year for administrative costs, to the 
extent that the total amount of the expenditures exceeds 
10 percent of the total expenditures of the State during 
the fiscal year for activities funded from amounts provided 
under this subpart.’’. 
(3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 424(a) 
of such Act, as so redesignated by subsection (b)(1) 
of this section, is amended by striking ‘‘per centum’’ 
and inserting ‘‘percent’’. 
(f) ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE PROVISION.—Sec-
tion 426 (42 U.S.C. 626) is amended by striking sub-
section (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(b). 
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 428(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
628(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘421’’ and inserting 
‘‘423’’. 
(2) Section 429 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 628a) 
is amended— 
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(A)(i) by striking the following: 
‘‘CHILD WELFARE TRAINEESHIPS 
‘‘SEC. 429. The Secretary’’; and 
(ii) inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) CHILD WELFARE TRAINEESHIPS.—The Sec-
retary’’; and 
(B) by transferring the provision to the 
end of section 426 (as amended by subsection 
(f) of this section). 
(3) Section 429A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 628b) 
is redesignated as section 429. 
(4) Section 433(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
629c(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘421’’ and inserting 
‘‘423’’. 
(5) Section 437(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
629g(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘421’’ and in-
serting ‘‘423’’. 
SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE COURT IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 438 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
629h) is amended in each of subsections (c)(1)(A) and (d) 
by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
SEC. 6. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM FOR MENTORING 
CHILDREN OF PRISONERS. 
Section 439 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
629i) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2002 through 
2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2007 through 2011’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS; 
RESERVATION
OF
CERTAIN 
AMOUNTS.—To carry out this section, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2007 
through 2011.’’. 
SEC. 7. AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL PROMOTING SAFE 
AND STABLE FAMILIES RESOURCES FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2006. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
there are appropriated to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 to carry 
out subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security 
Act, in addition to any amount otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2006 to carry out such subpart. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 434(b)(2) of such Act, the amounts paid to States 
from the amount appropriated under subsection (a) of this 
section shall remain available for expenditure by the 
States through fiscal year 2008. 
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SEC. 8. REPORTS. 
Section 435 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
629e) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) CONTENT.—The Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate biennial reports on— 
‘‘(A) the level of expenditures, and the pro-
grams and activities funded, under subpart 1 
and this subpart by each State, territory, and 
Indian tribe to which funds are paid under this 
part; 
‘‘(B) the number of children and families 
served by each such State, territory, and Indian 
tribe under the programs; and 
‘‘(C) how spending under the programs 
has helped achieve the goals identified by each 
such State, territory, and Indian tribe as part 
of the annual planning process undertaken in 
developing plans pursuant to this part. 
‘‘(2) TIMING.—The Secretary shall submit the 
biennial reports required by paragraph (1) not later 
than July 1, 2008, and not later than July 1 of 
every other calendar year thereafter.’’. 
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SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, the amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on October 1, 2006, and shall apply to payments 
under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act for 
calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, without 
regard to whether regulations to implement the amend-
ments are promulgated by such date. 
(b) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE-
QUIRED.—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 subpart 1 of part B, or a State plan 
approved under subpart 2 of part B, of title IV of the 
Social Security Act to meet the additional requirements 
imposed by the amendments made by this Act, the plan 
shall not be regarded as failing to meet any of the addi-
tional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar 
quarter beginning after the first regular session of the 
State legislature that begins after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. If the State has a 2-year legislative ses-
sion, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate 
regular session of the State legislature. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL PROMOTING SAFE 
AND STABLE FAMILIES RESOURCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 
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2006.—Section 7 shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
Æ 
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