Title: Home Visiting Works Act of 2017
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Home Visiting Works Act of 2017
This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
In addition, the bill increases, from 3% to 6%, the percentage of program funds set aside for Indian tribes and tribal organizations.
Finally, the bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the program from sequestration.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3525 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3525

    To amend title V of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the 
 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Doggett, 
 Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
 Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Neal, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, 
 Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Levin, Mrs. 
Dingell, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Tonko, 
Mr. Engel, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Rush, 
 Mr. McNerney, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Larson of 
   Connecticut, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kind, Ms. 
  Matsui, and Ms. Clarke of New York) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title V of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the 
 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Home Visiting Works Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING EVIDENCE-BASED HOME VISITING PROGRAM.

    Section 511(j)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711(j)(1)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``and'';
            (2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(I) for fiscal year 2018, $600,000,000;
                    ``(J) for fiscal year 2019, $600,000,000;
                    ``(K) for fiscal year 2020, $700,000,000;
                    ``(L) for fiscal year 2021, $700,000,000; and
                    ``(M) for fiscal year 2022, $800,000,000.''.

SEC. 3. RESERVATION FOR INDIAN TRIBES.

    Section 511(j)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
711(j)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``3 percent'' and inserting ``6 
percent''.

SEC. 4. EXEMPTION FROM SPENDING REDUCTION.

    Section 255(h) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 255(h)) is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to ``Grants to States for Medicaid (75-0512-0-1-551).'' the 
following new item:
            ``The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
        Program (075-0321).''.
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