Guardians for Children Act

Bill: 113-hr-2979
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2013-08-02
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Latest action: action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Guardians for Children Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to declare that, in the event of the death or incapacity of the relative guardian, the eligibility of a child for a kinship guardian assistance payment shall not be affected by reason of the replacement of the relative guardian with a successor legal guardian named in the kinship guardianship assistance agreement.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2979 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 2, 2013 Mr. Doggett (for himself, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Bass , Mr. Lewis , Mr. Rangel , Mr. McDermott , and Mr. Blumenauer ) 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 preserve the eligibility of a child for kinship guardianship assistance payments when the guardian is replaced by a successor legal guardian named in the kinship guardianship assistance agreement.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guardians for Children Act . 2. Preservation of eligibility for kinship guardianship assistance payments with a successor guardian Section 473(d)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 673(d)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Eligibility not affected by replacement of guardian with a successor guardian In the event of the death or incapacity of the relative guardian, the eligibility of a child for a kinship guardianship assistance payment under this subsection shall not be affected by reason of the replacement of the relative guardian with a successor legal guardian named in the kinship guardianship assistance agreement referred to in paragraph (1) (including in any amendment to the agreement), notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and section 471(a)(28). .