Child Welfare Workforce Partnership Act

Bill: 113-hr-5140
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2014-07-17
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Child safety and welfare

Education programs funding

Employment and training programs

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Child Welfare Workforce Partnership Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to deem child welfare training expenditures made by public or private nonprofit education institutions to be made by the state if those expenditures would otherwise have been allowable if made by the state claiming federal reimbursement. (Thus allows a state to be federally reimbursed for child welfare training expenditures made by a nonprofit education institutions in the state.)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5140 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 17, 2014 Ms. Bass (for herself, Mr. Rangel , Mr. Rush , Mr. McDermott , and Ms. Lee of California ) 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 enable a State to be reimbursed for child welfare training expenditures made by a nonprofit educational institution in the State.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Welfare Workforce Partnership Act . 2. Child welfare training expenditures made by nonprofit educational institution deemed to be made by State for purposes of Federal reimbursement (a) In general Section 474 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 674 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Child welfare training expenditures made by nonprofit educational institution deemed To be made by State For purposes of this section, an expenditure described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(3) which is made by a public or private nonprofit educational institution and which would be an allowable expenditure if made by the State claiming reimbursement with respect to the expenditure, shall be considered to have been made by the State, except to the extent that Federal funds have been paid with respect to the expenditure. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2014, and shall apply to claims submitted on or after that date.