To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5167
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2021-09-03
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Appropriations

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Child safety and welfare

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill increases and extends through FY2022 emergency funding and extends through FY2022 certain flexibilities for states to administer foster care programs and services.</p> <p>This includes expanding eligibility for services until a youth reaches age 27, permitting a youth who left foster care to voluntarily return to foster care, and suspending certain education and training requirements.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5167 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 3, 2021 Mr. Langevin (for himself, Mr. Mullin , Ms. Bass , Mr. Bacon , and Mrs. Lawrence ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.

1. Additional emergency support for older foster youth; extension of period during which programmatic flexibilities are in effect Division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ) is amended— (1) in section 3— (A) in subsection (a)— (i) in paragraph (1)— (I) by striking $400,000,000 and inserting $800,000,000 ; and (II) by inserting to remain available through fiscal year 2022, after fiscal year 2021, ; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking $50,000,000 and inserting $100,000,000 ; (B) in subsection (b), by striking and 2021 and inserting through 2022 ; and (C) in each of subsections (c) and (d), by striking COVID-19 public health emergency period and inserting period beginning on April 1, 2020 and ending with September 30, 2022 ; and (2) in section 4— (A) in each of subsections (a), (d)(2)(A), (d)(2)(D), and (e), by striking 2021 and inserting 2022 ; (B) in subsection (b)(4), by striking fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2021 and inserting any of fiscal years 2020 through 2022 ; and (C) in subsection (d)(2)(D), by striking COVID-19 public health emergency period and inserting period beginning on April 1, 2020 and ending with September 30, 2022 . 2. No effect of financial assistance under the Chafee program on other Federal or federally supported assistance (a) In general Section 477(d) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) No effect on other Federal or federally supported assistance The amount of any direct financial assistance provided under this section shall be disregarded in determining eligibility for, or the amount of assistance to be provided under, any other Federal or Federally supported assistance. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be applied and administered as if enacted on December 27, 2020.