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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Comprehensive Child Welfare Services
Reform Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE CHILD WELFARE SERVICES PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601
et seq.) is amended--
(1) in part F, by redesignating sections 481 through 487
(42 U.S.C. 681-687) as sections 491 through 497, respectively;
(2) by striking the heading for part E and inserting the
following:

''PART E--FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION ASSISTANCE, AND COMPREHENSIVE CHILD
WELFARE SERVICES.

''Subpart 1--Foster Care and Adoption Assistance'';

(3) in section 474(a) (42 U.S.C. 674(a)), by striking
paragraph (3), and redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph
(3); and
(4) by adding at the end of part E the following:

''Subpart 2--Comprehensive Child Welfare Services

''SEC. 480. PURPOSE; APPROPRIATION.

''For the purposes of assisting each State to meet the needs of
children (including children ineligible for assistance under the
programs under subpart 1) for comprehensive child welfare services, and
enabling each State to administer its programs under subpart 1, there
are authorized to be appropriated--
''(1) $1,328,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;
''(2) $1,449,000,000 for fiscal year 1995;
''(3) $1,585,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
''(4) $1,734,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
''(5) $1,892,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.

''SEC. 481. RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SECRETARY; ALLOTMENTS TO STATES;
REALLOTMENTS.

''(a) Reservation of Funds.--1 percent of the amount appropriated
pursuant to section 480 for each fiscal year shall be reserved to the
Secretary for expenditure in accordance with section 484.
''(b) Allotments.--The allotment for each State for each of fiscal
years 1994 through 1998 shall be an amount which bears the same ratio
to 99 percent of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section
480 for the fiscal year as the total payment to which the State is
entitled under section 474(a)(3) for fiscal year 1992 bears to the
total amount to which all States are entitled under such section for
the fiscal year (as determined on the basis of claims submitted by the
State and received by the Secretary on or before March 31, 1993, and
found by the Secretary to be allowable on or before July 31, 1993).
''(c) Reallotment.--The amount of any allotment to a State under
subsection (b) for any fiscal year which the State certifies to the
Secretary will not be used by the State to carry out the State plan
under section 482 shall be available for reallotment from time to time,
on such dates as the Secretary may fix, to other States which the
Secretary determines will be able to use such excess amounts during
such fiscal year, in addition to amounts already allotted or reallotted
to such other States, under the State plans under such section. The
amount reallotted to each State eligible for reallotted funds shall
bear the same ratio to the amount available for reallotment as the
State's allotment under subsection (b) bears to the total amount
allotted to all States so eligible.

''SEC. 482. STATE PLAN FOR COMPREHENSIVE CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.

''In order to be eligible for payments under this subpart for a
fiscal year, a State shall publish in the State and furnish to the
Secretary a plan of the State for expenditure of funds under this
subpart. The plan shall provide that--
''(1) expenditures will be made under the plan only for--
''(A) provision of child welfare services (as
defined in section 425) in accordance with section
422(b), other than foster care maintenance payments and
adoption assistance payments, but including
nonrecurring adoption expenses (as defined in section
473(a)(6)); and
''(B) administration of the programs of the State
under subpart 1 (including training of current or
prospective State or local agency personnel, and of
foster care and adoptive parents, related to
administration of such program); and
''(2) the State share of expenditures under this subpart
shall be an amount not less than the amount of the State share
of expenditures for which payment was made under section
474(a)(3) for fiscal year 1993.

''SEC. 483. PAYMENTS TO STATES.

''Each State shall be entitled to a payment for each fiscal year in
an amount equal to the lesser of--
''(1) the allotment of the State under this subpart for the
fiscal year; or
''(2) 75 percent of amounts (other than amounts for which
the State receives payment under part B) expended in the fiscal
year in accordance with the State plan under section 482.

''SEC. 484. SECRETARY'S DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES.

''The Secretary shall use the amounts reserved under section 481(a)
to provide, through grants to or contracts with public or private
entities, for--
''(1) technical assistance and training for State and local
public and private agencies to enable them to improve their
administration of the program under subpart 1, including--
''(A) States or cities with large numbers of
children at risk of foster care placement, or with
substantial deficiencies in program operation; and
''(B) State agencies in greatest need of assistance
in meeting the requirements of section 479 or other
Federal data collection requirements;
''(2) evaluation of State programs under this part and part
B; and
''(3) demonstrations designed to--
''(A) develop or identify more effective programs
to support and strengthen families;
''(B) improve child protective, foster care, and
adoption assistance services; and
''(C) reduce burdens on caseworkers.''.
(b) Coordination With Other Programs Providing Services to Children
and Families.--Section 422(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 622(b)(2)) is
amended by striking ''under part E'' and inserting ''under subpart 1,
and the State plan published under subpart 2, of part E''.
(c) Elimination of Conditional Part E of Title IV Ceiling and
Authority to Transfer Funds to Part B of Title IV.--Section 474 of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 674) is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c), and redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (b); and
(2) in subsection (b), as so redesignated--
(A) by striking ''subsections (a), (b), and (c)''
and inserting ''subsection (a)'';
(B) by striking ''such estimates'' and inserting
''such estimate''; and
(C) by striking ''such subsections'' and inserting
''such subsection''.
(d) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Part E of title IV of such Act (42
U.S.C. 470-479) is amended by striking ''this part'' each place such
term appears and inserting ''this subpart''.
(2) Section 403(a)(3)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)(D)) is
amended by striking ''486(a)'' and inserting ''496(a)''.
(3) Section 403(l)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(l)(1)(A)) is
amended--
(A) by striking ''482(a)'' and inserting ''492(a)''; and
(B) by striking ''482(i)(2)'' and inserting ''492(i)(2)''.
(4) Section 403(l)(4)(A)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(l)(4)(A)(i))
is amended by striking ''482(d)(1)'' and inserting ''492(d)(1)''.
(5) Section 403(l)(4)(A)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(l)(4)(A)(ii)) by striking ''482'' and inserting ''492''.
(6) Section 473(a)(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673(a)(6)) is
amended--
(A) by striking ''(6)(A)'' and inserting ''(6)''; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (B).
(7) Section 477(e)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677(e)(3)) is amended
by striking ''(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3)'' and inserting ''(a)(1) and
(a)(2)''.
(8) Section 492(e)(2)(B) of such Act, as so redesignated by
subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking ''484'' and
inserting ''494''.
(9) Section 492(f) of such Act, as so redesignated by subsection
(a) of this section, is amended by striking ''section 482(a)(1)'' and
inserting ''subsection (a)(1)''.
(10) Section 493(a)(1) of such Act, as so redesignated by
subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking ''482(a)(1)''
and inserting ''492(a)(1)''.
(11) Section 494(c) of such Act, as so redesignated by subsection
(a) of this section, is amended by striking ''482(e)'' and inserting
''492(e)''.
(12) Section 494(d)(2) of such Act, as so redesignated by
subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking ''482(f)'' and
inserting ''492(f)''.
(13) Section 495(c) of such Act, as so redesignated by subsection
(a) of this section, is amended by striking ''482(a)(1)'' and inserting
''492(a)(1)''.
(14) Section 497(a)(1) of such Act, as so redesignated by
subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking ''486'' and
inserting ''496''.
(15) Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(I) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by striking ''482(e)(6)'' and
inserting ''492(e)(6)''.
(16) Section 1928(a)(1)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396s(a)(1)(D))
is amended by striking ''482(e)(6)'' and inserting ''492(e)(6)''.
(17) Any other reference in law or regulation, as of the effective
date of this Act, to section 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, or 487 of
the Social Security Act shall be considered to be a reference to
section 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, or 497 of such Act, respectively.

SEC. 3. SECTION 1115 DEMONSTRATION WAIVERS.

Section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315(a)) is
amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
''part A or D'' and inserting ''part A, B, D, or E'';
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ''454,'' and inserting
''422, 454, 471, 472, 473,''; and
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ''455,'' and inserting
''423, 455, 474,''.

SEC. 4. RECOVERY OF TRAINING COSTS.

(a) Under Part E of Title IV.--Section 471(a) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ''and'' at the end of paragraph (16);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (17) and
inserting ''; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(18) provide that the State agency--
''(A) will require each individual who receives, at
an institution of higher education, education or
training in child welfare or a related field supported
by funds from the State agency under this part or part
B to enter into a written agreement either--
''(i) to work, after the completion of such
education or training, for the State agency or
another public child welfare agency, or for a
private child welfare agency operating under a
contract with a public child welfare agency,
for a period not less in duration than the
period of such education or training; or
''(ii) to repay to the State agency the
full amount expended by it for such education
or training for the individual;
''(B) will enforce compliance with such agreements;
and
''(C) will repay to the Secretary the Federal share
of amounts recovered in accordance with this
requirement, to the extent that such amounts exceed
amounts necessary to reimburse the State agency for
costs reasonably incurred to obtain recovery.''.
(b) Under Section 426.--Section 426 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 626) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by inserting ''subject to
subsection (d),'' after ''(c)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
''(d) As a condition of eligibility for grants under subsection
(a)(1)(C), a public or other nonprofit institution of higher learning
shall undertake--
''(1) to require each individual who receives education or
training in child welfare or a related field supported by a
stipend or other financial assistance under this section to
enter into a written agreement either--
''(A) to work, after the completion of such
education or training, for a public child welfare
agency, or for a private child welfare agency operating
under a contract with a public child welfare agency,
for a period not less in duration than the period of
such education or training, or
''(B) to repay to the institution the full amount
of such stipend or other assistance;
''(2) to enforce compliance with such agreements; and
''(3) to repay to the Secretary amounts recovered in
accordance with this requirement, to the extent that such
amounts exceed amounts necessary to reimburse the institution
for costs reasonably incurred to obtain recovery.''.

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF THE INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM.

Section 477 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last sentence;
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ''In the case of'' and
all that follows through ''1992, such'' and inserting ''Such'';
(3) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking ''of the fiscal
years 1987 through 1992'' and inserting ''fiscal year'';
(4) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking ''fiscal years
1991 and 1992'' and inserting ''each fiscal year'';
(5) by amending subsection (e)(1)(C) to read as follows:
''(C) As used in this section:
''(i) The term 'basic ceiling' means
$45,000,000.
''(ii) The term 'additional ceiling' means
$25,000,000.'';
(6) in subsection (f), by striking the last sentence; and
(7) in subsection (g)--
(A) by striking ''(g)(1)'' and inserting ''(g)'';
and
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).

SEC. 6. ACCUMULATION OF ASSETS BY OLDER CHILDREN RECEIVING FOSTER CARE
MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS.

Section 472 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
''(i) In determining the eligibility of an individual who has
attained age 16 for foster care maintenance payments under this
subpart, the State agency shall disregard from the resources of the
individual an amount of funds not exceeding an amount the agency
determines to be reasonable for the purpose of achieving self-
sufficiency.''.

SEC. 7. REPEAL OF ANNUAL REPORT ON VOLUNTARY PLACEMENT.

Section 102(e) of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of
1980 (Public Law 96-272; 42 U.S.C. 672 note) is repealed.

SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The amendments made by this Act shall become effective with respect
to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1993.
A:
Comprehensive Child Welfare Services Reform Act of 1993 - Amends title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish a new comprehensive child welfare services program under part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance). Authorizes appropriations.
Amends SSA title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) to provide for coordination with other programs providing services to children and families.
Amends SSA title XI to revise demonstration waiver provisions.
Amends SSA title IV parts B and E to provide for recovery of training costs.
Amends SSA title IV part E to make permanent the independent living program and to maintain basic and additional ceiling amounts at the latter amounts authorized under current law. Provides that in determining the eligibility of an individual aged 16 for foster care maintenance payments under such part, the State agency shall disregard from the resources of the individual an amount not exceeding what the agency determines to be reasonable for the purpose of achieving self-sufficiency.
Amends the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 to repeal provisions respecting the annual report on voluntary placement.