Child Welfare Data Modernization Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3438 To provide for a temporarily enhanced Federal match for certain State or tribal child welfare data reporting expenditures. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 24, 2019 Ms. BASS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To provide for a temporarily enhanced Federal match for certain State or tribal child welfare data reporting ex- penditures. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Welfare Data 4 Modernization Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. TEMPORARILY ENHANCED FEDERAL MATCH FOR 6 CERTAIN STATE OR TRIBAL EXPENDITURES 7 FOR CHILD WELFARE DATA REPORTING. 8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The percentages which shall be in 9 effect under section 474(a)(3)(C) of the Social Security 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:07 Jun 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3438.IH H3438 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3438 IH Act with respect to eligible child welfare data reporting 1 expenditures of a State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, 2 or tribal consortium in the applicable period shall— 3 (1) be 75 percent; and 4 (2) apply with respect to the expenditures, with- 5 out regard to whether the systems for which the ex- 6 penditures are made may be used with respect to 7 foster or adoptive children other than those on be- 8 half of whom foster care maintenance payments or 9 adoption assistance payments are made under a 10 State or tribal plan approved under this part. 11 (b) TREATMENT OF DIGITAL SYSTEM AS MECHA- 12 NIZED SYSTEM.—The digital system described in sub- 13 section (c)(2) of this section shall be considered a mecha- 14 nized system for purposes of subparagraphs (C) and (D) 15 of section 474(a)(3) of the Social Security Act. 16 (c) MEANING OF TERMS.— 17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro- 18 vided in this subsection, the terms used in this sec- 19 tion shall have the meanings the terms would have 20 if this section were in part E of title IV of the Social 21 Security Act. 22 (2) ELIGIBLE CHILD WELFARE DATA REPORT- 23 ING EXPENDITURES.—In subsection (a) of this sec- 24 tion, the term ‘‘eligible child welfare data reporting 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:07 Jun 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3438.IH H3438 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3438 IH expenditures’’ means expenditures as are for the 1 planning, design, development, update, or installa- 2 tion of statewide or tribal digital data collection and 3 information retrieval systems (including for hard- 4 ware components for the systems), but only to the 5 extent that the systems— 6 (A) meet the requirements imposed by the 7 regulations prescribed under section 479(b)(2) 8 of the Social Security Act, as in effect on Janu- 9 ary 13, 2017; 10 (B) use cost-effective, innovative tech- 11 nologies to automate the collection of high-qual- 12 ity case management data, and promote the 13 analysis, distribution, and use the data by 14 workers, supervisors, administrators, research- 15 ers, and policymakers— 16 (i) in accordance with the Comprehen- 17 sive Child Welfare Information System 18 Final Rule (81 FR 35449); or 19 (ii) by means of a statewide auto- 20 mated child welfare information system 21 that meets the requirements of the regula- 22 tions prescribed under such section 23 479(b)(2); 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:07 Jun 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3438.IH H3438 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 3438 IH (C) include the information required to be 1 collected and reported by section 471(e)(4)(E), 2 and the data described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 3 479A(a)(7)(A), of such Act; 4 (D) to the extent practicable, are capable 5 of interfacing with the State or tribal data col- 6 lection system that collects information relating 7 to child abuse and neglect; 8 (E) to the extent practicable, have the ca- 9 pability of interfacing with, and retrieving infor- 10 mation from, the State or tribal data collection 11 system that collects information relating to the 12 eligibility of individuals for assistance under a 13 program funded under part A, for purposes of 14 facilitating verification of income for purposes 15 of eligibility for benefits under a State plan ap- 16 proved under this part; and 17 (F) are determined by the Secretary to be 18 likely to provide more efficient, economical, and 19 effective administration of a State or tribal pro- 20 gram carried out under a plan developed under 21 part B or approved under this part. 22 (3) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—In subsection (a), 23 the term ‘‘applicable period’’ means the period that 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:07 Jun 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3438.IH H3438 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 3438 IH begins with January 13, 2017, and ends with Sep- 1 tember 30, 2020. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:07 Jun 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3438.IH H3438 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS