Sec. 115. State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from the phase-out of eligibility requirements for adoption assistance; requirement to spend 40 percent of savings on certain services
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Section 473(a)(8) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 673(a)(8) ) is amended to read as follows: A State shall calculate the savings (if any) resulting from the application of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) to all applicable children for a fiscal year, using a methodology specified by the Secretary or an alternate methodology proposed by the State and approved by the Secretary. A State shall annually report to the Secretary— the methodology used to make the calculation described in subparagraph (A), without regard to whether any savings are found; the amount of any savings referred to in subparagraph (A); and how any such savings are spent, accounting for and reporting the spending separately from any other spending reported to the Secretary under part B or E.
The Secretary shall make all information reported pursuant to subparagraph
(B)(including the information required under subparagraph (D)(iii)) available on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services in a location easily accessible to the public. A State shall spend an amount equal to the amount of the savings (if any) in State expenditures under this part resulting from the application of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) to all applicable children for a fiscal year, to provide to children of families any service that may be provided under this part or part B, and shall spend not less than 40 percent of any such savings on— post-adoption or post-guardianship services (as applicable) for children placed in adoptive, kinship guardianship, or guardianship placements and their families; and services to support and sustain positive permanent outcomes for children who otherwise might enter into foster care under the responsibility of the State. Any spending by a State in accordance with this subparagraph shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any Federal or non-Federal funds used to provide any service under part B or E. A State shall include in the annual report submitted to the Secretary under subparagraph
(B)a detailed account, in such form and manner as the Secretary shall require, of the services funded by the State to satisfy the requirements of clause
(i)of this subparagraph. .
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State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from the phase-out of eligibility requirements for adoption assistance; requirement to spend 40 percent of savings on certain services
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