Sec. 222. Ensuring foster youth have a birth certificate, Social Security card, driver's license or equivalent State-issued identification card, and a bank account
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Section 475(5)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 675(5)(I) ) is amended— by striking and receives assistance and inserting receives assistance ; and by inserting before the period, the following: and is not discharged from care without being provided with an official birth certificate, a social security card issued by the Commissioner of Social Security, a driver's license or identification card issued by a State in accordance with the requirements of section 202 of the REAL ID Act of 2005, and a fee-free (or low-fee) transaction account (as defined in section 19(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Reserve Act ( . 12 U.S.C. 461(b)(1)(C) )) established in the child's name at an insured depository institution (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1813 )) or an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1752 )), unless the child, after consultation with the child's selected members of the child's case planning team (if any), elects not to have such an account established Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
If the Secretary finds with respect to a fiscal year quarter that a State has failed to comply with the requirement under section 475(5)(I) to provide each child in foster care under the responsibility of the State with an official birth certificate, a social security card issued by the Commissioner of Social Security, a driver's license or identification card issued by a State in accordance with the requirements of section 202 of the REAL ID Act of 2005, and a fee-free (or low-fee) transaction account (as defined in section 19(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Reserve Act ( 12 U.S.C. 461(b)(1)(C) )) established in the child's name at an insured depository institution (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1813 )) or an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1752 )) before the child is discharged from such care, (unless the child elects, after consultation with the child's selected members of the child's case planning team (if any), not to have such an account established) then, notwithstanding subsection
(a)of this section and any regulations promulgated under section 1123A(b)(3), the Secretary shall reduce the Federal matching percentage for expenditures described in subsection (a)(3)(E) for the succeeding fiscal year quarter by 1 percentage point for every multiple of 10 children for whom the Secretary determines the State failed to comply with such requirements (but not to exceed 25 percentage points). . Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section take effect on October 1, 2015. In the case of a State plan approved under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by this section, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such part solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year period beginning with the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.
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Sec. 222
Ensuring foster youth have a birth certificate, Social Security card, driver's license or equivalent State-issued identification card, and a bank account
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