Sec. 8. Additional requirements for the annual report to Congress based on AFCARS and other data
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Section 479A(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 679b(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (6)(C), by striking and after the semicolon; in paragraph (7)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: develop a set of provider-specific child outcome measures (including with respect to child fatalities, child fatalities from maltreatment, maltreatment in care, recurrence of maltreatment within 6 months, exits from foster care by reason for the exit (adoption, guardianship, reunification, or emancipation), time to reunification, reentry rates, and average number of placements) that can be used to assess the performance of foster care providers, as defined in subsection (e), in providing services to children under this part or part B; prescribe, not later than October 1, 2019, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure that States— provide to the Secretary the data necessary for the Secretary to assess the performance of States and foster care providers (as so defined) with respect to the outcome measures developed under paragraph (8), as a condition of the State receiving funds under this part; include with the data submitted to the Secretary under subparagraph
(A)for each foster care provider (as so defined), information as to whether the provider is a for-profit or not-for-profit entity; and review and consider the performance of each foster care provider (as so defined) with respect to such outcome measures prior to entering into or renewing any agreement with the provider that relates to the provision of services to children under this part or part B; and include in the report submitted pursuant to paragraph
(5)for fiscal year 2021 or any succeeding fiscal year, State-by-State data with respect to the outcome measures developed under paragraph
(8)and the data and information submitted under paragraph (9). . Section 479A of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 679b ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall publish, in a manner that is accessible as a public use data set for purposes of research, the data, ratings, and performance measures collected and determined under this section with respect to each State on a website that is available to the public and maintained and updated at least annually. . Section 479A of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 679b ), as amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding at the end the following: The data collection and outcome measures requirements of this section shall apply to Indian tribes, tribal organization, or tribal consortiums that have a plan approved under section 471(a) in accordance with section 479B, in the same manner as such requirements apply to a State under this part. . Section 479A of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 679b ), as amended by subsections
(b)and (c), is further amended by adding at the end the following: For purposes of paragraphs
(8)and
(9)of subsection (a), the term foster care provider means any entity, other than a foster family home, that receives funds from a State under this part or part B for the provision of placement or supervision services for any child in foster care under the responsibility of the State. .
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