Sec. 60001. Continued safe operation of child welfare programs and support for older foster youth
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The dollar amount specified in section 477(h)(1) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2020 is deemed to be $185,900,000. The dollar amount specified in section 477(h)(2) of such Act for fiscal year 2020 is deemed to be $78,000,000. With respect to the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends with the close of calendar year 2020: Eligibility for services or assistance under a State program operated pursuant to section 477 of the Social Security Act shall be provided without regard to the age of the recipient.
Section 477(i)(3) of the Social Security Act shall be applied and administered without regard to any work or education requirement. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subsection referred to as the Secretary ) may apply and administer section 477 of the Social Security Act without regard to subsection (b)(3)(B) of such section. The Secretary may waive any requirement imposed by or under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act (including any limitation on the ability of contractors pursuant to such part B or E to apply for no-cost contract extensions) that the Secretary deems to be in conflict with using funds made available pursuant to this section or other statutes for the provision of financial, education, work, housing, and other assistance and services needed in response to the public health emergency declared by the Secretary pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act on January 31, 2020, entitled Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus .
The Secretary may allow a State to determine how daily activities under the State plan developed under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act and the State program funded under section 477 of such Act may be conducted through electronic means to comply with public health guidelines relating to social distancing, including conducting any required court proceedings pertaining to children in care. In making any such determination, the State shall work to ensure that the safety and health of each child in care remains paramount.
In the case of a foster child who has attained 18 years of age and with respect to whom foster care maintenance payments are being made under a State plan approved under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, caseworker contact with the child that includes visual and auditory contact and which is conducted solely by electronic means is deemed an in-person visit to the child by the caseworker for purposes of section 424(f)(1)(A) of such Act if the child is visited by the caseworker in person not less than once every 6 months while in such care.
The Secretary may waive the applicability of subclauses
(I)through
(IV)of section 475(8)(B)(iv) of the Social Security Act. In subsection (a), the term State has the meaning given the term in section 1101(a) of the Social Security Act for purposes of title IV of the Social Security Act, and includes an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium with an application and plan approved under this section 477(j) of such Act for fiscal year 2020.