Sec. 202. Moratorium on aging out of foster care
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During the period that begins on February 1, 2020, and ends on September 30, 2022, notwithstanding any other provision of law— no State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium operating a program under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) shall require a child in foster care under the responsibility of the State to leave foster care solely by reason of the child’s age attained; and no child in foster care under the responsibility of the State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium shall be found ineligible for foster care maintenance payments under section 472 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 672 ) solely by reason of the child's age attained or by reason of failing to meet the requirements of section 475(8)(B)(iv) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 675(8)(B)(iv) ).
Each State and Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium operating a program under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) shall— identify and provide notice to any child who was formally discharged from foster care by reason of the child's age attained during the moratorium period imposed under subsection
(a)that the child shall be re-entered into foster care, unless the child elects to opt out; and establish procedures to facilitate the child's re-entry into foster care, which shall include payment of any foster care maintenance payments the child is eligible for during the moratorium period imposed under subsection
(a)(including any such payments accrued before the child was re-entered into foster care). The requirements of this section apply to a State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium operating a program under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act without regard to whether the State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium has elected under section 475(8)(B) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 675(8)(B) ) to extend foster care to children who have attained age 18.
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