Sec. 8. Virtual home visiting authorization and restrictions
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Section 511(e) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 711(e) ) is amended by redesignating paragraph
(10)as paragraph
(11)and inserting after paragraph
(9)the following: at the option of the eligible entity— a description of any limitations or constraints on virtual home visits under the program, including— a description of the plan of the eligible entity to encourage in-person home visits; and a description of the considerations to be used in determining when a virtual home visit is appropriate, including client consent, client preference, geographic limitations, model fidelity, and hazardous conditions including public health emergencies, weather events, health concerns for home visitors and client families, and other local issues; an assurance that— the virtual home visit is implemented as a model enhancement; or the Secretary has identified the home visit as part of an effective model or model adaptation, based on an evidence of effectiveness review conducted using the criteria established under subsection (d)(3)(A)(iii); and an assurance to the Secretary that at least 1 in-person home visit shall be conducted for each client family under the program during the 12-month period that begins with the entry of the client family into the program, and during each succeeding 12-month period, except that any such period in which a public health emergency declared under Federal law, or under the law of the State in which the program is conducted, is in effect shall be extended by the length of time in which the declaration is in effect. . Section 511(d) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 711(d) ) is amended by redesignating paragraph
(4)and paragraph
(5)(as added by section 5(a) of this Act) as paragraphs
(5)and (6), respectively, and inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: A virtual home visit conducted under the program shall be considered a home visit for purposes of this section if the application for funding of the program submitted pursuant to this section most recently after the effective date of this paragraph includes the material described in subsection (e)(10). The standards for training requirements applicable to virtual service delivery under a home visiting model shall be equivalent to those that apply to in-person service delivery under the model. A grant made under this section for the program may not be used for any virtual home visit during a year, unless the eligible entity to which the grant is made submits the report described in subsection (e)(8)(A) for the year. In this section, the term virtual home visit means a visit conducted solely by use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies. If the Secretary finds that an eligible entity has not complied with the assurance described in subsection (e)(10)(C), the Secretary shall, directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, provide the eligible entity with such technical assistance as is necessary to assist the eligible entity in doing so. . Section 511(d)(3)(C) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 711(d)(3)(C) ), as so redesignated by section 4 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: If the application submitted by the eligible entity includes the assurance described in subsection (e)(10)(C) with respect to the program, the program provides in-person service consistent with the assurances. . Section 511(e)(8)(A) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 711(e)(8)(A) ) is amended by inserting , including the number of virtual home visits conducted under the program in the year covered by the report, disaggregated with respect to each home visiting model under which the virtual home visits are conducted before the semicolon. A virtual home visit conducted before the effective date of the amendments made by this section under an early childhood home visitation program funded under section 511 of the Social Security Act shall be considered a home visit for purposes of such section. In paragraph (1), the term virtual home visit means a visit conducted solely by use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies.
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