HR 3124
113th Congress
House
Families
Adoption and foster care
Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act
Introduced: September 18, 2013
Introduced by:
Davis, Danny K.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 18, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend through FY2017 the Adoption Incentive Payment Program and rename it the Permanency Incentive Program.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine the number of foster child exits to reunification, adoption, and guardianship (currently, the number of foster child adoptions, special needs adoptions, and older child adoptions) in a state during a fiscal year based on AFCARS data.
Replaces adoption incentive payments with specified permanency incentive payments.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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