,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,gene ,green of ,texas introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf to exclude from 
gross income certain ,state foster care 
program payments made to the biological 
parents of disabled children4  #a4      
,exclusion from gross income of certain 
,state foster care program payments made
 to biological parents of disabled      
children  7a7 ,in general ,subsection   
7c7 of section #aca of the ,internal    
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#c7 ,application to        
biological parents receiving payments   
through ,state foster care programs ,a  
payment made pursuant to a foster care  
program of a ,state or political        
subdivision thereof shall not fail to be
 treated as a difficulty of care payment

 which is excludible from gross income  
under subsection 7a7 solely because the 
qualified foster individual with respect
 to which such payment is made is the   
biological child of the foster care     
provider4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the  
amendment made by this section shall    
apply to payments made in taxable years 
ending after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act4