#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #bheg  ,,an ,,act  ,to support      
foster care maintenance payments for    
children with parents in a licensed     
residential family-based treatment      
facility for substance abuse4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,supporting ,families in ,substance 
,abuse ,treatment ,act4  #b4 ,foster    
care maintenance payments for children  
with parents in a licensed residential  
family-based treatment facility for     
substance abuse  7a7 ,in general        
,section #dgb of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fgb7 is amended--  
7#a7 in subsection 7a77#b77;,c71 by     
striking or and inserting 1 with a      
parent residing in a licensed           
residential family-based treatment      
facility1 but only to the extent        
permitted under subsection 7j71 or in a 
2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the    
following3  7j7 ,children placed with a 
parent residing in a licensed           
residential family-,based treatment     

facility for substance abuse  7#a7 ,in  
general ,notwithstanding the preceding  
provisions of this section1 a child who 
is eligible for foster care maintenance 
payments under this section shall be    
eligible for the payments for a period  
of not more than #ab months during which
 the child is placed with a parent who  
is in a licensed residential            
family-based treatment facility for     
substance abuse1 but only if-- 7,a7 the 
recommendation for the placement is     
specified in the child's case plan      
before the placement2  7,b7 the         
treatment facility provides1 as part of 
the treatment for substance abuse1      
parenting skills training1 parent       
education1 and individual and family    
counseling2 and  7,c7 the substance     
abuse treatment1 parenting skills       
training1 parent education1 and         
individual and family counseling is     
provided under an organizational        
structure and treatment framework that  
involves understanding1 recognizing1 and

 responding to the effects of all types 
of trauma and in accordance with        
recognized principles of a              
trauma-informed approach and            
trauma-specific interventions to address
 the consequences of trauma and         
facilitate healing4  7#b7 ,payment      
amount ,the amount the ,state may       
receive under section #dgd7;a77#a7 for a
 child placed with a parent who is in a 
licensed residential family-based       
treatment facility for substance abuse  
shall not exceed the amount the ,state  
would otherwise be eligible to receive  
under such section based on where the   
child would be appropriately placed in a
 setting described in section           
#dgb7;a77#b77;,c7 if such treatment     
setting were not available4  7#c7       
,application ,with respect to children  
for whom foster care maintenance        
payments are made under paragraph 7#a71 
only the children who satisfy the       
requirements of paragraphs 7#a77;,b7 and
 7#c7 of subsection 7a7 shall be        

considered to be children with respect  
to whom foster care maintenance payments
 are made under this section for        
purposes of subsection 7h7 or section   
#dgc7;b77#c77;,b74  4  7b7 ,conforming  
amendment ,section #dgd7;a77#a7 of such 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fgd7;a77#a77 is    
amended by inserting subject to section 
#dgb7;j71 before an amount equal to the 
,federal the first place it appears4    
#c4 ,effective date  7a7 ,effective     
dates ,subject to subsection 7b71 the   
amendments made by this ,act shall take 
effect on ,october #a1 #bjag4  7b7      
,transition rule  7#a7 ,in general ,in  
the case of a ,state plan under part ,e 
of title ,,iv of the ,social ,security  
,act which the ,secretary of ,health and
 ,human ,services determines requires   
,state legislation 7other than          
legislation appropriating funds7 in     
order for the plan to meet the          
additional requirements imposed by the  
amendments made by this ,act1 the ,state
 plan shall not be regarded as failing  

to comply with the requirements of such 
part solely on the basis of the failure 
of the plan to meet such additional     
requirements before the first day of the
 first calendar quarter beginning after 
the close of the first regular session  
of the ,state legislature that begins   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4 ,for purposes of the previous     
sentence1 in the case of a ,state that  
has a #b-year legislative session1 each 
year of the session shall be deemed to  
be a separate regular session of the    
,state legislature4  7#b7 ,application  
to programs operated by ,indian tribal  
organizations ,in the case of an ,indian
 tribe1 tribal organization1 or tribal  
consortium which the ,secretary of      
,health and ,human ,services determines 
requires time to take action necessary  
to comply with the additional           
requirements imposed by the amendments  
made by this ,act 7whether the tribe1   
organization1 or tribal consortium has a
 plan under section #dgi;,b of the      

,social ,security ,act or a cooperative 
agreement or contract entered into with 
a ,state71 the ,secretary shall provide 
the tribe1 organization1 or tribal      
consortium with such additional time as 
the ,secretary determines is necessary  
for the tribe1 organization1 or tribal  
consortium to take the action to comply 
with the additional requirements before 
being regarded as failing to comply with
 the requirements4  ,passed the ,house  
of ,representatives ,june #bj1          
#bjag4;,clerk4