,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bh1       
#bjai,mrs4 ,walorski 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,smith of ,nebraska1 and ,mr4 ,wenstrup7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for  
the conduct of demonstration projects to
 provide coordinated case management    
services for ,,tanf recipients4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,coordinating ,assistance for ,,tanf
 ,recipients ,act4  #b4 ,coordinated    
case management demonstration projects  
,section #djc of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fjc7 is amended by 
adding at the end the following3  7c7   
,coordinated case management            
demonstration projects  7#a7 ,in general
 ,the ,secretary shall make grants to   
,states to conduct demonstration        
projects designed to implement and      
evaluate strategies to provide          
coordinated case management to help     

individuals receiving assistance under a
 ,state program funded under this part  
or any other ,state program funded with 
qualified ,state expenditures 7as       
defined in section #dji7;a77#g77;,b77i77
 increase their employment and          
self-sufficiency4  7#b7 ,application    
requirements ,the ,secretary shall      
require each ,state that applies for a  
grant under this paragraph to do the    
following3  7,a7 ,describe how1 using   
the funds provided under this paragraph1
 the ,state or its designee will ensure 
an individual responsibility plan is    
developed in accordance with section    
#djh7;b7 for each recipient referred to 
in paragraph 7#a7 of this subsection4   
7,b7 ,describe how the ,state or its    
designee will ensure the development of 
this plan is coordinated with other     
programs and agencies providing benefits
 and services to the individual to help 
the recipient increase the employment   
and self-sufficiency of the recipient4  
7,c7 ,describe how the ,state or its    

designee will ensure the delivery of the
 benefits and services to the recipient 
7which may include the use of home      
visiting models74  7,d7 ,describe how   
the ,state or its designee will meet    
with the recipient at least monthly to  
review the employment status of the     
recipient and status of the             
participation of the recipient in other 
activities1 the benefits and services   
the recipient is receiving1 and the     
progress of the recipient toward meeting
 the goals specified in the individual  
responsibility plan of the recipient4   
7#c7 ,use of funds ,a ,state to which a 
grant is made under this subsection may 
use the grant for the following         
purposes3  7,a7 ,to support coordinated 
case managers in completing the         
activities specified in paragraph 7#b74 
7,b7 ,to provide short-term transitional
 benefits and services to individuals   
who1 due to increased employment or     
earnings1 may face disincentives to     
increasing work or earnings due to the  

phase-out or loss of certain benefits4  
7,c7 ,to ensure that recipients of      
services under the demonstration project
 have a choice between two or more      
coordinated case management service     
providers 7which may include managed    
care organizations7 that demonstrate    
experience and expertise in case        
management1 including the development of
 individual assessment plans and        
coordinated service management across   
various programs4  7,d7 ,to improve     
coordination between programs serving   
recipients who are part of the          
demonstration project4  7,e7 ,to improve
 coordination between information       
technology and other systems to deliver 
better benefits or services to the      
recipient1 except that not more than #aj
 percent of the grant amount may be used
 for this purpose4  7#d7 ,evaluation    
,the ,secretary1 in consultation with   
each ,state conducting a demonstration  
project under this subsection1 shall    
conduct a high-quality evaluation of the

 demonstration project in accordance    
with the following3  7,a7 ,evaluator    
qualifications ,the ,secretary may not  
enter into a contract with an evaluator 
unless the evaluator has demonstrated   
experience in conducting rigorous       
evaluations of program effectiveness    
including1 where available and          
appropriate1 well-implemented randomized
 controlled trials4  7,b7 ,methodologies
 to be used ,the evaluation of a        
demonstration project shall use         
experimental designs using random       
assignment or other reliable1           
evidence-based research methodologies   
that allow for the strongest possible   
causal inferences when random assignment
 is not feasible4  7,c7 ,public         
disclosure ,the ,secretary shall publish
 the results of the evaluation on the   
website of the ,department of ,health   
and ,human ,services in a location      
easily accessible by the public4  7,d7  
,limitation on cost of evaluations ,for 
evaluations under this paragraph1 the   

,secretary may not obligate more than   
#bj percent of the funds reserved under 
paragraph 7#f7 for each fiscal year4    
7#e7 ,recommendations to ,congress ,the 
,secretary shall submit recommendations 
to the ,congress on ways to improve case
 management and better coordinate       
benefits and services across programs4  
7#f7 ,funding ,of the amounts made      
available to carry out subsection 7b7   
for fiscal year #bjba and each          
succeeding fiscal year1 the ,secretary  
shall reserve #cjj1jjj1jjj to carry out 
this subsection4  7#g7 ,availability of 
funds ,funds provided to a ,state under 
this subsection for a fiscal year shall 
be expended by the ,state in the fiscal 
year or in the succeeding fiscal year4  
4  #c4 ,effective date ,the amendment   
made by this ,act shall take effect on  
,october #a1 #bjbj4