,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bd1 #bjai,ms4 
,bass introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide
 for a temporarily enhanced ,federal    
match for certain ,state or tribal child
 welfare data reporting expenditures4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,child ,welfare ,data           
,modernization ,act4  #b4 ,temporarily  
enhanced ,federal match for certain     
,state or tribal expenditures for child 
welfare data reporting  7a7 ,in general 
,the percentages which shall be in      
effect under section #dgd7;a77#c77;,c7  
of the ,social ,security ,act with      
respect to eligible child welfare data  
reporting expenditures of a ,state1     
,indian tribe1 tribal organization1 or  
tribal consortium in the applicable     
period shall--  7#a7 be #ge percent2 and
  7#b7 apply with respect to the        
expenditures1 without regard to whether 

the systems for which the expenditures  
are made may be used with respect to    
foster or adoptive children other than  
those on behalf of whom foster care     
maintenance payments or adoption        
assistance payments are made under a    
,state or tribal plan approved under    
this part4  7b7 ,treatment of digital   
system as mechanized system ,the digital
 system described in subsection 7c77#b7 
of this section shall be considered a   
mechanized system for purposes of       
subparagraphs 7,c7 and 7,d7 of section  
#dgd7;a77#c7 of the ,social ,security   
,act4  7c7 ,meaning of terms  7#a7 ,in  
general ,except as otherwise provided in
 this subsection1 the terms used in this
 section shall have the meanings the    
terms would have if this section were in
 part ,e of title ,,iv of the ,social   
,security ,act4  7#b7 ,eligible child   
welfare data reporting expenditures ,in 
subsection 7a7 of this section1 the term
 eligible child welfare data reporting  
expenditures means expenditures as are  

for the planning1 design1 development1  
update1 or installation of statewide or 
tribal digital data collection and      
information retrieval systems 7including
 for hardware components for the        
systems71 but only to the extent that   
the systems--  7,a7 meet the            
requirements imposed by the regulations 
prescribed under section #dgi7;b77#b7 of
 the ,social ,security ,act1 as in      
effect on ,january #ac1 #bjag2  7,b7 use
 cost-effective1 innovative technologies
 to automate the collection of          
high-quality case management data1 and  
promote the analysis1 distribution1 and 
use the data by workers1 supervisors1   
administrators1 researchers1 and        
policymakers--  7i7 in accordance with  
the ,comprehensive ,child ,welfare      
,information ,system ,final ,rule 7#ha  
,,fr #ceddi72 or  7ii7 by means of a    
statewide automated child welfare       
information system that meets the       
requirements of the regulations         
prescribed under such section           

#dgi7;b77#b72  7,c7 include the         
information required to be collected and
 reported by section #dga7;e77#d77;,e71 
and the data described in clauses 7i7   
and 7ii7 of #dgi;,a7a77#g77;,a71 of such
 ,act2  7,d7 to the extent practicable1 
are capable of interfacing with the     
,state or tribal data collection system 
that collects information relating to   
child abuse and neglect2  7,e7 to the   
extent practicable1 have the capability 
of interfacing with1 and retrieving     
information from1 the ,state or tribal  
data collection system that collects    
information relating to the eligibility 
of individuals for assistance under a   
program funded under part ,a1 for       
purposes of facilitating verification of
 income for purposes of eligibility for 
benefits under a ,state plan approved   
under this part2 and  7,f7 are          
determined by the ,secretary to be      
likely to provide more efficient1       
economical1 and effective administration
 of a ,state or tribal program carried  

out under a plan developed under part ,b
 or approved under this part4  7#c7     
,applicable period ,in subsection 7a71  
the term applicable period means the    
period that begins with ,january #ac1   
#bjag1 and ends with ,september #cj1    
#bjbj4