,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afdg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bc       
7legislative day1 ,may #bb71 #bjai,mr4  
,grassley 7for himself and ,mr4         
,menendez7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title ,v of the ,social     
,security ,act to extend funding for    
family-to-family health information     
centers1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,supporting ,family-to-,family      
,health ,information ,centers ,act4  #b4
 ,findings ,congress finds that         
family-to-family health information     
centers-- 7#a7 assist families of       
children with disabilities or special   
health care needs to improve the        
well-being of children2  7#b7 provide   
information to families regarding       
resources available to help children    
with disabilities or special health care
 needs2  7#c7 work with representatives 

of health care organizations to         
facilitate collaboration between        
families of such children and           
professionals and organizations in the  
health care system2  7#d7 since fiscal  
year #bjjg1 the first year the          
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services began to develop and support  
such centers1 they have spread to the   
extent that family-to-family information
 centers now operate in all #ej ,states2
 and  7#e7 since fiscal year #bjah1     
these centers have been1 and continue to
 be1 developed in the territories and   
for ,indian tribes4  #c4 ,extension for 
family-to-family health information     
centers ,section #eja7;c7 of the ,social
 ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gja7;c77
 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph         
7#a77;,a77vii71 by striking and #bjai   
and inserting through #bjbd2 and  7#b7  
in paragraph 7#c77;,c71 by striking     
fiscal years #bjah and #bjai and        
inserting fiscal year #bjah and each    
fiscal year thereafter4