,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dgig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #af1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself and ,mr4 
,whitehouse7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require ,states to consider legal 
issues affecting youth as part of case  
planning and to provide ,states with the
 option to use funds from the ,john ,h4 
,chafee ,foster ,care ,program for      
,successful ,transition to ,adulthood to
 support access to legal services and   
counseling4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,fresh ,starts for 
,foster ,youth ,act4  #b4 ,legal        
consulting and access under the ,john   
,h4 ,chafee ,foster ,care ,program for  
,successful ,transition to ,adulthood   
,section #dgg of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fgg7 is amended--  
7#a7 in subsection 7a77#d71 by inserting
 legal counseling access1 after         
education12 and  7#b7 in subsection     

7b77#c71 by adding at the end the       
following3  7,l7 ,a certification by the
 chief executive officer of the ,state  
that the relevant case planning and     
other processes employed by the ,state  
take into consideration certain legal   
issues affecting housing1 education1    
entry into employment1 and family       
connections of current and former foster
 youth and the efforts required to      
address the issues1 including with      
respect to ,state court records1 legal  
recognition of family relationships1 and
 matters relating to custody and        
permanency4  4  #c4 ,effective date  7a7
 ,in general ,the amendments made by    
this ,act shall take effect on the date 
that is #a year after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act and shall apply  
to payments under section #dgg of the   
,social ,security ,act pursuant to plans
 approved by the ,secretary of ,health  
and ,human ,services on or after such   
date4  7b7 ,delay permitted if ,state   
legislation required ,if the ,secretary 

of ,health and ,human ,services         
determines that ,state legislation      
7other than legislation appropriating   
funds7 is required in order for a ,state
 plan developed pursuant to section #dgg
 of the ,social ,security ,act to meet  
the additional requirements imposed by  
the amendments made by this ,act1 the   
plan shall not be regarded as failing to
 meet any of the additional requirements
 before the #ast day of the #ast        
calendar quarter beginning after the    
first regular session of the ,state     
legislature that begins after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4 ,for     
purposes of the preceding sentence1 if  
the ,state has a #b-year legislative    
session1 each year of the session is    
deemed to be a separate regular session 
of the ,state legislature4