MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEPARTMENT

2006 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

For any status reports or updates concerning any federal or state legislation,

please e-mail Bgruhl@montcsb.org or call 276-6588

The following are reauthorization expiration dates for significant bills or programs. Provided by HHS, Office of Legislative Affairs & Budget – Division of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs

Expires 9/30/2006 (07 Budget)

Safe and Stable Families
Mentoring Children of Prisoners

Expires 9/30/2007 (08 Budget)

Adoption Incentives (bonuses)
Developmental Disabilities

Expires 9/30/08 (09 Budget)

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
CAPTA, Abandoned Infants and Adoption Opportunities
Family Violence

The following is

Human Services Related Legislation

from the 109^th United States Congress

TANF RELATED LEGISLATION

H.R. 751 – To reauthorize and improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program by promoting work, family, and opportunity, and for other purposes.

S. 105 – To reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other purposes.

S. 923 – To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State to promote financial education under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program and to allow financial education to count as a work activity under that program.

S. 1385 – To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure fair treatment and due process protections under the temporary assistance to needy families program, to facilitate enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under that program, and for other purposes.

S. 2119 – To reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through June 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

S. 141 – To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow up to 24 months of vocational educational training to be counted as a work activity under the temporary assistance to needy families program.

H.R. 5706 – To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the pass through of all child support collected on behalf of families receiving assistance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.

H.R. 3663 – To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide a State option to extend current waivers and create additional waiver authority under the temporary assistance for needy families program.

Other Related Federal TANF Reauthorization Legislation includes but is not limited to: {H.R. 240; S. 667; H.R. 3672; H.R. 4067; S. 1778; S. 1161; S. 458}

S. 2164 – To amend titles IV, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of care under the programs under such titles, and for other purposes.

S. 1716 – To provide emergency health care relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes. {Related “Katrina” Bills: H.R. 4197; S. 1766; S. 1765; H.R. 3958; H.R. 3672; H.R. 3971; H.R. 4169; H.R. 4213}

H.Con.Res. 438 – Expressing the sense of the Congress that continuation of the welfare reforms provided for in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 should remain a priority.

S. 1021 – To reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and for other purposes.

S. 3607 – To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4010 – To provide emergency assistance for families receiving assistance under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act and low-income working families.

H.R. 1264 – To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide funds to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid program.

CHILD SUPPORT RELATED LEGISLATION

S. 321 – To provide more child support money to families leaving welfare, to simplify the rules governing the assignment and distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of children, to improve the collection of child support, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1754 – To ensure that interest accrues on overdue child support payments, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4794 – To repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments.

H.R. 2409 – To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to modify the calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for the reinvestment of any such penalty.

H.R. 4956 – To provide for the mandatory revocation of passports of individuals who are more than $5,000 in arrears in child support payments.

H.R. 1755 – To amend the Social Security Act to require that anticipated child support be held in trust on the sale or refinancing of certain real property of an obligated parent.

H.R. 4233 – To allow a custodial parent a refundable credit for unpaid child support payments and to require a parent who is chronically delinquent in child support to include the amount of the unpaid obligation in gross income.

CHILD WELFARE & PROTECTION LEGISLATION

H.R. 5726 – To reform Federal procedures relating to inter-country adoption.

H.R. 3402 – To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 2006 through 2009, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3379 – To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote safe and permanent homes for foster children.

H.R. 3380 – To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide Federal support and assistance to children living with guardians and kinship caregivers, and for other purposes.

S. 1679 –To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to strengthen courts for at-risk children, and for other purposes.

S. 985 – To establish kinship navigator programs, to establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.

S. 3449 – To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the quality and availability of mental health services for children and adolescents.

H.R. 3433 – To amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to establish a parent-child privilege.

S. 1899 – To amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to identify and remove barriers to reducing child abuse, to provide for examinations of certain children, and for other purposes.

S. 3651 – To reduce child marriage, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1142 – To protect children from exploitive child modeling, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1738 – To assure the safety of American children in foreign-based and domestic institutions, and for other purposes.

S. 2504 – To eliminate child poverty. {Related Bill: S. 1084}

S. 1101 – To amend the Head Start Act to address the needs of victims of child abuse and neglect, children in foster care, children in kinship care, and homeless children.

S. 1507 – To protect children from Internet pornography and support law enforcement and other efforts to combat Internet and pornography- related crimes against children. {Related Bills: H.R. 3479; S. 3432; S. 3499; H.R. 5749; H.R. 1355; H.R. 3726; H.R. 1142; H.R. 3129; H.R. 3726}

H.R. 127 – To provide loan forgiveness to social workers who work for child protective agencies. {Related Bill: S. 1430}

H.R. 764 – To require the Attorney General to establish a Federal Register of cases of child abuse or neglect.

S. 1539 – To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote the adoption of children with special needs.

H.R. 3129 – To protect foster children and provide appropriate sentencing for child sex predators, and for other purposes.

S. 415 – To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on indicators of child well-being.

H.R. 3582 – To promote the improvement of information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse.

H.R. 2105 – To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to the use of safety belts and child restraint systems by children, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3482 – To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase penalties for violations of child labor laws, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1223 – To ensure that appropriate State social services officers have the authority to access certain Federal databases for the purpose of carrying out checks in cases of child abuse and neglect and cases of missing children, and for other purposes.

S. 1343 – To support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care.

GENERAL HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES RELATED LEGISLATION

(CHILD CARE, HEAD START, WORKFORCE INVESTMENT,

ADULT PROTECTION, MEDICAID, ETC.)

H.R. 2071 – To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for Family Care coverage for parents of enrolled children, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3171 – To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

S. 525 – To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to reauthorize the Act, to improve early learning opportunities and promote school preparedness, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1589 – To improve the lives of working families by providing family and medical need assistance, child care assistance, in-school and after-school assistance, family care assistance, and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces.

S. 1049 – To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under the Medicaid and State children's health insurance programs, and for other purposes.

S. 3607 – To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2000 – To establish the Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program, the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program, and a program of child care provider health benefits coverage, and for other purposes.

S. 1107 – To reauthorize the Head Start Act, and for other purposes.

{Related Bills: H.R. 2123; S. 1101}

S. 526 – To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide incentive grants to improve the quality of child care.

{Related Bill: H.R. 335; S. 525}

S. 119 – To provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes. {Related Bill: H.R. 1172}

H.R. 3860 – To make improvements to the national sex offender registration program, and for other purposes. {Related Bill: H.R. 3132}

H.R. 4472 – To protect children, to secure the safety of judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and their family members, to reduce and prevent gang violence, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3576 – To improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children.

H.R. 3628 – To expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1311 – To provide for the construction and renovation of child care facilities, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1106 – To increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2349 – To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to improve access to dependable, affordable automobiles by low-income families.

S. 1225 – To expand access to affordable health care and to strengthen the health care safety net and make health care services more available in rural and underserved areas.

S. 710 – To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option to expand or add coverage of pregnant women under the Medicaid and State children's health insurance programs, and for other purposes. {Related Bill: H.R. 5728}

S. 503 – To expand Parents as Teachers programs and other quality programs of early childhood home visitation, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5640 – To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the safe and stable families program, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4347 – To end homelessness in the United States.

H.R. 2071 – To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for Family Care coverage for parents of enrolled children, and for other purposes.

S. 233 – To increase the supply of quality child care.

H.R. 2097 – To establish a program to provide child care through public-private partnerships.

H.R. 5694 – To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require child care providers to provide to parents information regarding whether such providers carry current liability insurance {Related Bill: S. 525}

S. 114 – To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to ensure that every uninsured child in America has health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

H.R. 594 – To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for expanded dental coverage under Medicaid and State children's health insurance programs and to provide for funding for expanded community oral health services.

The following is

Human Services Related Legislation

from the 126^TH General Assembly of the State of Ohio

STATE OF OHIO HUMAN SERVICES LEGISLATION

(THESE BILL POTENTIALLY IMPACT ALL OF ODJFS)

HB 66 BIENNIAL BUDGET (Calvert) – To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2007, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs to make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2007, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs. Became law on June 30, 2005.

HB 77 STATE GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION (Gilb) – To reorganize the executive branch of state government. Stuck in SB Committee since 2-22-05.

HB 79 EDUCATOR MISCONDUCT (Setzer) – Teacher misconduct and licensing issue – requires background checks minimum of every 5-years on teachers. In Conference Committee 2-21-06.

HB 97 SAFE HAVEN LAW (Beuhrer) – Designate March as “2nd Chance of Life - Saving Babies, Supporting Families Month.” In SG committee since 5-12-05.

HB 80 PUBLIC CONTRACT AWARD CONDITIONS (Smith, G.) – To prohibit a state agency from awarding a public improvement contract unless its terms require the contractor to participate in a specified drug-free workplace program. Passed 3^rd Consideration 3-22-06.

HB 132 PERFORMANCE BUDGETING (Strahorn) – To require performance budgeting by most state agencies and to require performance audits of those agencies. In FA Committee since 3-15-05.

HB 187 CIVIL SERVICE REVIEW (Buehrer) –To implement recommendations of the Civil Service Review Commission. In LGR Committee since 4-7-05.

HB 188 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SERVICES (Buehrer) – To adopt the Electronic Government Services Act to prohibit a government agency from providing duplicative or competing electronic commerce services with the private sector unless the government agency complies with specified procedures. In CL Committee since 4-7-05.