US Congress Senate Bill 2574 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 24 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the procedures a state must have in effect for the orderly and timely interstate placement of children to include a centralized electronic case processing system. Grants are authorized for development of a centralized electronic system to expedite the interstate placement of children in foster care, guardianship, or adoptive homes. Discretionary funding shall be continued through FY2017 to promote safe and stable families. The Department of Health and Human Services shall reserve $5 million of the amount made available for such grants for FY2017, which reserved amount shall remain available through FY2021.

Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB4472 (Same As) 2016-04-04 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2574/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2574/BILLS-114s2574is.pdf