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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 73 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To allow community supports to meet specific needs of families and children |
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| 6 | 6 | | through an electronic care portal under the MaryLee Allen Promoting |
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| 7 | 7 | | Safe and Stable Families program. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY25, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. R |
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| 11 | 11 | | UBIO(for himself and Mr. CASEY) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To allow community supports to meet specific needs of fami- |
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| 15 | 15 | | lies and children through an electronic care portal under |
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| 16 | 16 | | the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families |
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| 17 | 17 | | program. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Households 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | And Neighbors Distribute Services for Families Act’’ or 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | the ‘‘Helping HANDS for Families Act’’. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 73 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. MODERNIZED FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES. 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 431(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | U.S.C. 629a(a)(1)) is amended— 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | graph (E); 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) by striking the period at the end of sub-6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | paragraph (F) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(G) the services referred to in this para-9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | graph may include the means of access and use 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of an electronic or digital portal to facilitate the 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | provision of community support to care for and 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | meet specific needs of families and children.’’. 13 |
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