House Bill 2866
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Reducing Unnecessary Barriers for Relative Foster Parents Act
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Passed House on Jun 20, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2866
Congress
115
Policy Area
Families
Families
Primary focus of measure is child and family welfare, services, and relationships; marriage and family status; domestic violence and child abuse. Measures concerning public assistance programs or aging may fall under Social Welfare policy area.
checkPassed on June 20, 2017
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Status
Passed
Type
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A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
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Summary
Reducing Barriers for Relative Foster Parents Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to identify reputable model standards for the licensing of foster family homes.
Part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act is amended to require state plans for foster care and adoption assistance to require submission to HHS of information addressing:
- whether the state licensing standards are in accord with HHS-identified model standards, and if not, the reason for the specific deviation and a description of why having a standard that is reasonably in accord with the corresponding national model standards is not appropriate for the state;
- whether the state has elected to waive certain standards for relative foster family homes, a description of standards most commonly waived, and if the state has not so elected, the reason why;
- if the state has elected to waive such standards, how caseworkers are trained to use the waiver authority and whether the state has developed a process or offered tools to assist caseworkers in waiving nonsafety standards to quickly place children with relatives; and
- a description of the steps the state is taking to improve caseworker training or the process, if any.
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06/21/2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
06/20/2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
06/20/2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 382 - 19 (Roll no. 310). (text: CR H4955)
06/20/2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 382 - 19 (Roll no. 310).(text: CR H4955)
06/20/2017
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4979)
06/20/2017
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
06/20/2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2866.
06/20/2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4955-4958)
06/20/2017
Mr. Kelly (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
06/12/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
06/08/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
06/08/2017
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