text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Permanent Families for All Children 
  Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. 3-YEAR LIMIT ON FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT OF FOSTER CARE 
                MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS FOR CHILD NOT IN A LEGAL 
                GUARDIANSHIP OR KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP ARRANGEMENT.
  
      Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674) is amended 
  by adding at the end the following:
      ``(h) Limitation on Number of Months for Which Foster Care 
  Maintenance Payments Made on Behalf of a Child Not in a Legal 
  Guardianship or Kinship Guardianship Arrangement May Be Reimbursed.--
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a foster care 
  maintenance payment made on behalf of a child shall not be taken into 
  account for purposes of this section after such a payment has been made 
  on behalf of the child for 36 months (whether or not consecutive) 
  ending after the effective date of this subsection, unless the child is 
  in a legal guardianship or kinship guardianship arrangement.''.
  
  SEC. 3. 1-YEAR LIMIT ON FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT OF FOSTER CARE 
                MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS FOR CHILD IN CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION.
  
      Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674), as amended 
  by section 2 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the 
  following:
      ``(i) Limitation on Number of Months for Which Foster Care 
  Maintenance Payments Made to Child-Care Institutions on Behalf of a 
  Child May Be Reimbursed.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
  part, a foster care maintenance payment made to a child-care 
  institution on behalf of a child residing in the institution shall not 
  be taken into account for purposes of this section after such a payment 
  has been made to 1 or more such institutions on behalf of the child for 
  12 months (whether or not consecutive) ending after the effective date 
  of this subsection.''.
  
  SEC. 4. ELIMINATION OF AFDC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR FOSTER CARE 
                MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS.
  
      (a) Elimination of Income Eligibility Requirement.--
              (1) In general.--Section 472(a) of the Social Security Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 672(a)) is amended--
                      (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``if'' and all 
                  that follows and inserting ``if the removal and foster 
                  care placement met, and the placement continues to 
                  meet, the requirements of paragraph (2).''; and
                      (B) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).
              (2) Conforming amendments.--
                      (A) Section 470 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 670) is 
                  amended by striking ``who otherwise would have been 
                  eligible for assistance under the States plan approved 
                  under part A (as such plan was in effect on June 1, 
                  1995)''.
                      (B) Section 479B(c)(1)(C)(ii) of such Act (42 
                  U.S.C. 679c(c)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended--
                              (i) by striking ``the following shall 
                          apply:'' and all that follows through ``Only'' 
                          and inserting ``only''; and
                              (ii) by striking subclause (II).
      (b) Replacement of Federal Matching Rate Applicable to Foster Care 
  Maintenance Payments and Related Costs.--
              (1) In general.--Section 474(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
          674(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
              ``(1) an amount equal to the foster care partnership rate 
          applicable to the State for the quarter, as determined under 
          subsection (k), of the total amount expended during the quarter 
          as foster care maintenance payments under section 472 for 
          children in foster family homes or child-care institutions (or, 
          with respect to such payments made during the quarter under a 
          cooperative agreement or contract entered into by the State and 
          an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium for 
          the administration or payment of funds under this part, an 
          amount equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage (as 
          defined in section 1905(b)) that would apply under section 
          479B(d) (in this paragraph referred to as the `tribal FMAP') if 
          the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium 
          made such payments under a program operated under that section, 
          unless the tribal FMAP is less than the Federal medical 
          assistance percentage that applies to the State); plus''.
              (2) Foster care partnership rate.--Section 474 of such Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 674), as amended by sections 2 and 3 of this Act, is 
          amended by adding at the end the following:
      ``(k) The Secretary, in consultation with a State, shall determine 
  the foster care partnership rate applicable to the State for a quarter 
  so that the total of the amounts payable to the State under subsection 
  (a)(1) for the fiscal year in which the quarter occurs equals the total 
  of the amounts required to be paid to the State under subsection (a)(1) 
  (as in effect just before the 1st quarter for which this subsection is 
  in effect with respect to the State) for the 4 quarters preceding such 
  1st quarter.''.
      (c) Effective Date.--
              (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
          amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 1st 
          day of the 1st calendar quarter that begins after the date of 
          the enactment of this Act.
              (2) State option to delay effective date.--A State may 
          elect to delay the effectiveness of the amendments made by this 
          section with respect to the State for not more than 3 years.
  
  SEC. 5. ELIGIBILITY OF CHILD IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR HALF 
                OF REGULAR FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS.
  
      Section 472(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672(b)) is 
  amended by inserting ``, except that, while the child is in a 
  residential treatment program, the payments may continue to be made on 
  behalf of the child at 50 percent of the level at which the payments 
  that would otherwise be made'' before the period.
  
  SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
  
      (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the 
  amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of the 
  12th month beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
  and shall apply to payments under part E of title IV of the Social 
  Security Act for calendar quarters ending on or after such date.
      (b) Delay Permitted if State Legislation Required.--If the 
  Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State 
  legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 
  order for a State plan developed pursuant to part E of title IV of the 
  Social Security Act to meet the additional requirements imposed by the 
  amendments made by this Act, the plan shall not be regarded as failing 
  to meet any of the additional requirements before the 1st day of the 
  1st calendar quarter ending after the first regular session of the 
  State legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
  Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, if the State has a 2-year 
  legislative session, each year of the session is deemed to be a 
  separate regular session of the State legislature.
  
  SEC. 7. INCREASED FUNDING FOR CASEWORKER TRAINING ON CHILD-FOCUSED 
                RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
  
      The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall increase the 
  proportion of the amounts expended by a State for caseworker training 
  on child-focused recruitment and retention with respect to which the 
  State is entitled to a payment under section 474(a)(3)(B) of the Social 
  Security Act for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019, so that the 
  aggregate of the additional amounts required to be paid by reason of 
  this section for the fiscal year involved equals the amount that the 
  Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines is the net 
  amount of reduced mandatory spending for the fiscal year as a result of 
  the enactment of the preceding provisions of this Act.
  
  SEC. 8. UNUSED SAVINGS TO BE SPENT ON CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS.
  
      The amount specified in section 425 of the Social Security Act for 
  each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019 shall be increased by the 
  savings from the preceding provisions of this Act for the then 
  preceding fiscal year, as computed using the most recent baseline of 
  the Congressional Budget Office.
  
  SEC. 9. PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS.
  
      Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
  1087e(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
              ``(5) Loan cancellation for certain social workers.--In the 
          case of a borrower who works in social work in a public child 
          or family service agency, paragraph (1) shall be applied--
                      ``(A) by substituting `60' for `120' both places it 
                  appears; and
                      ``(B) by striking `after October 1, 2007' and 
                  inserting `after the date of enactment of the Permanent 
                  Families for All Children Act'.''.
target: Permanent Families for All Children Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to:  limit to 36 the number of months for which foster care maintenance payments made on behalf of a child not in a legal guardianship or kinship guardian arrangement may be reimbursed; limit to 12 the number of months for which foster care maintenance payments made to child-care institutions on behalf of a child residing in the institution may be reimbursed; eliminate the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) income eligibility requirement for foster care maintenance payments; replace the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP, or federal matching rate) for foster care maintenance payments and related costs in a state with a foster care partnership rate for the quarter determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS); and make children in residential treatment programs eligible for 50% of regular foster care maintenance payments.  Directs the Secretary to increase the proportion of the amounts expended by a state for caseworker training on child-focused recruitment and retention. Increases the amount of spending for child welfare programs by the unused savings resulting from this Act. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the cancellation of Federal Direct Student Loans for a social worker employed in a public child or family service agency after the social worker has made 60 monthly payments on the eligible loan after the enactment of this Act.
feat_title: Permanent Families for All Children Act