A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of adoption subsidies under the AFDC program, and to make needed improvements in the child welfare services and foster care programs.
Adoption Subsidy and Child Welfare Reform Act of 1979 - Amends part B of title IV (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to: (1) revise procedures for the payment to States for child-welfare service programs; and (2) prohibit payment to any State for such programs unless that State has in effect an action plan to assure foster care protection.
Amends part A of title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) to require States receiving payments under part A to make adoption subsidy payments to parents who adopt certain children.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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