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[CITE: 42USC623]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES 
              WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES
 
                    Part B--Child and Family Services
 
                    subpart 1--child welfare services
 
Sec. 623. Payment to States


(a) Payment schedule

    From the sums appropriated therefor and the allotment under this 
subpart, subject to the conditions set forth in this section, the 
Secretary shall from time to time pay to each State that has a plan 
developed in accordance with section 622 of this title an amount equal 
to 75 per centum of the total sum expended under the plan (including the 
cost of administration of the plan) in meeting the costs of State, 
district, county, or other local child welfare services.

(b) Computation and method of payment

    The method of computing and making payments under this section shall 
be as follows:
        (1) The Secretary shall, prior to the beginning of each period 
    for which a payment is to be made, estimate the amount to be paid to 
    the State for such period under the provisions of this section.
        (2) From the allotment available therefor, the Secretary shall 
    pay the amount so estimated, reduced or increased, as the case may 
    be, by any sum (not previously adjusted under this section) by which 
    he finds that his estimate of the amount to be paid the State for 
    any prior period under this section was greater or less than the 
    amount which should have been paid to the State for such prior 
    period under this section.

(c) Prohibited payments; exceptions

    (1) No payment may be made to a State under this part, for any 
fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1979, with respect to State 
expenditures made for (A) child day care necessary solely because of the 
employment, or training to prepare for employment, of a parent or other 
relative with whom the child involved is living, (B) foster care 
maintenance payments, and (C) adoption assistance payments, to the 
extent that the Federal payment with respect to those expenditures would 
exceed the total amount of the Federal payment under this part for 
fiscal year 1979.
    (2) Expenditures made by a State for any fiscal year which begins 
after September 30, 1979, for foster care maintenance payments shall be 
treated for purposes of making Federal payments under this part with 
respect to expenditures for child welfare services, as if such foster 
care maintenance payments constituted child welfare services of a type 
to which the limitation imposed by paragraph (1) does not apply; except 
that the amount payable to the State with respect to expenditures made 
for other child welfare services and for foster care maintenance 
payments during any such year shall not exceed 100 per centum of the 
amount of the expenditures made for child welfare services for which 
payment may be made under the limitation imposed by paragraph (1) as in 
effect without regard to this paragraph.

(d) Minimum State expenditures

    No payment may be made to a State under this part in excess of the 
payment made under this part for fiscal year 1979, for any fiscal year 
beginning after September 30, 1979, if for the latter fiscal year the 
total of the State's expenditures for child welfare services under this 
part (excluding expenditures for activities specified in subsection 
(c)(1) of this section) is less than the total of the State's 
expenditures under this part (excluding expenditures for such 
activities) for fiscal year 1979.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 423, as added Pub. L. 90-248, 
title II, Sec. 240(c), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 913; amended Pub. L. 94-
273, Sec. 22, Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 96-272, title I, 
Sec. 103(a), June 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 518; Pub. L. 103-66, title XIII, 
Sec. 13711(b)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 655; Pub. L. 103-432, title 
II, Sec. 202(d)(1), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4454.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-432 struck out ``and in section 627 
of this title'' after ``set forth in this section''.
    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-66 substituted ``under this subpart'' 
for ``under this part''.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-272 substituted provisions covering payments to 
States for provisions relating to allotment percentages and Federal 
share.
    1976--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94-273 substituted ``October'' for 
``July'' wherever appearing and ``November 30'' for ``August 31''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-432 effective with respect to fiscal years 
beginning on or after Apr. 1, 1996, see section 202(e) of Pub. L. 103-
432, set out as a note under section 622 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-66 effective with respect to calendar 
quarters beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1993, see section 13711(c) of 
Pub. L. 103-66, set out as a note under section 622 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 621, 673b of this title.
