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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextBy Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Peters, and Mr.
Sullivan):
S. 4903. A bill to improve the point-in-time count conducted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENTS TO POINT-IN-TIME COUNT.
(a) In General.—Section 427(b)(3) of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386a(b)(3)) is amended—
(1) by striking “The Secretary” and inserting the
following:
“(A) Limitation on scope.—The Secretary”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) Annual point-in-time count.—
“(i) Definition.—In this subparagraph, the term `annual
point-in-time count' means the annual point-in-time count of
homeless individuals required under clause (ii).
“(ii) Requirement.—
“(I) In general.—The Secretary shall require each
recipient to participate in an annual point-in-time count of
homeless individuals during the last 10 days of April of each
year beginning after the date of enactment of this
subparagraph
“(II) Supplemental counts.—Authorization from the
Secretary shall not be required in order for a recipient to
conduct a supplemental point-in-time count of homeless
individuals during a different time of year than the annual
count described in subclause (I).
“(iii) Use of standardized tools.—In conducting the
annual point-in-time count, a recipient shall use a
community-wide homeless management information system
(commonly known as an `HMIS') for client-level data
collection.
“(iv) Technical assistance and support for rural and
resource-limited continuums of care.—The Secretary shall
provide training in HMIS integration to rural or resource-
limited recipients for purposes of conducting the annual
point-in-time count.
“(v) Reporting and compliance.—
“(I) Continuum of care standardized hmis reporting
requirements.—The Secretary shall establish standardized
HMIS reporting requirements for recipients conducting the
annual point-in-time count with respect to the geographic
scope and spatial analysis of unsheltered and sheltered
populations.
“(II) HUD report.—The Secretary shall submit an annual
report to Congress on—
“(aa) compliance by recipients with the data collection,
HMIS reporting, and annual point-in-time count requirements
under this subparagraph;
“(bb) technical assistance and guidance provided by the
Secretary to recipients to support implementation of the
requirements described in item (aa); and
“(cc) improvements in the consistency, accuracy, and
quality of data collected through the annual point-in-time
count.
“(vi) Rolling hmis updates and midpoint hmis data.—
“(I) HMIS updates.—A recipient shall maintain up-to-date
HMIS data year-round regarding participation in homelessness
assistance projects funded by the Secretary, including
entries into and exits from emergency shelters, homeless
street outreach programs, transitional housing, and other
eligible activities under this subtitle.
“(II) Midpoint hmis data.—A recipient shall collect and
maintain HMIS data on unsheltered and sheltered homeless
populations as of the midway point between each annual point-
in-time count (in this subparagraph referred to as `midpoint
HMIS data').
“(III) Purposes.—The purposes of the midpoint HMIS data
collected under subclause (II) are to—
“(aa) track seasonal or emerging trends;
“(bb) inform planning for programs carried out under this
subtitle; and
“(cc) supplement, but not replace, the annual point-in-
time count.
“(vii) Guidance for rural and resource-limited continuums
of care.—The Secretary shall provide guidance for rural or
resource-limited recipients regarding—
“(I) standardized data collection methodologies for the
annual point-in-time count;
“(II) implementation and integration of HMIS tools for
mapping sheltered and unsheltered populations;
“(III) midpoint HMIS data collection and spatial mapping
requirements under this subparagraph; and
“(IV) staffing, training, and technology best practices
necessary to comply with the requirements of this
subparagraph.
“(viii) Funding flexibility.—The Secretary may—
“(I) allow a recipient to use assistance received under
subtitle B to support the training of employees or volunteers
in HMIS integration; and
“(II) provide guidance on ensuring that the use of
assistance under subclause (I) does not disrupt service
delivery to homeless shelters.”.
(b) GAO Study.—
(1) Definition.—In this subsection, the term “Continuum
of Care” means a recipient, as that term is defined in
section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11360).
(2) Study.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall—
(A) conduct a study of the annual point-in-time count
conducted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(in this subsection referred to as the “Department”),
including the methodology used by the Department; and
(B) submit to Congress a report that contains—
(i) the results of the study conducted under subparagraph
(A); and
(ii) as appropriate, recommendations on how to modernize
the annual point-in-time count in a way that leads to greater
accuracy in counting the homeless, including how the
Department can—
(I) standardize collection methodology across Continuums of
Care; and
(II) increase consistency, modernization, and efficiency of
data collection and reporting processes with respect to the
annual point-in-time count within each Continuum of Care.