GOOD CAUSE IN FOSTER CARE AND FOOD STAMP CASES.

SEC. 5548. GOOD CAUSE IN FOSTER CARE AND FOOD STAMP CASES. (a) State Plan.—Section 454(4)(A)(i) (42 U.S.C. 654(4)(A)(i)) is amended— (1) by striking “or” before “(III)”; and (2) by inserting “or (IV) cooperation is required pursuant to section 6(1)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(1)(1)),” after “title XIX,”. (b) Conforming Amendments.—Section 454(29) (42 U.S.C. 654(29)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “part A of this title or the State program under title XIX” and inserting “part A, the State program under part E, the State program under title XIX, or the food stamp program, as defined under section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h)),”; and (B) by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting the following: “(i) in the case of the State program funded under part A, the State program under part E, or the State program under title XIX shall, at the option of the State, be defined, taking into account the best interests of the child, and applied in each case, by the State agency administering such program; and “(ii) in the case of the food stamp program, as defined under section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h)), shall be defined and applied in each case under that program in accordance with section 6(1)(2) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(1)(2));”; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking “or the State program under title XIX” and inserting “the State program under part E, the State program under title XIX, or the food stamp program, as defined under section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h))”; and (3) in subparagraph (E), by striking “individual,” and all that follows through “XIX,” and inserting “individual and the State agency administering the State program funded under part A, the State agency administering the State program under part E, the State agency administering the State program under title XIX, or the State agency administering the food stamp program, as defined under section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h)),”.