INCREASED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT.

SEC. 112. INCREASED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT. (a) Increased Payments to States.— Section 455(a)(1) of the Social Security Act is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (A); (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof “, and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(C) equal to 90 percent (rather than the percentage specified in subparagraph (A)) of so much of the sums expended during such quarter as are attributable to laboratory costs incurred in determining paternity;”. (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to laboratory costs incurred on or after October 1, 1988.