STUDY ON ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES MEASURES.

SEC. 107. [42 U.S.C. 613 note] STUDY ON ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES MEASURES. (a) Study.—The Secretary shall, in cooperation with the States, study and analyze outcomes measures for evaluating the success of the States in moving individuals out of the welfare system through employment as an alternative to the minimum participation rates described in section 407 of the Social Security Act. The study shall include a determination as to whether such alternative outcomes measures should be applied on a national or a State-by-State basis and a preliminary assessment of the effects of section 408(a)(7)(C) of such Act. (b) Report.—Not later than September 30, 1998, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Represen-tatives a report containing the findings of the study required by subsection (a).