; or (bb) the monthly average number of individuals (as of the last day of each month) in the State that would have participated in the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the corresponding 3-month period in fiscal year 1995 if the amendments made by titles IV and VIII of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 had been in effect throughout fiscal year 1995. . (2) Authority of Secretary to reduce work participation rate penalty due to circumstances that caused State to become needy State Section 409(a)(3)(C) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(3)(C) ) is amended by striking section 403(b)(5) and inserting section 407(c)(2)(A)(iii) . (f) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 203. Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that a State to which a grant is made under section 403 of the Social Security Act should consider a noncustodial parent of a minor child, if the child is a recipient of assistance under a State program funded under part A of title IV of such Act (or under any other State program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act)), to be a member of the family of the child for purposes of providing assistance to the family, the child, and the noncustodial parent under the program. III Child support 301. Full family distribution and ban on recovery of Medicaid costs for births (a) Ban on recovery (1) In general Section 454 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 654 ) is amended— (A) by striking and at the end of paragraph (33); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (34) and inserting ; and