House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Makes a technical change to new GS 131D-10.2C (allowable number of children in family foster home). Makes a technical change to Section 2 which requires the Social Services Commission (Commission) to adopt temporary rules to implement GS 131D-10.2C. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services or appropriate agency to submit an amended State Plan (was, updated) to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services for approval in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 671 to maintain federal funding for foster care maintenance payments, if necessary to implement the act. Amends the effective date of Section 1 of the act to now provide that it is effective on October 1, 2023, if a State Plan amendment is not necessary to implement GS 131D-10.2C, as enacted in Section 1. Section 1 of this act becomes effective on the date that the amended family foster care home rule is approved by the US Secretary of Health and Human Services in accordance with Section 3 of this act, if applicable, to implement GS 131D-10.2C, as enacted in Section 1 of this act. Requires the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to report to the Revisor of Statutes the applicable effective date once known.