Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
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Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to expand services for preventing and treating child abuse. Specifically, the bill establishes requirements concerning collecting and exchanging data about child abuse and neglect. For instance, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to (1) establish uniform national standards for tracking and reporting child fatalities and near fatalities resulting from maltreatment, and (2) develop an electronic interstate data exchange system that allows states to share information from their child abuse and neglect registries with other states. The bill also addresses child abuse and neglect related to families impacted by substance use disorders, racial bias in the child protective services system, and child sexual abuse. Further, the bill revises the community-based grants program to emphasize access to effective services for diverse populations and to promote the development of statewide strategies to scale up family strengthening services. Finally, the bill requires HHS to examine unregulated custody transfers and make recommendations for preventing, identifying, and responding to such transfers.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdoption and foster careAdvisory bodiesCensus and government statisticsChild care and developmentChild healthChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightCrime preventionCrimes against childrenCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceDomestic violence and child abuseDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFamily relationshipsFamily servicesFederal-Indian relationsForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care qualityHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHomelessness and emergency shelterHuman traffickingIndian social and development programsJudgesLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersLawyers and legal servicesMarriage and family statusMental healthMinority healthNutrition and dietPerformance measurementPreschool educationPublic-private cooperationRacial and ethnic relationsResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentRight of privacySeparation, divorce, custody, supportSex offensesSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsState and local financeState and local government operationsTelephone and wireless communication
Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
USA116th CongressHR-2480| House
| Updated: 5/21/2019
Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to expand services for preventing and treating child abuse. Specifically, the bill establishes requirements concerning collecting and exchanging data about child abuse and neglect. For instance, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to (1) establish uniform national standards for tracking and reporting child fatalities and near fatalities resulting from maltreatment, and (2) develop an electronic interstate data exchange system that allows states to share information from their child abuse and neglect registries with other states. The bill also addresses child abuse and neglect related to families impacted by substance use disorders, racial bias in the child protective services system, and child sexual abuse. Further, the bill revises the community-based grants program to emphasize access to effective services for diverse populations and to promote the development of statewide strategies to scale up family strengthening services. Finally, the bill requires HHS to examine unregulated custody transfers and make recommendations for preventing, identifying, and responding to such transfers.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdoption and foster careAdvisory bodiesCensus and government statisticsChild care and developmentChild healthChild safety and welfareCongressional oversightCrime preventionCrimes against childrenCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceDomestic violence and child abuseDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFamily relationshipsFamily servicesFederal-Indian relationsForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care qualityHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHomelessness and emergency shelterHuman traffickingIndian social and development programsJudgesLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersLawyers and legal servicesMarriage and family statusMental healthMinority healthNutrition and dietPerformance measurementPreschool educationPublic-private cooperationRacial and ethnic relationsResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentRight of privacySeparation, divorce, custody, supportSex offensesSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsState and local financeState and local government operationsTelephone and wireless communication