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H.R.2480 - Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act116th Congress (2019-2020)

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Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (Introduced 05/02/2019)
Committees: House - Education and Labor | Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Committee Meetings: 05/08/19 10:15AM
Committee Reports: H. Rept. 116-74
Latest Action: Senate - 05/21/2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.  (All Actions)

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This bill has the status Passed House

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Introduced in House (05/02/2019)

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.

In addition, the bill 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.

Finally, the bill requires HHS to examine unregulated custody transfers and make recommendations for preventing, identifying, and responding to such transfers.