3.0.0 1667 2023-01-11T13:22:00Z 2023-01-11T13:22:00Z Senate S S 2011-10-06 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-10-06T19:28:05Z Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011 112 3126 HR 2011-10-06 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2011-10-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6335-6338) IntroReferral 2011-10-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6334-6335) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-10-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N Families Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child care and development Child health Child safety and welfare Civil actions and liability Crimes against children Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Department of Health and Human Services Domestic violence and child abuse Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health facilities and institutions Intergovernmental relations Law enforcement administration and funding Licensing and registrations Mental health State and local government operations Families 00 2011-10-06 Introduced in Senate 2011-11-08T16:50:33Z Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011 - Directs the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to require each location of a covered program to meet specified minimum standards if individually or together with other locations it has an effect on interstate commerce.

Defines "covered program" as one operated by a public or private entity that with respect to one or more children unrelated to the program owner or operator: (1) provides a residential environment; and (2) operates with a focus on serving children with emotional, behavioral, or mental health problems or disorders, or problems with alcohol or substance abuse.

Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) implement an ongoing review process for investigating and evaluating reports of child abuse and neglect; (2) establish public websites with information about each covered program, as well as a national toll-free telephone hotline to receive complaints; (3) establish civil penalties for violations of standards; and (4) establish a process to ensure that complaints received by the hotline are promptly reviewed by persons with appropriate expertise.

Requires the Assistant Secretary to refer any violation of such standards to the Attorney General for appropriate action. Authorizes the Attorney General to file such a complaint on his or her own initiative regardless of whether such a referral has been made.

Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to establish additional eligibility requirements for grants to states to prevent child abuse and neglect at residential programs. Require such states to develop policies and procedures to prevent child abuse and neglect at covered programs consistent with the standards specified by this Act.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study outcomes for children in both private and public covered programs under this Act encompassing a broad representation of treatment facilities and geographic regions.

]]> Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011 Display Title Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1667is/xml/BILLS-112s1667is.xml 2011-10-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6335-6338) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.