[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 995 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 995

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for purposes of 
reducing child abuse and neglect due to the substance use disorder of a 
                          parent or caregiver.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2021

 Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Meuser) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for purposes of 
reducing child abuse and neglect due to the substance use disorder of a 
                          parent or caregiver.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REDUCING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT DUE TO THE SUBSTANCE USE 
              DISORDER OF A PARENT OR CAREGIVER.

    Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Reducing child abuse and neglect due to the substance 
        use disorder of a parent or caregiver.--The Secretary may award 
        grants under this subsection to entities to carry out 
        activities to reduce child abuse and neglect due to the 
        substance use disorder of a parent or caregiver.''.
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