[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 199 (Wednesday, December 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10026-S10057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

       SA 6620. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Burr, and Mr. 
     Casey) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
     bill H.R. 2617, to amend section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, 
     to amend the description of how performance goals are achieved, and for 
     other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
     
             At the appropriate place, insert the following:
     
               DIVISION __--CHILD ABUSE, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT
     
          SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
     
            (a) Short Title.--This division may be cited as the ``CAPTA 
          Reauthorization Act of 2022''.
            (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this 
          division is as follows:
     
     Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
     Sec. 2. Amended CAPTA table of contents.
     Sec. 3. Definitions.
     Sec. 4. References in other Federal law.
     
                             TITLE I--GENERAL PROGRAM
     
     Sec. 101. Interagency work group on child abuse and neglect.
     Sec. 102. National clearinghouse for information relating to child 
                   abuse.
     Sec. 103. Research and assistance activities.
     Sec. 104. Grants to States, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, and 
                   public or private agencies and organizations.
     Sec. 105. National child abuse hotline.
     Sec. 106. Grants to States for child abuse or neglect prevention and 
                   treatment programs.
     Sec. 107. Grants for investigation and prosecution of child abuse and 
                   neglect.
     Sec. 108. Miscellaneous requirements relating to assistance.
     Sec. 109. Reports.
     Sec. 110. Monitoring and oversight.
     Sec. 111. Authorization of appropriations.
     Sec. 112. Conforming amendments.
     
     TITLE II--COMMUNITY-BASED GRANTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND 
                                     NEGLECT
     
     Sec. 201. Amendments to title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
                   Treatment Act.
     Sec. 202. Authorization of appropriations.
     Sec. 203. Conforming amendments.
     
     TITLE III--PREVENTING CHILD FATALITIES AND NEAR FATALITIES DUE TO CHILD 
                                ABUSE AND NEGLECT
     
     Sec. 301. Identifying and preventing child fatalities and near 
                   fatalities due to child abuse and neglect.
     Sec. 302. Child abuse and neglect records.
     Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriation.
     
        TITLE IV--RESPONSE TO INFANTS AFFECTED BY PARENTAL SUBSTANCE USE 
                                     DISORDER
     
     Sec. 401. Amending the CAPTA to provide for a public health response to 
                   infants affected by parental substance use disorder.
     
                         TITLE V--ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES
     
     Sec. 501. Purpose.
     Sec. 502. Definitions.
     Sec. 503. Information and services.
     Sec. 504. Studies and reports.
     Sec. 505. Unregulated custody transfers.
     Sec. 506. Authorization of appropriations.
     
      TITLE VI--FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 
                                       2022
     
     Sec. 601. Short title; references in title.
     Sec. 602. Purpose.
     Sec. 603. Definitions.
     Sec. 604. Grant conditions.
     Sec. 605. Authorization of appropriations.
     Sec. 606. Authority of Secretary.
     Sec. 607. Allotment of funds.
     Sec. 608. Formula grants to States.
     Sec. 609. State application.
     Sec. 610. Subgrants and uses of funds.
     Sec. 611. Grants for Indian Tribes.
     Sec. 612. Resource centers.
     Sec. 613. Grants to State domestic violence coalitions.
     Sec. 614. Grants to Tribal domestic violence coalitions.
     Sec. 615. Specialized services for abused parents and their children 
                   and youth.
     Sec. 616. National domestic violence hotline grant.
     Sec. 617. National Indian domestic violence hotline grant.
     Sec. 618. Additional grant programs.
     Sec. 619. Domestic violence prevention enhancement and leadership.
     Sec. 620. Analysis of Federal support for financial stability among 
                   survivors of family violence, domestic violence, and 
                   dating violence.
     Sec. 621. GAO review of resource centers.
     
                          TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
     
     Sec. 701. Effective date and transition rule.
     
          SEC. 2. AMENDED CAPTA TABLE OF CONTENTS.
     
            The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
          5101 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 2; and
            (2) by amending the table of contents under section 1(b) to 
          read as follows:
     
                               ``TABLE OF CONTENTS
     
     ``Sec. 1. Short title.
     ``Sec. 2. Definitions.
     
                            ``TITLE I--GENERAL PROGRAM
     
     ``Sec. 101. Office on Child Abuse and Neglect.
     ``Sec. 102. Interagency work group on child abuse and neglect.
     ``Sec. 103. National clearinghouse for information relating to child 
                   abuse.
     ``Sec. 104. Research and assistance activities.
     ``Sec. 105. Grants to States, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, 
                   and public or private agencies and organizations.
     ``Sec. 106. Grants to States for child abuse or neglect prevention and 
                   treatment programs.
     ``Sec. 107. Grants to States for programs relating to the investigation 
                   and prosecution of child abuse and neglect cases.
     ``Sec. 108. National child abuse hotline.
     ``Sec. 109. Miscellaneous requirements relating to assistance.
     ``Sec. 110. Coordination of child abuse and neglect programs.
     ``Sec. 111. Reports.
     ``Sec. 112. Monitoring and oversight.
     ``Sec. 113. Rule of construction.
     ``Sec. 114. Authorization of appropriations.
     
      ``TITLE II--COMMUNITY-BASED GRANTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE 
                                   AND NEGLECT
     
     ``Sec. 201. Purposes.
     ``Sec. 202. Authorization of grants.
     ``Sec. 203. Lead entity.
     ``Sec. 204. Application.
     ``Sec. 205. Uses of funds.
     ``Sec. 206. Performance measures.
     ``Sec. 207. National technical assistance for community-based family 
                   strengthening services.
     ``Sec. 208. Rule of construction.
     ``Sec. 209. Authorization of appropriations.
     
     ``TITLE III--PREVENTING CHILD FATALITIES DUE TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
     
      ``Subtitle A--Public Health Approaches to Identify and Prevent Child 
          Fatalities and Near Fatalities Due to Child Abuse and Neglect
     
     ``Sec. 301. Purpose.
     ``Sec. 302. Federal Work Group on Data Collection Related to Child 
                   Fatalities and Near Fatalities Due to Child Abuse and 
                   Neglect.
     ``Sec. 303. Case registry for child fatalities and near fatalities due 
                   to child abuse and neglect.
     ``Sec. 304. Grants for State, Indian Tribe, and Tribal organization 
                   child fatality review of child abuse and neglect 
                   fatalities and near fatalities.
     ``Sec. 305. Assisting State, Indian Tribe, and Tribal organization 
                   implementation.
     
                  ``Subtitle B--Child Abuse and Neglect Records
     
     ``Sec. 311. Electronic interstate data exchange system.
     
                  ``Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations
     
     ``Sec. 321. Authorization of appropriations.
     
       ``TITLE IV--PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO INFANTS AFFECTED BY PARENTAL 
                              SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
     
     ``Sec. 401. Purpose.
     ``Sec. 402. Requirements.
     ``Sec. 403. National technical assistance and reporting.
     ``Sec. 404. Grant program authorized.
     ``Sec. 405. Authorization of appropriations.''.
     
          SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
     
            The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act is amended by 
          striking section 3
     
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          (42 U.S.C. 5101 note) and inserting the following:
     
          ``SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
     
            ``(a) In General.--In this Act:
            ``(1) Alaska native.--The term `Alaska Native' has the 
          meaning given the term `Native' in section 3 of the Alaska 
          Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)
            ``(2) Child.--Subject to subsection (b)(2), the term 
          `child' means a person who has not attained the lesser of--
            ``(A) the age of 18; or
            ``(B) except in the case of sexual abuse, the age specified 
          by the child protection law of the State in which the child 
          resides.
            ``(3) Child abuse and neglect.--The term `child abuse and 
          neglect' means, at a minimum, any recent act or failure to 
          act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in 
          death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or 
          exploitation (including sexual abuse as determined under 
          paragraph (18)), or an act or failure to act which presents 
          an imminent risk of serious harm.
            ``(4) Child with a disability.--The term `child with a 
          disability' means a child with a disability as defined in 
          section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
          Act (20 U.S.C. 1401), or an infant or toddler with a 
          disability as defined in section 632 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
          1432).
            ``(5) Community-based family strengthening services.--The 
          term `community-based family strengthening services' includes 
          services that--
            ``(A) are provided by organizations carrying out programs 
          such as family resource programs, family support programs, 
          voluntary home visiting programs, respite care services 
          programs, parenting education, mutual support programs for 
          parents and children, parent partner programs, family 
          advocate programs, and other community programs or networks 
          of such programs; and
            ``(B) are designed to prevent or respond to child abuse and 
          neglect and support families in building protective factors 
          linked to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
            ``(6) Community referral services.--The term `community 
          referral services' means services provided under contract or 
          through an interagency agreement to assist families in 
          obtaining needed information, mutual support, and community 
          resources, including respite care services, health care 
          services (including mental health and substance use disorder 
          services), employability development and workforce 
          development, and other social services, including early 
          developmental screening of children, through help lines or 
          other methods.
            ``(7) Fatality.--The term `fatality', used with respect to 
          a child fatality that is due to child abuse or neglect, means 
          a fatality of a child that occurred--
            ``(A) due to an injury resulting from child abuse or 
          neglect; or
            ``(B) where child abuse or neglect was a contributing 
          factor to the cause of death.
            ``(8) Governor.--The term `Governor' means the chief 
          executive officer of a State.
            ``(9) Homeless children and youth.--The term `homeless 
          children and youth' means an individual who is described in 
          section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)).
            ``(10) Indian; indian tribe; tribal organization.--The 
          terms `Indian', `Indian Tribe', and `Tribal organization' 
          have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the Indian 
          Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
          5304).
            ``(11) Individuals with personal experience in the child 
          welfare system.--The term `individuals with personal 
          experience in the child welfare system' means parents and 
          youth with current or previous involvement in the child 
          welfare system, kinship caregivers, foster and adoptive 
          families, and adults who experienced child abuse or neglect 
          as children.
            ``(12) Native hawaiian.--The term `Native Hawaiian' has the 
          meaning given the term in section 6207 of the Elementary and 
          Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7517).
            ``(13) Near fatality.--The term `near fatality' means an 
          act that, as certified by a physician, places a child in 
          serious or critical condition.
            ``(14) Protective factors linked to the prevention of child 
          abuse and neglect.--The term `protective factors linked to 
          the prevention of child abuse and neglect' means evidence-
          based or evidence-informed factors that have been 
          demonstrated to ensure that families are more likely to be 
          healthy and strong and children are less likely to experience 
          child abuse and neglect.
            ``(15) Respite care services.--The term `respite care 
          services' means services, including the services of crisis 
          nurseries, that are--
            ``(A) provided in the temporary absence of the regular 
          caregiver (meaning a parent, other relative, foster parent, 
          adoptive parent, or guardian);
            ``(B) provided to children who--
            ``(i) are in danger of child abuse or neglect;
            ``(ii) have experienced child abuse or neglect; or
            ``(iii) have disabilities or chronic or terminal illnesses;
            ``(C) provided within or outside the home of the child;
            ``(D) short-term care (ranging from a few hours to a few 
          weeks of time, per year); and
            ``(E) intended to enable the family to stay together and to 
          keep the child living in the home and community of the child.
            ``(16) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
          of Health and Human Services.
            ``(17) Serious bodily injury.--The term `serious bodily 
          injury' means bodily injury which involves substantial risk 
          of death, extreme physical pain, protracted and obvious 
          disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the 
          function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.
            ``(18) Sexual abuse.--The term `sexual abuse' includes--
            ``(A) the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, 
          enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist 
          any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct 
          or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a 
          visual depiction of such conduct; and
            ``(B) the rape, and in cases of caretaker or inter-familial 
          relationships, statutory rape, molestation, prostitution, or 
          other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with 
          children.
            ``(19) State.--Except as provided in section 106(g), the 
          term `State' means each of the several States, the District 
          of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
          Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
          Northern Mariana Islands.
            ``(20) Withholding of medically indicated treatment.--The 
          term `withholding of medically indicated treatment' means the 
          failure to respond to the infant's life-threatening 
          conditions by providing treatment (including appropriate 
          nutrition, hydration, and medication), which, in the treating 
          physician's or physicians' reasonable medical judgment, will 
          be most likely to be effective in ameliorating or correcting 
          all such conditions, except that the term does not include 
          the failure to provide treatment (other than appropriate 
          nutrition, hydration, or medication) to an infant when, in 
          the treating physician's or physicians' reasonable medical 
          judgment--
            ``(A) the infant is chronically and irreversibly comatose;
            ``(B) the provision of such treatment would--
            ``(i) merely prolong dying;
            ``(ii) not be effective in ameliorating or correcting all 
          of the infant's life-threatening conditions; or
            ``(iii) otherwise be futile in terms of the survival of the 
          infant; or
            ``(C) the provision of such treatment would be virtually 
          futile in terms of the survival of the infant and the 
          treatment itself under such circumstances would be inhumane.
            ``(b) Special Rule.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of paragraphs (3) and (18) 
          of subsection (a), a child shall be considered a victim of 
          child abuse and neglect and of sexual abuse if the child is 
          identified, by a State or local agency employee of the State 
          or locality involved, as being a victim of human trafficking.
            ``(2) State option.--Notwithstanding the definition of 
          `child' under subsection (a)(2), for purposes of application 
          of paragraph (1), a State may elect to define the term 
          `child' as a person who has not attained the age of 24.
            ``(c) Rule of Construction.--In this Act, the term 
          `substance use disorder' includes alcohol use disorder.''.
     
          SEC. 4. REFERENCES IN OTHER FEDERAL LAW.
     
            A reference to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.), the Child Abuse Prevention and 
          Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5111 et 
          seq.), or the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 
          U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) (referred to in this section as a 
          ``covered law'') that is in a provision of Federal law other 
          than a covered law shall be considered to be a reference to 
          the corresponding provision of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
          Treatment Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 
          Adoption Reform Act of 1978, or the Family Violence 
          Prevention and Services Act, respectively, as amended by this 
          division.
     
                             TITLE I--GENERAL PROGRAM
     
          SEC. 101. INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
     
            Section 102 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5102) is amended to read as follows:
     
          ``SEC. 102. INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP ON CHILD ABUSE AND 
                        NEGLECT.
     
            ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary may establish and 
          operate an Interagency Work Group on Child Abuse and Neglect 
          (referred to in this section as the `Work Group').
            ``(b) Composition.--The Work Group shall be comprised of 
          representatives from Federal agencies with responsibility for 
          child abuse and neglect related programs and activities and 
          other programs and activities that strengthen families and 
          support child and family well-being.
            ``(c) Duties.--The Work Group shall--
            ``(1) coordinate Federal efforts and activities with 
          respect to child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment, 
          including data collection and reporting;
            ``(2) serve as a forum that convenes relevant Federal 
          agencies to communicate and exchange ideas concerning child 
          abuse and neglect related programs and activities and other 
          programs and activities that strengthen families and support 
          child and family well-being;
            ``(3) work to maximize Federal resources to address child 
          abuse and neglect in areas of critical needs for the field, 
          such as--
            ``(A) improving research;
            ``(B) focusing on prevention of child abuse and neglect;
            ``(C) addressing racial bias and disparities in the child 
          welfare system;
     
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            ``(D) enhancing child welfare professionals' understanding 
          of trauma-informed practices that prevent and mitigate the 
          effects of trauma and adverse childhood experiences;
            ``(E) identifying actions the child protective services 
          system, other public agencies, and community-based 
          organizations can take to develop alternative pathways to 
          connect families experiencing difficulty meeting basic needs 
          or other risk factors associated with child abuse and neglect 
          to community-based family strengthening services to prevent 
          child abuse and neglect in order to safely reduce the number 
          of families unnecessarily involved in such system; and
            ``(F) addressing the links between child abuse and neglect 
          and domestic violence; and
            ``(4) consult with experts in the child protective services 
          field and individuals with personal experience in the child 
          welfare system.''.
     
          SEC. 102. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO 
                        CHILD ABUSE.
     
            Section 103 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5104) is amended to read as follows:
     
          ``SEC. 103. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION RELATING 
                        TO CHILD ABUSE.
     
            ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish, 
          directly or through one or more competitive contracts of not 
          less than 3 years duration, a national clearinghouse for 
          information relating to child abuse and neglect.
            ``(b) Consultation.--In establishing the clearinghouse 
          under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the 
          head of each Federal agency involved with child abuse and 
          neglect regarding--
            ``(1) the development of the components for information 
          collection;
            ``(2) the management of such clearinghouse; and
            ``(3) mechanisms for the sharing of information with other 
          Federal agencies and clearinghouses.
            ``(c) Functions.--The Secretary, through the clearinghouse 
          established under subsection (a), shall maintain and 
          disseminate information on--
            ``(1) evidence-based and evidence-informed programs, 
          including private and community-based programs, that have--
            ``(A) demonstrated success with respect to the prevention, 
          assessment, identification, and treatment of child abuse or 
          neglect; and
            ``(B) potential for broad-scale implementation and 
          replication;
            ``(2) the medical diagnosis and treatment of child abuse 
          and neglect and the use of trauma-informed practices that 
          prevent and mitigate the effects of trauma and adverse 
          childhood experiences;
            ``(3) best practices relating to--
            ``(A) differential response;
            ``(B) the use of alternative pathways to connect families 
          experiencing difficulty meeting basic needs or other risk 
          factors associated with child abuse and neglect to community-
          based family strengthening services to prevent child abuse 
          and neglect, including through the operation of local, State, 
          or Tribal helplines, websites, or mobile applications (which 
          may include expanding hotlines and referral systems operated 
          by State, Tribal, or local child protective services agencies 
          for such purposes);
            ``(C) making improvements to the child protective services 
          systems, including efforts to prevent child abuse and 
          neglect, prioritize serving children who are at risk of 
          serious harm, and implement protocols to identify, examine, 
          and eliminate child fatalities and near fatalities due to 
          child abuse and neglect;
            ``(D) making appropriate referrals related to the physical, 
          developmental, and mental health needs of children who are 
          victims of child abuse or neglect, and when appropriate, 
          provide services to parents or children, to address the needs 
          of such children and their families and effectively treat the 
          effects of such abuse or neglect;
            ``(E) supporting children and youth being cared for by 
          kinship caregivers, including such children whose living 
          arrangements with kinship caregivers occurred without the 
          involvement of a child protective services agency; and
            ``(F) workforce development and retention of child 
          protective services personnel;
            ``(4) professional development resources available at the 
          State and local level--
            ``(A) for individuals who are engaged, or who intend to 
          engage, in the prevention, identification, and treatment of 
          child abuse and neglect, including mandated reporters; and
            ``(B) for appropriate State, Tribal, and local officials to 
          assist in the provision of professional development for law 
          enforcement, legal, judicial, medical, physical, behavioral 
          and mental health, child care and early learning, education, 
          child welfare, substance use disorder treatment services, and 
          domestic violence services personnel on--
            ``(i) the role of the child protective services system to 
          identify children at risk of serious harm; and
            ``(ii) how to direct families in need to alternative 
          pathways for community-based family strengthening services in 
          order to safely reduce the number of families unnecessarily 
          involved with child protective services;
            ``(5) in conjunction with the National Resource Centers 
          authorized under section 310(b) of the Family Violence 
          Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10410(b)), effective 
          programs and best practices for developing and carrying out 
          collaboration between entities providing child protective 
          services and entities providing domestic violence services;
            ``(6) the requirements of section 402(c) and best practices 
          relating to the development, implementation, and monitoring 
          of family care plans as described in section 402(c) for 
          infants affected by parental substance use disorder, 
          including best practices on topics such as--
            ``(A) collaboration and coordination across substance abuse 
          agencies, child welfare agencies, maternal and child health 
          agencies, family courts, early childhood development 
          entities, and other community partners; and
            ``(B) identification and delivery of services for affected 
          infants and their families, including for infants affected by 
          parental substance use disorder, but whose families do not 
          meet criteria for immediate safety concerns of child abuse 
          and neglect;
            ``(7) the incidence of cases of child abuse and neglect in 
          the United States, including information based on data 
          submitted by State child protective services agencies under 
          section 106(d); and
            ``(8) the research conducted under section 104(a).
            ``(d) Data Collection and Analysis.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, in accordance with 
          all applicable Federal and State privacy law, develop and 
          maintain a Federal data collection and analysis system, in 
          consultation with appropriate State, Tribal, and local 
          agencies and experts in the field, to collect, compile, and 
          make available State child abuse and neglect reporting 
          information which shall be universal and case specific and, 
          to the extent practicable, integrated with other case-based 
          Federal, State, Tribal, regional, and local child welfare 
          information (including the automated foster care and adoption 
          reporting system required under section 479 of the Social 
          Security Act (42 U.S.C. 679) and including the case registry 
          authorized under section 303), and which shall include--
            ``(A) standardized data on false, unfounded, 
          unsubstantiated, and substantiated reports;
            ``(B) comparable information on child fatalities and near 
          fatalities due to child abuse and neglect, including--
            ``(i) the number of child fatalities and near fatalities 
          due to child abuse and neglect; and
            ``(ii) case-specific data about the circumstances under 
          which a child fatality or near fatality occurred due to abuse 
          and neglect, including the data elements described in section 
          106(d)(3)(E);
            ``(C) information about the incidence and characteristics 
          of child abuse and neglect in circumstances in which domestic 
          violence is present; and
            ``(D) information about the incidence and characteristics 
          of child abuse and neglect in cases related to substance use 
          disorder.
            ``(2) Confidentiality requirement.--In carrying out 
          paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that methods are 
          established and implemented to preserve the confidentiality 
          of records relating to case specific data.''.
     
          SEC. 103. RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.
     
            Section 104 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5105) is amended--
            (1) by amending subsections (a) through (c) to read as 
          follows:
            ``(a) Research.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in coordination with 
          relevant Federal agencies, and in consultation with 
          recognized experts in the field, shall carry out a continuing 
          interdisciplinary program of research, including longitudinal 
          research, that is designed to--
            ``(A) provide information needed to improve primary 
          prevention of child abuse and neglect;
            ``(B) better protect children from child abuse or neglect;
            ``(C) evaluate the efficacy of programs or practices to 
          improve outcomes;
            ``(D) improve the well-being of victims of child abuse or 
          neglect; and
            ``(E) be responsive to the research needs of the child 
          welfare field.
            ``(2) Topics.--The research program described in paragraph 
          (1) may focus on--
            ``(A) evidence-based or evidence-informed programs 
          regarding--
            ``(i) prevention of child abuse and neglect in families 
          that have not had contact with the child protective services 
          system, including through supporting the development of 
          protective factors linked to the prevention of child abuse 
          and neglect;
            ``(ii) trauma-informed and developmentally-appropriate 
          treatment of children and families who experience child abuse 
          and neglect, including efforts to prevent the re-
          traumatization of such children and families; and
            ``(iii) approaches to identify, relieve, and mitigate 
          stressors affecting families' unique needs in rural, urban, 
          and suburban communities;
            ``(B) effective practices to reduce racial bias and 
          disparities in the child protective services system, 
          including examining how neglect is identified, investigated, 
          and treated by such system;
            ``(C) effective practices and programs in the use of 
          differential response to identify children at risk of serious 
          harm and to safely reduce the number of families 
          unnecessarily investigated by the child protective services 
          system;
            ``(D) effective practices and programs designed to improve 
          service delivery and outcomes for child protective services 
          agencies engaged with children and families with
     
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          complex needs, such as families who have experienced domestic 
          violence, substance use disorders, or adverse childhood 
          experiences, or who have mental health needs;
            ``(E) best practices for recruiting and retaining a child 
          protective services workforce and providing professional 
          development;
            ``(F) effective collaborations between the child protective 
          system and domestic violence service providers that provide 
          for the safety of children exposed to domestic violence and 
          their non-abusing parents and that improve the 
          investigations, interventions, delivery of services, and 
          treatments provided for such children and families;
            ``(G) child abuse and neglect issues facing Indians, Alaska 
          Natives, and Native Hawaiians, including providing 
          recommendations for improving the collection of child abuse 
          and neglect data from Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, 
          and Native Hawaiian communities;
            ``(H) child abuse and neglect issues related to children 
          and youth overrepresented in the child welfare system, 
          including efforts to improve the child welfare system's 
          practices related to the prevention, identification, and 
          treatment of child abuse and neglect to address such 
          overrepresentation; and
            ``(I) effective collaborations between the child welfare 
          system and substance use disorder treatment service providers 
          that provide for the safety of children exposed to parents 
          with substance use disorders, and that improve the 
          investigations, interventions, delivery of services, and 
          treatments provided for such children and families.
            ``(3) National incidence of child abuse and neglect.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct research on 
          the national incidence of child abuse and neglect and 
          investigate the trends in such incidence, including the 
          information on the national incidence of child abuse and 
          neglect specified in subparagraph (B).
            ``(B) Content.--The research described in subparagraph (A) 
          shall examine the national incidence of child abuse and 
          neglect, including--
            ``(i) the extent to which incidents of child abuse and 
          neglect are increasing or decreasing in number and severity;
            ``(ii) the incidence of substantiated and unsubstantiated 
          reported child abuse and neglect cases;
            ``(iii) the number of substantiated cases that result in a 
          judicial finding of child abuse or neglect or related 
          criminal court convictions;
            ``(iv) the extent to which the number of unsubstantiated, 
          unfounded, or falsely reported cases of child abuse or 
          neglect have contributed to the inability of a State to 
          respond effectively to serious cases of child abuse or 
          neglect;
            ``(v) the extent to which the lack of adequate resources or 
          the lack of adequate supports for individuals required by law 
          to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect have 
          contributed to the inability of a State to respond 
          effectively to serious cases of child abuse and neglect;
            ``(vi) the number of unsubstantiated, false, or unfounded 
          reports that have resulted in a child being placed in 
          substitute care, and the duration of such placement;
            ``(vii) the extent to which unsubstantiated reports return 
          as more serious cases of child abuse or neglect;
            ``(viii) the incidence and prevalence of--
     
            ``(I) physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and physical 
          and emotional neglect in substitute care; and
            ``(II) domestic violence in substantiated cases of child 
          abuse and neglect;
     
            ``(ix) the incidence and prevalence of child abuse and 
          neglect by a wide array of demographic characteristics such 
          as age, sex, race, family structure, household relationship 
          (including the living arrangement of the resident parent and 
          family size), school enrollment and education attainment, 
          disability, labor force status, and income in the previous 
          year;
            ``(x) the extent to which reports of suspected or known 
          instances of child abuse or neglect involving a potential 
          combination of jurisdictions, such as intrastate, interstate, 
          Federal-State, and State-Tribal, are screened out solely on 
          the basis of the cross-jurisdictional complications; and
            ``(xi) the incidence and outcomes of child abuse and 
          neglect allegations reported within the context of divorce, 
          custody, or other family court proceedings, and the 
          interaction between family courts and the child protective 
          services system.
            ``(4) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of 
          enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2022 and every 
          4 years thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and make 
          available on a website that is accessible to the public and 
          submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
          Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
          Labor of the House of Representatives a report that--
            ``(A) identifies the research priorities under paragraph 
          (5) and the process for determining such priorities;
            ``(B) contains a summary of the research supported pursuant 
          to paragraphs (1) and (2), and a summary of any other 
          relevant research on child abuse and neglect conducted by 
          agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services;
            ``(C) contains the findings of the research regarding the 
          national incidence on child abuse and neglect conducted under 
          paragraph (3); and
            ``(D) describes how the Secretary will continue to improve 
          the accuracy of information on the national incidence on 
          child abuse and neglect specified in paragraph (3).
            ``(5) Priorities.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish research 
          priorities, which may include long-term studies, for making 
          grants or contracts for purposes of carrying out paragraph 
          (1).
            ``(B) Public comment.--The Secretary shall provide a 
          biennial opportunity for public comment concerning the 
          priorities proposed under subparagraph (A) and shall maintain 
          an official record of such public comment.
            ``(b) Provision of Technical Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide technical 
          assistance to State, local, and Tribal public and private 
          agencies and community-based organizations, including 
          organizations that support children or youth overrepresented 
          in the child welfare system and their families, disability 
          organizations, and persons who work with children with 
          disabilities, and providers of mental health, substance use 
          disorder treatment, and domestic violence prevention 
          services, to assist such agencies and organizations in 
          planning, improving, developing, carrying out, and evaluating 
          programs and activities, including replicating successful 
          program models, relating to the prevention, assessment, 
          identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
            ``(2) Content.--The technical assistance under paragraph 
          (1) shall be designed to--
            ``(A) reduce racial bias and disparities in the child 
          protective services system;
            ``(B) support the child protective services system to 
          develop and implement trauma-informed approaches to prevent, 
          reduce, and treat child abuse and neglect;
            ``(C) promote best practices for addressing child abuse and 
          neglect in families with complex needs, such as families who 
          have experienced domestic violence, substance use disorders, 
          or adverse childhood experiences, or who have mental health 
          needs, including professional development on such practices 
          for the child protective services workforce;
            ``(D) leverage State, local, and community-based resources 
          to prevent child abuse and neglect to develop a continuum of 
          prevention programs and services, including resources 
          regarding health care (including mental health and substance 
          use disorder), housing, food assistance, parent support, 
          financial assistance, child care and early learning, 
          education services, and other services to assist families;
            ``(E) promote best practices for maximizing coordination 
          and communication between State, Tribal, and local child 
          protective services agencies and relevant health care 
          entities, consistent with all applicable Federal and State 
          privacy law; and
            ``(F) provide other technical assistance, as determined by 
          the Secretary in consultation with such State, Tribal, and 
          local public and private agencies and community-based 
          organizations as the Secretary determines appropriate.
            ``(3) Evaluation.--The technical assistance under paragraph 
          (1) may include an evaluation or identification of--
            ``(A) various methods and procedures for the prevention, 
          investigation, assessment, and prosecution of child physical 
          and sexual abuse cases;
            ``(B) ways to prevent and mitigate the effects of trauma to 
          the child victim;
            ``(C) effective programs carried out by the States under 
          this title and title II;
            ``(D) effective approaches to link child protective service 
          agencies with health care (including mental health and 
          substance use disorder), and developmental services to 
          improve forensic diagnosis and health evaluations, and reduce 
          barriers and shortages to such linkages; and
            ``(E) the extent to which changes in methods, procedures, 
          and approaches implemented by the child protective service 
          system minimized racial bias and disparities in such system.
            ``(4) Dissemination.--The Secretary may provide for, and 
          disseminate information relating to, various professional 
          development available at the State and local level to--
            ``(A) individuals who are engaged, or who intend to engage, 
          in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child 
          abuse and neglect; and
            ``(B) appropriate State and local officials to assist in 
          the provision of professional development for law 
          enforcement, legal, judicial, medical, mental health, child 
          care and early learning, education, child welfare, substance 
          use disorder, and domestic violence services personnel in 
          appropriate methods of interacting during investigative, 
          administrative, and judicial proceedings with children who 
          have been subjected to, or children whom such personnel 
          suspect have been subjected to, child abuse or neglect.
            ``(c) Authority to Make Grants or Enter Into Contracts.--
            ``(1) In general.--The functions of the Secretary under 
          this section may be carried out directly or through grant or 
          contract.
            ``(2) Duration.--Grants under this section shall be made 
          for periods of not more than 5 years.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (e).
     
          SEC. 104. GRANTS TO STATES, INDIAN TRIBES OR TRIBAL 
                        ORGANIZATIONS, AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCIES 
                        AND ORGANIZATIONS.
     
            Section 105 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5106) is amended to read as follows:
     
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          ``SEC. 105. GRANTS TO STATES, INDIAN TRIBES OR TRIBAL 
                        ORGANIZATIONS, AND PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCIES 
                        AND ORGANIZATIONS.
     
            ``(a) Authority to Award Grants or Enter Into Contracts.--
          The Secretary may award grants and enter into contracts to 
          carry out programs and projects in accordance with this 
          section, for any of the following purposes:
            ``(1) Capacity building, in order to create coordinated, 
          inclusive, and collaborative systems that have statewide, 
          local, or community-based impact in preventing, reducing, and 
          treating child abuse and neglect.
            ``(2) Innovation, through time-limited, field-initiated 
          demonstration projects that further the understanding of the 
          field to prevent, reduce, and treat child abuse and neglect.
            ``(b) Capacity Building Grant Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may award grants or 
          contracts to an eligible entity to improve the capacity of 
          the child protective services system in strengthening 
          families and preventing, reducing, and treating child abuse 
          and neglect.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--In this subsection, the term 
          `eligible entity' means--
            ``(A) a State or local agency, Indian Tribe or Tribal 
          organization, or a nonprofit entity; or
            ``(B) a consortium of entities described in subparagraph 
          (A).
            ``(3) Applications.--To receive a grant or contract under 
          this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit an 
          application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
          and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--An eligible entity receiving a grant 
          or contract under this subsection shall use the funds made 
          available through the grant or contract to better align and 
          coordinate community-based, local, or State activities to 
          strengthen families and prevent, reduce, and treat child 
          abuse and neglect, by--
            ``(A) providing professional development for professionals 
          in prevention, identification, or treatment of child abuse 
          and neglect, which may include--
            ``(i) professional development for professional and 
          paraprofessional personnel who are engaged in, or intend to 
          work in, the field of prevention, identification, and 
          treatment of child abuse and neglect, including on the links 
          between child abuse and neglect and domestic violence and 
          approaches to working with families affected by substance use 
          disorder;
            ``(ii) professional development on evidence-based and 
          evidence-informed programs to improve child abuse and neglect 
          reporting, with a focus on adults who work with children in a 
          professional or volunteer capacity, including on--
     
            ``(I) preventing, recognizing, and responding to child 
          sexual abuse; and
            ``(II) safely reducing the number of families unnecessarily 
          investigated by the child protective services system;
     
            ``(iii) professional development of personnel in best 
          practices to meet the unique needs and development of 
          children with disabilities, children under the age of 3, and 
          infants affected by substance use disorder;
            ``(iv) improving the professional development of 
          supervisory child protective services personnel on best 
          practices for recruiting, selecting, and retaining the child 
          protective services workforce;
            ``(v) supporting State child welfare and child protective 
          services agencies in coordinating the provision of services 
          with State and local health care agencies, substance abuse 
          agencies, public health agencies, mental health agencies, 
          other public and private welfare agencies, and agencies that 
          provide early intervention services to promote child safety, 
          permanence, and family stability, which may include best 
          practices to improve coordination between agencies to meet 
          health evaluation and treatment needs of children who have 
          been victims of substantiated cases of child abuse or 
          neglect;
            ``(vi) professional development for personnel in best 
          practices relating to the provision of differential response; 
          and
            ``(vii) professional development for child welfare 
          professionals to reduce and prevent racial bias in the 
          provision of child protective services and child welfare 
          services related to child abuse and neglect;
            ``(B) enhancing systems coordination and triage procedures, 
          including programs of collaborative partnerships between the 
          State child protective services agency, community social 
          service agencies and community-based family support programs, 
          law enforcement agencies and legal systems, developmental 
          disability agencies, substance use disorder treatment 
          agencies, health care entities, domestic violence prevention 
          entities, mental health service entities, schools, places of 
          worship, and other community-based agencies, such as 
          children's advocacy centers, in accordance with all 
          applicable Federal and State privacy law, to--
            ``(i) improve responses to reports of child abuse and 
          neglect;
            ``(ii) allow for the establishment or improvement of a 
          coordinated triage system;
            ``(iii) connect families experiencing difficulty meeting 
          basic needs or risk factors associated with child abuse and 
          neglect to community-based systems and programs that assist 
          families seeking support to minimize involvement in the child 
          protective services system; or
            ``(iv) modernize data systems and networks to improve the 
          effectiveness of technology used by the child protective 
          services system, including to facilitate timely information 
          and data sharing and referrals between systems that are 
          designed to serve children and families; or
            ``(C) establishing or enhancing coordinated systems of 
          support for children, parents, and families, including a 
          continuum of prevention programs and services that 
          strengthens families and connects families to services and 
          supports relevant to their diverse needs regardless of how 
          families make contact with such systems.
            ``(c) Field-initiated Innovation Grant Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may award grants or 
          contracts to eligible entities for field-initiated 
          demonstration projects of up to 5 years that advance 
          innovative approaches to prevent, reduce, or treat child 
          abuse and neglect.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--In this subsection, the term 
          `eligible entity' means--
            ``(A) a State or local agency, Indian Tribe or Tribal 
          organization, or public or private agency or organization; or
            ``(B) a consortium of entities described in subparagraph 
          (A).
            ``(3) Applications.--To receive a grant or contract under 
          this subsection, an eligible entity shall submit an 
          application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
          and containing such information as the Secretary may require, 
          including, at a minimum, a rigorous methodological approach 
          to the evaluation of the grant or contract and a description 
          of the eligible entity's efforts to engage with individuals 
          with personal experience in the child welfare system in 
          carrying out such grant or contract.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--An eligible entity that receives a 
          grant or contract under this subsection shall use the funds 
          made available through the grant or contract to carry out or 
          bring to scale promising, evidence-informed, or evidence-
          based activities to prevent, treat, or reduce child abuse and 
          neglect that shall include one or more of the following:
            ``(A) Multidisciplinary systems of care to strengthen 
          families and prevent, reduce, and treat child abuse and 
          neglect, such as children's advocacy centers or programs that 
          focus on addressing traumatic stress in families due to child 
          abuse and neglect, especially for families with complex 
          needs, such as families who have experienced domestic 
          violence, substance use disorders, or adverse childhood 
          experiences, or who have mental health needs.
            ``(B) Primary prevention programs or strategies aimed at 
          reducing the prevalence of child abuse and neglect among 
          families.
            ``(C) The development and use of alternative pathways to 
          connect families experiencing difficulty meeting basic needs 
          or other risk factors associated with child abuse and neglect 
          to community-based family strengthening services to prevent 
          child abuse and neglect or other public and private 
          resources, such as supporting the development and 
          implementation of--
            ``(i) State, Tribal, or local helplines, websites, or 
          mobile applications (which may include expanding hotlines and 
          referral systems operated by State, Tribal, or local child 
          protective services agencies for such purposes);
            ``(ii) a continuum of prevention programs and services that 
          strengthen families and promote child, parent, and family 
          well-being; and
            ``(iii) innovative collaboration and coordination between 
          the child protective services system, public agencies, and 
          community-based organizations (including community-based 
          providers supported under title II).
            ``(D) Innovative approaches to support mandated child abuse 
          and neglect reporters, which may include education tailored 
          to the mandated individual's profession or role when working 
          with children.
            ``(E) Innovative programs, activities, and services that 
          are aligned with the research priorities identified under 
          section 104(a)(5).
            ``(F) Projects to improve the development and 
          implementation of best practices to educate and assist 
          medical professionals in identifying, assessing, and 
          responding to potential abuse in infants, including improving 
          communication and alignment with child protective services as 
          appropriate and identifying injuries indicative of potential 
          abuse in infants, and to assess the outcomes of such best 
          practices.
            ``(G) Projects to establish or implement comprehensive 
          child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs in an 
          age- and developmentally-appropriate manner for children and 
          youth, parents, guardians, and professionals, including on 
          recognizing and safely reporting such abuse.
            ``(d) Evaluation.--In awarding grants and contracts for 
          programs or projects under this section, the Secretary shall 
          require all such programs and projects to be evaluated for 
          their effectiveness. Funding for such evaluations shall be 
          provided either as a stated percentage of a grant or 
          contracts or as a separate grant or contract entered into by 
          the Secretary for the purpose of evaluating a particular 
          program or project or group of programs or projects. In the 
          case of an evaluation performed by the recipient of a grant, 
          the Secretary shall make available technical assistance for 
          the evaluation, where needed, including the use of a rigorous 
          application of scientific evaluation techniques.''.
     
          SEC. 105. NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE.
     
            Title I of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
          U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended--
     
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            (1) by repealing section 114;
            (2) redesignating section 112 as section 114 and moving 
          such section to the end of title I;
            (3) by redesignating sections 108 through 111 as sections 
          109 through 112, respectively; and
            (4) by inserting after section 107 the following:
     
          ``SEC. 108. NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE.
     
            ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may award a grant under 
          this section to a nonprofit entity to provide for the ongoing 
          operation of a 24-hour, national, toll-free telephonic child 
          abuse hotline and digital services.
            ``(b) Priority.--In awarding a grant under this section the 
          Secretary shall give priority to applicants with experience 
          in the operation of a hotline and digital services that 
          provide assistance to victims of child abuse or neglect, 
          parents, caregivers, mandated reporters, and other concerned 
          community members.
            ``(c) Term.--The Secretary shall award a grant under this 
          section for a period of not more than 5 years.
            ``(d) Conditions on Payment.--The provision of payments 
          under a grant awarded under this section shall be subject to 
          annual approval by the Secretary and subject to the 
          availability of appropriations for each fiscal year to make 
          the payments.
            ``(e) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
          this section, a nonprofit entity shall submit an application 
          to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and 
          containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
          Such an application shall--
            ``(1) include a description of the applicant's plan for the 
          operation of a national child abuse hotline and digital 
          services, including descriptions of--
            ``(A) the professional development program for advocacy 
          personnel;
            ``(B) the hiring criteria and qualifications for advocacy 
          personnel responding to hotline callers and digital services 
          users;
            ``(C) the methods for the creation, maintenance, and 
          updating of a comprehensive database of resources, including 
          prevention and treatment services and alternative pathways to 
          connect families experiencing difficulty meeting basic needs 
          or other risk factors associated with child abuse and neglect 
          to community-based family strengthening services;
            ``(D) a plan for publicizing the availability of the 
          hotline and digital services throughout the United States, 
          including in urban, suburban, and rural areas;
            ``(E) a plan for providing service to callers and digital 
          service users with limited English proficiency, including 
          service through advocacy personnel who are multilingual;
            ``(F) a plan for facilitating access to the hotline and 
          digital services by people with disabilities, including 
          individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or are blind or 
          have visual impairments, and for providing professional 
          development to hotline and digital services personnel in 
          assisting people with disabilities who are accessing the 
          hotline and digital services; and
            ``(G) a plan for providing assistance and referrals for 
          victims of child abuse, including youth victims;
            ``(2) demonstrate that the applicant has the capacity and 
          the expertise to maintain a child abuse hotline and digital 
          services and a comprehensive database of service providers;
            ``(3) demonstrate the ability of the applicant to--
            ``(A) provide information and referrals for individuals 
          contacting the hotline or using digital services;
            ``(B) directly connect callers or users of digital services 
          to service providers; and
            ``(C) employ crisis interventions meeting the standards of 
          child abuse and prevention service providers;
            ``(4) demonstrate a commitment to diversity and to the 
          provision of services to underserved populations, including 
          to ethnic, racial, and non-English speaking minorities, older 
          individuals, and people with disabilities; and
            ``(5) provide an assurance that the entity complies with 
          all applicable State and Federal privacy law and has 
          established quality assurance practices.
            ``(f) Performance Metrics and Report.--An entity receiving 
          a grant under this section shall--
            ``(1) establish quantifiable metrics for measuring the 
          performance of the hotline and digital services;
            ``(2) conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 
          hotline and digital services as measured by the metric 
          established under paragraph (1); and
            ``(3) submit a performance report to the Secretary at such 
          time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
          Secretary may require, including--
            ``(A) the activities that have been carried out with such 
          grant funds; and
            ``(B) the results of the evaluation described under 
          paragraph (2).
            ``(g) Continuing Grants.--The Secretary may award a 
          continuing grant to an entity under this section only if such 
          entity submits a performance report required under subsection 
          (f)(3) that demonstrates effectiveness of the project 
          funded.''.
     
          SEC. 106. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT 
                        PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
     
            Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5106a) is amended to read as follows:
     
          ``SEC. 106. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT 
                        PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
     
            ``(a) State Grants.--The Secretary shall make grants to the 
          States, from allotments made under subsection (g), for each 
          State that applies for a grant under this section, for 
          purposes of assisting the States in improving the child 
          protective services system of each such State with respect to 
          one or more of the following activities:
            ``(1) Improving the intake, assessment, screening, and 
          investigation of reports of child abuse or neglect, 
          including--
            ``(A) the use of differential response;
            ``(B) establishing and maintaining a high-risk response 
          system to ensure that each repeat referral of the same child, 
          and each referral of a child under the age of 3 years, 
          receives a rapid response from such system;
            ``(C) protocols and professional development that reduce 
          and prevent--
            ``(i) the separation of children from their legal parents 
          or guardians solely on the basis of poverty; and
            ``(ii) racial bias in the child protective services system.
            ``(2) Supporting trauma-informed response, investigation, 
          and treatment of child abuse and neglect by--
            ``(A) creating and improving the use of multidisciplinary 
          teams, including children's advocacy centers;
            ``(B) enhancing investigations through interagency, intra-
          agency, interstate, and intrastate protocols; and
            ``(C) improving legal preparation and representation, 
          including procedures for appealing and responding to appeals 
          of substantiated reports of child abuse or neglect.
            ``(3) Establishing alternative pathways to connect families 
          in need to voluntary, community-based family strengthening 
          services in order to enable the child protective services 
          system to focus on children at most serious risk of harm and 
          safely reduce the number of families unnecessarily 
          investigated for child abuse and neglect, through the 
          development, implementation, and expansion of--
            ``(A) local or State helplines, websites, or mobile 
          applications (which may include expanding hotlines and 
          referral systems operated by State or local child protective 
          services agencies for such purposes); and
            ``(B) coordination with other local and State public 
          entities to support a continuum of prevention programs and 
          services that strengthen families and promote child, parent, 
          and family well-being.
            ``(4) Improving case management approaches, including 
          ongoing case monitoring, and delivery of services and 
          treatment provided to children and their families to ensure 
          safety and respond to family needs, including--
            ``(A) multidisciplinary approaches to assessing family 
          needs and connecting families with services, including 
          prevention services under section 471 of the Social Security 
          Act (42 U.S.C. 671);
            ``(B) organizing treatment teams of community service 
          providers that prevent and treat child abuse and neglect, and 
          improve child and family well-being; and
            ``(C) case-monitoring that can ensure progress in child and 
          family well-being.
            ``(5) Modernizing data systems to improve case management, 
          coordination, and communication between State and local 
          public agencies, including--
            ``(A) updating systems of technology that support the 
          program and track reports of child abuse and neglect from 
          intake through final disposition and allow for interstate and 
          intrastate information exchange;
            ``(B) improving real-time case monitoring for the child 
          protective services workforce at the State and local levels 
          to track assessments, service referrals, follow-up, case 
          reviews, and progress toward case plan goals;
            ``(C) facilitating real-time data sharing between State and 
          local public agencies and relevant health care entities, 
          consistent with all applicable Federal and State privacy law; 
          and
            ``(D) developing, improving, and implementing risk and 
          safety assessment tools and protocols that reduce and prevent 
          bias towards children and families involved in the child 
          welfare system.
            ``(6) Developing, strengthening, and facilitating 
          professional development for professionals and volunteers 
          engaged in the prevention, intervention, and treatment of 
          child abuse and neglect, including with respect to--
            ``(A) the legal duties of such professionals and 
          volunteers;
            ``(B) personal safety for the child protective services 
          workforce;
            ``(C) early childhood, child, and adolescent development 
          and the impact of child abuse and neglect, including long-
          term impacts of adverse childhood experiences;
            ``(D) improving coordination among child protective service 
          agencies and health care agencies, entities providing health 
          care (including mental health and substance use disorder 
          services), and community resources;
            ``(E) improving screening, forensic diagnosis, and health 
          and developmental evaluations, which may include best 
          practices for periodic reevaluations, as appropriate;
            ``(F) addressing the unique needs of children with 
          disabilities, including promoting interagency collaboration 
          to meet such needs;
            ``(G) supporting the placement of children with kinship 
          caregivers and addressing the unique needs of children in 
          such placements;
     
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            ``(H) implementing responsive, family-oriented, and trauma-
          informed approaches to prevention, identification, 
          intervention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect;
            ``(I) ensuring child safety;
            ``(J) the links between child abuse and neglect and 
          families with complex needs, such as families who have 
          experienced domestic violence, substance use disorders, or 
          adverse childhood experiences, or who have mental health 
          needs;
            ``(K) coordinating with other services and agencies to 
          address family and child needs, including trauma; and
            ``(L) distinguishing between cases of child abuse and 
          neglect and cases related to family economic insecurity where 
          abuse and neglect are not present.
            ``(7) Improving the recruitment and retention of child 
          protective services personnel, such as efforts to address the 
          effects of indirect trauma exposure for such personnel.
            ``(8) Developing, facilitating the use of, and implementing 
          evidence-based or evidence-informed strategies and protocols 
          for individuals mandated to report child abuse and neglect, 
          which may include--
            ``(A) strategies designed for mandated reporters in 
          specific professions;
            ``(B) public awareness and understanding relating to the 
          role and responsibilities of the child protective services 
          system; and
            ``(C) the nature and basis for reporting suspected 
          incidents of child abuse and neglect.
            ``(9) Developing, implementing, or operating programs and 
          referrals to assist in obtaining or coordinating necessary 
          services for families of infants or toddlers with a 
          disability, including--
            ``(A) evaluation and early intervention services for 
          infants and toddlers, with special attention to at-risk 
          infants or toddlers (as defined in section 632 of the 
          Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
          1432)), in accordance with part C of the Individuals with 
          Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) and 
          providing other support to such infants or toddlers, which 
          may include--
            ``(i) financial assistance in obtaining early intervention 
          services where an infant or toddler does not meet the State's 
          eligibility requirements under such part C; and
            ``(ii) support for families, including foster families and 
          kinship caregivers, in ensuring infants and toddlers receive 
          early intervention services;
            ``(B) trauma-informed services, and
            ``(C) early care and educational services, including Early 
          Head Start programs.
            ``(10) Enhancing interagency collaboration between agencies 
          and providers of the child protective services, public 
          health, mental health, substance use disorder treatment, 
          education, child care and early learning, domestic violence 
          services, law enforcement, and juvenile justice to improve 
          the investigations, interventions, delivery of services, and 
          treatments provided for children and families experiencing 
          child abuse and neglect, which may include--
            ``(A) methods for continuity of treatment plan and services 
          as children and families transition between systems;
            ``(B) addressing the health needs, including mental health 
          needs, of children identified as victims of child abuse or 
          neglect, including supporting prompt, comprehensive health 
          and developmental evaluations for children who are the 
          subjects of substantiated child abuse and neglect reports;
            ``(C) the provision of services that assist children 
          exposed to domestic violence, and that also support the 
          caregiving role of their non-abusing parents;
            ``(D) enhancing the capacity of public entities or 
          community-based providers to integrate the leadership of 
          parents in such entities' decision-making;
            ``(E) co-locating service providers; and
            ``(F) the provision of services that assist infants 
          affected by substance use disorder and that also support the 
          bond between children and birth parents to strengthen 
          families whenever possible.
            ``(11) Supporting the development, implementation, and 
          monitoring of family care plans for infants affected by 
          substance use disorder and their families and affected 
          caregivers, in accordance with the requirements of section 
          402(c), including through enhancing interagency coordination, 
          such as between the State's substance abuse agencies, public 
          health and mental health agencies, child welfare agencies, 
          social services agencies, health care facilities with labor 
          and delivery units, maternal and child health agencies, early 
          intervention agencies, family courts with jurisdiction in 
          cases of child abuse and neglect, and other agencies or 
          entities involved in supporting families affected by 
          substance use disorders.
            ``(b) Eligibility Requirements.--
            ``(1) State plan.--
            ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
          this section, a State shall submit to the Secretary a State 
          plan for improving and strengthening the child protective 
          service system through the activities described in subsection 
          (a).
            ``(B) Duration of plan.--Each State plan shall--
            ``(i) be submitted not less frequently than once every 5 
          years, in coordination with the State plan submitted under 
          part B of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 
          et seq.); and
            ``(ii) be periodically reviewed and revised by the State, 
          as necessary, to reflect--
     
            ``(I) any substantive changes to State law or regulations 
          related to the prevention of child abuse and neglect that may 
          affect the eligibility of the State under this section; and
            ``(II) any significant changes from the State application 
          related to the State's funding of strategies and programs 
          supported under this section.
     
            ``(C) Public collaboration and comment.--In developing the 
          State plan under subparagraph (A), each State shall--
            ``(i) consult widely with stakeholders and relevant public 
          and private organizations and individuals across the State, 
          which shall include parents and other individuals with 
          personal experience in the child welfare system;
            ``(ii) collaborate with the lead entity and community-based 
          providers funded under title II to strengthen the State's 
          prevention efforts in the State plan;
            ``(iii) make the draft plan publicly available by 
          electronic means in an easily accessible format; and
            ``(iv) provide all interested members of the public at 
          least 30 days opportunity to submit comments on the draft 
          State plan.
            ``(D) Availability.--The State shall ensure that the final 
          approved plan required under subparagraph (A) shall be 
          publicly available by electronic means in an easily 
          accessible format, and shall update such publicly available 
          plan to include any revisions to such plan described in 
          subparagraph (B)(ii).
            ``(2) Plan provisions.--
            ``(A) Descriptions.--Each State plan required under 
          paragraph (1) shall describe--
            ``(i) the activities the State will carry out using amounts 
          received under the grant to prevent, reduce, and treat child 
          abuse and neglect and how those activities will improve and 
          strengthen the child protective service system;
            ``(ii) the State's strategy to implement a systems-building 
          approach to develop and maintain a continuum of prevention 
          programs and services, in coordination with relevant State 
          and local public agencies, families, and community-based 
          organizations to prevent child abuse and neglect by 
          strengthening and supporting families whenever possible, such 
          as through the development of alternative pathways described 
          in subsection (a)(3);
            ``(iii) professional development and retention activities 
          to be provided under the grant to support direct line and 
          supervisory child protective services personnel in report 
          taking, screening, assessment, decision-making, and referral 
          for investigating suspected instances of child abuse and 
          neglect;
            ``(iv) the support and education to be provided under the 
          grant for mandatory reporting by individuals who are required 
          to report known or suspected cases of child abuse and 
          neglect, including for purposes of making such individuals 
          aware of such requirements;
            ``(v) policies and procedures encouraging the appropriate 
          involvement of families in decision-making pertaining to 
          children who have experienced child abuse or neglect;
            ``(vi) policies and procedures that promote and enhance 
          appropriate collaboration among child protective service 
          agencies, domestic violence service agencies, substance abuse 
          agencies, mental health agencies, other relevant agencies, 
          and kinship navigators in investigations, interventions, and 
          the delivery of services and treatment provided to children 
          and families affected by child abuse or neglect, including 
          children exposed to domestic violence, where appropriate;
            ``(vii) policies and procedures regarding the use of 
          differential response and a timeline for the development and 
          implementation of a high-risk response system to ensure that 
          each repeat referral of the same child, and each referral of 
          a child under the age of 3 years, receives a rapid response 
          from such system;
            ``(viii) how the State will enact policies and procedures 
          within 2 years of the date of enactment of the CAPTA 
          Reauthorization Act of 2022 requiring timely public 
          disclosure of the findings or information about the case of 
          child abuse or neglect that has resulted in a child fatality 
          or near fatality (in accordance with relevant Federal and 
          State privacy and confidentiality requirements), which shall 
          include a description of--
     
            ``(I) how the State will make such information publicly 
          available in an easily accessible format, including 
          information on--
     
            ``(aa) the cause and circumstances of the fatality or near 
          fatality;
            ``(bb) the age, gender, and race or ethnicity of the child; 
          and
            ``(cc) any previous reports of child abuse or neglect 
          investigations by the perpetrator or the victim; and
     
            ``(II) assurances of the State that the State will not 
          allow an exception to such public disclosure, except in a 
          case in which--
     
            ``(aa) the State needs to delay public release of case-
          specific findings or information (including any previous 
          reports of domestic violence and subsequent actions taken to 
          assess and address such reports) during a pending criminal 
          investigation or prosecution of such a fatality or near 
          fatality;
            ``(bb) the State is protecting the identity of a reporter 
          of child abuse or neglect; or
            ``(cc) the State is withholding information in order to 
          ensure the safety and well-being of the child, parents, and 
          family, if such parents or other members of the victim's 
          family are not perpetrators of the fatality or near fatality;
            ``(ix) the State's efforts to collect and review data on 
          child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and 
          neglect to drive systemic change to prevent such incidents
     
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          from occurring in the future, including a description of--
     
            ``(I) the criteria utilized by the State's child protective 
          services agency to determine which cases of child fatalities 
          and near fatalities due to abuse and neglect are reported 
          under subsection (d), subject to the requirements of section 
          422(b)(19) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 622(b)(19)), 
          such as whether such agency is submitting data on--
     
            ``(aa) only such cases that--
            ``(AA) had involvement with the State's child protective 
          services agency;
            ``(BB) were investigated by such agency; and
            ``(CC) were substantiated as abuse or neglect by such 
          agency; or
            ``(bb) all cases of child fatalities and near fatalities 
          identified as being related to child abuse and neglect by the 
          State's child fatality review system; and
     
            ``(II) how the State is reviewing and analyzing such data 
          to support reforms intended to prevent future child 
          fatalities and near fatalities across the policies and 
          procedures of the State's agencies that support children and 
          families;
     
            ``(x) the State's efforts to reduce racial bias and 
          disparities in its child protective services system;
            ``(xi) the State's efforts to improve policies and 
          procedures regarding the identification and response to child 
          abuse and neglect in order to safely reduce unnecessary 
          investigations by State and local child protective services 
          agencies of--
     
            ``(I) families solely on the basis of circumstances related 
          to poverty; and
            ``(II) families experiencing homelessness solely on the 
          basis of circumstances related to such families' housing 
          status;
     
            ``(xii) the State's policies and procedures, in accordance 
          with the requirements of paragraph (3)(B); and
            ``(xiii) the State's provisions to require intrastate and 
          interstate cooperation between State law enforcement 
          officials, court of competent jurisdiction, and appropriate 
          State agencies providing human services in the investigation, 
          assessment, prosecution, and treatment of child abuse and 
          neglect.
            ``(B) Assurances.--Each State plan shall provide assurances 
          that the State has--
            ``(i) provisions or procedures for individuals to report 
          known and suspected instances of child abuse and neglect 
          directly to the appropriate State or local agency, as 
          applicable under State law, including a State law for 
          mandatory reporting by individuals required to report such 
          instances, including, as defined by the State--
     
            ``(I) health professionals;
            ``(II) school and child care personnel;
            ``(III) law enforcement officials;
            ``(IV) social workers;
            ``(V) camp and after-school employees;
            ``(VI) clergy, except where clergy-penitent privilege is 
          applicable; and
            ``(VII) other individuals, as a State may require;
     
            ``(ii) provisions for immunity from civil or criminal 
          liability under State and local laws for individuals making 
          good faith reports of suspected or known instances of child 
          abuse or neglect, or who otherwise provide information or 
          assistance, including medical evaluations or consultations, 
          in connection with a report, investigation, or legal 
          intervention pursuant to a good faith report of child abuse 
          or neglect;
            ``(iii) procedures for the immediate screening, risk and 
          safety assessment, and prompt investigation of reports of 
          suspected or known instances of child abuse and neglect, and 
          triage procedures for the appropriate referral of a child not 
          at risk of imminent harm to a community organization or 
          voluntary preventive service;
            ``(iv) procedures for immediate steps to be taken to ensure 
          and protect the safety of a victim of child abuse or neglect 
          and of any other child under the same care who also may be in 
          danger of child abuse or neglect and ensuring their placement 
          in a safe environment, which may include placements with 
          kinship caregivers;
            ``(v) methods to preserve the confidentiality of all 
          records in order to protect the rights of the child and of 
          the child's parents or guardians, including requirements 
          ensuring that reports and records made and maintained 
          pursuant to the purposes of this Act shall be made available 
          only to--
     
            ``(I) individuals who are the subject of the report;
            ``(II) Federal, State, or local government entities, or any 
          agent of such entities, as described in clause (vi);
            ``(III) child abuse citizen review panels;
            ``(IV) child fatality review programs;
            ``(V) a grand jury or court, upon a finding that 
          information in the record is necessary for the determination 
          of an issue before the court or grand jury; and
            ``(VI) other entities or classes of individuals statutorily 
          authorized by the State to receive such information pursuant 
          to a legitimate State purpose;
     
            ``(vi) provisions to require a State to disclose 
          confidential information to any Federal, State, or local 
          government entity, or any agent of such entity, that has a 
          need for such information in order to carry out its 
          responsibilities under law to protect children from child 
          abuse and neglect;
            ``(vii) provisions requiring, and procedures in place that 
          facilitate, the notification of individuals who are added to 
          a child abuse registry and the prompt expungement of any 
          records that are accessible to the general public or are used 
          for purposes of employment or other background checks in 
          cases determined to be unsubstantiated or false, except that 
          nothing in this section shall prevent State child protective 
          services agencies from keeping information on unsubstantiated 
          reports in their casework files to assist in future risk and 
          safety assessment;
            ``(viii) established and maintained citizen review panels 
          in accordance with subsection (c);
            ``(ix) provisions, procedures, and mechanisms--
     
            ``(I) for the expedited termination of parental rights in 
          the case of any infant determined to be abandoned under State 
          law; and
            ``(II) by which individuals who disagree with an official 
          finding of child abuse or neglect can appeal such finding;
     
            ``(x) provisions, procedures, and mechanisms that ensure 
          that the State does not require reunification of a surviving 
          child with a parent who has been found by a court of 
          competent jurisdiction--
     
            ``(I) to have committed murder (which would have been an 
          offense under section 1111(a) of title 18, United States 
          Code, if the offense had occurred in the special maritime or 
          territorial jurisdiction of the United States) of another 
          child of such parent;
            ``(II) to have committed voluntary manslaughter (which 
          would have been an offense under section 1112(a) of title 18, 
          United States Code, if the offense had occurred in the 
          special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United 
          States) of another child of such parent;
            ``(III) to have aided or abetted, attempted, conspired, or 
          solicited to commit such murder or voluntary manslaughter;
            ``(IV) to have committed a felony assault that results in 
          the serious bodily injury to the surviving child or another 
          child of such parent;
            ``(V) to have committed sexual abuse against the surviving 
          child or another child of such parent; or
            ``(VI) to be required to register with a sex offender 
          registry under section 113(a) of the Adam Walsh Child 
          Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20913(a));
     
            ``(xi) an assurance that, upon the implementation by the 
          State of the provisions, procedures, and mechanisms under 
          clause (x), conviction of any one of the felonies listed in 
          clause (x) constitute grounds under State law for the 
          termination of parental rights of the convicted parent as to 
          the surviving children (except that case-by-case 
          determinations of whether or not to seek termination of 
          parental rights shall be within the sole discretion of the 
          State);
            ``(xii) provisions and procedures to require that a 
          representative of the child protective services agency shall, 
          at the initial time of contact with the individual subject to 
          a child abuse or neglect investigation, advise the individual 
          of the complaints or allegations made against the individual, 
          in a manner that is consistent with laws protecting the 
          rights of the informant;
            ``(xiii) provisions to ensure the child protective services 
          workforce receive professional development regarding the 
          legal duties of such personnel, which may consist of various 
          methods of informing such personnel of such duties, including 
          in different languages if necessary, in order to protect the 
          legal rights and safety of children and families from the 
          initial time of contact during investigation through 
          treatment;
            ``(xiv) provisions and procedures for requiring criminal 
          background record checks that meet the requirements of 
          section 471(a)(20) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
          671(a)(20)) for prospective foster and adoptive parents and 
          other adult relatives and non-relatives residing in the 
          household;
            ``(xv) provisions for systems of technology that support 
          the State child protective service system described in 
          subsection (a) and track reports of child abuse and neglect 
          from intake through final disposition;
            ``(xvi) provisions and procedures requiring identification 
          and assessment of all reports involving children known or 
          suspected to be sex trafficking (as defined in section 103 of 
          the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
          7102)) victims; and
            ``(xvii) provisions to ensure the child protective services 
          workforce receives professional development regarding 
          identifying, assessing, and providing comprehensive services 
          for children who are sex trafficking (as defined in section 
          103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
          U.S.C. 7102)) victims, including efforts to coordinate with 
          State law enforcement, juvenile justice, and social service 
          agencies such as runaway and homeless youth shelters to serve 
          this population;
            ``(xviii) procedures for responding to the reporting of 
          medical neglect (including instances of withholding of 
          medically indicated treatment from infants with disabilities 
          who have life-threatening conditions), procedures or 
          programs, or both (within the State child protective services 
          system), to provide for--
     
            ``(I) coordination and consultation with individuals 
          designated by and within appropriate health-care facilities;
            ``(II) prompt notification by individuals designated by and 
          within appropriate health care facilities of cases of 
          suspected medical neglect (including instances of withholding 
          of medically indicated treatment from infants with 
          disabilities who have life-threatening conditions); and
            ``(III) authority, under State law, for the State child 
          protective services system to
     
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          pursue any legal remedies, including the authority to 
          initiate legal proceedings in a court of competent 
          jurisdiction, as may be necessary to prevent the withholding 
          of medically indicated treatment from infants with 
          disabilities who have life-threatening conditions;
     
            ``(xix) procedures to provide information to mandated 
          reporters who are educators on the requirements of subtitle B 
          of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.) to support homeless children and 
          youth in enrolling, attending, and succeeding in school, in 
          accordance with the State plan submitted under such subtitle 
          B;
            ``(xx) engaged with individuals with personal experience in 
          the child welfare system, and the lead entity and community-
          based providers supported under title II in developing the 
          State plan described in paragraph (1);
            ``(xxi) procedures and policies for developing, 
          implementing, and monitoring family care plans required under 
          section 402(c) to ensure the safety and well-being of infants 
          affected by parental substance use disorder and the well-
          being of such infants' parents; and
            ``(xxii) provisions and procedures for referral of a child 
          under the age of 3 who is involved in a substantiated case of 
          child abuse or neglect to early intervention services funded 
          under part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
          Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).
            `` ``(3) Guardians ad litem for children.--
            `` ``(A) Purposes.--The purposes of this paragraph are to--
            `` ``(i) ensure that children in cases involving 
          allegations of child abuse or neglect that result in a 
          judicial proceeding have their rights protected in court; and
            `` ``(ii) support States in adopting and implementing 
          policies to provide access to guardians ad litem for children 
          involved in cases described in clause (i).
            `` ``(B) State plan guardian ad litem requirements.--To 
          meet the requirements under paragraph (2)(A)(xii), the State 
          shall submit policies and procedures requiring that in every 
          case involving a victim of child abuse or neglect which 
          results in a judicial proceeding, a guardian ad litem, who 
          has received training appropriate to the role, including 
          training in early childhood, child, and adolescent 
          development, and who may be an attorney or a court appointed 
          special advocate who has received training appropriate to 
          that role (or both), shall be appointed to represent the 
          child in such proceedings--
            `` ``(i) to obtain first-hand, a clear understanding of the 
          situation and needs of the child; and
            `` ``(ii) to make recommendations to the court concerning 
          the best interests of the child.
            ``(4) Rules of construction.--
            ``(A) Certain identifying information.--Nothing in clause 
          (ii) or (iv) of paragraph (2)(B) shall be construed as 
          restricting the authority of a State to refuse to disclose 
          identifying information concerning the individual initiating 
          a report or complaint alleging suspected instances of child 
          abuse or neglect, except that the State may not refuse such a 
          disclosure where a court orders such disclosure after such 
          court has reviewed, in camera, the record of the State 
          related to the report or complaint and has found it has 
          reason to believe that the reporter knowingly made a false 
          report.
            ``(B) Clarification.--Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be 
          construed to limit a State's flexibility to determine State 
          policies relating to public access to court proceedings to 
          determine child abuse and neglect, except that such policies 
          shall, at a minimum, ensure the safety and well-being of the 
          child, parents, and families.
            ``(C) Mandated reporters in certain states.--With respect 
          to a State in which State law requires all of the individuals 
          to report known or suspected instances of child abuse and 
          neglect directly to the appropriate agency as applicable 
          under State law, the requirement under paragraph (2)(B)(i) 
          shall not be construed to require the State to define the 
          classes of individuals described in subclauses (I) through 
          (VI) of such paragraph.
            ``(D) Alignment with extended foster care.--For purposes of 
          paragraph (3), the term `child' shall have any age limit 
          elected by the State pursuant to section 475(8)(B)(iii) of 
          the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675(8)(B)(iii)).
            ``(c) Citizen Review Panels.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--
            ``(A) In general.--Each State to which a grant is made 
          under this section shall establish (including by designating 
          under subparagraph (B)) not fewer than 2 citizen review 
          panels.
            ``(B) Designation.--A State may designate a citizen review 
          panel for purposes of this subsection, comprised of one or 
          more existing (as of the date of the designation) entities 
          established under State or Federal law, such as child 
          fatality review programs, foster care review panels, or State 
          task forces established under section 107, if such entities 
          have the capacity to satisfy the requirements of paragraph 
          (3) and the State ensures that such entities will satisfy 
          such requirements.
            ``(2) Membership.--Except as provided in paragraph (1)(B), 
          each panel established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be 
          composed of volunteer members who are broadly representative 
          of the community in which such panel is established, 
          including individuals with personal experience in the child 
          welfare system and members who have expertise in the 
          prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
            ``(3) Functions.--
            ``(A) In general.--Each panel established pursuant to 
          paragraph (1) shall evaluate, by examining the policies, 
          procedures, and practices of State and local agencies and 
          where appropriate, specific cases, the extent to which State 
          and local child protective services system agencies are 
          effectively discharging their child protection 
          responsibilities in accordance with--
            ``(i) the State plan under subsection (b);
            ``(ii) any other criteria that the panel considers 
          important to ensure the protection of children, including--
     
            ``(I) a review of the extent to which the State and local 
          child protective services system is coordinated with the 
          foster care, prevention, and permanency program established 
          under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
          U.S.C. 670 et seq.); and
            ``(II) a review of child fatalities and near fatalities due 
          to child abuse and neglect and State and local efforts to 
          change policies, procedures, and practices to prevent future 
          fatalities and near fatalities.
     
            ``(B) Alternative pathways.--In carrying out the 
          requirements of subparagraph (A), each panel shall examine 
          the policies, procedures, and practices of State and local 
          child protective services system agencies that result in 
          substantial numbers of families being unnecessarily 
          investigated for child abuse and neglect (including by 
          examining racial bias) and shall develop recommendations to 
          the State, in accordance with paragraph (5), regarding how 
          State and local child protective services agencies can become 
          a more effective system of appropriate and immediate response 
          for children who are at most serious risk of child abuse and 
          neglect and eliminate child abuse fatalities and near 
          fatalities.
            ``(C) Confidentiality.--
            ``(i) In general.--The members and staff of a panel 
          established under paragraph (1)--
     
            ``(I) shall not disclose to any person or government 
          official any identifying information about any specific child 
          protection case with respect to which the panel is provided 
          information; and
            ``(II) shall not make public other information unless 
          authorized by State statute.
     
            ``(ii) Civil sanctions.--Each State that establishes a 
          panel pursuant to paragraph (1) shall establish civil 
          sanctions for a violation of clause (i).
            ``(D) Public outreach.--Each panel shall provide for public 
          outreach and comment in order to assess the impact of current 
          procedures and practices upon children and families in the 
          community and in order to meet its obligations under 
          subparagraph (A).
            ``(4) State assistance.--Each State that establishes a 
          panel pursuant to paragraph (1)--
            ``(A) shall develop a memorandum of understanding with each 
          panel, clearly outlining the panel's roles and 
          responsibilities, and identifying any support from the State;
            ``(B) shall provide the panel access to information on 
          cases that the panel desires to review if such information is 
          necessary for the panel to carry out its functions under 
          paragraph (3); and
            ``(C) shall provide the panel, upon its request, staff 
          assistance for the performance of the duties of the panel.
            ``(5) Reports.--Each citizen review panel established under 
          paragraph (1) shall annually prepare and make available to 
          the State and the public, which activities may be carried out 
          collectively by a combination of such panels, a report 
          containing a summary of the activities of the panel and 
          recommendations to improve the child protective services 
          system at the State and local levels. Not later than 3 months 
          after the date on which a report is submitted by the panel to 
          the State, the appropriate State agency shall submit a 
          written response to State and local child protective services 
          systems and the panel that describes how the State will 
          incorporate the recommendations of such panel (where 
          appropriate) to make measurable progress in improving the 
          State and local child protective services systems, which 
          response may include providing examples of efforts to 
          implement the panel's recommendations.
            ``(d) Annual State Data Reports.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), each State to 
          which a grant is made under this section shall annually 
          submit a report to the Secretary containing, at a minimum, 
          the data elements described in paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Waivers and technical assistance.--
            ``(A) In general.--In working with States to implement the 
          requirement in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall have the 
          authority to waive such requirements for any data element 
          required in paragraph (3) if the Secretary determines that 
          reporting such information is not feasible or is insufficient 
          to yield statistically reliable information.
            ``(B) Guidance.--The Secretary shall issue guidance to 
          States and provide technical assistance to support States in 
          submitting accurate and comparable data under this subsection 
          and maximizing such States' reporting of data elements 
          required under paragraph (3).
            ``(3) Required data elements.--The following data elements 
          shall annually be reported by States to the Secretary, in 
          accordance with paragraph (1) at the aggregate and case-
          specific level:
            ``(A) The number of children who were reported to the State 
          during the year as victims of child abuse or neglect, 
          disaggregated,
     
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          where available, by demographic characteristics including 
          age, sex, race and ethnicity, disability, caregiver risk 
          factors, caregiver relationship, living arrangement, and 
          relation of victim to their perpetrator.
            ``(B) Of the number of children described in subparagraph 
          (A)--
            ``(i) the number with respect to whom such reports were 
          substantiated;
            ``(ii) the number with respect to whom such reports were 
          unsubstantiated; and
            ``(iii) the number with respect to whom such reports were 
          determined to be false.
            ``(C) Of the number of children described in subparagraph 
          (A)--
            ``(i) the number that did not receive services during the 
          year under the State program funded under this section or an 
          equivalent State program;
            ``(ii) the number that received services during the year 
          under the State program funded under this section or an 
          equivalent State program;
            ``(iii) the number that were removed from their families 
          during the year by disposition of the case; and
            ``(iv) the number that were separated from a legal parent 
          or guardian without a judicial order, disaggregated by 
          whether such separation was made in response to the imminent 
          risk of serious harm at the time of removal.
            ``(D) The number of families that were served through 
          differential response, from the State, during the year.
            ``(E) The number of child fatalities and near fatalities in 
          the State during the year resulting from child abuse or 
          neglect, which shall include--
            ``(i) the number of child fatalities and near fatalities 
          due to child abuse and neglect (disaggregated by such type of 
          incident) that--
     
            ``(I) is compiled by the State child protective services 
          agency for submission under this subsection; and
            ``(II) are derived from data sources which--
     
            ``(aa) includes data from State vital statistics 
          departments, child fatality review teams, law enforcement 
          agencies, and offices of medical examiners or coroners, in 
          accordance with the requirements of section 422(b)(19) of the 
          Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 622(b)(19)); and
            ``(bb) may include information from hospitals, health 
          departments, juvenile justice departments, and prosecutor and 
          attorney general offices; and
            ``(ii) case-specific information (and the sources used to 
          provide such information) about the circumstances under which 
          a child fatality or near fatality occurred due to abuse and 
          neglect, including--
     
            ``(I) the cause of the death listed on the death 
          certificate in the case of a child fatality, and the type of 
          life-threatening injury in the case of a near fatality;
            ``(II) whether the child and such child's siblings were 
          reported to the State child protective services system;
            ``(III) the responses taken by the child protective 
          services agency (which may include services or 
          investigations, as applicable), including any determinations 
          by such agency;
            ``(IV) the child's living arrangement or placement at the 
          time of the incident;
            ``(V) the perpetrator's relationship to the child;
            ``(VI) any known previous child abuse or neglect of the 
          child by other perpetrators and of any child abuse or neglect 
          of other children by the perpetrator;
            ``(VII) the demographics and relevant characteristics of 
          the child, perpetrator, and family, including whether 
          substance use disorder or domestic violence were present and 
          whether services were provided to address those needs;
            ``(VIII) the child's encounters with the health care system 
          prior to the incident; and
            ``(IX) other relevant data as determined by the Secretary 
          designed to inform prevention efforts.
     
            ``(F) Of the number of children described in subparagraph 
          (E), the number of such children who were in foster care at 
          the time of the incident reported under such subparagraph.
            ``(G)(i) The number of child protective service personnel 
          responsible for each of the following:
            ``(I) Intake of reports filed in the previous year.
            ``(II) Screening of such reports.
            ``(III) Assessment of such reports.
            ``(IV) Investigation of such reports.
            ``(ii) The average caseload for the personnel described in 
          clause (i).
            ``(H) The agency response time with respect to each such 
          report with respect to initial investigation of reports of 
          child abuse or neglect.
            ``(I) The response time with respect to the provision of 
          services to families and children where an allegation of 
          child abuse or neglect has been made.
            ``(J) For child protective service personnel responsible 
          for intake, screening, assessment, and investigation of child 
          abuse and neglect reports in the State--
            ``(i) information on the education, qualifications, and 
          continuing education requirements established by the State 
          for child protective service professionals, including for 
          entry and advancement in the profession, including 
          advancement to supervisory positions;
            ``(ii) data on the education, qualifications, and 
          continuing education of such personnel;
            ``(iii) demographic information of the child protective 
          service personnel; and
            ``(iv) information on caseload or workload requirements for 
          such personnel, including requirements for average number and 
          maximum number of cases per child protective service worker 
          and supervisor.
            ``(K) With respect to children reunited with their families 
          or receiving family preservation services, within the 5-year 
          period preceding submission of the report--
            ``(i) the number of reports to the State child protective 
          services agency for suspected child abuse and neglect;
            ``(ii) the number of substantiated reports of child abuse 
          or neglect; and
            ``(iii) the number of fatalities or near fatalities of such 
          children due to child abuse or neglect.
            ``(L) The number of children for whom individuals were 
          appointed by the court to represent the best interests of 
          such children and the average number of out of court contacts 
          between such individuals and children.
            ``(M) The annual report containing the summary of the 
          activities and recommendations of the citizen review panels 
          of the State required by subsection (c)(5).
            ``(N) The number of children under the care of the State 
          child protection system who are transferred into the custody 
          of the State juvenile justice system.
            ``(O) The number of children that had a family care plan in 
          accordance with section 402(c), and who were referred to the 
          child protective services system.
            ``(P) The number of children determined to be victims of 
          sex trafficking.
            ``(4) NCANDS files.--Not later than 6 months after 
          receiving a State report under this subsection, the Secretary 
          shall publish the data reported by the State under paragraph 
          (3) in the following formats:
            ``(A) The agency file that contains aggregate data.
            ``(B) The child file that contains case-specific 
          information.
            ``(e) Annual State Reports.--A State that receives funds 
          under subsection (a) shall annually prepare and submit to the 
          Secretary a report describing the manner in which funding 
          provided under this section, alone or in combination with 
          other Federal funds, was used to address the purposes and 
          achieve the objectives of this section, including--
            ``(1) the amount of such funding used by the State to 
          provide services to individuals, families, or communities to 
          strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect, 
          directly or through referrals, and a description of how the 
          State implemented systems-building approaches to 
          strategically coordinate such services with State and local 
          agencies and relevant public entities to develop and maintain 
          a continuum of prevention programs and services aimed at 
          preventing the occurrence of child abuse and neglect;
            ``(2) a description of how the State uses differential 
          response, as applicable, and alternative pathways for 
          families seeking support;
            ``(3) a description of the State's efforts to reduce racial 
          bias and disparities in its child protective services system, 
          including changes in the rates of overrepresentation of 
          children or youth in the child protective services system by 
          race or ethnicity;
            ``(4) a description of the State's efforts to safely reduce 
          unnecessary investigations of families, through the child 
          protective system, solely based on circumstances related to--
            ``(A) poverty; and
            ``(B) housing status;
            ``(5) the number of children under the age of 3 who are 
          involved in a substantiated case of child abuse or neglect 
          and who the State child protective services agency referred 
          for early intervention services funded under part C of the 
          Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 
          et seq.), disaggregated, where available, by demographic 
          characteristics including race and ethnicity, and, for 
          children not referred for such services, a description of why 
          such children were not referred; and
            ``(6) a description of how the State used such funding to 
          implement effective strategies to enhance collaboration among 
          child protective services and social services, legal 
          services, health care services (including mental health and 
          substance use disorder services), domestic violence services, 
          and educational agencies, and community-based organizations, 
          that contribute to improvements to the overall well-being of 
          children and families.
            ``(f) Annual Report by the Secretary.--Annually, the 
          Secretary shall--
            ``(1) prepare a report based on information provided by the 
          States for the fiscal year under subsections (d) and (e) and 
          the results of the State monitoring under section 112; and
            ``(2) make the report and such information available to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
          Senate, the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
          Representatives, and the national clearinghouse described in 
          section 103.
            ``(g) Allotments.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
            ``(A) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
          States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
          Puerto Rico.
            ``(B) Territory.--The term `territory' means Guam, American 
          Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
          of the Northern Mariana Islands.
            ``(2) In general.--The Secretary shall make an allotment to 
          each State and territory that applies for a grant under this 
          section, in an amount equal to the sum of--
            ``(A) $50,000; and
     
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            ``(B) an amount that bears the same relationship to any 
          grant funds remaining after all such States and territories 
          have received $50,000, as the number of children under the 
          age of 18 in the State or territory bears to the number of 
          such children in all States and territories that apply for 
          such a grant.
            ``(3) Minimum allotments to states.--The Secretary shall 
          adjust the allotments under paragraph (2), as necessary, such 
          that no State that applies for a grant under this section 
          receives an allotment in an amount that is less than 
          $150,000.''.
     
          SEC. 107. GRANTS FOR INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF CHILD 
                        ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
     
            (a) Grants to States.--Section 107(a) of the Child Abuse 
          Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106c(a)) is amended 
          by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the 
          following:
            ``(1) the assessment, investigation, and prosecution of 
          suspected child abuse and neglect cases, including cases of 
          suspected child sexual abuse, exploitation, and child sex 
          trafficking, in a manner that limits additional trauma to the 
          child and the child's family;
            ``(2) the assessment, investigation, and prosecution of 
          cases of suspected child abuse-related fatalities and 
          suspected child neglect-related fatalities, including through 
          a child abuse investigative multidisciplinary review team, 
          such as a team from the State child fatality review program; 
          and
            ``(3) the assessment, investigation, and prosecution of 
          cases involving children with disabilities or serious health-
          related problems, or other vulnerable populations, who are 
          suspected victims of child abuse or neglect.''.
            (b) State Task Forces.--Section 107(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 
          5106c(c)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period and 
          inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(K) individuals experienced in working with children or 
          youth overrepresented in the child welfare system.''.
            (c) State Task Force Study.--Section 107(d)(1) of such Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5106c(d)(1)) is amended by striking ``and 
          exploitation,'' and inserting ``, child exploitation, and 
          child sex trafficking,''.
            (d) Adoption of State Task Force Recommendations.--Section 
          107(e)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5106c(e)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and exploitation,'' 
          and inserting ``, child exploitation, and child sex 
          trafficking,'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in subparagraph (C)--
            (A) by striking ``and exploitation,'' and inserting ``, 
          child exploitation, and child sex trafficking,''; and
            (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
          and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) improving coordination among agencies regarding 
          reports of child abuse and neglect to ensure both law 
          enforcement and child protective services agencies have ready 
          access to full information regarding past reports, which may 
          be done in coordination with other States, Indian Tribes, or 
          agencies for other geographic regions.''.
     
          SEC. 108. MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ASSISTANCE.
     
            Section 109 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5106d), as so redesignated by section 105 of this 
          division, is amended by striking subsection (e).
     
          SEC. 109. REPORTS.
     
            Section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5106f), as so redesignated by section 105 of this 
          division, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``CAPTA Reauthorization 
          Act of 2010'' and inserting ``CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 
          2022'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) by striking ``(b)'' and all that follows through 
          ``Not'' and inserting the following:
            ``(b) Activities and Technical Assistance.--Not''; and
            (B) by striking ``Senate a report'' and all that follows 
          through the period at the end and inserting ``Senate a report 
          on technical assistance activities for programs that support 
          State efforts to meet the needs and objectives of section 
          106.''; and
            (3) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the 
          following:
            ``(c) GAO Report on State Mandatory Reporting Laws.--Not 
          later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the CAPTA 
          Reauthorization Act of 2022, the Comptroller General of the 
          United States shall submit to the Committee on Health, 
          Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
          Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
          Representatives a report that contains information on--
            ``(1) the type, duration, and evidence basis of public 
          awareness efforts, professional development, or other 
          educational resources for mandated reporters of child abuse 
          or neglect supported by this Act, and through other relevant 
          Federal programs;
            ``(2) State efforts to improve reporting on, and responses 
          to reports of, child abuse or neglect; and
            ``(3) barriers, if any, affecting mandatory reporting of 
          child abuse or neglect.
            ``(d) GAO Report Relating to Child Abuse and Neglect in 
          Indian Tribal Communities.--Not later than 3 years after the 
          date of enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2022, 
          the Comptroller General of the United States, taking into 
          consideration the perspectives of selected Indian Tribes from 
          each of the 12 Bureau of Indian Affairs Regions, shall submit 
          a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
          Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
          Labor of the House of Representatives that contains--
            ``(1) information about the child abuse and neglect 
          prevention activities such Indian Tribes and related Tribal 
          organizations are providing, including types of programming 
          and funding sources;
            ``(2) a description of promising practices used by such 
          Tribes and related Tribal organizations for child abuse and 
          neglect prevention;
            ``(3) information on ways to support prevention efforts 
          regarding child abuse and neglect of children who are 
          Indians, including Alaska Natives, which may include the use 
          of the children's trust fund model;
            ``(4) an assessment of Federal agency collaboration and 
          technical assistance efforts to address child abuse and 
          neglect prevention and treatment of children who are Indians, 
          including Alaska Natives; and
            ``(5) an examination of access to child abuse and neglect 
          prevention research and demonstration grants by Indian tribes 
          and related Tribal organizations under this Act.
            ``(e) GAO Report Relating to Data on Child Abuse and 
          Neglect in Indian Tribal Communities.--Not later than 2 years 
          after the date of enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act 
          of 2022, the Comptroller General of the United States, shall 
          submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
          and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
          Labor of the House of Representatives that contains an 
          examination of Federal child abuse and neglect data systems 
          to identify what Tribal data is being submitted to the 
          Department of Health and Human Services, or other relevant 
          agencies, as applicable, any barriers to the submission of 
          such data, and recommendations on improving the submission of 
          such data.
            ``(f) GAO Report on Protecting Against Systemic Child 
          Sexual Abuse.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
          enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2022, the 
          Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a 
          report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
          Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
          Labor of the House of Representatives that focuses on--
            ``(1) promising practices used by selected State and local 
          agencies to identify and prevent recurring or persistent 
          child sexual abuse in community-based or other organizations, 
          including how selected State and local agencies have 
          addressed--
            ``(A) a pattern of informal or formal policy or de facto 
          policy within organizations to not follow State and local 
          requirements to report instances of child sexual abuse in 
          violation of State and local mandatory reporting laws or 
          policy; or
            ``(B) a pattern of assisting individual perpetrators in 
          maintaining their careers despite substantiated evidence of 
          child sexual abuse;
            ``(2) the assistance provided by the Department of Health 
          and Human Services to support State and local efforts to 
          identify and prevent recurring or persistent child sexual 
          abuse in community-based or other organizations.
            ``(g) National Academies Study on Independent Legal 
          Representation for Children.----
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
          of enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2022, the 
          Secretary shall enter shall enter into an agreement with the 
          National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to 
          conduct of a study to support local, State, and Federal 
          agencies in improving the provision of high-quality legal 
          representation for all children through the appointment of 
          attorneys in cases involving allegations of child abuse or 
          neglect that result in a judicial proceeding.
            ``(2) Elements.--The study described in paragraph (1) shall 
          examine the following:
            ``(A) States' policies and procedures to ensure that all 
          children have access to an attorney to provide such children 
          with legal representation.
            ``(B) The successes and challenges in States regarding the 
          appointment of attorneys, as described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(C) Models of legal representation required for attorneys 
          described in subparagraph (A), which may include examining 
          variations in the type of legal representation provided to 
          children of varying ages or other demographics and 
          identifying recommendations to improve such models.
            ``(D) Issues related to timely appointment of attorneys 
          described in subparagraph (A), particularly early in child 
          abuse and neglect proceedings.
            ``(E) Professional development standards or requirements 
          for attorneys described in subparagraph (A), including 
          examining information regarding the provision of education to 
          such attorneys in such areas as child and adolescent 
          development, family violence, mental health, and substance 
          use disorders.
            ``(F) Recommendations for improving States' policies and 
          procedures to ensure that all children have access to an 
          attorney to provide such children with legal representation.
            ``(3) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of the 
          contract entered into under paragraph (1), the National 
          Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall
     
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          submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Health, Education, 
          Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the 
          Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor and the 
          Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a 
          report of the study required under paragraph (1).''.
     
          SEC. 110. MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT.
     
            Title I of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act is 
          amended by striking section 112 (42 U.S.C. 5106g), as so 
          redesignated by section 105 of this division, and inserting 
          the following:
     
          ``SEC. 112. MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT.
     
            ``(a) Monitoring.--The Secretary shall conduct monitoring 
          to ensure that each State that receives a grant under section 
          106 is in compliance with the requirements of section 106(b), 
          which shall--
            ``(1) be in addition to the review of the State plan upon 
          its submission under section 106(b)(1)(A); and
            ``(2) include monitoring of State policies and procedures 
          required under sections 106(b)(2)(B)(xxi) and section 402.
            ``(b) Triennial Reporting.--The Secretary shall submit a 
          triennial report to the Committee on Health, Education, 
          Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of 
          the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor and the 
          Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
          that includes a summary of the monitoring conducted under 
          this section.''.
     
          SEC. 111. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
     
            Subsection (a) of section 114 of the Child Abuse Prevention 
          and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106h), as so redesignated by 
          section 105 of this division, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by striking ``$120,000,000 for fiscal year 2010'' and 
          inserting ``(except for section 108) $190,000,000 for fiscal 
          year 2023''; and
            (B) by striking ``2011 through 2015'' and inserting ``2024 
          through 2028''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Discretionary activities.--Of the amounts 
          appropriated for a fiscal year under paragraph (1), the 
          Secretary shall make available 30 percent of such amounts to 
          fund discretionary activities under this title.
            ``(3) Hotline authorization.--There are authorized to be 
          appropriated to carry out section 108 $2,000,000 for each of 
          fiscal years 2023 through 2028.''.
     
          SEC. 112. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
     
            Section 633 of the Mentoring Matches for Youth Act of 2006 
          (34 U.S.C. 20990) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ``clauses (viii) 
          and (ix) of section 106(b)(2)(A) of the Child Abuse 
          Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(b)(2)(A) (viii) 
          and (ix))'' and inserting ``clauses (v) and (vi) of section 
          106(b)(2)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)(B))''; and
            (2) in subsection (f), by striking ``clauses (viii) and 
          (ix) of section 106(b)(2)(A) of the Child Abuse Prevention 
          and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(b)(2)(A) (viii) and (ix))'' 
          and inserting ``clauses (v) and (vi) of section 106(b)(2)(B) 
          of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
          5106a(b)(2)(B))''.
     
     TITLE II--COMMUNITY-BASED GRANTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND 
                                     NEGLECT
     
          SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II OF THE CHILD ABUSE 
                        PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT.
     
            (a) In General.--Sections 201 through 208 of the Child 
          Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.) 
          is amended to read as follows:
     
          ``SEC. 201. PURPOSES.
     
            ``The purposes of this title are--
            ``(1) to support community-based family strengthening 
          services and statewide systems-building approaches to ensure 
          the development, operation, expansion, evaluation, and 
          coordination of initiatives, programs, and activities to 
          prevent child abuse and neglect; and
            ``(2) to increase access to a continuum of prevention 
          programs and services for diverse populations, including 
          families with low incomes, families who are racial or ethnic 
          minorities, families that include children with disabilities 
          or caregivers with disabilities, children and youth 
          overrepresented in the child welfare system, families 
          experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, 
          families experiencing substance use disorders, families with 
          parents who have experienced violence or trauma, families 
          with individuals with personal experience in the child 
          welfare system, and families in rural communities, that help 
          strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect.
     
          ``SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.
     
            ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary shall make grants under 
          this title on a formula basis, from allotments made in 
          accordance with subsection (c), to the entities designated by 
          the States as the lead entities under section 203(b) for the 
          purposes of--
            ``(1) supporting community-based family strengthening 
          services, to assist families to build protective factors 
          linked to the prevention of child abuse and neglect, that--
            ``(A) are accessible to diverse populations, effective, 
          trauma-informed, and culturally responsive;
            ``(B) build upon the strengths of families;
            ``(C) provide families with early, comprehensive support;
            ``(D) promote the development of healthy familial 
          relationships and parenting skills, especially for young 
          parents and parents of young children;
            ``(E) increase family stability;
            ``(F) improve family access to other formal and informal 
          community-based resources, such as referral to early 
          childhood health and developmental services, health care 
          (including mental health and substance use disorder 
          services), and supports to meet the needs of families that 
          include children with disabilities or caregivers with 
          disabilities; and
            ``(G) meaningfully involve parents in the planning, 
          implementation, and evaluation of such services, including 
          the parents of families with low incomes, parents who are 
          racial or ethnic minorities, parents of children with 
          disabilities, parents with disabilities, parents of children 
          and youth overrepresented in the child welfare system, 
          parents experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, 
          parents of families experiencing substance use disorders, 
          parents who have experienced violence or trauma, parents who 
          are individuals with personal experience in the child welfare 
          system, and parents in rural communities;
            ``(2) promoting the development of a continuum of 
          prevention programs and services for families, through State- 
          and community-based collaborations, public-private 
          partnerships, and the leveraging of Federal, State, local, 
          and private funds;
            ``(3) financing the establishment, maintenance, expansion, 
          or redesign of core services described in section 
          205(d)(3)(A), to address unmet needs described in the 
          inventory in section 204(b)(1)(C)(i);
            ``(4) financing public information and education activities 
          that focus on the healthy and positive development of parents 
          and children and the promotion of child abuse and neglect 
          prevention activities, including--
            ``(A) comprehensive outreach strategies to engage diverse 
          populations; and
            ``(B) efforts to increase awareness, of adults who work 
          with children in a professional or volunteer capacity, 
          regarding the availability of community-based family 
          strengthening services; and
            ``(5) providing professional development and technical 
          assistance (including activities to support the 
          implementation of services) to improve the effectiveness of 
          community-based family strengthening services including on 
          the use of evidence-based or evidence-informed practices, 
          public health approaches to preventing child abuse and 
          neglect, and culturally responsive practices.
            ``(b) Reservation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve 1 percent of 
          the amount appropriated under section 209 for a fiscal year 
          to make awards to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations and 
          for migrant programs.
            ``(2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for any 
          fiscal year for which the amount appropriated under section 
          209 exceeds the amount appropriated under section 209 for 
          fiscal year 2021 by more than $4,000,000, the Secretary shall 
          reserve, from the total amount appropriated--
            ``(A) 5 percent for awards to Indian Tribes and Tribal 
          organizations to strengthen families and prevent child abuse 
          and neglect; and
            ``(B) 1 percent for migrant programs to strengthen families 
          and prevent child abuse and neglect.
            ``(c) Allotments to States.--The Secretary shall allot the 
          amount appropriated under section 209 for a fiscal year and 
          remaining after the reservations under subsection (b) and 
          section 207 among the States as follows:
            ``(1) 70 percent.--70 percent of such remaining amount 
          shall be allotted among the States by allotting to each State 
          an amount that bears the same proportion to such remaining 
          amount as the number of children under the age of 18 residing 
          in the State bears to the total number of children under the 
          age of 18 residing in all States (except that no State shall 
          receive less than $200,000 under this paragraph).
            ``(2) 30 percent.--30 percent of such remaining amount 
          shall be allotted among the States by allotting to each State 
          an amount that bears the same proportion to such remaining 
          amount as the amount of private, State, or other non-Federal 
          funds leveraged and directed in the preceding fiscal year 
          through the lead entity (as designated for the preceding 
          fiscal year) of the State bears to the total of the amounts 
          of private, State, or other non-Federal sources leveraged and 
          directed in the preceding fiscal year through such an entity 
          of all States.
            ``(d) Terms.--Funds allotted by the Secretary to a State 
          under this section shall be--
            ``(1) for a 3-year period; and
            ``(2) provided to the State on an annual basis.
     
          ``SEC. 203. LEAD ENTITY.
     
            ``(a) Definition of Lead Entity.--In this title, the term 
          `lead entity' means a public, quasi-public, or nonprofit 
          private entity (which may be an entity that has not been 
          established pursuant to State legislation, executive order, 
          or any other written authority of the State) that--
            ``(1) exists to strengthen and support families to prevent 
          child abuse and neglect and has a demonstrated ability to 
          work with State and local public agencies and community-based 
          nonprofit organizations to provide professional development 
          and technical assistance; and
            ``(2) has the capacity and commitment to partner 
          meaningfully with family advocates,
     
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          parents who are or have been recipients of community-based 
          family strengthening services, and individuals with personal 
          experience in the child welfare system to provide leadership 
          in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the 
          programs and policy decisions of the entity described in this 
          subsection.
            ``(b) Designation.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State shall be eligible for a grant 
          under this title for a fiscal year if the Governor of a State 
          has designated a lead entity to administer funds under this 
          title for the purposes identified under section 201, 
          including to develop, implement, operate, enhance, or expand 
          community-based family strengthening services.
            ``(2) Designation considerations.--In designating a lead 
          entity under paragraph (1) the Governor shall--
            ``(A) take into consideration the capacity and expertise of 
          potential lead entities; and
            ``(B) take into consideration (equally) whether a potential 
          lead entity is--
            ``(i) a trust fund advisory board of the State; or
            ``(ii) an existing entity that--
     
            ``(I) leverages Federal, State, local, and private funds 
          for a broad range of child abuse and neglect prevention 
          activities and family resource programs; and
            ``(II) is directed by an interdisciplinary, public-private 
          entity that includes participants from communities to be 
          served by the lead entity.
     
            ``(c) Assurances.--On designating a lead entity under this 
          title, the Governor of the State shall provide assurances to 
          the Secretary as part of the application submitted by the 
          lead entity under section 204 that the lead entity--
            ``(1) will provide or will be responsible for providing--
            ``(A) community-based family strengthening services, in 
          accordance with section 205, including through collaborative, 
          public-private partnerships with community-based providers;
            ``(B) leadership to elevate the importance of prevention of 
          child abuse and neglect across the State through an 
          interdisciplinary, collaborative, public-private structure 
          with balanced representation from private and public sector 
          members, and representation of parents, individuals with 
          personal experience in the child welfare system, community-
          based providers, and parents with disabilities; and
            ``(C) direction and oversight of programs of community-
          based family strengthening services supported by grant funds 
          under this title through the use of identified goals and 
          objectives, clear lines of communication and accountability, 
          the provision of leveraged or combined funding from Federal, 
          State, local, and private sources, centralized assessment and 
          planning activities, the provision of professional 
          development and technical assistance, and reporting and 
          evaluation functions;
            ``(2) has a demonstrated commitment to parental leadership 
          in the development, operation, and oversight of the 
          community-based family strengthening services;
            ``(3) has a demonstrated ability to work with State and 
          local public agencies and community-based nonprofit 
          organizations to develop and maintain a continuum of 
          prevention programs and services designed to support children 
          and families;
            ``(4) has the capacity to provide operational support (both 
          financial and programmatic), professional development, 
          technical assistance, and evaluation assistance to community-
          based providers, through innovative, interagency funding and 
          interdisciplinary service delivery mechanisms;
            ``(5) will integrate its efforts with individuals and 
          organizations experienced in working in partnership with 
          diverse populations, including families with low incomes, 
          families who are racial or ethnic minorities, families that 
          include children with disabilities or caregivers with 
          disabilities, children and youth overrepresented in the child 
          welfare system, families experiencing homelessness or at risk 
          of homelessness, families experiencing substance use 
          disorders, families with parents who have experienced 
          violence or trauma, families with individuals with personal 
          experience in the child welfare system, and families in rural 
          communities; and
            ``(6) will engage with diverse populations to identify and 
          address unmet needs when developing the inventory required 
          under section 204(b)(1)(C)(i) and when distributing funds to 
          community-based providers under section 205.
     
          ``SEC. 204. APPLICATION.
     
            ``(a) In General.--To receive a grant under this title, a 
          lead entity shall, not less than once every 3 years, submit 
          an application to the Secretary at such time, in such form, 
          and containing such information as the Secretary may require, 
          including the contents described in subsection (b).
            ``(b) Contents.--Each application submitted under 
          subsection (a) by a lead entity shall include each of the 
          following:
            ``(1) A description of--
            ``(A) the lead entity responsible for the administration of 
          funds provided under this title, including how the lead 
          entity will conduct oversight of community-based providers 
          that receive subgrants under section 205;
            ``(B) how the lead entity will ensure community-based 
          family strengthening services supported by grant funds under 
          this title will be integrated into a continuum of prevention 
          programs and services for children and families, including 
          how the lead entity will--
            ``(i) utilize statewide and local systems-building 
          approaches to increase access to community-based family 
          strengthening services for diverse populations;
            ``(ii) determine which communities to serve;
            ``(iii) support place-based approaches to meeting the needs 
          of children and families; and
            ``(iv) ensure such services are designed to serve children 
          and families in hard-to-reach areas;
            ``(C) an inventory as of the date of submission of such 
          application, that includes a description of--
            ``(i) the unmet needs in the State, identified through 
          engagement with diverse populations; and
            ``(ii) the community-based family strengthening services 
          supported by grant funds under this title and other relevant 
          services provided in the State;
            ``(D) how the lead entity will ensure, in the policy 
          decision-making, implementation, and evaluation of community-
          based providers supported by grant funds under this title, 
          the meaningful involvement of--
            ``(i) parents who are or who have been recipients of 
          community-based family strengthening services;
            ``(ii) family advocates; and
            ``(iii) individuals with personal experience in the child 
          welfare system;
            ``(E) the criteria the lead entity will use to select and 
          fund community-based providers, including how the lead entity 
          will take into consideration a provider's ability to--
            ``(i) collaborate with State and local public agencies and 
          community-based nonprofit organizations and engage in long-
          term and strategic planning to support the development of a 
          continuum of prevention programs and services across the 
          State;
            ``(ii) meaningfully partner with parents in the 
          development, implementation, and evaluation of community-
          based family strengthening services; and
            ``(iii) incorporate evidence-based or evidence-informed 
          practices;
            ``(F) outreach activities the lead entity and community-
          based providers will undertake to maximize the participation 
          of diverse populations in the program authorized under this 
          title, including families with low incomes, families who are 
          racial or ethnic minorities, families that include children 
          with disabilities or caregivers with disabilities, children 
          and youth overrepresented in the child welfare system, 
          families experiencing homelessness or at risk of 
          homelessness, families experiencing substance use disorders, 
          families with parents who have experienced violence or 
          trauma, families with individuals with personal experience in 
          the child welfare system, and families in rural communities;
            ``(G) how the performance of the State program will be 
          assessed using the measures described in section 206 and by 
          other measures that may be established by the lead entity;
            ``(H) the actions the lead entity will take to advocate for 
          systemic changes in State policies, practices, procedures, 
          and regulations to--
            ``(i) improve the delivery of community-based family 
          strengthening services; and
            ``(ii) promote prevention activities to strengthen and 
          support families in order to reduce child abuse and neglect 
          and contact with the child protective services system; and
            ``(I) the lead entity's plan for providing operational 
          support, professional development, and technical assistance 
          to community-based providers, related to the use of trauma-
          informed practices, public health approaches to preventing 
          child abuse and neglect, culturally responsive practices, and 
          the use of evidence-based or evidence-informed practices.
            ``(2) A budget for the development, operation, and 
          expansion of the community-based family strengthening 
          services that demonstrates that the State will expend, in 
          non-Federal funds, an amount (in cash or in kind) equal to 
          not less than 20 percent of the amount received under this 
          title for activities under this title.
            ``(3) An assurance that--
            ``(A) the lead entity will use grant funds received under 
          this title to provide community-based family strengthening 
          services in accordance with section 205 in a manner that--
            ``(i) helps families build protective factors that are 
          linked to the prevention of child abuse and neglect, 
          including knowledge of parenting and child development 
          (including social and emotional development), parental 
          resilience, social connections, and time-limited and need-
          based concrete support available to families;
            ``(ii) is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and takes 
          into consideration the assets and needs of communities in 
          which the lead entity serves; and
            ``(iii) promotes coordination between community-based 
          providers, State and local public agencies, community-based 
          nonprofit organizations, and relevant private entities to 
          develop and expand a continuum of prevention programs and 
          services that promote child, parent, and family well-being, 
          with a focus on increasing access to those supports for 
          diverse populations;
            ``(B) funds received under this title will be used to 
          supplement, not supplant, other State and local public funds 
          designated for the establishment, maintenance, expansion, and 
          redesign of community-based family strengthening services; 
          and
     
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            ``(C) the lead entity will provide the Secretary with 
          reports at such time and containing such information as the 
          Secretary may require.
            ``(4) The assurances described in section 203(c).
     
          ``SEC. 205. USES OF FUNDS.
     
            ``(a) In General.--A lead entity that receives a grant 
          under this title shall use the grant funds to develop, 
          implement, operate, expand, and enhance community-based 
          family strengthening services, including by providing 
          subgrants to community-based providers described in 
          subsection (b).
            ``(b) Community-based Provider.--In this title, the term 
          `community-based provider' means an entity that provides 
          community-based family strengthening services, including an 
          entity that is a State or local public agency or a community-
          based nonprofit organization.
            ``(c) Priority.--In awarding subgrants under this section, 
          a lead entity shall give priority to community-based 
          providers proposing evidence-based or evidence-informed local 
          programs to serve low-income communities or to serve young 
          parents or parents of young children.
            ``(d) Uses of Funds.--A lead entity or a community-based 
          provider that receives funds under this section shall use the 
          funds to develop, implement, operate, expand, and enhance 
          community-based family strengthening services, which may 
          include--
            ``(1) assessing community assets and needs through a 
          planning process that--
            ``(A) involves other relevant community-based 
          organizations, including those that have already performed a 
          local needs assessment and can positively contribute to the 
          planning process;
            ``(B) meaningfully involves parents; and
            ``(C) uses information and expertise from local public 
          agencies, local nonprofit organizations, and local private 
          sector representatives;
            ``(2) developing a comprehensive strategy, which may 
          leverage public-private partnerships, to provide a continuum 
          of prevention programs and services to children and families, 
          especially to families experiencing difficulty meeting basic 
          needs or with other risk factors linked with child abuse and 
          neglect, such as families with young parents, parents of 
          young children, or parents who experienced domestic violence 
          or child abuse or neglect as children;
            ``(3)(A) providing, directly or through community referral 
          services, core child abuse and neglect prevention services, 
          such as--
            ``(i) parent support and education programs that build 
          protective factors linked to the prevention of child abuse 
          and neglect;
            ``(ii) mutual support and self-help programs;
            ``(iii) parental leadership skills development programs 
          that support parents as leaders in their families and 
          communities;
            ``(iv) respite care services; and
            ``(v) outreach and follow up services, which may include 
          voluntary home visiting services; and
            ``(B) connecting individuals and families to community 
          referral services, including referral to--
            ``(i) early childhood care and education programs such as a 
          child care program, a Head Start program (including an Early 
          Head Start program) carried out under the Head Start Act (42 
          U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), a developmental screening program, or a 
          program carried out under section 619 or part C of the 
          Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 
          1431 et seq.);
            ``(ii) services and supports to meet the additional needs 
          of families with children with disabilities or caregivers 
          with disabilities;
            ``(iii) nutrition programs, which may include the special 
          supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
          children program under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act 
          of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) and the supplemental nutrition 
          assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
          (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
            ``(iv) educational services, academic tutoring, adult 
          education and literacy services, and workforce development 
          activities, such as activities described in section 134 of 
          the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
          3174);
            ``(v) self-sufficiency and life management skills 
          development;
            ``(vi) health care (including mental health and substance 
          use disorder services);
            ``(vii) peer counseling;
            ``(viii) domestic violence service programs that provide 
          services and treatment to children and their nonabusing 
          caregivers; and
            ``(ix) adoption services for individuals interested in 
          adopting a child;
            ``(4) developing and maintaining leadership roles for the 
          meaningful involvement of parents and other individuals with 
          personal experience in the child welfare system in the 
          development, operation, evaluation, and oversight of the 
          services provided by the lead entity or community-based 
          providers;
            ``(5) providing leadership in mobilizing local public and 
          private resources to support the provision of community-based 
          family strengthening services; and
            ``(6) coordinating services with State and local public 
          agencies, community-based nonprofit organizations, and 
          relevant private entities, to promote child, parent, and 
          family well-being, including coordinating services through 
          the development, operation, and expansion of State and local 
          systems to develop a continuum of prevention programs and 
          services to strengthen families and to prevent child abuse 
          and neglect.
     
          ``SEC. 206. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
     
            ``(a) Measures.--Each lead entity receiving a grant under 
          this title shall collect information on the extent to which 
          the State program carried out under this title meets measures 
          relating to--
            ``(1) the effective development, operation, and expansion 
          of community-based family strengthening services that meet 
          the requirements of this title, including the use of systems-
          building approaches to increase access to such services for 
          diverse populations;
            ``(2) the community-based family strengthening services 
          supported under this title and an inventory of the types of 
          such services provided in accordance with section 205 and a 
          description that shall specify whether those services are 
          evidence-based or evidence-informed;
            ``(3) the extent to which the lead entity has addressed the 
          unmet needs identified by the inventory required under 
          section 204(b)(1)(C)(i);
            ``(4)(A) the involvement of a diverse representation of 
          families in the design, operation, and evaluation of 
          community-based family strengthening services supported by 
          grant funds under this title; and
            ``(B) the continued leadership of parents and other 
          individuals with personal experience in the child welfare 
          system in the ongoing planning, implementation, and 
          evaluation of such community-based family strengthening 
          services supported by grant funds under this title, 
          demonstrated in an implementation plan;
            ``(5) the satisfaction among families who received 
          community-based family strengthening services supported by 
          grant funds under this title;
            ``(6) the establishment or maintenance of innovative 
          funding mechanisms that blend Federal, State, local, and 
          private funds, and of innovative, interdisciplinary service 
          delivery mechanisms, for the development, operation, 
          expansion, and enhancement of the community-based family 
          strengthening services;
            ``(7) the effectiveness of activities conducted under this 
          title in meeting the purposes of the program, demonstrated 
          through the results of evaluation, or the outcomes of 
          monitoring, conducted by the lead entity; and
            ``(8) the number of children and families that received 
          community-based family strengthening services funded under 
          this title, including a disaggregated count of families with 
          children with disabilities and families with caregivers with 
          disabilities.
            ``(b) Reports.--The lead entity shall submit to the 
          Secretary a report containing the information described in 
          subsection (a).
     
          ``SEC. 207. NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY-BASED 
                        FAMILY STRENGTHENING SERVICES.
     
            ``From the amount appropriated under section 209 for a 
          fiscal year and remaining after the reservation under section 
          202(b), the Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent to 
          support, directly or through grants or contracts, the 
          activities of lead entities--
            ``(1) to create, operate, and maintain a peer review 
          process;
            ``(2) to create, operate, and maintain a national resource 
          center;
            ``(3) to fund a yearly symposium on State system change 
          efforts that result from the provision of the community-based 
          family strengthening services;
            ``(4) to establish, operate, and maintain a computerized 
          communication system between lead entities; and
            ``(5) to contribute to funding State-to-State technical 
          assistance and professional development.
     
          ``SEC. 208. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
     
            ``Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit 
          grandparents, kinship care providers, foster parents, 
          adoptive parents, or any other individual, in a parenting 
          role from receiving or participating in services and programs 
          under this title.''.
     
          SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
     
            Section 209 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 5116i) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``this title'' and all that follows through 
          ``2010'' and inserting the following: ``this title 
          $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2023''; and
            (2) by striking ``fiscal years 2011 through 2015'' and 
          inserting ``fiscal years 2024 through 2028''.
     
          SEC. 203. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
     
            Section 511 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711) is 
          amended in subsection (b)(2)--
            (1) by striking ``of current unmet'' and all that follows 
          through ``operating in the State''; and
            (2) by striking ``section 205(3)'' and inserting ``section 
          204(b)(1)(C)''.
     
     TITLE III--PREVENTING CHILD FATALITIES AND NEAR FATALITIES DUE TO CHILD 
                                ABUSE AND NEGLECT
     
          SEC. 301. IDENTIFYING AND PREVENTING CHILD FATALITIES AND 
                        NEAR FATALITIES DUE TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
     
            The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
          5101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
     
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     ``TITLE III--PREVENTING CHILD FATALITIES DUE TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
     
      ``Subtitle A--Public Health Approaches to Identify and Prevent Child 
          Fatalities and Near Fatalities Due to Child Abuse and Neglect
     
          ``SEC. 301. PURPOSE.
     
            ``The purpose of this subtitle is to develop coordinated 
          leadership and shared responsibility at the Federal, State, 
          Tribal, and local levels to implement data-driven strategies 
          and reforms to prevent child fatalities and near fatalities 
          due to child abuse and neglect from occurring in the future 
          through the use of improved collection, reporting, and 
          analysis of data on all child fatalities and near fatalities 
          due to child abuse and neglect.
     
          ``SEC. 302. FEDERAL WORK GROUP ON DATA COLLECTION RELATED TO 
                        CHILD FATALITIES AND NEAR FATALITIES DUE TO 
                        CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
     
            ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish the 
          Federal Work Group on Data Collection Related to Child 
          Fatalities and Near Fatalities Due to Child Abuse and Neglect 
          (referred to in this subtitle as the `Work Group').
            ``(b) In General.--
            ``(1) Composition.--
            ``(A) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
          of enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2022, the 
          Secretary shall appoint representatives to the Work Group 
          from the Administration for Children and Families, the 
          Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Health 
          Resources and Services Administration.
            ``(B) Other federal agencies.--The Work Group may include 
          representatives from the Department of Justice, appointed by 
          the Attorney General, and such other Federal agencies as the 
          Secretary determines, appointed by the head of the agency 
          involved.
            ``(2) Consultation.--In carrying out the duties described 
          in subsection (c), the Work Group shall consult with--
            ``(A) experts determined by the Secretary who meet the 
          qualifications described in section 3(b)(1)(B) of the Protect 
          our Kids Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-275; 126 Stat. 2460);
            ``(B) representatives of State and local child protective 
          services agencies and other relevant public agencies; and
            ``(C) individuals with personal experience in the child 
          welfare system.
            ``(c) Duties.--The Work Group shall--
            ``(1) oversee the development of data standards that are 
          designed to promote consistent data collection related to 
          child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and 
          neglect as described in section 303(c), and make related 
          recommendations to the Secretary;
            ``(2) oversee the development of the case registry 
          described in section 303(a), and make related recommendations 
          to the Secretary;
            ``(3) make recommendations to the Secretary for the 
          effective operation of the grant program described in section 
          304;
            ``(4) examine all Federal data collections related to child 
          fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect 
          and make recommendations to the Secretary regarding--
            ``(A) how to improve the accuracy, uniformity, portability, 
          and comparability of data regarding child fatalities and near 
          fatalities due to child abuse and neglect, within and across 
          States, localities, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations;
            ``(B) how to assure that such data collections are 
          informative and effectively utilized by Federal, State, 
          Tribal, and local policymakers, and the public to make data-
          driven decisions to identify, prevent, and respond to such 
          fatalities and near fatalities; and
            ``(C) after analysis of the purposes and roles of data 
          systems existing on the date of the recommendations, how to 
          improve such data systems or next-generation data systems to 
          more effectively meet the goals described in subparagraphs 
          (A) and (B);
            ``(5) identify, and recommend to the Secretary, strategies, 
          resources, and supports to improve Federal, State, Tribal, 
          and local responses to child fatalities and near fatalities 
          due to child abuse and neglect among Indian (including Alaska 
          Native) and Native Hawaiian children in a manner that 
          includes consultation and coordination with Indian Tribes, 
          Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations (as 
          such term is defined in section 6207 of the Elementary and 
          Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7517)); and
            ``(6) ensure that standards developed under this section 
          are developed in accordance with all applicable Federal and 
          State privacy law.
            ``(d) Annual Report to Secretary.--The Work Group shall 
          annually prepare and submit to the Secretary a report on the 
          activities carried out under subsection (c), including 
          recommendations for improving the collection of data related 
          to child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse 
          and neglect.
     
          ``SEC. 303. CASE REGISTRY FOR CHILD FATALITIES AND NEAR 
                        FATALITIES DUE TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
     
            ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall operate a national 
          case registry designed to support the collection of data 
          related to child fatalities and near fatalities, to collect 
          complete data on such incidents due to child abuse and 
          neglect for the purposes of--
            ``(1) supporting the systematic collection and analysis of 
          data regarding child fatalities and near fatalities due to 
          child abuse and neglect, within and across States and Indian 
          Tribes;
            ``(2) enabling States, Indian Tribes, and Tribal 
          organizations to review data on all child fatalities and near 
          fatalities for the presence of child abuse and neglect in 
          accordance with uniform public health data standards, 
          including by reviewing--
            ``(A) cases where an incident involving a child was 
          reported to the child protective services system;
            ``(B) cases where an incident involving a child was not 
          reported to the child protective services system but in which 
          child abuse and neglect may have been present; and
            ``(C) cases that may or may not meet criminal or civil 
          definitions of child abuse or neglect for purposes of 
          substantiation or prosecution;
            ``(3) enabling analysis of data collected through such 
          registry to support reforms of Federal, State, Tribal, and 
          local policies and procedures intended to identify, prevent, 
          and respond to future child fatalities and near fatalities 
          due to child abuse and neglect; and
            ``(4) increasing transparency and shared responsibility 
          across public agencies that serve children and families by 
          making data collected through such registry accessible by the 
          public, to the extent permitted by applicable privacy law.
            ``(b) Integration With Existing Data Systems.--In operating 
          the case registry described in subsection (a), the Secretary 
          may integrate or append data from such case registry into or 
          onto data of data systems supported by the Health Resources 
          and Services Administration or Centers for Disease Control 
          and Prevention, as appropriate and shall maintain such 
          integrated or appended data in accordance with all applicable 
          Federal and State privacy law.
            ``(c) Uniform Public Health Data Standards.--
            ``(1) In general.--For the purposes of operating the case 
          registry described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
          develop uniform public health data standards that are 
          designed to promote consistent data collection related to 
          child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and 
          neglect and include, as determined by the Secretary, uniform 
          definitions, operational standards, standards for consistent 
          procedures, and data elements for reviewing fatalities and 
          near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect.
            ``(2) Definitions.--The uniform public health data 
          standards described in paragraph (1) shall be designed for 
          public health purposes and not rely solely on criminal or 
          civil definitions of child abuse and neglect.
            ``(3) Technical assistance.--The Secretary shall provide 
          (including through grants, contracts, or cooperative 
          agreements) technical assistance and resources to encourage 
          the adoption and implementation of the standards described in 
          this subsection and support the participation of States, 
          Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations in the national case 
          registry described in subsection (a).
            ``(4) Child fatality and near-fatality investigation 
          protocol.--As part of the uniform public health data 
          standards described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may 
          develop a standardized child fatality and near-fatality 
          investigation protocol for use by medical examiners, 
          coroners, health care professionals, first responders, and 
          other entities determined appropriate by the Secretary, to 
          improve data collection on child fatalities and near 
          fatalities due to child abuse and neglect.
     
          ``SEC. 304. GRANTS FOR STATE, INDIAN TRIBE, AND TRIBAL 
                        ORGANIZATION CHILD FATALITY REVIEW OF CHILD 
                        ABUSE AND NEGLECT FATALITIES AND NEAR 
                        FATALITIES.
     
            ``(a) Program Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may award grants or 
          cooperative agreements to States, Indian Tribes, and Tribal 
          organizations for the purposes of assisting such States, 
          Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations in--
            ``(A) supporting entities carrying out child fatality 
          review programs (which entities are referred to individually 
          in this title as a `child fatality review program'), 
          including at the local level, in the review of all incidents 
          of child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse or 
          neglect, including incidents in which the child victim was 
          known by or referred to the child protective services system;
            ``(B) improving data collection and reporting related to 
          child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and 
          neglect, including intrastate and interstate data 
          comparability;
            ``(C) encouraging voluntary reporting to the case registry 
          authorized under section 303(a); and
            ``(D) developing coordinated leadership and shared 
          responsibility across State and local public agencies, Indian 
          Tribes, and Tribal organizations that support children and 
          families to implement data-driven strategies and reforms in 
          order to identify, prevent, and respond to child fatalities 
          and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect.
            ``(2) Capacity building grants.--The Secretary may reserve 
          a portion of funds appropriated under section 321, and not 
          reserved under section 305, to award grants or cooperative 
          agreements to States, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations 
          for the purposes of increasing the capacity of such States, 
          Indian Tribes, and Tribal Organizations to conduct reviews of 
          child near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect.
            ``(b) Application.--A State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal 
          organization desiring a grant or cooperative agreement under 
          subsection (a)(1)
     
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          shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
          such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
          may require, including--
            ``(1) the fatality review plan of the State, Indian Tribe, 
          or Tribal organization to ensure--
            ``(A) the corresponding child fatality review program will, 
          for the purposes of identifying fatalities and near 
          fatalities due to child abuse and neglect and preventing such 
          incidents in the future, conduct comprehensive and 
          multidisciplinary reviews of all cases of child fatalities 
          and near fatalities within the State or Indian Tribe, as the 
          case may be, within a reasonable timeframe, and allow the 
          State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization to increase the 
          number of cases reviewed over time and review all such cases 
          for child abuse and neglect utilizing the consistent 
          procedures described in paragraph (2); and
            ``(B) the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization will 
          submit information for each case of a fatality or near 
          fatality due to child abuse or neglect identified by the 
          reviews described in subparagraph (A) to the case registry 
          described in section 303(a), in alignment with the consistent 
          procedures described in paragraph (2), including information 
          about the circumstances in which each case occurred, such 
          as--
            ``(i) the cause of the death listed on the death 
          certificate in the case of a child fatality, and the type of 
          life-threatening injury in the case of a child near fatality;
            ``(ii) whether the child was reported to the child 
          protective services system;
            ``(iii) the responses made by the child protective services 
          system (which may include services or investigations, as 
          applicable), including any determinations by such agency;
            ``(iv) the child's living arrangement or placement at the 
          time of the incident;
            ``(v) the perpetrator's relationship to the child;
            ``(vi) any known previous child abuse or neglect of the 
          child by other perpetrators and of any child abuse or neglect 
          of other children by the perpetrator;
            ``(vii) the demographics and relevant characteristics of 
          the child, perpetrator, and family;
            ``(viii) the child's encounters with the health care system 
          within the past 12 months prior to the incident involved for 
          suspected or confirmed child abuse or neglect; and
            ``(ix) other relevant data as determined by the Secretary 
          designed to inform future identification, prevention, and 
          response efforts;
            ``(2) a description of how the State, Indian Tribe, or 
          Tribal organization will, within a timeframe established by 
          the Secretary, develop consistent procedures to conduct the 
          reviews described in paragraph (1)(A) that are aligned with 
          the uniform public health data standards developed under 
          section 303(c) for the purposes of developing a public health 
          approach to the identification of child abuse and neglect 
          that--
            ``(A) does not rely solely on criminal or civil definitions 
          of child abuse and neglect for the purposes of 
          substantiation; and
            ``(B) reduces human error and bias, particularly racial 
          bias, in carrying out such reviews;
            ``(3) a description of how the child fatality review 
          program of the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization 
          will ensure such program--
            ``(A) will coordinate activities with relevant entities to 
          collect data from medical examiners, coroners, vital 
          statistics personnel, law enforcement, medical professionals, 
          hospitals, first responders, the child protective services 
          system, and other agencies that possess relevant data, and 
          how the program and such entities will examine the 
          circumstances surrounding a child fatality or near fatality 
          due to child abuse or neglect;
            ``(B) will make information collected by such program 
          publicly accessible to support data-informed strategies and 
          reforms, across State and local public agencies, Indian 
          Tribes, and Tribal organizations, that are designed to 
          identify, prevent, and respond to future child fatalities and 
          near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect; and
            ``(C) will provide all information collected by the child 
          fatality review program of the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal 
          organization under the grant to the State to support such 
          State's reporting of data under section 
          106(d)(3)(E)(i)(II)(bb);
            ``(4) a description of how the child fatality review 
          program of the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization 
          will improve and standardize the identification of near 
          fatalities due to child abuse and neglect across the State or 
          Indian Tribe involved, as the case may be, including--
            ``(A) how the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization 
          will collect information regarding life-threatening injuries 
          related to child abuse and neglect and report such 
          information to the child fatality review program of the 
          State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization; and
            ``(B) how the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization 
          will coordinate with health care professionals, hospital 
          systems, and child protective services agencies in 
          identifying life-threatening injuries related to child abuse 
          and neglect and reporting relevant information to the child 
          fatality review program of the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal 
          organization; and
            ``(5) an assurance that the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal 
          organization will develop a fatality and near-fatality 
          prevention plan (in alignment with the requirements of 
          section 422(b)(19)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
          622(b)(19)(B)) that is designed to implement data-driven 
          strategies and reforms across the State or the Indian Tribe 
          served, as the case may be, in order to prevent child 
          fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect 
          from occurring in the future, which plan shall include--
            ``(A) an analysis of the data collected under the State, 
          Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization plan described in 
          paragraph (1) and data from other relevant sources in order 
          to identify the children at the highest risk of child 
          fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and 
          neglect, including an analysis that--
            ``(i) identifies--
     
            ``(I) individual, family, and community risk factors;
            ``(II) protective factors; and
            ``(III) other circumstances associated with such data; and
     
            ``(ii) examines relevant State, local, Indian Tribe, and 
          Tribal organization policies and practices associated with 
          cases in which such a fatality or near fatality occurred, 
          including systemic failures across public agencies related to 
          such cases; and
            ``(B) a description of how the child protective services 
          system will update its policies and procedures in response to 
          the data analysis described in subparagraph (A) to prioritize 
          safety screenings for children who match characteristics 
          identified in the analysis as at the highest risk and 
          implement other necessary reforms responsive to the findings 
          of the analysis; and
            ``(6) a description of how the State, Indian Tribe, or 
          Tribal organization will coordinate the leadership of the 
          State and local public agencies, Indian Tribe, or Tribal 
          organization that supports children and families, to develop 
          shared responsibility to protect children at the highest risk 
          of child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse 
          and neglect and to implement changes in policies and 
          practices of the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization 
          in response to the findings of the analysis described in 
          paragraph (5)(A) to prevent such incidents, which changes may 
          include improvements in policies and practices related to 
          child protection, health care (including mental health care), 
          substance use disorders, domestic violence, law enforcement, 
          education, social services, and formal and informal support 
          systems that have contact with children and families.
            ``(c) Uses of Funds.--A State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal 
          organization receiving a grant or cooperative agreement under 
          subsection (a)(1)--
            ``(1) shall use such funds to--
            ``(A) implement the child fatality review plan of the 
          State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization described in 
          subsection (b)(1), including by--
            ``(i) increasing the capacity of the child fatality review 
          program of the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization to 
          conduct reviews of all cases of child fatalities and near 
          fatalities for child abuse and neglect, regardless of the 
          involvement of such cases with the child protective services 
          system; and
            ``(ii) enabling the submission of required data under such 
          plan to the case registry described in section 303(a);
            ``(B) support the development and adoption of consistent 
          procedures described in subsection (b)(2) to ensure that all 
          cases of child fatalities and near fatalities due to child 
          abuse and neglect are reviewed consistently within the State 
          or Indian Tribe, as the case may be;
            ``(C) supporting coordination between the child fatality 
          review program of the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal 
          organization and the child protective services system, 
          including by providing all relevant child welfare information 
          and information collected by such child fatality review 
          program to the system in accordance with subsection 
          (b)(3)(C); and
            ``(D) developing the fatality and near-fatality prevention 
          plan of the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization 
          described in (b)(5), including conducting necessary data 
          analysis and examination; and
            ``(2) may use such funds to--
            ``(A) conduct research related to the data described in the 
          fatality review plan of the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal 
          organization;
            ``(B) identify protective factors associated with the 
          prevention of child abuse and neglect, and support changes in 
          the policies and practices of the State, Indian Tribe, or 
          Tribal organization, across public agencies that serve 
          children and families to support the development of such 
          factors; and
            ``(C) develop, implement, or scale real-time electronic 
          data sharing or improvements in increased interoperability of 
          relevant data among State and local public agencies, Indian 
          Tribes, and Tribal organizations, that serve children and 
          families, to improve submission and analysis of data required 
          under this section.
            ``(d) Reporting.--
            ``(1) State, indian tribe, and tribal organization 
          reporting.--Each State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization 
          that receives funds under subsection (a)(1), for each year 
          such funds are received, shall provide a report to the 
          Secretary containing such information, in such manner as the 
          Secretary may require, including, at a minimum--
            ``(A) a description of how such State, Indian Tribe, or 
          Tribal organization utilized funds provided under subsection 
          (a)(1), including the number and percentage of all cases of 
          child fatalities and near fatalities
     
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          within the State or the Indian Tribe involved, as the case 
          may be, that were--
            ``(i) reviewed for child abuse and neglect using such 
          funds; and
            ``(ii) so reviewed and identified, using such funds, as due 
          to child abuse and neglect in accordance with the consistent 
          procedures described in subsection (b)(2) of the State, 
          Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization;
            ``(B) a description of the progress of the State, Indian 
          Tribe, or Tribal organization in--
            ``(i) implementing its fatality review plan described in 
          subsection (b)(1), including submitting data required under 
          such plan to the case registry described in section 303(a);
            ``(ii) developing and implementing the consistent 
          procedures described in subsection (b)(2) of the State, 
          Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization, including the extent to 
          which such consistent procedures are aligned with the uniform 
          public health data standards described in section 303(c); and
            ``(iii) identifying and standardizing the identification of 
          near fatalities described in subsection (b)(4); and
            ``(iv) developing the fatality and near-fatality prevention 
          plan of the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization 
          required under subsection (b)(5), including conducting data 
          analysis to identify children in the State, Indian Tribe, or 
          Tribal organization at the highest risk of child fatalities 
          and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect, and 
          identifying potential reforms in accordance with such plan's 
          requirements; and
            ``(C) a description of how the State, Indian Tribe, or 
          Tribal organization coordinated the leadership of State and 
          local public agencies, Indian Tribes, and Tribal 
          organizations, that support children and families, to develop 
          shared responsibility to protect children at the highest risk 
          of child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse 
          and neglect, and implemented changes in policies and 
          practices in response to the findings of the analysis 
          described in subsection (b)(5)(A) and the activities 
          supported under this section.
            ``(2) Secretary's report to congress.--The Secretary shall 
          submit an annual report to the Committee on Health, 
          Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 
          Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Education 
          and Labor and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
          Representatives, that includes a summary of reports submitted 
          by States, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations under 
          paragraph (1) and the Secretary's recommendations or 
          observations on the challenges, successes, and lessons 
          derived from--
            ``(A) the recommendations of the Work Group described in 
          section 302(c);
            ``(B) operation of the case registry described in section 
          303(a); and
            ``(C) implementation of the grant program authorized under 
          subsection (a)(1).
     
          ``SEC. 305. ASSISTING STATE, INDIAN TRIBE, AND TRIBAL 
                        ORGANIZATION IMPLEMENTATION.
     
            ``The Secretary shall reserve not more than 15 percent of 
          funds appropriated under section 321 to provide guidance and 
          technical assistance, directly or through grants or 
          cooperative agreements, to support State and local public 
          agencies, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations in--
            ``(1) submitting uniform and comparable data to the case 
          registry authorized under section 303(a);
            ``(2) developing applications for the program authorized 
          under section 304 and implementing such program;
            ``(3) developing and supporting the adoption of consistent 
          procedures described under section 304(b)(2), to assure that 
          all child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse 
          and neglect are reviewed consistently within States and 
          Indian Tribes, which procedures shall be aligned with uniform 
          public health data standards described in section 303(c); and
            ``(4) implementing data-driven strategies and reforms in 
          order to prevent child fatalities and near fatalities due to 
          child abuse and neglect from occurring in the future through 
          the use of improved collection, reporting, and analysis of 
          data on all child fatalities and near fatalities due to child 
          abuse and neglect.''.
     
          SEC. 302. CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT RECORDS.
     
            Title III of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 
          as added by section 301 of this division, is amended by 
          adding at the end the following:
     
                  ``Subtitle B--Child Abuse and Neglect Records
     
          ``SEC. 311. ELECTRONIC INTERSTATE DATA EXCHANGE SYSTEM.
     
            ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this subtitle is to reduce 
          child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse or 
          neglect by improving child welfare investigations through the 
          use of accurate and efficient exchange of interstate and 
          intrastate child abuse and neglect registry records.
            ``(b) Working Group.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
          enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2022, the 
          Secretary shall convene a working group (referred to in this 
          subtitle as the `working group') to study improving child 
          welfare investigations through the use of accurate and 
          efficient exchange of interstate and intrastate child abuse 
          and neglect registry records. Such working group shall 
          include representatives of Federal, State, and local public 
          agencies knowledgeable about child abuse and neglect registry 
          records and other representatives knowledgeable about 
          interstate data systems.
            ``(2) Duties.--The working group shall study and make 
          recommendations to the Secretary on each of the following 
          topics:
            ``(A) Improving intrastate and interstate communication, 
          including by examining the use of technology and the 
          development of an electronic interstate data exchange system, 
          to allow for accurate and efficient exchange of interstate 
          and intrastate child abuse and neglect registry records.
            ``(B) Reducing barriers to providing, and establishing best 
          practices for States to provide, timely responses to requests 
          from other States for information contained in State and 
          local child abuse and neglect registries.
            ``(C) Identifying data elements currently (as of the date 
          of the establishment of the working group) stored in State 
          and local child abuse and neglect registries and 
          determining--
            ``(i) which such data elements should be accessible for 
          data exchange between and within State and local child 
          welfare agencies to improve child welfare investigations; and
            ``(ii) whether access to such data elements through an 
          electronic interstate data exchange system should be limited 
          to cases involving reported, investigated, or substantiated 
          child abuse and neglect.
            ``(D) Identifying potential obstacles that may prevent 
          States from participating in an electronic interstate data 
          exchange system and developing recommendations for overcoming 
          such obstacles.
            ``(E) Determining how lessons learned from the development 
          and implementation of the electronic interstate data exchange 
          system related to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of 
          Children may be used to inform the development of an 
          electronic interstate data exchange system of child abuse and 
          neglect records.
            ``(F) Examining recommendations made by the Interagency 
          Task Force for Child Safety established under the Child Care 
          Protection Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-279) and 
          identifying relevant recommendations for the development of 
          an electronic interstate data exchange system.
            ``(G) Identifying best practices for the use of information 
          from State and local child abuse and neglect registries as 
          part of screening and investigating allegations of child 
          abuse or neglect to improve children's safety.
            ``(H) Ensuring procedural due process for any individual 
          included in a State or local child abuse and neglect 
          registry, including recommendations for protections relating 
          to--
            ``(i) the level of evidence necessary for inclusion in such 
          registry;
            ``(ii) the process for notifying such individual of 
          inclusion in such registry and of the implications of such 
          inclusion;
            ``(iii) the process for providing such individual the 
          opportunity to challenge such inclusion, and the procedures 
          for resolving such challenge; and
            ``(iv) the length of time an individual's record is to 
          remain in such registry, and the process for removing such 
          individual's record.
            ``(I) Establishing criteria for when an individual's child 
          abuse and neglect registry record may be shared through an 
          electronic interstate data exchange system.
            ``(3) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the initial 
          convening of the working group, the working group shall 
          submit a report containing the recommendations described in 
          paragraph (2) to the Secretary, the Committee on Health, 
          Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the 
          Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
          Representatives.
            ``(c) Pilot Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
          enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2022, taking 
          into consideration the recommendations included in the report 
          required under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall--
            ``(A) develop an electronic interstate data exchange 
          system, in accordance with paragraph (2); and
            ``(B) establish a pilot program, and award grants to 
          support participation in such pilot program, in accordance 
          with paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Electronic interstate data exchange system.--The 
          Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement or 
          contract with an entity to develop an electronic interstate 
          data exchange system. Such system shall include, to the 
          greatest extent practicable, the following operational 
          standards:
            ``(A) Interoperable data standards developed and maintained 
          by intergovernmental partnerships, such as the National 
          Information Exchange Model.
            ``(B) Policies and governance standards that--
            ``(i) ensure consistency, accuracy, and reliability in 
          types of information shared and not shared;
            ``(ii) specify circumstances under which data should be 
          shared through the electronic interstate data exchange 
          system;
            ``(iii) ensure procedural due process for individuals 
          included in a State or local child abuse and neglect 
          registry, including policies aligned with the recommendations 
          described in subsection (b)(1)(H); and
            ``(iv) are in accordance with all applicable Federal and 
          State privacy law.
            ``(3) Pilot program for implementation of the electronic 
          interstate data exchange system.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
          entities responsible under State law for maintaining child 
          abuse and neglect registries, including State and local
     
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          child welfare agencies, to support their participation in a 
          pilot program to--
            ``(i) utilize the electronic interstate data exchange 
          system described in paragraph (2) to allow for accurate and 
          efficient exchange of interstate and intrastate child abuse 
          and neglect registry records;
            ``(ii) work with the Secretary to develop and update 
          operational standards for the electronic interstate data 
          exchange system and make improvements to such system; and
            ``(iii) update the existing data systems of such entities 
          to improve participation in the electronic interstate data 
          exchange system.
            ``(B) Participation.--In awarding grants under this 
          paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure that, to the extent 
          practicable, grants are--
            ``(i) distributed to not less than 10 States; and
            ``(ii) distributed among States that collectively are 
          geographically diverse.
            ``(4) Pilot report.--Not later than 3 years after grants 
          are awarded under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall--
            ``(A) prepare a report detailing the outcomes of the pilot 
          program described in such paragraph, recommendations to 
          improve the electronic interstate data exchange system 
          described in paragraph (2), and recommendations for 
          nationwide implementation of an electronic interstate data 
          exchange system; and
            ``(B) submit such report to the Committee on Health, 
          Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
          Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
          Representatives.
            ``(d) Nationwide Expansion of the Electronic Interstate 
          Data Exchange System.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after submitting 
          the report described in subsection (c)(4)(B), the Secretary 
          shall--
            ``(A) enter into or continue a cooperative agreement or 
          contract, in accordance with the requirements of subsection 
          (c)(2), to improve and expand the electronic interstate data 
          exchange system described in subsection (c), which may 
          include updating the operational standards for such system; 
          and
            ``(B) award grants to entities responsible under State law 
          for maintaining child abuse and neglect registries, including 
          State and local child welfare agencies, to--
            ``(i) support increased State participation in the 
          electronic interstate data exchange system described in this 
          subsection; and
            ``(ii) update the existing data systems of such entities to 
          improve participation in such electronic interstate data 
          exchange system.
            ``(2) Grants to entities.--
            ``(A) In general.--In carrying out paragraph (1)(B), the 
          Secretary may award grants on a competitive or formula basis, 
          as determined by the Secretary, who shall ensure that such 
          grants are of sufficient size and scope to allow the entities 
          described in such paragraph to effectively participate in the 
          electronic interstate data exchange system.
            ``(B) Nationwide participation.--In carrying out this 
          subsection, the Secretary shall award grants in a manner that 
          facilitates nationwide participation in the electronic 
          interstate data exchange system described in this subsection, 
          to the greatest extent practicable.
            ``(e) Limitation on Use of Electronic Interstate Data 
          Exchange System.--An electronic interstate data exchange 
          system described in this section shall be used only for 
          purposes of improving child welfare investigations between 
          and within States and ensuring the safety of children placed 
          in foster or adoptive homes.
            ``(f) Prohibition.--The Secretary may neither access nor 
          store data from an electronic interstate data exchange system 
          described in this section.
            ``(g) Reports.--Not later than 2 years after September 30 
          of the fiscal year that the Secretary awards grants under 
          subsection (d), and every year thereafter, the Secretary 
          shall submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, 
          Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 
          Education and Labor of the House of Representatives on--
            ``(1) the number of States participating in the electronic 
          interstate data exchange system described in such subsection;
            ``(2) challenges faced by States not able to fully 
          participate in such electronic interstate data exchange 
          system; and
            ``(3) any other information considered relevant by the 
          Secretary for the implementation of this section, including 
          any legislative changes that may be necessary to allow 
          participation by all States in such electronic interstate 
          data exchange system.''.
     
          SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.
     
            Title III of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 
          as amended by section 302 of this division, is further 
          amended by adding at the end the following:
     
                  ``Subtitle C--Authorization of Appropriations
     
          ``SEC. 321. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
     
            ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
          title $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, and such sums as may 
          be necessary for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.''.
     
        TITLE IV--RESPONSE TO INFANTS AFFECTED BY PARENTAL SUBSTANCE USE 
                                     DISORDER
     
          SEC. 401. AMENDING THE CAPTA TO PROVIDE FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH 
                        RESPONSE TO INFANTS AFFECTED BY PARENTAL 
                        SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
     
            The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
          5101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after title III, as 
          added by section 301, the following:
     
       ``TITLE IV--PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO INFANTS AFFECTED BY PARENTAL 
                              SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
     
          ``SEC. 401. PURPOSE.
     
            ``The purpose of this title is to ensure the safety, 
          permanency, and well-being of infants affected by parental 
          substance use disorder, by supporting States in providing a 
          public health response to the impact of substance use 
          disorders on infants, pregnant women, and families by--
            ``(1) supporting the health and well-being of infants, 
          pregnant women, and parents rather than penalizing the 
          parents;
            ``(2) developing comprehensive family care plans to address 
          the needs of infants, pregnant women, parents, families, and 
          caregivers;
            ``(3) increasing access to evidence-based or evidence-
          informed substance use disorder treatment, including 
          medications for opioid use disorder, and other services for 
          pregnant women and parents with a substance use disorder and 
          their infants, including ensuring that women can access 
          necessary prenatal and postpartum services to improve 
          maternal and infant health outcomes;
            ``(4) supporting pregnant women and parents with a 
          substance use disorder, families, and caregivers in building 
          protective factors so that infants are at a low risk of child 
          abuse or neglect;
            ``(5) providing access to appropriate screening, 
          assessment, and intervention services for infants affected by 
          parental substance use disorder; and
            ``(6) improving the capacity of and coordination between 
          health care professionals (including substance use disorder 
          professionals), child welfare workers, and other personnel 
          involved in the development, implementation, and monitoring 
          of family care plans.
     
          ``SEC. 402. REQUIREMENTS.
     
            ``(a) In General.--Each State receiving Federal funds under 
          section 106 or section 404 shall have in effect policies and 
          procedures that meet the requirements of this section.
            ``(b) Designation.--The Governor of the State shall 
          designate a State agency as a State lead agency to work 
          collaboratively with State and local public health agencies, 
          substance abuse agencies, child welfare agencies, the State 
          Medicaid program, and maternal and child health agencies to 
          carry out the State's public health response to strengthen 
          families and ensure the safety and well-being of--
            ``(1) infants affected by parental substance use disorder; 
          and
            ``(2) parents, families, and caregivers of such infants.
            ``(c) Family Care Plans.--At the same time a State submits 
          a State plan under section 106(b)(1), the State lead agency 
          designated by the Governor under subsection (b) shall provide 
          to the Secretary a description of the State's policies and 
          procedures to ensure the safety and well-being of infants 
          affected by parental substance use disorder, and the well-
          being of the parents of such infants, including a description 
          of--
            ``(1) how the State is implementing and monitoring family 
          care plans, including by--
            ``(A) developing family care plans prior to the expected 
          delivery of the infant; and
            ``(B) conducting necessary follow up after the birth of 
          such infant to ensure that parents, families, and caregivers 
          are able to access supports and services, and to ensure the 
          safety and well-being of such infants;
            ``(2) the State's policies and procedures for requiring 
          providers involved in the delivery or care of infants 
          affected by parental substance use disorder to notify the 
          State lead agency designated under subsection (b) of the 
          occurrence of such condition in such infants;
            ``(3) the State's policies and procedures to ensure the 
          development of a multi-disciplinary family care plan for an 
          infant affected by parental substance use disorder and such 
          infant's parents, family, and caregiver to ensure the safety 
          and well-being of such infant following release from the care 
          of health care providers, including by--
            ``(A) using a family assessment approach to develop each 
          family care plan;
            ``(B) addressing, through coordinated service delivery, the 
          health, developmental, safety, and substance use disorder 
          treatment needs of the infant and affected parent; and
            ``(C) the development and implementation by the State of 
          monitoring systems regarding the implementation of such plans 
          to determine whether, and in what manner, local entities are 
          providing, in accordance with State requirements, referrals 
          to and delivery of appropriate services for the infant, 
          affected parent, family, and caregiver.
            ``(4) the State's plan to develop a system for purposes of 
          notifications required by paragraph (2) that is distinct and 
          separate from the system used in the State to report child 
          abuse and neglect, and designed to promote a public health 
          response to infants affected by parental substance use 
          disorder, and not for the purpose of initiating an 
          investigation of child abuse or neglect.
            ``(d) Special Rule.--Nothing in this section shall be 
          construed to--
            ``(1) establish a definition under Federal law of what 
          constitutes child abuse or neglect;
            ``(2) require investigation or prosecution for any illegal 
          action, including a response by the State's child protective 
          services system; or
     
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            ``(3) imply that use of medications, including medications 
          for opioid use disorder, to treat substance use disorder in 
          pregnancy necessitates the intervention of a child welfare 
          system without separate evidence of child abuse or neglect.
            ``(e) Annual Report.--The State lead agency designated by 
          the Governor under subsection (b) shall annually work with 
          the Secretary to provide a report that provides the number of 
          infants--
            ``(1) identified under subsection (c)(2);
            ``(2) for whom a family care plan was developed under 
          subsection (c)(3); and
            ``(3) for whom a referral was made for appropriate 
          services, including services for the affected parent, family, 
          or caregiver, under subsection (c)(3).
     
          ``SEC. 403. NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING.
     
            ``(a) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide 
          technical assistance to support States in complying with the 
          requirements of section 402(c) that includes--
            ``(1) disseminating best practices on implementation of 
          multidisciplinary family care plans;
            ``(2) addressing State-identified challenges with 
          developing, implementing, and monitoring family care plans;
            ``(3) supporting collaboration and coordination across 
          substance abuse agencies, child welfare agencies, maternal 
          and child health agencies, family courts, and other community 
          partners;
            ``(4) supporting State efforts to develop information 
          technology systems to manage family care plans; and
            ``(5) providing technical assistance in accordance with the 
          infants with prenatal substance- exposure initiative 
          developed by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child 
          Welfare.
            ``(b) Secretary's Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall 
          submit an annual report to the Committee on Health, 
          Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 
          Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Education 
          and Labor, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
          Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
          the House of Representatives that includes, at a minimum, 
          information on--
            ``(1) the activities of the Secretary under subsection (a);
            ``(2) the progress of States in developing, implementing, 
          and monitoring family care plans to ensure a public health 
          response to addressing the needs of infants affected by 
          parental substance use disorder and the parents of such 
          infants, including connection to treatment services if 
          necessary, and as appropriate, recommendations for improving 
          such practices; and
            ``(3) the progress of States in safely reducing the number 
          of infants affected by parental substance use disorder 
          entering the child protective services system.
     
          ``SEC. 404. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
     
            ``(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to award 
          grants to States for the purpose of assisting the State lead 
          agency designated by the Governor under section 402(b) in 
          coordinating a partnership with maternal and child health 
          agencies, child welfare agencies, public health agencies, 
          mental health agencies, social services agencies, substance 
          abuse agencies, health care facilities with labor and 
          delivery units, and health care providers to facilitate 
          collaboration in developing, updating, implementing, and 
          monitoring family care plans described in section 402(c).
            ``(b) Distribution of Funds.--
            ``(1) Reservations.--Of the amounts made available to carry 
          out subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve--
            ``(A) no more than 3 percent for the purposes described in 
          subsection (g); and
            ``(B) no less than 3 percent for grants to Indian Tribes 
          and Tribal organizations to address the needs of infants 
          affected by parental substance use disorder and their 
          parents, families, or caregivers, which, to the extent 
          practicable, shall be consistent with the uses of funds 
          described under subsection (d).
            ``(2) Allotments to states and territories.--The Secretary 
          shall allot the amount made available to carry out subsection 
          (a) that remains after application of paragraph (1) to each 
          State that applies for such a grant, in an amount equal to 
          the sum of--
            ``(A) $500,000; and
            ``(B) an amount that bears the same relationship to any 
          funds made available to carry out subsection (a) and 
          remaining after application of paragraph (1) and subparagraph 
          (A), as the number of live births in the State in the 
          previous calendar year bears to the number of live births in 
          all States in such year.
            ``(3) Ratable reduction.--If the amount made available to 
          carry out subsection (a) is insufficient to satisfy the 
          requirements of paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall ratably 
          reduce each allotment to a State.
            ``(c) Application.--A State desiring a grant under 
          subsection (a) shall submit an application to the Secretary 
          at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. 
          Such application shall include, at a minimum--
            ``(1) a description of--
            ``(A) how the State lead agency designated under section 
          402(b) will coordinate with relevant State entities and 
          programs (including maternal and child health providers, the 
          child welfare agency, public health agencies, mental health 
          agencies, the State substance abuse agency, health care 
          facilities with labor and delivery units, health care 
          providers, programs funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental 
          Health Services Administration that provide substance use 
          disorder treatment for women, maternal and child health 
          programs funded by the Health Resources and Services 
          Administration, the State Medicaid program, the State agency 
          administering the block grant program under title V of the 
          Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), the State agency 
          administering the programs funded under part C of the 
          Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 
          et seq.), the maternal, infant, and early childhood home 
          visiting programs under section 511 of the Social Security 
          Act (42 U.S.C. 711), Early Head Start, the State judicial 
          system, domestic violence agencies, and other agencies, as 
          determined by the Secretary) and any Indian Tribes and Tribal 
          organizations located in the State to develop the application 
          under this subsection and implement the activities under this 
          section;
            ``(B) how the State plans to use funds for activities 
          described in subsection (d) for the purposes of meeting the 
          requirements of section 402(c);
            ``(C) if applicable, how the State plans to utilize funding 
          authorized under part E of title IV of the Social Security 
          Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) to assist in carrying out any 
          family care plan, including funding authorized under section 
          471(e) of such Act for mental health and substance use 
          disorder prevention and treatment services and in-home parent 
          skill-based programs and funding authorized under such 
          section 472(j) for children with a parent in a licensed 
          residential family-based treatment facility for substance use 
          disorder; and
            ``(D) the treatment and other services and programs 
          available in the State to effectively carry out any family 
          care plan developed, including identification of needed 
          treatment, and other services and programs to ensure the 
          well-being of young children and their families affected by 
          substance use disorder; and
            ``(2) an assurance that the State will comply with 
          requirements to refer a child identified as substance-exposed 
          to early intervention services as required pursuant to a 
          grant under part C of the Individuals with Disabilities 
          Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).
            ``(d) Uses of Funds.--Funds awarded to a State under 
          subsection (b)(2) may be used for the following activities, 
          which may be carried out by the State directly, or through 
          grants or subgrants, contracts, or cooperative agreements:
            ``(1) Improving State and local systems with respect to the 
          development and implementation of family care plans, which--
            ``(A) shall address the health and substance use disorder 
          treatment needs of the infant and affected parent, including 
          parent and caregiver engagement, regarding available 
          treatment and service options and include resources available 
          for pregnant and postpartum women; and
            ``(B) may include activities such as--
            ``(i) developing policies, procedures, or protocols for the 
          administration or development of evidence-based and validated 
          screening tools for infants who may be affected by parental 
          substance use disorder and for pregnant and postpartum women 
          with a substance use disorder;
            ``(ii) improving assessments used to determine the needs of 
          the infant, parents, and family members, including kinship or 
          other caregivers;
            ``(iii) improving ongoing case management services;
            ``(iv) improving access to treatment services, which may be 
          initiated prior to the pregnant woman's delivery date;
            ``(v) keeping families safely together, to the greatest 
          extent possible;
            ``(vi) developing the notification pathway as an 
          alternative to a child maltreatment notification, as 
          described in section 402(c)(2); and
            ``(vii) developing procedures to engage health care 
          professionals who provide care for pregnant and postpartum 
          women and their infants to ensure the coordination of family 
          care plans.
            ``(2) Establishing partnerships, agreements, or memoranda 
          of understanding between the State lead agency and other 
          entities (including health professionals, health care 
          facilities, child welfare professionals, juvenile and family 
          court judges, substance use and mental disorder treatment 
          programs, early childhood education programs, maternal and 
          child health and early intervention professionals (including 
          home visiting providers), peer-to-peer recovery programs such 
          as parent mentoring programs, domestic violence agencies, and 
          housing agencies) to facilitate the successful development, 
          implementation, and monitoring of family care plans, 
          including development of plans prior to the expected delivery 
          of the infant, by--
            ``(A) developing a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary 
          assessment and intervention process for infants, pregnant 
          women, and their families who are affected by substance use 
          disorder that includes meaningful engagement with, and takes 
          into account the unique needs of, each family and addresses 
          differences between medically supervised substance use 
          (including for the treatment of substance use disorder) and a 
          substance use disorder;
            ``(B) ensuring that treatment approaches for serving 
          infants, and pregnant and postpartum women whose infants may 
          be affected by parental substance use disorder are designed 
          to, where appropriate, keep infants
     
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          in the custody of their mothers during both inpatient and 
          outpatient treatment;
            ``(C) increasing access to all evidence-based medications, 
          behavioral therapy, and counseling services, for the 
          treatment of substance use disorders, as appropriate; and
            ``(D) increasing access to residential treatment programs 
          designed to keep infants with their parents during inpatient 
          residential treatment.
            ``(3) Developing policies, procedures, or protocols in 
          consultation and coordination with health professionals, 
          public and private health care facilities, and substance 
          abuse agencies to ensure that--
            ``(A) appropriate notification to the appropriate agency 
          determined by the Governor's office is made in a timely 
          manner, as required under section 402(c)(2);
            ``(B) a family care plan is in place, in accordance with 
          section 402(c)(3) before the infant is discharged from the 
          birth or health care facility; and
            ``(C) such health and related agency professionals are 
          educated on how to follow such protocols and are aware of the 
          supports that may be provided under a family care plan.
            ``(4) Educating health professionals and health system 
          leaders, early intervention professionals, child welfare 
          workers, substance abuse treatment agencies, and other 
          related professionals such as home visiting agency staff and 
          law enforcement in relevant topics, including--
            ``(A) the referral and process requirements for 
          notification to the appropriate agency as determined by the 
          Governor when child abuse or neglect reporting is not 
          mandated, including education on how such notification 
          pathway is distinct and separate from the pathway used in the 
          State to report child abuse and neglect;
            ``(B) the co-occurrence of pregnancy and substance use 
          disorder, and implications of prenatal exposure;
            ``(C) the evidence-based clinical guidance from nationally-
          recognized standard setting organizations about treating 
          substance use disorder in pregnant and postpartum women;
            ``(D) appropriate screening and interventions for infants 
          affected by parental substance use disorder and the 
          requirements section 402(c); and
            ``(E) appropriate multigenerational strategies to address 
          the mental health needs related to substance use disorder for 
          infants and their parents, families, or caregivers.
            ``(5) Developing and updating systems of technology for 
          improved data collection and monitoring of family care plans, 
          including existing electronic medical records, to measure the 
          outcomes achieved through the family care plans, including 
          monitoring systems to meet the requirements of this title and 
          submission of performance measures.
            ``(e) Reporting.--Each State that receives funds under this 
          section, for each year such funds are received, shall submit 
          a report to the Secretary that includes--
            ``(1) the impact of substance use disorder in such State, 
          including with respect to the substance or class of 
          substances with the highest incidence of abuse in the 
          previous year in such State, including--
            ``(A) the prevalence of substance use disorder in such 
          State;
            ``(B) the aggregate rate of births in the State of infants 
          affected by parental substance use disorder (as determined by 
          hospitals, insurance claims, claims submitted to the State 
          Medicaid program, or other records), if available and to the 
          extent practicable;
            ``(C) the number and percentage of infants identified, for 
          whom a family care plan was developed, and for whom a 
          referral was made for appropriate services;
            ``(D) the number and percentage of family care plans 
          developed prior to the expected delivery of an infant 
          affected by parental substance use disorder; and
            ``(E) the challenges the State faces in developing, 
          implementing, and monitoring family care plans in accordance 
          with section 402(c);
            ``(2) data disaggregated by geographic location, economic 
          status, race and ethnicity, except that such disaggregation 
          shall not be required if the results would reveal personally 
          identifiable information on, with respect to infants 
          identified under section 402(c)(2)--
            ``(A) the number who experienced removal associated with 
          parental substance use disorder;
            ``(B) the number who experienced removal and subsequently 
          are reunified with their parents, and the length of time 
          between such removal and reunification;
            ``(C) the number who are referred to community providers 
          without a child protection case;
            ``(D) the number who receive services while in the care of 
          their parents;
            ``(E) the number who receive post-reunification services 
          within 1 year after a reunification has occurred; and
            ``(F) the number who experienced a return to out-of-home 
          care within 1 year after reunification.
            ``(f) Secretary's Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall 
          submit an annual report to the Committee on Health, 
          Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 
          Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Education 
          and Labor, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
          Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
          the House of Representatives that includes the information 
          described in subsection (e) and recommendations or 
          observations on the challenges, successes, and lessons 
          derived from implementation of the grant program.
            ``(g) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall use the amount 
          reserved under subsection (b)(1)(A) to carry out an 
          independent evaluation to measure the effectiveness of the 
          program assisted under this section in--
            ``(1) developing comprehensive family care plans to support 
          the needs of infants, parents, families, and caregivers;
            ``(2) increasing access to treatment support and other 
          services for pregnant and postpartum women with a substance 
          use disorder and their children;
            ``(3) providing access to appropriate screening, 
          assessment, and intervention services for infants affected by 
          parental substance use disorder;
            ``(4) improving the capacity of health care professionals, 
          child welfare workers, and other personnel involved in the 
          development, implementation, and monitoring of family care 
          plans; and
            ``(5) safely reducing the number of infants who are placed 
          in out-of-home care.
     
          ``SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
     
            ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
          title $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 
          2028.''.
     
                         TITLE V--ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES
     
          SEC. 501. PURPOSE.
     
            Section 201 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 
          Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5111) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
          following:
     
          ``SEC. 201. PURPOSE.'';
     
            (2) by striking subsection (a); and
            (3) in subsection (b)--
            (A) by striking the following:
            ``(b) Purpose.--'';
            (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
          ``particularly'' and all that follows through ``, by 
          providing'' and inserting ``particularly for children facing 
          barriers to adoption, by providing'';
            (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (D) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
          inserting a semicolon; and
            (E) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) support the development and implementation of 
          evidence-based and evidence-informed post-adoption services 
          for families that adopt children, in order to increase 
          permanency in adoptive placements; and
            ``(5) support the recruitment of racially and ethnically 
          diverse prospective foster and adoptive parents.''.
     
          SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS.
     
            Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 
          Adoption Reform Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after 
          section 201 (42 U.S.C. 5111) the following:
     
          ``SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS.
     
            ``In this title:
            ``(1) Child facing a barrier to adoption.--The term `child 
          facing a barrier to adoption' includes an older child, a 
          child who is a racial or ethnic minority, a child with a 
          disability, and a child or youth overrepresented in the child 
          welfare system.
            ``(2) Indian tribe; tribal organization.--The terms `Indian 
          Tribe' and `Tribal organization' have the meanings given the 
          terms in section 2 of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
          Treatment Act, as added by section 3 of the CAPTA 
          Reauthorization Act of 2022.
            ``(3) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
          of Health and Human Services.''.
     
          SEC. 503. INFORMATION AND SERVICES.
     
            Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 
          Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
            ``(a) Program Authorization.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall meet the purpose of 
          this title by planning and coordinating all Department 
          activities related to adoption and foster care, including 
          programs and services to support--
            ``(A) the adoption of children facing barriers to adoption;
            ``(B) families considering adoption of such children; and
            ``(C) pre- and post-adoption services for families to 
          provide permanent, safe, and caring home environments for 
          children who would benefit from adoption.
            ``(2) Technical assistance.--The Secretary shall make 
          available such consultant services, on-site technical 
          assistance and personnel, together with payment of 
          appropriate administrative expenses as are necessary for 
          carrying out departmental activities described in paragraph 
          (1).'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
          ``connection with'';
            (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and prepare'' and all 
          that follows and inserting the following: ``including--
            ``(A) adoption competency educational programming that 
          supports the mental health needs of adoptive families to 
          promote permanency, including the evaluation and updating of 
          such programming for child welfare and mental health 
          professionals; and
            ``(B) the development of information and educational 
          materials, regarding adoption, adoption assistance programs, 
          and post-adoption services, and dissemination of such 
          materials to all interested parties, public and private 
          agencies and organizations (including hospitals, health care 
          providers, and social services agencies), and governmental 
          bodies;'';
            (C) in paragraph (2)--
     
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            (i) by striking ``conduct, directly'' and inserting 
          ``conduct (directly'';
            (ii) by striking ``private organizations, ongoing, 
          extensive recruitment efforts'' and inserting ``private 
          agencies or organizations) ongoing, extensive public 
          awareness and recruitment efforts'';
            (iii) by striking ``to promote the adoption of older 
          children, minority children, and children with special needs, 
          develop national public awareness efforts to unite'' and 
          inserting the following: ``to--
            ``(A) promote the adoption of children facing barriers to 
          adoption;
            ``(B) unite''; and
            (iv) by striking ``parents, and establish a coordinated 
          referral system of recruited families'' and inserting the 
          following: ``parents; and
            ``(C) establish a coordinated referral system of interested 
          families'';
            (D) in paragraph (3)--
            (i) by striking ``for (A) the'' and inserting the 
          following: ``for--
            ``(A) the'';
            (ii) by striking ``, utilizing computers and data 
          processing methods to assist in the location of children''; 
          and
            (iii) by striking ``and (B) the'' and inserting the 
          following: ``and
            ``(B) the'';
            (E) in paragraph (4)--
            (i) by striking ``groups and minority groups)'' and 
          inserting ``groups and organizations that represent families 
          who are racial or ethnic minorities)''; and
            (ii) by striking ``of minorities'' and inserting ``of 
          people who are racial or ethnic minorities'';
            (F) in paragraph (5), by striking ``corporations and'' and 
          inserting ``large and'';
            (G) in paragraph (7)--
            (i) by striking ``increase'' and inserting ``identify best 
          practices for'';
            (ii) by striking ``for the recruitment of'' and inserting 
          ``to recruit''; and
            (iii) by striking ``older children'' and all that follows 
          and inserting ``children facing barriers to adoption;'';
            (H) in paragraph (8), by striking ``in order'';
            (I) in paragraph (9)--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
          ``Special Needs'' and inserting ``Children Facing Barriers 
          to'';
            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``people who are 
          racial or ethnic'' before ``minorities'';
            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``with special 
          needs'' and inserting ``facing barriers to adoption''; and
            (iv) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the 
          following:
            ``(D) identify and disseminate best practices to reduce 
          adoption disruption and dissolution, and increase permanency, 
          including best practices related to pre- and post-adoption 
          services;'';
            (J) in paragraph (10)--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
     
            (I) by striking ``minority populations'' and inserting 
          ``racial or ethnic minorities'';
            (II) by striking ``minority children'' and inserting 
          ``children who are racial or ethnic minorities''; and
            (III) by striking ``minority families'' and inserting 
          ``racially and ethnically diverse families''; and
     
            (ii) in subparagraph (A)--
     
            (I) in clause (ii), by striking ``, including'' and all 
          that follows and inserting a semicolon;
            (II) by redesignating clauses (iii) through (ix) as clauses 
          (iv) through (x), respectively;
            (III) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
     
            ``(iii) developing and using procedures, including family 
          finding strategies, to notify family and relatives when a 
          child enters the child welfare system, and to identify such 
          family and relatives who are willing to adopt or provide a 
          permanent, safe, and caring home for such child to improve 
          permanency;'';
     
            (IV) in clause (vi), as so redesignated, by inserting ``, 
          including such groups for prospective kinship caregivers'' 
          before the semicolon;
            (V) in clause (vii), as so redesignated--
     
            (aa) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking 
          ``training of personnel'' and inserting ``professional 
          development on working with diverse cultural, racial, 
          linguistic, and socioeconomic communities, for personnel''; 
          and
            (bb) in subclause (III), by striking ``with experience'' 
          and all that follows and inserting a semicolon;
     
            (VI) in clause (ix), as so redesignated, by inserting ``, 
          including such groups for kinship caregivers'' before the 
          semicolon; and
            (VII) in clause (x), as so redesignated, by striking 
          ``Act'' and inserting ``title''; and
     
            (K) in paragraph (11)--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
          ``Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations,'' after ``States,'';
            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the 
          end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) procedures to identify and support potential kinship 
          care arrangements.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting the 
          following:
            ``(c) Services for Families Adopting Children Facing 
          Barriers to Adoption.--'';
            (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``special needs 
          children'' and inserting ``children facing barriers to 
          adoption''; and
            (C) in paragraph (2)(G), by inserting ``, including such 
          parents, children, and siblings in kinship care 
          arrangements'' before the semicolon;
            (4) in subsection (d)--
            (A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting the 
          following:
            ``(d) Improving Placement Rate of Children in Foster Care 
          and Improving Post-adoption Services.--'';
            (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``including through the 
          improvement of post-adoption services,'' after ``adoption,'';
            (C) in paragraph (2)--
            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
     
            (I) in clause (i), by inserting ``, including plans to 
          assess the need for and provide post-adoption services in 
          order to improve permanency'' before the semicolon;
            (II) in clause (ii), by striking ``older children'' and all 
          that follows and inserting ``children facing barriers to 
          adoption, who are legally free for adoption;''; and
            (III) in clause (iv), by striking ``section 473'' and all 
          that follows and inserting ``subpart 2 of part B of title IV 
          of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629 et seq.) and part E 
          of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.).''; and
     
            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
     
            (I) in clause (i), by striking ``older children'' and all 
          that follows through ``services;'' and inserting ``children 
          facing barriers to adoption, and in the provision of pre- and 
          post-placement services, including post-adoption services;''; 
          and
            (II) in clause (ii), by striking ``successful'' and 
          inserting ``evidence-based and evidence-informed''; and
     
            (D) in paragraph (3)--
            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
     
            (I) by striking the first sentence; and
            (II) in the last sentence, by striking ``section 205(a)'' 
          and inserting ``section 206(a)''; and
     
            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``this Act'' and 
          inserting ``this title''; and
            (5) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting before the period at 
          the end the following: ``, such as through the use of an 
          electronic interstate case processing system''.
     
          SEC. 504. STUDIES AND REPORTS.
     
            Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 
          Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5114) is amended to 
          read as follows:
     
          ``SEC. 204. STUDIES AND REPORTS.
     
            ``(a) Report on the Outcomes of Individuals Who Were 
          Adopted From Foster Care.--Not later than 2 years after the 
          date of enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2022, 
          the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on 
          Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
          Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
          Representatives a report on research and data regarding--
            ``(1) the outcomes of individuals who were adopted from 
          foster care as children; and
            ``(2) a summary of the post-adoption services available to 
          families that adopted children from foster care regarding the 
          extent to which such services are evidence-based or evidence-
          informed.
            ``(b) Report on Adoption Disruption and Dissolution.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date 
          of enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2022, the 
          Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on 
          Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
          Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
          Representatives a report on children who enter into foster 
          care under the supervision of a State after prior 
          finalization of an adoption or legal guardianship, including 
          adoptions of foster youth and international adoptions.
            ``(2) Information.--The Secretary shall include in such 
          report information, to the extent that such information is 
          available through the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and 
          Reporting System and other data sources, regarding the 
          incidence of adoption disruption and dissolution impacting 
          children described in paragraph (1) and factors associated 
          with such circumstances, including--
            ``(A) whether affected individuals received pre- or post-
          adoption services; and
            ``(B) other relevant information, such as the age of the 
          child involved.''.
     
          SEC. 505. UNREGULATED CUSTODY TRANSFERS.
     
            Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 
          Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5111 et seq.) is 
          amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 205 (42 U.S.C. 5115) as 
          section 206; and
            (2) by inserting after section 204 the following:
     
          ``SEC. 205. SENSE OF CONGRESS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND 
                        REPORT ON UNREGULATED CUSTODY TRANSFERS.
     
            ``(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress 
          that--
            ``(1) there are challenges associated with some adoptions 
          (including the child's mental health needs and the 
          difficulties many families face in accessing support 
          services) and some families may seek out an unregulated 
          custody transfer of an adoptive child without any formal 
          supervision by child welfare agencies or courts;
            ``(2) some adopted children experience trauma, and the 
          disruption and placement in another home due to such a 
          transfer may contribute to additional trauma and instability 
          for such children;
     
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            ``(3) unregulated custody transfer may not include certain 
          safety measures that are required as part of formal adoption 
          proceedings, such as required child welfare or criminal 
          background checks or clearances;
            ``(4) child welfare agencies and courts may be unaware of 
          the placement of children through unregulated custody 
          transfers and, as a result, may not conduct assessments on 
          children's safety and well-being in such subsequent 
          placements;
            ``(5) the lack of such assessments may result in the 
          placement of children in homes in which the children may be 
          exposed to unsafe environments;
            ``(6) the caregivers with whom a child is placed through an 
          unregulated custody transfer may have no legal responsibility 
          with respect to such child and may not have complete records, 
          including the child's birth, medical, or other records, with 
          respect to such child;
            ``(7) a child adopted through intercountry adoption may be 
          at risk of not acquiring United States citizenship if an 
          unregulated custody transfer occurs before the adoptive 
          parents complete all necessary steps to finalize the adoption 
          of such child; and
            ``(8) unregulated custody transfers pose significant 
          challenges for children who experience such transfers.
            ``(b) Definition.--For the purpose of this section, the 
          term `unregulated custody transfer' means the abandonment of 
          a child, by the child's parent or legal guardian, or a person 
          or entity acting on behalf, and with the consent, of such 
          parent or guardian--
            ``(1) by placing the child with a person who is not--
            ``(A) the child's parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult 
          sibling, legal guardian, or other adult relative;
            ``(B) a friend of the family who is an adult and with whom 
          the child is familiar; or
            ``(C) a member of the Indian Tribe of which the child is 
          also a member;
            ``(2) with the intent of severing the relationship between 
          the child and the parent or guardian of such child; and
            ``(3) without--
            ``(A) reasonably ensuring the safety of the child and 
          permanency of the placement of the child, including by 
          conducting an official home study, background check, and 
          supervision; and
            ``(B) transferring the legal rights and responsibilities of 
          parenthood or guardianship under applicable Federal and State 
          law to a person described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 
          paragraph (1).
            ``(c) Technical Assistance and Public Awareness.--The 
          Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other relevant 
          Federal agencies--
            ``(1) shall improve public awareness related to preventing 
          adoption disruption and dissolution, including preventing 
          unregulated custody transfers of adopted children; and
            ``(2) in carrying out paragraph (1), shall update Federal 
          resources, including internet websites, to provide--
            ``(A) employees of State, local, and Tribal agencies that 
          provide child welfare services with educational materials 
          related to preventing, identifying, and responding to 
          unregulated custody transfers; and
            ``(B) prospective adoptive families with information on 
          pre-adoption education and post-adoption services from State, 
          local, and private resources to promote child permanency.
            ``(d) Report to Congress.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
          enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2022, the 
          Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
          prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, 
          Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the 
          Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor and the 
          Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, 
          a report on unregulated custody transfers of children, 
          including of adopted children.
            ``(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
          shall include--
            ``(A) information on the causes, methods, and 
          characteristics of unregulated custody transfers, including 
          the use of social media and the internet;
            ``(B) information on the effects of unregulated custody 
          transfer on children, including the effects of the lack of 
          assessment of a child's safety and well-being by social 
          services agencies and courts due to such unregulated custody 
          transfer;
            ``(C) data on the prevalence of unregulated custody 
          transfers within each State and across all States;
            ``(D) recommended policies for preventing, identifying, and 
          responding to unregulated custody transfers, including of 
          adopted children, that include--
            ``(i) suggested changes or updates to Federal and State law 
          to address unregulated custody transfers;
            ``(ii) suggested changes or updates to child protection 
          practices to address unregulated custody transfers; and
            ``(iii) methods of providing to the public information 
          regarding adoption and child protection; and
            ``(E) a description of the activities carried out under 
          subsection (c).''.
     
          SEC. 506. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
     
            Section 206 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 
          Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5115), as redesignated 
          by section 505(1), is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2010'' and 
          inserting ``$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2023'';
            (B) by striking ``fiscal years 2011 through 2015'' and 
          inserting ``fiscal years 2024 through 2028''; and
            (C) by striking ``this subtitle'' and inserting ``this 
          title'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``30'' and inserting 
          ``35''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) by striking ``this Act'' and inserting ``this title''; 
          and
            (B) by striking ``they'' and inserting ``the funds''.
     
      TITLE VI--FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 
                                       2022
     
          SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN TITLE.
     
            (a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the ``Family 
          Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2022''.
            (b) References.--Except as otherwise specified, amendments 
          made by this title to a section or other provision of law are 
          amendments to such section or other provision of the Family 
          Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401 et 
          seq.).
     
          SEC. 602. PURPOSE.
     
            Subsection (b) of section 301 (42 U.S.C. 10401) is amended 
          to read as follows:
            ``(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this title to improve 
          services and interventions for victims of family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence and to advance primary 
          and secondary prevention of family violence, domestic 
          violence, and dating violence by--
            ``(1) assisting States (including territories) and Indian 
          Tribes in supporting local programs to provide accessible, 
          trauma-informed, culturally relevant residential and non-
          residential services to victims and their children and 
          dependents;
            ``(2) strengthening the capacity of Indian Tribes to 
          exercise their sovereign authority to respond to violence 
          specified in this subsection and committed against Indians;
            ``(3) providing for a network of resource centers to 
          support effective policy, practice, research, and cross-
          system collaboration to improve prevention, intervention and 
          response efforts throughout the country;
            ``(4) supporting the efforts of State (including 
          territorial) and Tribal coalitions to--
            ``(A) address the needs of victims and their children and 
          dependents, including those who are underserved;
            ``(B) implement effective coordinated community and systems 
          responses; and
            ``(C) promote ongoing public education and community 
          engagement;
            ``(5) maintaining national domestic violence hotlines, 
          including a national Indian domestic violence hotline; and
            ``(6) supporting the development and implementation of 
          evidence-informed, coalition-led, and community-based primary 
          prevention approaches and programs.''.
     
          SEC. 603. DEFINITIONS.
     
            Section 302 (42 U.S.C. 10402) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``In 
          this title:'' and inserting the following:
            ``(a) In General.--In this title:'';
            (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Child.--The term `child' means an individual who is 
          younger than age 18.'';
            (3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);
            (4) by--
            (A) redesignating paragraphs (13) and (14) as paragraphs 
          (21) and (22), respectively;
            (B) redesignating paragraphs (7) through (12) as paragraphs 
          (13) and (15) through (19), respectively; and
            (C) redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (9) 
          and (11), respectively;
            (5) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Dating partner.--The term `dating partner' has the 
          meaning given such term in section 40002(a) of the Violence 
          Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)).
            ``(4) Dating violence.--The term `dating violence' has the 
          meaning given such term in section 40002(a) of the Violence 
          Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)).
            ``(5) Digital services.--The term `digital services' means 
          services, resources, information, support, or referrals that 
          are provided through electronic communications platforms and 
          media (which may include mobile phone technology, video 
          technology, computer technology (including use of the 
          internet), and any other emerging communications technologies 
          that are appropriate for the purposes of providing services, 
          resources, information, support, or referrals for the benefit 
          of victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating 
          violence) and that are in accessible formats, including 
          formats compliant with the most recent Web Content 
          Accessibility Guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium, or 
          successor guidelines as applicable.
            ``(6) Disability.--The term `disability' has the meaning 
          given the term in section 3 of the Americans with 
          Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102).
            ``(7) Domestic violence.--The term `domestic violence' has 
          the meaning given such term in section 40002(a) of the 
          Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)).
            ``(8) Family violence.--The term `family violence' means 
          any act, threatened act, or pattern of acts of physical or 
          sexual violence, stalking, harassment, psychological abuse, 
          economic abuse, technological abuse, or any other form of 
          abuse, including threatening to commit harm against children 
          or dependents or other members of the household of the 
          recipient of the threat for the
     
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          purpose of coercion, threatening, or causing harm, directed 
          against a person (including an elderly person) who is--
            ``(A) related by blood or marriage to the person committing 
          such an act (including a threatened act or pattern of acts);
            ``(B) a dating partner or other person similarly situated 
          to a dating partner under the laws of the jurisdiction;
            ``(C) a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated 
          with the person committing such an act (including a 
          threatened act or pattern of acts);
            ``(D) a current or former spouse or other person similarly 
          situated to a spouse under the laws of the jurisdiction;
            ``(E) a person who shares a child or dependent in common 
          with the person committing such an act; or
            ``(F) any other person who is protected from any such act 
          under the domestic or family violence laws, policies, or 
          regulations of the jurisdiction.'';
            (6) by amending paragraph (9), as so redesignated, to read 
          as follows:
            ``(9) Indian; indian tribe; tribal organization.--The terms 
          `Indian', `Indian Tribe', and `Tribal organization' have the 
          meanings given such terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-
          Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
          5304).'';
            (7) by inserting after paragraph (9), as so redesignated, 
          the following:
            ``(10) Institution of higher education.--The term 
          `institution of higher education' has the meaning given such 
          term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
          U.S.C. 1001).'';
            (8) by amending paragraph (11), as so redesignated, to read 
          as follows:
            ``(11) Native hawaiian; native hawaiian organization.--The 
          terms `Native Hawaiian' and `Native Hawaiian organization' 
          have the meanings given such terms in section 6207 of the 
          Native Hawaiian Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7517).'';
            (9) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by striking ``42 
          U.S.C. 13925(a)'' and inserting ``34 U.S.C. 12291(a)'';
            (10) by inserting after paragraph (11), as so redesignated, 
          the following:
            ``(12) Population specific services.--The term `population 
          specific services' has the meaning given such term in section 
          40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act (34 U.S.C. 
          12291(a)).'';
            (11) by inserting after paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 
          the following:
            ``(14) Racial and ethnic minority population.--The term 
          `racial and ethnic minority population' includes each group 
          listed in the definition of such term in section 1707(g) of 
          the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-6(g)).'';
            (12) by amending paragraph (16), as so redesignated, to 
          read as follows:
            ``(16) Shelter.--The term `shelter' means the provision of 
          temporary refuge and basic necessities, in conjunction with 
          supportive services, provided on a regular basis, in 
          compliance with applicable State (including territorial), 
          Tribal, or local law to victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence, and their children and 
          dependents. Such law includes regulations governing the 
          provision of safe homes and other forms of secure temporary 
          lodging, meals, or supportive services (including providing 
          basic necessities) to victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence, and their children and 
          dependents.'';
            (13) in paragraph (18), as so redesignated--
            (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
          ``, designated by the Secretary,'' after ``organization''; 
          and
            (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``dependents'' and 
          inserting ``children and dependents'';
            (14) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by striking 
          ``dependents'' each place it appears and inserting ``children 
          and dependents'';
            (15) by inserting after paragraph (19), as so redesignated, 
          the following:
            ``(20) Tribal domestic violence coalition.--The term 
          `Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition' means an established 
          nonprofit, nongovernmental Indian organization recognized by 
          the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of 
          Justice that--
            ``(A) provides education, support, and technical assistance 
          to member Indian service providers in a manner that enables 
          the member providers to establish and maintain culturally 
          appropriate services, including shelter and supportive 
          services designed to assist Indian victims of family 
          violence, domestic violence, or dating violence and the 
          children and dependents of such victims; and
            ``(B) is comprised of members who are representative of--
            ``(i) the member service providers described in 
          subparagraph (A); and
            ``(ii) the Tribal communities in which the services are 
          being provided.'';
            (16) in paragraph (21), as so redesignated--
            (A) by striking ``tribally'' and inserting ``Tribally'';
            (B) by striking ``tribal'' and inserting ``Tribal''; and
            (C) by striking ``tribe'' each place it appears and 
          inserting ``Tribe''; and
            (17) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(23) Youth.--The term `youth' has the meaning given such 
          term in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 
          1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)).
            ``(b) Rule of Construction.--In this title, any use of the 
          term `family violence', `domestic violence', or `dating 
          violence' shall be treated as a reference to each of the 
          terms `family violence', `domestic violence', and `dating 
          violence'.''.
     
          SEC. 604. GRANT CONDITIONS.
     
            The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 
          10401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 302 the 
          following:
     
          ``SEC. 302A. GRANT CONDITIONS.
     
            ``(a) Discrimination Prohibited.--
            ``(1) Application of civil rights provisions.--Programs and 
          activities funded in whole or in part with funds made 
          available under this title are considered to be programs and 
          activities receiving Federal financial assistance for the 
          purpose of Federal laws relating to discrimination in 
          programs or activities. Subject to paragraph (2), entities 
          that carry out programs and activities funded in whole or in 
          part with funds made available under this title shall not 
          discriminate on the bases described in section 
          40002(b)(13)(A) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
          U.S.C. 12291(b)(13)(A)).
            ``(2) Application.--Section 40002(b)(13)(B) of the Violence 
          Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(13)(B)) shall 
          apply to any program or activity funded in whole or in part 
          with funds made available under this title.
            ``(3) Enforcement authority.--
            ``(A) Secretary.--
            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall enforce the 
          provisions of paragraph (1) in accordance with section 602 of 
          the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d-1). Section 603 
          of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000d-2) shall apply with respect to 
          any action taken by the Secretary to enforce paragraph (1) 
          regardless of the basis for the discrimination described in 
          paragraph (1).
            ``(ii) Referral to the attorney general for civil action.--
          Whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that a State, an 
          Indian Tribe, or another entity receiving funds under this 
          title has failed to comply with a provision of law referred 
          to in paragraph (1), the Secretary may refer the matter to 
          the Attorney General with a recommendation that an 
          appropriate civil action be instituted.
            ``(B) Attorney general.--When a matter is referred to the 
          Attorney General under subparagraph (A)(ii) or whenever the 
          Attorney General has reason to believe that a State, an 
          Indian Tribe, or another entity receiving funds under this 
          title is engaged in a pattern or practice in violation of a 
          provision of law referred to in paragraph (1), the Attorney 
          General may bring a civil action in any appropriate district 
          court of the United States for such relief as may be 
          appropriate, including injunctive relief.
            ``(4) Construction.--This subsection shall not be construed 
          as affecting any legal remedy provided under any other 
          provision of law.
            ``(b) Nondisclosure of Confidential Information.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to ensure the safety of adult, 
          youth, and child victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence, and their families, grantees 
          and subgrantees under this title shall protect the 
          confidentiality and privacy of persons receiving assistance 
          or services.
            ``(2) Nondisclosure.--Subject to paragraphs (3) through 
          (5), the requirements under subparagraphs (A) through (H) of 
          section 40002(b)(2) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 
          (34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(2)) shall apply to grantees and 
          subgrantees under this title in the same manner such 
          requirements apply to grantees and subgrantees under such 
          Act.
            ``(3) Oversight.--Nothing in this subsection shall prevent 
          the Secretary from disclosing grant activities authorized in 
          this title to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
          Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
          Labor of the House of Representatives pursuant to the 
          exercise of congressional oversight authority. In making all 
          such disclosures, the Secretary shall protect the 
          confidentiality of individuals and omit personally 
          identifying information, including location information about 
          individuals and shelter facilities.
            ``(4) Preemption.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
          construed to supersede any provision of any Federal, State, 
          Tribal, or local law that provides greater protection than 
          this subsection for victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence.
            ``(5) Confidentiality of location.--The address or location 
          of any shelter facility assisted under this title that 
          otherwise maintains a confidential location shall, except 
          with written authorization of the person or persons 
          responsible for the operation of such shelter, not be made 
          public.
            ``(c) Income Eligibility Standards.--No income eligibility 
          standard may be imposed upon persons with respect to 
          eligibility for assistance or services supported with funds 
          under this title. No fees may be levied for assistance or 
          services provided with funds under this title.
            ``(d) Supplement Not Supplant.--Federal funds made 
          available to a State or Indian Tribe under this title shall 
          be used to supplement and not supplant any Federal, State, 
          Tribal, and local public funds expended to provide services 
          and activities that promote the objectives of this title.''.
     
          SEC. 605. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
     
            The Act is amended by repealing section 303 (42 U.S.C. 
          10403) and inserting the following:
     
          ``SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
     
            ``(a) Authorization.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
          to carry out sections 301
     
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          through 312 and 313C, other than section 304(c), $240,000,000 
          for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028.
            ``(2) Reservations for grants to tribes.--Of the amounts 
          appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, not less 
          than 12.5 percent shall be reserved and used to carry out 
          section 309.
            ``(3) Formula grants to states.--Of the amounts 
          appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year and not 
          reserved under paragraph (2) (referred to in this subsection 
          as the `remainder'), not less than 70 percent shall be used 
          for making grants under section 306(a).
            ``(4) Resource centers.--Of the remainder, not less than 6 
          percent shall be used to carry out section 310.
            ``(5) Grants for state and tribal domestic violence 
          coalitions.--Of the remainder--
            ``(A) not less than 10 percent shall be used to carry out 
          section 311; and
            ``(B) not less than 3 percent shall be used to carry out 
          section 311A.
            ``(6) Specialized services.--Of the remainder, not less 
          than 5 percent shall be used to carry out section 312.
            ``(7) Culturally specific services.--Of the remainder, not 
          less than 2.5 percent shall be used to carry out section 
          313C.
            ``(8) Administration, evaluation, and monitoring.--Of the 
          remainder, not more than 3.5 percent shall be used by the 
          Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and other 
          administrative costs under this title.
            ``(b) National Domestic Violence Hotline.--There is 
          authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 313 
          $14,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028.
            ``(c) National Indian Domestic Violence Hotline.--There is 
          authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 313A 
          $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028.
            ``(d) Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and 
          Leadership.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
          out section 314 $26,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
          through 2028.
            ``(e) Grants for Underserved Populations.--There is 
          authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 313B 
          $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028.
            ``(f) Evaluation.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
          to carry out subsection 304(c) $3,500,000 for each of fiscal 
          years 2023 through 2028.''.
     
          SEC. 606. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.
     
            Section 304 (42 U.S.C. 10404) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or institutions of 
          higher education,'' after ``nongovernmental entities'';
            (B) in paragraph (4)--
            (i) by striking ``CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010'' and 
          inserting ``Family Violence Prevention and Services 
          Improvement Act of 2022''; and
            (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (C) in paragraph (5)--
            (i) by inserting ``, intervene in, or respond to'' after 
          ``prevent'';
            (ii) by striking ``or the'' and inserting ``, including 
          the''; and
            (iii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
          and''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) provide for flexibilities in the terms for grants and 
          other agreements and waive program requirements (including 
          match requirements under section 306(c)(2)) reasonably 
          necessary to provide relief for grantees and subgrantees and 
          ensure continuity of program activities, during and in 
          response to--
            ``(A) a major disaster declared by the President under 
          section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
          Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170);
            ``(B) an emergency declared by the President under section 
          501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
          Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191);
            ``(C) a public health emergency declared by the Secretary 
          pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
          U.S.C. 247d); or
            ``(D) other circumstances that would, as determined by the 
          Secretary, result in serious hardship or an inability to 
          carry out such program activities.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``family violence'' and 
          all that follows through the semicolon and inserting 
          ``prevention of, intervention in, and response to family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence;'';
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``prevention and 
          treatment of'' inserting ``prevention of, intervention in, 
          and response to''; and
            (C) in paragraph (3)--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
          ``intervention in and prevention of'' and inserting 
          ``prevention of, intervention in, and response to'';
            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
          inserting a semicolon; and
            (iii) by adding after subparagraph (C) the following:
            ``(D) making grants to eligible entities or entering into 
          contracts with for-profit or nonprofit nongovernmental 
          entities or institutions of higher education to conduct 
          family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence 
          research or evaluation, including by supporting demonstration 
          or discretionary projects (including evaluation projects) in 
          response to current and emerging issues related to prevention 
          of, intervention in, and response to violence specified in 
          this subparagraph; and'';
            (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);
            (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
            ``(c) Evaluation.--In addition to program evaluation 
          otherwise required or permitted under this title, the 
          Secretary may, including through the use of grants, 
          cooperative agreements, or contracts, conduct program 
          evaluation.''; and
            (5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated--
            (A) by striking ``2'' and inserting ``5''; and
            (B) by striking ``section 306(d)'' each place it appears 
          and inserting ``this title''.
     
          SEC. 607. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.
     
            Section 305 (42 U.S.C. 10405) is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
            ``(a) In General.--From the sums appropriated under section 
          303 and available for grants to States under section 306(a) 
          for any fiscal year, each State (including Guam, American 
          Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
          of the Northern Mariana Islands) shall be allotted for a 
          grant under section 306(a), $600,000, with the remaining 
          funds to be allotted to each State (other than Guam, American 
          Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
          of the Northern Mariana Islands) in an amount that bears the 
          same ratio to such remaining funds as the population of such 
          State bears to the population of all such States (excluding 
          Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
          the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).'';
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``under section 314'' 
          each place it appears and inserting ``under this title''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (f).
     
          SEC. 608. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.
     
            Section 306 (42 U.S.C. 10406) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``dependents'' and 
          inserting ``children and dependents''; and
            (B) in paragraph (3)--
            (i) by inserting ``and youth'' after ``children''; and
            (ii) by inserting ``Indians, members of Indian Tribes, or'' 
          after ``who are''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (5)'' and 
          inserting ``section 302A'';
            (B) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (6);
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2); and
            (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
            (i) by striking ``No grant'' and inserting ``Except as 
          provided in section 304(a)(6), no grant''; and
            (ii) by striking ``Indian tribe'' and inserting ``Indian 
          Tribe''.
     
          SEC. 609. STATE APPLICATION.
     
            Section 307 (42 U.S.C. 10407) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
            (i) by striking ``tribally'' and inserting ``Tribally''; 
          and
            (ii) by adding ``For purposes of section 2007(c)(3) of the 
          Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
          10446(c)(3)), a State's application under this paragraph 
          shall be deemed to be a `State plan'.'' at the end; and
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
     
            (I) by striking ``provide a description of'' and inserting 
          ``describe''; and
            (II) by striking ``306(c)'' and inserting ``302A, 
          306(c),'';
     
            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
          following:
            ``(B) provide, with respect to funds described in paragraph 
          (1)--
            ``(i) assurances that--
     
            ``(I) not more than 5 percent of such funds will be used 
          for administrative costs; and
            ``(II) the remaining funds will be distributed to eligible 
          entities as described in section 308(a) for approved 
          activities as described in section 308(b); and
     
            ``(ii) a description of how the State, in the distribution 
          of funds under section 308(a), will give special emphasis to 
          the support of community-based projects of demonstrated 
          effectiveness, that are carried out by nonprofit private 
          organizations and that--
     
            ``(I) have as their primary purpose the provision of 
          shelter for victims of family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence, and their children and dependents; or
            ``(II) provide counseling, advocacy, and self-help services 
          to victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence, and their children and dependents;'';
     
            (iii) in subparagraph (C)--
     
            (I) by inserting ``describe how,'' before ``in the case 
          of''; and
            (II) by striking ``provide an assurance that there will 
          be'' and inserting the following: ``the State will--
     
            ``(i) ensure''; and
     
            (III) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon;
     
            (iv) in subparagraph (D)--
     
            (I) by striking ``in the case of an application submitted 
          by a State, provide an assurance that the State will'';
            (II) by striking ``planning and monitoring'' and inserting 
          ``planning, coordination, and monitoring'';
            (III) by striking ``and the administration of the grant 
          programs and projects'' and inserting ``, the administration 
          of the grant programs and projects, and the establishment of 
          a set of service standards and best practices for grantees, 
          including service standards and
     
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          best practices with cultural and legal relevance for Indian 
          Tribes and cultural relevance for racial and ethnic minority 
          populations''; and
            (IV) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as clause (ii) and 
          indenting appropriately;
     
            (v) by redesignating subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G) as 
          subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respectively;
            (vi) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking 
          ``to underserved populations'' and all that follows through 
          the semicolon and inserting ``for individuals from racial and 
          ethnic minority populations, Tribal populations, and other 
          underserved populations, in the State planning process, and 
          how the State plan addresses the unmet needs of populations 
          described in this subparagraph, including an assurance the 
          State or Indian Tribe will disseminate information about the 
          resource centers authorized under section 310;'';
            (vii) in subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), as so 
          redesignated, by striking ``Indian tribe'' each place it 
          appears and inserting ``Indian Tribe'';
            (viii) in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by striking 
          ``tribally'' and inserting ``Tribally'';
            (ix) by inserting after subparagraph (F), as so 
          redesignated, the following:
            ``(G) describe how activities and services provided by the 
          State or Indian Tribe, including shelter, are designed and 
          delivered to promote trauma-informed care, autonomy, and 
          privacy for victims of family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence, and their children and dependents;''; 
          and
            (x) in subparagraph (H)--
     
            (I) by striking ``tribe'' and inserting ``Tribe''; and
            (II) by inserting ``, remove, or exclude'' after ``bar''; 
          and
     
            (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``tribe'' each place it 
          appears and inserting ``Tribe''; and
            (B) in paragraph (3)--
            (i) in the heading, by striking ``tribal'' and inserting 
          ``Tribal'';
            (ii) by striking ``Indian tribes'' each place such term 
          appears and inserting ``Indian Tribes''; and
            (iii) by striking ``section 306(c)'' and inserting 
          ``sections 302A and 306(c)''.
     
          SEC. 610. SUBGRANTS AND USES OF FUNDS.
     
            Section 308 (42 U.S.C. 10408) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``that is designed'' and inserting ``that 
          are designed''; and
            (B) by striking ``dependents'' and inserting ``children and 
          dependents'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``developing safety 
          plans'' and inserting ``safety planning'';
            (ii) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``, including for 
          racial and ethnic minority populations and persons with 
          disabilities'' before the semicolon;
            (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (H) as 
          subparagraphs (G) through (I), respectively;
            (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
            ``(F) provision of shelter and supportive services to 
          underserved populations;'';
            (v) in subparagraph (H), as so redesignated--
     
            (I) in clause (i), by striking ``Federal and State'' and 
          inserting ``Federal, State, and local'';
            (II) in clause (iii), by striking ``, alcohol, and drug 
          abuse treatment'' and inserting ``and substance use disorder 
          services'';
            (III) in clause (v), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
          semicolon;
            (IV) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (viii);
            (V) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
     
            ``(vi) language assistance, including translation of 
          written materials, telephonic, digital, and in-person 
          interpreter services, for victims with limited English 
          proficiency or victims with disabilities, including persons 
          who are deaf or hard of hearing;
            ``(vii) services described in this subparagraph, provided 
          in a manner that allows for the full participation of victims 
          with disabilities, including providing information in 
          alternative formats; and''; and
     
            (VI) in clause (viii), as so redesignated, by striking ``; 
          and'' and inserting a semicolon;
     
            (vi) in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by striking 
          the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
            (vii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(J) partnerships that enhance the design and delivery of 
          services to victims and their children and dependents; and
            ``(K) accessibility improvements, including to physical 
          structures or to transportation, communication, or digital 
          services.'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
            (i) by striking ``for the primary purpose of providing'' 
          and inserting ``whose primary purpose is to provide'';
            (ii) by inserting ``for the provision of such shelter and 
          services, as described in paragraph (1)(A),'' before ``to 
          adult and'';
            (iii) by striking ``their dependents, as described in 
          paragraph (1)(A)'' and inserting ``their children and 
          dependents'';
            (iv) by striking ``supportive services and prevention 
          services'' and inserting ``supportive services or prevention 
          services''; and
            (v) by striking ``through (H)'' and inserting ``through 
          (I)'';
            (C) by striking ``dependents'' each place it appears (other 
          than in paragraph (1)(J)) and inserting ``children and 
          dependents''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Sense of congress regarding use of funds for removal 
          of architectural barriers to accessibility.--It is the sense 
          of Congress that--
            ``(A) individuals with disabilities experience family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence at 
          disproportionate rates; and
            ``(B) shelter facilities are often not equipped to provide 
          effective services to individuals with disabilities, which 
          can act as an impediment to victims seeking and receiving 
          services.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
            (i) by striking ``a local public agency, or'';
            (ii) by striking ``dependents'' and inserting ``children 
          and dependents''; and
            (iii) by striking ``tribal organizations, and voluntary 
          associations),'' and inserting ``Tribal organizations, and 
          voluntary associations) or a local public agency''; and
            (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) an organization whose primary purpose is to provide 
          culturally specific services to racial and ethnic minority 
          populations, Tribal communities, or other underserved 
          populations, that--
            ``(A) has the capacity to provide, but may not have a 
          documented history of work concerning, assistance to victims 
          of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, 
          and their children and dependents; and
            ``(B) is in partnership with an organization described in 
          paragraph (1).''; and
            (4) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
            ``(d) Conditions.--Participation in supportive services 
          under this title shall be voluntary. Receipt of the benefits 
          of shelter described in subsection (b)(1)(A) shall not be 
          conditioned upon the participation of the adult or youth, or 
          their children or dependents, in any or all of the supportive 
          services offered under this title.''.
     
          SEC. 611. GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES.
     
            Section 309 (42 U.S.C. 10409) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``42 U.S.C. 14045d'' and inserting ``34 
          U.S.C. 20126'';
            (B) by striking ``tribal'' and inserting ``Tribal'';
            (C) by striking ``Indian tribes'' and inserting ``Indian 
          Tribes''; and
            (D) by striking ``section 303(a)(2)(B)'' and inserting 
          ``section 303 and made available'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) by striking ``Indian tribe'' each place it appears and 
          inserting ``Indian Tribe''; and
            (B) by striking ``tribal organization'' each place it 
          appears and inserting ``Tribal organization''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``306(c)'' and inserting 
          ``302A, 306(c),''.
     
          SEC. 612. RESOURCE CENTERS.
     
            Section 310 (42 U.S.C. 10410) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``national 
          resources centers and training and technical assistance'' and 
          inserting ``resource'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and response'' after 
          ``intervention'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
          ``under this title and reserved under section 303(a)(2)(C)'' 
          and inserting ``under section 303 and made available to carry 
          out this section'';
            (ii) in subparagraph (A)--
     
            (I) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
          semicolon;
            (II) in clause (ii)--
     
            (aa) by striking ``7'' and inserting ``11'';
            (bb) by striking ``domestic violence, and intervention and 
          prevention'' and inserting `` the prevention of, intervention 
          in, and response to family violence, domestic violence, and 
          dating violence''; and
            (cc) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a semicolon; and
     
            (III) by adding at the end the following:
     
            ``(iii) an Alaska Native Tribal resource center on domestic 
          violence, to reduce Tribal disparities; and
            ``(iv) a Native Hawaiian resource center on domestic 
          violence, to reduce Native Hawaiian disparities; and''; and
            (iii) in subparagraph (B)--
     
            (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
          ``grants, to'' inserting ``grants to entities that focus on 
          other critical issues, such as'';
            (II) in clause (i)--
     
            (aa) by striking ``(including Alaska Native) or Native 
          Hawaiian''; and
            (bb) by striking ``subsection (b)(3)'' and inserting 
          ``subsection (b)(5)''; and
     
            (III) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:
     
            ``(ii) entities with demonstrated expertise related to--
     
            ``(I) addressing the housing needs of family violence, 
          domestic violence, or dating violence victims and their 
          children and dependents;
            ``(II) educating individuals from underserved populations 
          to increase understanding and outreach about issues related 
          to family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence; or
            ``(III) addressing other emerging issues related to the 
          prevention of, intervention in, or response to family 
          violence, domestic violence, or dating violence.''; and
     
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Notice to congress of new special issue resource 
          centers.--On or after the
     
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          date of the enactment of the Family Violence Prevention and 
          Services Improvement Act of 2022, the Secretary shall provide 
          notice to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
          Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
          Labor of the House of Representatives upon publication of any 
          forecasted grant opportunities for the establishment of a 
          special issue resource center under paragraph (2)(A)(ii).'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
     
            (I) in clause (i)--
     
            (aa) by striking ``training'' and inserting ``education''; 
          and
            (bb) by inserting ``and dependents'' after ``children''; 
          and
     
            (II) in clause (ii), in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
          by inserting ``online'' after ``central''; and
     
            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
     
            (I) in clauses (i) and (ii)--
     
            (aa) by striking ``tribes and tribal organizations'' each 
          place it appears and inserting ``Tribes and Tribal 
          organizations''; and
            (bb) by striking ``the tribes'' and inserting ``the 
          Tribes'';
     
            (II) in clause (i)--
     
            (aa) by striking ``training'' and inserting ``education''; 
          and
            (bb) by striking ``42'' and all that follows through 
          ``3796gg-10 note'' and inserting ``34 U.S.C. 10452 note'';
     
            (III) in clause (ii)--
     
            (aa) by striking ``intervention and prevention'' and 
          inserting ``prevention, intervention, and response''; and
            (bb) by striking ``42'' and all that follows through 
          ``3796gg-10 note'' and inserting ``34 U.S.C. 10452 note''; 
          and
     
            (IV) in clause (iii)--
     
            (aa) by striking ``Native Hawaiians that'' and inserting 
          ``Native Hawaiians who''; and
            (bb) by inserting ``the Office for Victims of Crime and'' 
          after ``Human Services, and'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
     
            (I) by striking ``State and local domestic violence service 
          providers'' and inserting ``support effective policy, 
          practice, research, and cross systems collaboration''; and
            (II) by striking ``enhancing domestic violence intervention 
          and prevention'' and inserting ``enhancing family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence prevention, 
          intervention, and response'';
     
            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``which may include 
          the response to the use of the self-defense plea by domestic 
          violence victims and the issuance and use of protective 
          orders'' and inserting ``including the issuance and use of 
          protective orders, batterers' intervention programming, and 
          responses to charged, incarcerated, and re-entering domestic 
          violence victims'';
            (iii) in subparagraph (B)--
     
            (I) by striking ``victims of domestic violence'' and 
          inserting ``victims of family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence'';
            (II) by inserting ``children and'' after ``their''; and
            (III) by striking ``domestic violence cases'' and inserting 
          ``cases involving violence specified in this subparagraph'';
     
            (iv) in subparagraph (C)--
     
            (I) by striking ``to victims of domestic violence'' and 
          inserting ``to victims of family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence''; and
            (II) by striking ``for victims of domestic violence'' and 
          inserting ``for such victims'';
     
            (v) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
            ``(D) The response of mental health, substance use 
          disorder, and domestic violence systems and programs and 
          other related systems and programs, to victims of family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, and their 
          children and dependents, who experience psychological trauma, 
          or have mental health or substance use needs.'';
            (vi) in subparagraph (E)--
     
            (I) by striking ``enhancing domestic violence intervention 
          and prevention'' and inserting ``enhancing family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence prevention, 
          intervention, and response''; and
            (II) by striking ``of domestic violence''; and
     
            (vii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(F) The response of family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence programs, disability service providers, 
          and related programs and systems to victims with disabilities 
          (including victims who acquire disabilities due to family 
          violence, domestic violence, or dating violence), including--
            ``(i) extending community engagement efforts with persons 
          with disabilities;
            ``(ii) expanding partnerships, communication, and joint 
          education efforts among such programs, providers, and systems 
          in order to modify and improve the services offered by such 
          programs, providers, and systems for victims with 
          disabilities;
            ``(iii) evaluating accessibility barriers in programs and 
          shelter facilities and advising on how to make modifications 
          to meet the needs of victims with disabilities; and
            ``(iv) promoting culturally and linguistically relevant 
          responses for persons with disabilities.
            ``(G) Strengthening the organizational capacity of State, 
          territorial, and Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions and of 
          State (including territorial) and Tribal administrators who 
          distribute funds under this title to community-based family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence programs, 
          with the aim of better enabling such coalitions and 
          administrators--
            ``(i) to collaborate and respond effectively to family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence;
            ``(ii) to meet the conditions and carry out the provisions 
          of this title; and
            ``(iii) to implement best practices to meet the emerging 
          needs of victims and their families, children, and 
          dependents.'';
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5);
            (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Alaska native tribal resource center.--In accordance 
          with subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall award a grant to 
          an eligible entity for an Alaska Native Tribal resource 
          center on domestic violence to reduce Tribal disparities, 
          which shall--
            ``(A) offer a comprehensive array of technical assistance 
          and educational resources to Indian Tribes and Tribal 
          organizations, specifically designed to enhance the capacity 
          of the Tribes and organizations to respond to family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and the 
          findings of section 901 and purposes in section 902 of the 
          Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
          Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 10452 note);
            ``(B) coordinate all projects and activities with the 
          national resource center described in paragraph (1)(B);
            ``(C) coordinate with the projects and activities of that 
          center that involve working with non-Tribal State and local 
          governments to enhance their capacity to understand the 
          unique needs of Alaska Natives;
            ``(D) provide comprehensive community education and 
          prevention initiatives relating to family violence, domestic 
          violence, and dating violence in a culturally sensitive and 
          relevant manner; and
            ``(E) coordinate activities with other Federal agencies, 
          offices, and grantees that address the needs of Alaska 
          Natives who experience family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence, including the Office of Justice Services 
          of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, 
          and the Office for Victims of Crime and the Office on 
          Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice.
            ``(4) Native hawaiian resource center.--In accordance with 
          subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall award a grant to an 
          eligible entity for a Native Hawaiian resource center on 
          domestic violence to reduce Native Hawaiian disparities, 
          which shall--
            ``(A) offer a comprehensive array of technical assistance 
          and educational resources to Native Hawaiian organizations, 
          specifically designed to enhance the capacity of the Native 
          Hawaiian organizations to respond to family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence;
            ``(B) coordinate all projects and other activities with the 
          national resource center described in paragraph (1)(B);
            ``(C) coordinate all projects and other activities, with 
          State and local governments, that involve working with the 
          State and local governments, to enhance their capacity to 
          understand the unique needs of Native Hawaiians;
            ``(D) provide comprehensive community education and 
          prevention initiatives relating to family violence, domestic 
          violence, and dating violence in a culturally sensitive and 
          relevant manner; and
            ``(E) coordinate activities with other Federal agencies, 
          offices, and grantees that address the needs of Native 
          Hawaiians who experience family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence, including the Office for Victims of 
          Crime and the Office on Violence Against Women of the 
          Department of Justice.''; and
            (E) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated--
            (i) in subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i), by striking ``Indian 
          tribes, tribal organizations'' each place it appears and 
          inserting ``Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations'';
            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
     
            (I) by striking ``the tribes'' and inserting ``the 
          Tribes''; and
            (II) by striking ``nontribal'' and inserting ``non-
          Tribal''; and
     
            (iii) by striking ``(including Alaska Natives) or Native 
          Hawaiians'' each place it appears; and
            (4) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
          ``or (D)'' and inserting ``(D), (F), (G), or (H)'';
            (ii) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
            ``(A) provides documentation to the Secretary--
            ``(i) demonstrating experience working directly on issues 
          of domestic violence; and
            ``(ii)(I) in the case of an entity seeking a grant under 
          such a subparagraph of subsection (b)(2), other than 
          subparagraph (F) of such subsection, demonstrating experience 
          working directly in the corresponding specific special issue 
          area described in such subsection; or
            ``(II) in the case of an entity seeking a grant under 
          subparagraph (G) of such subsection, demonstrating--
     
            ``(aa) such experience; or
            ``(bb) that the entity has partnered with a private, 
          nonprofit organization that has the primary purpose of 
          serving individuals with disabilities;'' and
     
            (iii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
            ``(B) includes on the board of directors or advisory 
          committee and on the staff of such
     
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          entity, individuals who are from domestic violence programs 
          and who have demonstrated experience working with individuals 
          who are geographically or culturally diverse; and'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
            (i) by striking ``tribal organization'' each place it 
          appears and inserting ``Tribal organization'';
            (ii) by striking ``Indian tribes'' each place it appears 
          and inserting ``Indian Tribes'';
            (iii) by striking ``domestic violence'' each place it 
          appears and inserting ``family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence'';
            (iv) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking ``42 U.S.C. 
          3796gg-10 note'' each place it appears and inserting ``34 
          U.S.C. 10452 note'';
            (v) in subparagraph (B)--
     
            (I) by striking ``tribally'' and inserting ``Tribally''; 
          and
            (II) by striking ``prevention and intervention'' and 
          inserting ``prevention, intervention, and response''; and
     
            (vi) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``prevention and 
          intervention'' and inserting ``prevention, intervention, and 
          response'';
            (C) in paragraph (3)--
            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``community'' and 
          inserting ``population'';
            (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``prevention and 
          services'' and inserting ``prevention, intervention, and 
          response'' and
            (iii) in subparagraph (B)(ii)--
     
            (I) by inserting ``geographically diverse'' before 
          ``advocates''; and
            (II) by striking ``from across the Nation'';
     
            (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6);
            (E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Alaska native tribal resource center on domestic 
          violence.--To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection 
          (b)(3), an entity shall be a Tribal organization, or a 
          nonprofit private organization that focuses primarily on 
          issues of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence within Indian Tribes, in Alaska that submits 
          information to the Secretary demonstrating--
            ``(A) experience working with Indian Tribes, and Tribal 
          organizations, in Alaska to respond to family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence and the findings of 
          section 901 of the Violence Against Women and Department of 
          Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162; 34 
          U.S.C. 10452 note);
            ``(B) experience providing Indian Tribes, and Tribal 
          organizations, in Alaska with assistance in developing 
          Tribally based prevention, intervention, and response 
          services addressing family violence, domestic violence, and 
          dating violence and safety for American Indian and Alaska 
          Native women consistent with the purposes of section 902 of 
          the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
          Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162; 34 U.S.C. 
          10452 note);
            ``(C) strong support for the entity's designation as the 
          Alaska Native Tribal resource center on domestic violence 
          from advocates working with Indian Tribes in Alaska to 
          address family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence and the safety of Alaska Native women;
            ``(D) a record of demonstrated effectiveness in assisting 
          Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations, in Alaska with 
          prevention, intervention, and response services addressing 
          family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; and
            ``(E) the capacity to serve geographically diverse Indian 
          Tribes, and Tribal organizations, in Alaska.
            ``(5) Native hawaiian resource center.--To be eligible to 
          receive a grant under subsection (b)(4), an entity shall be a 
          Native Hawaiian organization, or a nonprofit private 
          organization that focuses primarily on issues of family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence within the 
          Native Hawaiian community, that submits information to the 
          Secretary demonstrating--
            ``(A) experience working with Native Hawaiian organizations 
          to respond to family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence;
            ``(B) experience providing Native Hawaiian organizations 
          with assistance in developing prevention, intervention, and 
          response services addressing family violence, domestic 
          violence, and dating violence and safety for Native Hawaiian 
          women;
            ``(C) strong support for the entity's designation as the 
          Native Hawaiian resource center on domestic violence from 
          advocates working with Native Hawaiian organizations to 
          address family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence and the safety of Native Hawaiian women;
            ``(D) a record of demonstrated effectiveness in assisting 
          Native Hawaiian organizations with prevention, intervention, 
          and response services addressing family violence, domestic 
          violence, and dating violence; and
            ``(E) the capacity to serve geographically diverse Native 
          Hawaiian communities and organizations.''; and
            (F) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
          ``subsection (b)(3)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)(5)''; 
          and
            (ii) in subparagraph (A)--
     
            (I) by striking ``(including Alaska Natives)''; and
            (II) by striking ``Indian tribe, tribal organization'' and 
          inserting ``Indian Tribe, Tribal organization''.
     
          SEC. 613. GRANTS TO STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS.
     
            Section 311 (42 U.S.C. 10411) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``section 
          303(a)(2)(D)'' and inserting ``section 303 and made available 
          to carry out this section'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
            (i) by striking ``intervention and prevention'' and 
          inserting ``prevention, intervention, and response''; and
            (ii) by striking ``shall include'';
            (B) in paragraph (1)--
            (i) by inserting ``, and evidence-informed prevention of,'' 
          after ``comprehensive responses to''; and
            (ii) by striking ``working with local'' and inserting 
          ``shall include--
            ``(A) working with local'';
            (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
          subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, and adjusting the 
          margins accordingly;
            (D) in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1), as so 
          redesignated--
            (i) by striking ``dependents'' and inserting ``children and 
          dependents''; and
            (ii) by adding ``and'' after the semicolon; and
            (E) by inserting after subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1), 
          as so redesignated, the following:
            ``(D) collaborating with, as applicable for the State, 
          Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations (including Alaska 
          Native groups or communities), or Native Hawaiian groups or 
          communities, to address the needs of Indian (including Alaska 
          Native) or Native Hawaiian victims of family violence, 
          domestic violence, or dating violence; and'';
            (F) in paragraph (4)--
            (i) by striking ``collaborating with and providing'' and 
          inserting ``may include--
            ``(A) collaborating with and providing''; and
            (ii) by striking ``, mental health'' and inserting 
          ``(including mental health and substance use disorders)'';
            (G) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2);
            (H) in paragraph (6), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
          and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and adjusting 
          the margins accordingly;
            (I) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (7) as 
          subparagraphs (B) through (D), respectively, and adjusting 
          the margins accordingly;
            (J) in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2), as 
          so redesignated, by striking ``child abuse is present;'' and 
          inserting ``there is a co-occurrence of child abuse; and'';
            (K) by striking paragraph (8); and
            (L) in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2), as so 
          redesignated, by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period;
            (3) by striking subsection (e);
            (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as 
          subsections (e) through (g), respectively; and
            (5) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by striking 
          ``Indian tribes and tribal organizations'' and inserting 
          ``Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations''.
     
          SEC. 614. GRANTS TO TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS.
     
            The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 
          10401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 311 the 
          following:
     
          ``SEC. 311A. GRANTS TO TRIBAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITIONS.
     
            ``(a) Grants Authorized.--Beginning with fiscal year 2023, 
          out of amounts appropriated under section 303 and made 
          available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the 
          Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities in 
          accordance with this section.
            ``(b) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
          under this section, an entity shall be a Tribal Domestic 
          Violence Coalition that provides services to Indian Tribes.
            ``(c) Application.--Each Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition 
          desiring a grant under this section shall submit an 
          application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
          and containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
          The application submitted by the coalition for the grant 
          shall provide documentation of the coalition's work, 
          demonstrating that the coalition--
            ``(1) meets all the applicable requirements set forth in 
          this section; and
            ``(2) has the ability to conduct all activities described 
          in this section, as indicated by--
            ``(A) documented experience in administering Federal grants 
          to conduct the activities described in subsection (d); or
            ``(B) documented history of activities to further the 
          purposes of this section set forth in subsection (d).
            ``(d) Use of Funds.--A Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition 
          eligible under subsection (b) that receives a grant under 
          this section may use the grant funds for administration and 
          operation to further the purposes of family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence prevention, 
          intervention, and response activities, including--
            ``(1) working with local Tribal family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence service programs and providers 
          of direct services to encourage appropriate and comprehensive 
          responses to family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence against adults or youth within the Indian Tribes 
          served, including providing education and technical 
          assistance and conducting Tribal needs assessments;
            ``(2) participating in planning and monitoring the 
          distribution of subgrants and subgrant funds within the State 
          under section 308(a);
            ``(3) working in collaboration with Tribal service 
          providers and community-based organizations to address the 
          needs of victims of
     
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          family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, and 
          their children and dependents;
            ``(4) collaborating with, and providing information to, 
          entities in such fields as housing, health care (including 
          mental health and substance use disorder care), social 
          welfare, education, and law enforcement to support the 
          development and implementation of effective policies;
            ``(5) supporting the development and implementation of 
          effective policies, protocols, legislation, codes, and 
          programs that address the safety and support needs of adult 
          and youth Tribal victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence;
            ``(6) encouraging appropriate responses to cases of family 
          violence, domestic violence, or dating violence against 
          adults or youth, by working with Tribal, State, and Federal 
          judicial agencies and law enforcement agencies;
            ``(7) working with Tribal, State, and Federal judicial 
          agencies, including family law judges, criminal court judges, 
          child protective service agencies, and children's advocates 
          to develop appropriate responses to child custody and 
          visitation issues--
            ``(A) in cases of child exposure to family violence, 
          domestic violence, or dating violence; or
            ``(B) in cases in which--
            ``(i) family violence, domestic violence, or dating 
          violence is present; and
            ``(ii) child abuse is present;
            ``(8) providing information to the public about prevention 
          of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence 
          within Indian Tribes;
            ``(9) assisting Indian Tribes' participation in, and 
          attendance of, Federal and State consultations on family 
          violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, including 
          consultations mandated by the Violence Against Women Act of 
          1994 (title IV of Public Law 103-322), the Victims of Crime 
          Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.), or this title; and
            ``(10) providing services described in section 308(b) to 
          victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence.
            ``(e) Reallocation.--If, at the end of the sixth month of 
          any fiscal year for which sums are appropriated under section 
          303 and made available to carry out this section, a portion 
          of the available amount has not been awarded to Tribal 
          Domestic Violence Coalitions for grants under this section 
          because of the failure of such coalitions to meet the 
          requirements for such grants, then the Secretary shall award 
          such portion, in equal shares, to Tribal Domestic Violence 
          Coalitions that meet such requirements.''.
     
          SEC. 615. SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR ABUSED PARENTS AND THEIR 
                        CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
     
            Section 312 (42 U.S.C. 10412) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
            (i) by striking ``service programs and community-based 
          programs to prevent future domestic violence by addressing, 
          in an appropriate manner, the needs of children'' and 
          inserting `` service programs and community-based programs, 
          including culturally-specific community based programs, to 
          serve children and youth''; and
            (ii) by inserting ``, and to support the caregiving 
          capacity of adult victims'' before the period; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``for periods of not more 
          than 2'' and inserting ``for periods of 3'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) by inserting ``or State domestic violence services'' 
          after ``local'';
            (B) by inserting ``a culturally specific organization,'' 
          after ``associations),'';
            (C) by striking ``tribal organization'' and inserting 
          ``Tribal organization'';
            (D) by inserting ``adult, child, and youth'' after 
          ``serving''; and
            (E) by striking ``and their children''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) a description of how the entity will prioritize the 
          safety of, and confidentiality of information about adult, 
          child, and youth victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence;'';
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``developmentally 
          appropriate and age-appropriate services, and culturally and 
          linguistically appropriate services, to the victims and 
          children; and'' and inserting ``trauma-informed, 
          developmentally appropriate, age-appropriate, and culturally 
          and linguistically appropriate services to children and youth 
          and their adult caregivers;'';
            (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``appropriate and 
          relevant to the unique needs of children exposed to family 
          violence, domestic violence, or dating violence.'' and 
          inserting the following: ``that--
            ``(i) is relevant to the unique needs of children and youth 
          exposed to family violence, domestic violence, or dating 
          violence;
            ``(ii) provides for the safety of children, youth, and 
          their non-abusing parents; and
            ``(iii) improves the interventions, delivery of services, 
          and treatments provided for such children, youth, and 
          families; and''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) a description of prevention activities targeting 
          child and youth victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence.'';
            (4) in subsection (d)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
     
            (I) by striking ``victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence and their children'' and 
          inserting ``child, youth and adult victims of family 
          violence, domestic violence, or dating violence''; and
            (II) by inserting ``and the health system, including for 
          the purpose of improving the recognition and response by the 
          systems to signs of family violence, domestic violence, or 
          dating violence'' before the semicolon;
     
            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and youth'' after 
          ``children''; and
            (iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``or youth'' after 
          ``child''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``community-based 
          organizations serving victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence or children exposed to family 
          violence, domestic violence, or dating violence'' and 
          inserting ``health, education, or other community-based 
          organizations serving adult, child, and youth victims of 
          family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence''; and
            (ii) in subparagraph (C)--
     
            (I) by inserting ``and youth'' after ``for children''; and
            (II) by inserting ``health,'' after ``transportation,''; 
          and
     
            (5) in subsection (e)--
            (A) by inserting ``shall participate in an evaluation and'' 
          after ``under this section''; and
            (B) by striking ``contain'' and inserting ``including 
          information on''.
     
          SEC. 616. NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE GRANT.
     
            Section 313 (42 U.S.C. 10413) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``telephone hotline'' and inserting 
          ``telephonic hotline and digital services'';
            (B) by striking ``a hotline that provides'' and inserting 
          ``a hotline and digital services that provide''; and
            (C) by inserting before the period at the end of the second 
          sentence the following: ``, and that provide information 
          about healthy relationships for adults and youth'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
            (A) in paragraph (2)--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
          ``and digital services'' after ``hotline'';
            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``hotline personnel'' 
          and all that follows through ``by the hotline'' and inserting 
          ``advocacy personnel responding to hotline callers and 
          digital service users'';
            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``hotline 
          personnel'' and inserting ``advocacy personnel responding to 
          hotline callers and digital service users'';
            (iv) in subparagraphs (D) and (F), by inserting ``and 
          digital services'' after ``hotline'' each place such term 
          appears;
            (v) in subparagraph (E)--
     
            (I) by striking ``non-English speaking callers'' and 
          inserting ``callers and digital services users with limited 
          English proficiency''; and
            (II) by striking ``hotline personnel'' and inserting 
          ``advocacy personnel'';
     
            (vi) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``hearing 
          impairments; and'' and inserting ``disabilities, including 
          individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or are blind or 
          have visual impairments, and for educating hotline and 
          digital services personnel in assisting persons with 
          disabilities when those persons are accessing the hotline and 
          digital services;'';
            (vii) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``youth victims'' 
          and all that follows and inserting ``youth victims of family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, which plan 
          may be carried out through a national youth dating violence 
          hotline and other digital services and resources'';
            (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``, digital services,'' 
          after ``hotline'';
            (C) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
            ``(5) demonstrate that the applicant has the ability to--
            ``(A) provide information and referrals for individuals 
          contacting the hotline or using digital services;
            ``(B) directly connect callers or assist digital services 
          users in connecting to service providers;
            ``(C) employ crisis interventions meeting the standards of 
          family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence 
          providers; and
            ``(D) provide information about healthy relationships for 
          adults and youth;'';
            (D) in paragraph (7), by striking ``306(c)(5)'' and 
          inserting ``302A(b)''; and
            (3) in subsection (e)--
            (A) in the heading, by inserting ``and Digital Services'' 
          after ``Hotline'';
            (B) in paragraph (1)--
            (i) by striking ``telephone hotline'' and inserting 
          ``telephonic hotline and digital services''; and
            (ii) by striking ``and assistance to adult'' and inserting 
          ``for the benefit of adult''; and
            (C) in paragraph (2)--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
          ``and digital services'' after ``hotline'';
            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``toll-free telephone 
          line'' and inserting ``24-hour toll-free telephone line and 
          an internet service provider for operating digital services 
          in accessible formats including TTY and interpreter services, 
          where applicable'' before the semicolon;
            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``, provide 
          counseling and referral services for callers on a 24-hour-a-
          day basis, and directly
     
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          connect callers'' and inserting ``and digital services 
          contacts, provide counseling, healthy relationship 
          information, and referral services for callers and digital 
          services users, on a 24-hour-a-day basis, and directly 
          connect callers and digital services users'';
            (iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``and digital 
          services users'' after ``callers'';
            (v) in subparagraph (D)--
     
            (I) by inserting ``and digital services'' after 
          ``hotline''; and
            (II) by inserting ``and, as appropriate, in accessible 
          formats, including formats compliant with the most recent Web 
          Content Accessibility Guidelines or successor guideline as 
          applicable'' after ``users'';
     
            (vi) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``underserved 
          populations and individuals with disabilities'' and inserting 
          ``racial and ethnic minority populations, Tribal populations, 
          persons with disabilities, and other underserved populations, 
          by ensuring access to the hotline and digital services 
          through accommodations and education for advocacy 
          personnel'';
            (vii) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``teen dating 
          violence hotline'' and inserting ``hotline or digital 
          services''; and
            (viii) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ``or digital 
          services provider'' after ``hotline operator'' each place it 
          appears.
     
          SEC. 617. NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE GRANT.
     
            (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to increase 
          the availability of information and assistance to Indian 
          adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence, family and household members of 
          such victims, and individuals affected by such victimization 
          by supporting a national, toll-free telephonic and digital 
          hotline to provide services that are--
            (1) informed of Federal Indian law and Tribal laws 
          impacting Indian victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence;
            (2) culturally appropriate to Indian adult and youth 
          victims; and
            (3) developed in cooperation with victim services offered 
          by Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.
            (b) Grant Program.--The Family Violence Prevention and 
          Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.) is amended by 
          inserting after section 313 the following:
     
          ``SEC. 313A. NATIONAL INDIAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE GRANT.
     
            ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award a grant to a 
          Tribal organization or private, nonprofit entity to maintain 
          the ongoing operation of a 24-hour, national, toll-free 
          telephonic hotline and digital services to provide 
          information and assistance to Indian adult and youth victims 
          of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, 
          family and household members of such victims, and other 
          individuals affected by such victimization.
            ``(b) Term.--The Secretary shall award a grant under this 
          section for a period of not more than 5 years.
            ``(c) Conditions on Payment.--The provision of payments 
          under a grant awarded under this section shall be subject to 
          annual approval by the Secretary and subject to the 
          availability of appropriations for each fiscal year to make 
          the payments.
            ``(d) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
          this section, an entity shall be a Tribal organization or a 
          nonprofit private organization that focuses primarily on 
          issues of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence as it relates to American Indians and Alaska 
          Natives, and submit an application to the Secretary that 
          shall--
            ``(1) contain such agreements, assurances, and information, 
          be in such form, and be submitted in such manner, as the 
          Secretary shall prescribe;
            ``(2) include a complete description of the applicant's 
          plan for the operation of a national Indian domestic violence 
          hotline and digital services, including descriptions of--
            ``(A) the education program for advocacy personnel 
          responding to hotline callers and digital service users, 
          including education on the provision of culturally 
          appropriate services, Federal Indian law and Tribal laws 
          impacting Indian victims of family violence, domestic 
          violence, or dating violence, and resources and referrals for 
          such victims;
            ``(B) the qualifications of the applicant and the hiring 
          criteria and qualifications for advocacy personnel, to ensure 
          that hotline advocates and other personnel have demonstrated 
          knowledge of Indian legal, social, and cultural issues and 
          are able to meet the unique needs of Indian callers and users 
          of digital services;
            ``(C) the methods for the creation, maintenance, and 
          updating of a resource database of culturally appropriate 
          victim services and resources available from Indian Tribes 
          and Tribal organizations;
            ``(D) a plan for publicizing the availability of the 
          national Indian hotline and digital services to Indian 
          victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence;
            ``(E) a plan for providing service to callers and digital 
          services users with limited English proficiency, including 
          service through advocacy personnel who have non-English 
          language capability;
            ``(F) a plan for facilitating access to hotline and digital 
          services by persons with disabilities, including individuals 
          who are deaf or hard of hearing or are blind or have visual 
          impairments, and for educating hotline and digital services 
          personnel on assisting persons with disabilities when those 
          persons are accessing the hotline and digital services; and
            ``(G) a plan for providing assistance and referrals to 
          Indian youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence, which plan may be carried out through a 
          national Indian youth dating violence hotline and other 
          digital services and resources;
            ``(3) demonstrate recognized expertise providing services, 
          including information on healthy relationships and referrals 
          for Indian victims of family violence, domestic violence, or 
          dating violence and coordinating services with Indian Tribes 
          or Tribal organizations;
            ``(4) demonstrate support from Indian victim services 
          programs, Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions, and Tribal 
          grantees under this title;
            ``(5) demonstrate the capacity and expertise to maintain a 
          domestic violence hotline, digital services and a 
          comprehensive database of service providers from Indian 
          Tribes or Tribal organizations;
            ``(6) demonstrate compliance with nondisclosure 
          requirements as described in section 302A(b) and following 
          comprehensive quality assurance practices; and
            ``(7) contain such other information as the Secretary may 
          require.
            ``(e) Indian Hotline Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--An entity that receives a grant under 
          this section shall use funds made available through the grant 
          for the purpose described in subsection (a), consistent with 
          paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Activities.--In establishing and operating the 
          hotline and digital services, the entity--
            ``(A) shall contract with a carrier for the use of a 24-
          hour toll-free telephone line and an internet service 
          provider for operating digital services in accessible formats 
          including TTY and interpreter services, where applicable;
            ``(B) shall employ, educate, and supervise personnel to 
          answer incoming calls and digital services contacts, provide 
          counseling, healthy relationship information, and referral 
          services for Indian callers and digital services users on a 
          24-hour-a-day basis, directly connect callers, and assist 
          digital services users in connecting to service providers;
            ``(C) shall assemble and maintain a database of information 
          relating to services for Indian victims of family violence, 
          domestic violence, or dating violence to which Indian callers 
          or digital services users may be referred, including 
          information on the availability of shelter and supportive 
          services for victims of family violence, domestic violence, 
          or dating violence;
            ``(D) shall widely publicize the hotline and digital 
          services (and, as appropriate, in accessible formats, 
          including formats compliant with the most recent Web Content 
          Accessibility Guidelines or successor guideline as 
          applicable) throughout Indian Tribes and communities, 
          including--
            ``(i) national and regional member organizations of Indian 
          Tribes;
            ``(ii) Tribal domestic violence services programs; and
            ``(iii) Tribal nonprofit victim service providers;
            ``(E) at the discretion of the hotline operator or digital 
          services provider, may provide--
            ``(i) appropriate assistance and referrals for family and 
          household members of Indian victims of family violence, 
          domestic violence, or dating violence, and Indians affected 
          by the victimization described in subsection (a); and
            ``(ii) appropriate assistance, or referrals for counseling 
          or intervention, for identified Indian perpetrators, 
          including self-identified perpetrators, of family violence, 
          domestic violence, or dating violence, but shall not be 
          required to provide such assistance or referrals in any 
          circumstance in which the hotline operator or digital 
          services provider fears the safety of a victim may be 
          impacted by an abuser or suspected abuser.
            ``(f) Reports and Evaluation.--The entity receiving a grant 
          under this section shall submit a performance report to the 
          Secretary at such time as shall be reasonably required by the 
          Secretary. Such report shall describe the activities that 
          have been carried out with such grant funds, contain an 
          evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities, and 
          provide such additional information as the Secretary may 
          reasonably require.
            ``(g) Administration, Evaluation, and Monitoring.--Of 
          amounts appropriated under section 303(c) to carry out this 
          section, not more than 4 percent may be used by the Secretary 
          for evaluation, monitoring, and other administrative costs 
          under this section.''.
     
          SEC. 618. ADDITIONAL GRANT PROGRAMS.
     
            The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 
          10401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 313A, as 
          added by this title, the following:
     
          ``SEC. 313B. GRANTS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
     
            ``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to 
          provide grants to assist communities in mobilizing and 
          organizing resources in support of effective and sustainable 
          programs to prevent, intervene in, and respond to family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, experienced 
          by underserved populations.
            ``(b) Planning and Implementation Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the 
          Director of the Family Violence
     
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          Prevention and Services Program, shall award grants to 
          eligible entities to assist in capacity building for, or 
          planning, developing, or implementing of, culturally and 
          linguistically appropriate, community-driven strategies to 
          prevent, intervene in, and respond to family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence, in underserved 
          populations.
            ``(2) Eligible entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
          under this subsection, an entity shall be--
            ``(A) a population-specific organization--
            ``(i) that has demonstrated experience and expertise in 
          providing population-specific victim services in the relevant 
          underserved population that the entity proposes to serve; or
            ``(ii) that demonstrates capacity for providing victim 
          services and is working in partnership with a victim service 
          provider or domestic violence or sexual assault coalition; or
            ``(B) a victim service provider that is offering 
          population-specific services for a specific underserved 
          population.
            ``(3) Application.--An entity seeking a grant under this 
          subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary at 
          such time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
          the Secretary may require. Such application shall include a 
          description of the targeted underserved population to be 
          served under the grant and how grant funds will be used in 
          accordance with this subsection.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--An entity that receives a grant under 
          this subsection--
            ``(A) shall use the grant funds to support the capacity 
          building, planning, developing, or implementing of programs 
          for the targeted underserved population that--
            ``(i) utilize community-driven prevention, intervention, 
          and response strategies that address the barriers to access 
          to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence 
          services;
            ``(ii) raise awareness of family violence, domestic 
          violence, and dating violence; and
            ``(iii) promote community engagement in the prevention of, 
          intervention in, and response to family violence, domestic 
          violence, and dating violence;
            ``(B) may use the grant funds to--
            ``(i) expand collaboration with national, State, Tribal, 
          local, or community partners that can provide appropriate 
          assistance to the targeted underserved population;
            ``(ii) develop and implement community engagement 
          strategies, including the establishment of community working 
          groups;
            ``(iii) procure or participate in evidence-based education 
          and technical assistance for program development, 
          implementation, evaluation, and other programmatic issues;
            ``(iv) identify or implement promising prevention, 
          intervention, and response strategies;
            ``(v) implement, with input from the targeted underserved 
          population, a plan developed under subparagraph (C)(ii);
            ``(vi) collect, analyze, or interpret data appropriate for 
          monitoring and evaluating the program carried out under this 
          subsection, which may include collaboration with academic or 
          other appropriate institutions;
            ``(vii) collaborate with appropriate partners to 
          disseminate information gained from the program to expand the 
          reach of the information;
            ``(viii) develop policy initiatives for systems change to 
          address the barriers described in subparagraph (A)(i) or the 
          awareness issues described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and
            ``(ix) conduct an evaluation of the capacity building, 
          planning, development, or implementation activities conducted 
          using the grant funds; and
            ``(C) for planning purposes, may use the grant funds to--
            ``(i) conduct, incorporating input from the targeted 
          underserved population, a needs assessment of the targeted 
          underserved population to determine the barriers to access 
          described in subparagraph (A)(i) and factors contributing to 
          such barriers; and
            ``(ii) develop a plan, with the input of the targeted 
          underserved population, that includes strategies for--
     
            ``(I) implementing prevention, intervention, and response 
          strategies that demonstrate potential for addressing the 
          barriers to access, raising awareness of family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence, and promoting 
          community engagement in the prevention of, intervention in, 
          and response to family violence, domestic violence, and 
          dating violence, within the targeted underserved population;
            ``(II) identifying other sources of revenue (besides funds 
          appropriated to carry out this section) and integrating 
          current and proposed funding sources to ensure long-term 
          sustainability of the program carried out by the eligible 
          entity under this subsection; and
            ``(III) conducting evaluations, including collecting data 
          and measuring progress toward addressing family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence, or towards raising 
          awareness of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence, in the targeted underserved population.
     
            ``(5) Duration.--
            ``(A) In general.--Except as described in subparagraph (B), 
          the period during which payments may be made under a grant 
          under this subsection shall not exceed 5 years.
            ``(B) Extension for extraordinary circumstances.--In a case 
          in which the Secretary determines that extraordinary 
          circumstances exist, the Secretary may extend the period 
          under subparagraph (A) for not more than 2 years.
            ``(c) Evaluation Grants, Agreements, and Contracts.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants or 
          enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with eligible 
          entities that have received a grant under subsection (b) for 
          the purpose of additional data analysis, program evaluation, 
          which may include evaluating the processes used by the 
          program and evaluating the program outcome measures, or 
          dissemination of findings.
            ``(2) Eligible entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
          or to enter into a cooperative agreement or contract under 
          this subsection, an entity shall be an organization that--
            ``(A) has received a grant under subsection (b); and
            ``(B) is working in collaboration with an entity that--
            ``(i) specializes in research, data analysis, or program 
          evaluation; and
            ``(ii) has the ability to analyze or evaluate the programs 
          carried out by the organization.
            ``(3) Application.--An entity seeking a grant, cooperative 
          agreement, or contract under this subsection shall submit an 
          application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
          and containing such information as the Secretary may require, 
          including--
            ``(A) a description of the proposed scope of the analysis 
          or evaluation and how funds will be used to carry out such 
          analysis or evaluation; and
            ``(B) a description of how the analysis or evaluation seeks 
          to increase the research base of effective programs for 
          improving services for preventing, intervening, and 
          responding to family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence in underserved populations.
            ``(d) Nonsupplantation.--Funds provided under this section 
          shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, 
          State, and local public funds expended to provide services 
          and activities that promote the purposes of this section.
            ``(e) Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Monitoring.--
            ``(1) In general.--Of the amounts appropriated under 
          section 303(e) for each fiscal year--
            ``(A) up to 5 percent may be used by the Secretary for 
          evaluation, monitoring, and other administration under this 
          section; and
            ``(B) up to 3 percent may be used by the Secretary for 
          technical assistance under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Technical assistance provided by grantees.--The 
          Secretary shall enable recipients of grants under subsection 
          (b) to share best practices, evaluation results, reports, and 
          other pertinent information regarding the programs and 
          projects funded under this section with other entities 
          serving underserved populations.
            ``(3) Reports.--Each entity receiving funds under this 
          section shall file a performance report at such times as 
          requested by the Secretary describing the activities that 
          have been carried out with funds under this section and 
          providing such additional information as the Secretary may 
          require.
     
          ``SEC. 313C. GRANTS TO ENHANCE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES.
     
            ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary, acting through the 
          Director of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
          Program, shall establish a grant program to establish or 
          enhance culturally specific services for victims of family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence from racial 
          and ethnic minority populations.
            ``(b) Purposes.--
            ``(1) In general.--The purposes of the grant program under 
          this section are to--
            ``(A) develop and support innovative culturally specific 
          community-based programs to enhance access to shelter or 
          supportive services to further the purposes of family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence prevention, 
          intervention, and response for all victims of family 
          violence, domestic violence, or dating violence from racial 
          and ethnic minority populations who face obstacles to using 
          more traditional services and resources;
            ``(B) strengthen the capacity and further the leadership 
          development of individuals in racial and ethnic minority 
          populations to address family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence in their communities; and
            ``(C) promote strategic partnership development and 
          collaboration, including with health programs, early 
          childhood programs, economic support programs, schools, child 
          welfare programs, workforce development programs, domestic 
          violence programs, other community-based programs, faith-
          based programs, and youth programs, in order to address 
          family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence 
          through a multidisciplinary approach.
            ``(2) Use of funds.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
          eligible entities for programs for the targeted populations 
          to establish or enhance family violence, domestic violence, 
          and dating violence prevention, intervention, and response 
          efforts that address distinctive culturally specific 
          responses to family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence in racial and ethnic minority populations.
            ``(B) New programs.--In carrying out this section, the 
          Secretary may award initial planning and capacity building 
          grants to eligible entities that are establishing new 
          programs in order to support the planning and development of 
          culturally specific programs.
     
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            ``(C) Competitive basis.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
          grants are awarded under this section, to the extent 
          practical, only on a competitive basis.
            ``(D) Technical assistance.--Up to 5 percent of funds 
          appropriated under section 303 and made available to carry 
          out this section for a fiscal year shall be available for 
          educational and technical assistance to be used by the 
          grantees to access evidence-based educational and technical 
          assistance, including from centers described in section 310, 
          regarding the provision of effective culturally specific, 
          community-based services for racial and ethnic minority 
          populations.
            ``(c) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible for a grant under 
          this section, an entity shall be a private nonprofit, 
          nongovernmental organization (including a faith-based, 
          charitable, or voluntary organization) that is--
            ``(1) a community-based organization whose primary purpose 
          is providing culturally specific services to victims of 
          family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence from 
          racial and ethnic minority populations; or
            ``(2) a community-based organization whose primary purpose 
          is providing culturally specific services to individuals from 
          racial and ethnic minority populations that can partner with 
          an organization having demonstrated expertise in serving 
          victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence.
            ``(d) Cultural Competency of Services.--The Secretary shall 
          ensure that information and services provided pursuant to 
          this section are provided in the language, educational 
          context, and cultural context that is most appropriate for 
          the individuals for whom the information and services are 
          intended.
            ``(e) Grant Period.--The Secretary shall award grants under 
          this section for a 3-year period, with a possible extension 
          of another 2 years to further implementation of the projects 
          under the grant.
            ``(f) Nonexclusivity.--Nothing in this section shall be 
          interpreted to exclude linguistically and culturally specific 
          community-based entities from applying for other sources of 
          funding available under this title.
            ``(g) Reports and Evaluation.--Each entity receiving funds 
          under this section shall file a performance report at such 
          times as requested by the Secretary describing the activities 
          that have been carried out with such grant funds and 
          providing such additional information as the Secretary may 
          require.''.
     
          SEC. 619. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCEMENT AND 
                        LEADERSHIP.
     
            Section 314 (42 U.S.C. 10414) is amended to read as 
          follows:
     
          ``SEC. 314. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ENHANCEMENT AND 
                        LEADERSHIP.
     
            ``(a) Purpose.--The purposes of this section are--
            ``(1) to continue efforts to build evidence for effective 
          primary and secondary prevention practices, programs, and 
          policies, that reduce and end family violence, domestic 
          violence, and dating violence; and
            ``(2) to advance primary and secondary prevention efforts 
          related to family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence, through the establishment, operation, and 
          maintenance of State, Tribal, and local community projects.
            ``(b) Programs Authorized.--From the amounts appropriated 
          under section 303(d), the Secretary shall provide--
            ``(1) grants or cooperative agreements under subsection (c) 
          to eligible entities to build organizational capacity and 
          leadership for primary and secondary prevention of family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, including 
          work with other systems central to prevention at the State, 
          Tribal, and local levels; and
            ``(2) grants or cooperative agreements under subsection (d) 
          to eligible entities to--
            ``(A) implement and test innovative family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence prevention models, 
          particularly models for those programs serving culturally 
          specific or underserved populations; and
            ``(B) scale up family violence, domestic violence, and 
          dating violence prevention models with promising or 
          demonstrated evidence of effectiveness.
            ``(c) Grants or Cooperative Agreements to Build Primary and 
          Secondary Prevention Capacity.--
            ``(1) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant or 
          cooperative agreement under this subsection, an entity shall 
          be a State Domestic Violence Coalition, territorial Domestic 
          Violence Coalition, or Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition.
            ``(2) Application.--An eligible entity seeking a grant or 
          cooperative agreement under this subsection shall submit an 
          application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
          and containing such information as the Secretary may require, 
          including a demonstration of the entity's prevention work and 
          ability to conduct the activities described in paragraph (3).
            ``(3) Use of funds.--An entity that receives a grant or 
          cooperative agreement under this subsection--
            ``(A) shall use the grant or cooperative agreement funds 
          to--
            ``(i) build the entity's organizational and leadership 
          capacity to advance evidence-informed primary and secondary 
          prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence;
            ``(ii) provide prevention-focused education, technical 
          assistance, peer learning opportunities, and other support to 
          local domestic violence programs and other community-based 
          and culturally specific programs working to address family 
          violence, domestic violence, and dating violence;
            ``(iii) provide education and advocacy to State, Tribal, 
          and local public and private entities on how to prevent 
          family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; and
            ``(iv) support dissemination of prevention strategies and 
          approaches throughout State, Tribal, or local communities; 
          and
            ``(B) may use the grant or cooperative agreement funds to 
          provide subgrants to local programs for the purposes 
          described in clauses (i) though (iv) of subparagraph (A).
            ``(4) Reports.--Each entity receiving a grant or 
          cooperative agreement under this subsection shall submit a 
          performance report to the Secretary at such time as the 
          Secretary requires. Such report shall describe the activities 
          that have been carried out with the grant or cooperative 
          agreement funds and the effectiveness of such activities, and 
          provide such additional information as the Secretary may 
          require.
            ``(d) Grants or Cooperative Agreement for Implementation, 
          Evaluation, and Scaling of Primary and Secondary Prevention 
          Strategies.--
            ``(1) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant or 
          cooperative agreement under this subsection, an entity 
          shall--
            ``(A) be a State, Tribal, or territorial Domestic Violence 
          Coalition; and
            ``(B) include representatives of pertinent sectors of the 
          local community to be served, which may include--
            ``(i) health care providers;
            ``(ii) State, Tribal, or local health departments serving 
          the local community;
            ``(iii) the education community;
            ``(iv) the juvenile justice system;
            ``(v) family violence, domestic violence, or dating 
          violence service program advocates;
            ``(vi) faith-based organizations;
            ``(vii) public human service entities;
            ``(viii) business leaders;
            ``(ix) civic leaders;
            ``(x) child and youth-serving organizations;
            ``(xi) community-based organizations that provide 
          culturally appropriate services to underserved populations, 
          such as racial and ethnic minority populations; and
            ``(xii) other pertinent sectors.
            ``(2) Term.--Grants or cooperative agreements under this 
          subsection shall be for a period of not more than 5 fiscal 
          years.
            ``(3) Applications.--An entity that desires a grant or 
          cooperative agreement under this subsection to carry out a 
          project shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 
          time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
          Secretary may require, which shall include the information 
          described in each of the following subparagraphs:
            ``(A) A complete description of--
            ``(i) the prevention models and strategies to be 
          implemented, tested, or scaled and partner organizations that 
          will be implementing a project to prevent family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence;
            ``(ii) the coalition's strategy to prevent family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence and the expected 
          outcomes from the prevention activities to be carried out 
          under the grant;
            ``(iii) the method to be used for identification and 
          selection of project staff and a project evaluator; and
            ``(iv) the method to be used for identification and 
          selection of a project council consisting of representatives 
          of the community sectors listed in paragraph (1)(B).
            ``(B) A demonstration that the coalition--
            ``(i) has developed collaborative relationships with 
          diverse communities, including organizations primarily 
          serving culturally specific or other underserved populations; 
          and
            ``(ii) has the capacity to carry out collaborative 
          community initiatives to prevent family violence, domestic 
          violence, and dating violence.
            ``(C) Such other information, agreements, and assurances as 
          the Secretary may require.
            ``(4) Geographical dispersion.--The Secretary shall award 
          grants or cooperative agreements under this subsection to 
          coalitions for States and Tribes that are geographically 
          dispersed throughout the United States.
            ``(5) Use of funds.--
            ``(A) In general.--An entity that receives a grant or 
          cooperative agreements under this subsection shall use the 
          grant or cooperative agreement funds to--
            ``(i) establish, operate, maintain, and evaluate a project 
          that involves a coordinated community response to reduce risk 
          factors for family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence perpetration and enhance protective factors to 
          promote positive development and healthy relationships and 
          communities; and
            ``(ii) if such a project shows promising or demonstrated 
          evidence of effectiveness, scale up such project.
            ``(B) Requirements.--In establishing and operating a 
          project under this paragraph, an entity shall--
            ``(i) utilize evidence-informed prevention project 
          planning;
            ``(ii) recognize and address the needs of underserved 
          populations, such as racial and ethnic minority populations 
          and persons with disabilities, through culturally specific 
          responses; and
     
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            ``(iii) expand family violence, domestic violence, and 
          dating violence prevention strategies among local domestic 
          violence programs and other community-based programs.
            ``(6) Reports.--
            ``(A) In general.--Each entity receiving a grant or 
          cooperative agreement under this subsection shall submit a 
          performance report to the Secretary at such time as the 
          Secretary requires. Such report shall contain an evaluation 
          that describes the activities that have been carried out with 
          the grant or cooperative agreement funds and the 
          effectiveness of such activities, and provide such additional 
          information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(B) Publication.--The Secretary shall make the evaluation 
          reports received under this paragraph publicly available on 
          the Department of Health and Human Services website, and 
          submit such reports to the Committee on Health, Education, 
          Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 
          Education and Labor of the House of Representatives.
            ``(e) Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Monitoring.--
          The Secretary may use a portion of the funds appropriated to 
          carry out this section to provide for the evaluation, 
          monitoring, administration, and technical assistance of 
          programs authorized under subsection (b).
            ``(f) Rules of Construction.--
            ``(1) State domestic violence coalition.--Notwithstanding 
          section 302, for purposes of this Act, the term `State', used 
          with respect to a Domestic Violence Coalition, means a State 
          Domestic Violence Coalition operating in a State that is one 
          of the several States or the District of Columbia.
            ``(2) Territorial domestic violence coalition.--For 
          purposes of this Act, the term `territorial' used with 
          respect to a Domestic Violence Coalition, means a State 
          Domestic Violence Coalition operating in a State that is the 
          Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 
          States Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern 
          Mariana Islands.''.
     
          SEC. 620. ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY 
                        AMONG SURVIVORS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC 
                        VIOLENCE, AND DATING VIOLENCE.
     
            Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
          Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall--
            (1) conduct a study that includes--
            (A) a review of what is known about the number of survivors 
          of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence in 
          the United States;
            (B) statistical data for recent fiscal years, as available, 
          on such number of survivors;
            (C) a description of key Federal programs providing such 
          survivors with financial and nonfinancial services and 
          supports;
            (D) an analysis of the gaps in such services and supports 
          provided by Federal programs, including in meeting the 
          financial and nonfinancial needs of survivors;
            (E) a demographic analysis of the distribution of such gaps 
          for groups including racial and ethnic minorities, 
          individuals with disabilities, Tribal populations, and 
          individuals who are geographically isolated;
            (F) a review of challenges that could affect program 
          utilization by such survivors; and
            (G) an review of the extent to which Federal agencies 
          administering programs described in subparagraph (C) have 
          taken steps to ensure that survivors of family violence, 
          domestic violence, and dating violence have access to 
          programs that will support them; and
            (2) submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
          and Pensions and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
          and the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on 
          the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on 
          such study.
     
          SEC. 621. GAO REVIEW OF RESOURCE CENTERS.
     
            Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
          Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall--
            (1) conduct a review of the resource centers receiving 
          grants under section 310 of the Family Violence Prevention 
          and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10410) that includes--
            (A) an evaluation of how the Secretary of Health and Human 
          Services works to ensure the effectiveness of such resource 
          centers in providing information, education, and technical 
          assistance related to the response to, intervention in, and 
          prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating 
          violence;
            (B) an evaluation of the quality of the data submissions 
          under subsection (d) of such section;
            (C) recommendations, as appropriate, to the Secretary for 
          improvements to the use of such resource centers; and
            (D) an evaluation of the capacity of the Secretary to 
          present statutorily-required data on such resource centers to 
          Congress within the required timeframe; and
            (2) submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, 
          Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 
          Education and Labor of the House of Representatives on such 
          review.
     
                          TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
     
          SEC. 701. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION RULE.
     
            (a) Effective Date.--This division, including the 
          amendments made by this division, takes effect on the date of 
          enactment of this Act.
            (b) Transition.--
            (1) Definition.--In this section, the term ``immediate 
          provision'' means any of--
            (A) sections 109, 111, 202, 302, 303, 504, 506, 605, 620, 
          and 621, including an amendment made by that section;
            (B) the portion of section 301 that adds section 302 of the 
          Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act;
            (C) the portions of section 401 that insert sections 403 
          and 405 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act; and
            (D) the portion of section 612 that adds paragraph (3) to 
          section 310(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
          Act.
            (2) Applicable provisions.--For each provision of this 
          division that is not one of the immediate provisions, the 
          Secretary of Health and Human Services--
            (A) shall determine the date (which shall be not later than 
          October 1, 2024) on which the provision shall apply;
            (B) until the date the provision applies, shall apply the 
          corresponding provision (if any) in effect on the day before 
          the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (C) shall have the authority to take such steps as are 
          necessary to provide for the orderly transition to, and 
          implementation of, programs authorized by this division, 
          including the amendments made by this division, not later 
          than October 1, 2024.
            (3) Immediate provision.--In order to provide for that 
          orderly transition, until October 1, 2024, a reference in an 
          immediate provision shall be considered to be a reference to 
          that provision, or to the corresponding provision (if any) 
          described in paragraph (2)(B), as determined by the 
          Secretary.
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