CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: allow State child protective services systems to better serve the needs of children who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 4636), H4058 [9MY]

——— enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 5081), H6135 [11JY]

Dept. of HHS: require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (see S. 2343), S3074 [15MY]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (H.R. 5081), H6664, H6670, H6704–H6709 [23JY], E1216 [23JY], E1242 [25JY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HHS: require mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies and provide training on what constitutes child abuse or neglect (S. 2343), S3351 [3JN]

Texts of

H.R. 5081, Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act, H6704 [23JY]