CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see S. 656), S1302 [4MR] (see S. 1028), S2300 [21AP] (see H.R. 469), H530 [22JA]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants to States that extend or eliminate unexpired statutes of limitation applicable to laws involving child sexual abuse (see S. 2397), S8602 [10DE]

——— 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. 2352), S8378 [3DE]

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. 469), H549–H553, H563 [26JA], H672 [2FE], E117, E123 [27JA], E135 [30JA]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking, S1368 [10MR], S1420 [11MR], S2292 [21AP], S2336 [22AP]

Texts of

H.R. 469, Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act, H550 [26JA]

S. 2397, Dept. of HHS grants authorization to States that extend or eliminate unexpired statutes of limitation applicable to laws involving child sexual abuse, S8609 [10DE]