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H.R. 6358
Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
for Teens Act of 2008
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2008
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6358
IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVESJune 24, 2008Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and LaborA BILLTo require certain standards and
enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in
residential programs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted
by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY- The term ‘Assistant Secretary’ means
the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the
Department of Health and Human Services.
(2) CHILD-
The term ‘child’ means an individual who has not attained
the age of 18.
(3) CHILD
ABUSE AND NEGLECT- The term ‘child abuse and neglect’ has
the meaning given such term in section 111 of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5106g).
(4) COVERED
PROGRAM-
(A) IN
GENERAL- The term ‘covered program’ means each location
of a program operated by a public or private entity
that, with respect to one or more children who are
unrelated to the owner or operator of the program--
(i)
provides a residential environment, such as--
(I) a program with a wilderness or outdoor
experience, expedition, or intervention;
(II) a boot camp experience or other experience
designed to simulate characteristics of basic
military training or correctional regimes;
(III) a therapeutic boarding school; or
(IV) a behavioral modification program; and
(ii)
operates with a focus on serving children with--
(I) emotional, behavioral, or mental health
problems or disorders; or
(II) problems with alcohol or substance abuse.
(B)
EXCLUSION- The term ‘covered program’ does not include--
(i)
a hospital licensed by the State; or
(ii)
a foster family home that provides 24-hour
substitute care for children placed away from their
parents or guardians and for whom the State child
welfare services agency has placement and care
responsibility and that is licensed and regulated by
the State as a foster family home.
(5)
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEM- The term ‘protection and
advocacy system’ means a protection and advocacy system
established under section 143 of the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42
U.S.C. 15043).
(6) STATE-
The term ‘State’ has the meaning given such term in section
111 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.
SEC. 3. STANDARDS AND
ENFORCEMENT.
(a) Minimum
Standards-
(1) IN
GENERAL- Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Children
and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services
shall require each location of a covered program that
individually or together with other locations has an effect
on interstate commerce, in order to provide for the basic
health and safety of children at such a program, to meet the
following minimum standards:
(A)
Child abuse and neglect shall be prohibited.
(B)
Disciplinary techniques or other practices that involve
the withholding of essential food, water, clothing,
shelter, or medical care necessary to maintain physical
health, mental health, and general safety, shall be
prohibited.
(C) The
protection and promotion of the right of each child at
such a program to be free from physical and mechanical
restraints and seclusion (as such terms are defined in
section 595 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 290jj))
to the same extent and in the same manner as a
non-medical, community-based facility for children and
youth is required to protect and promote the right of
its residents to be free from such restraints and
seclusion under such section 595, including the
prohibitions and limitations described in subsection
(b)(3) of such section.
(D) Acts
of physical or mental abuse designed to humiliate,
degrade, or undermine a child’s self-respect shall be
prohibited.
(E) Each
child at such a program shall have reasonable access to
a telephone, and be informed of their right to such
access, for making and receiving phone calls with as
much privacy as possible, and shall have access to the
appropriate State or local child abuse reporting hotline
number, and the national hotline number referred to in
subsection (c)(2).
(F) Each
staff member, including volunteers, at such a program
shall be required, as a condition of employment, to
become familiar with what constitutes child abuse and
neglect, as defined by State law.
(G) Each
staff member, including volunteers, at such a program
shall be required, as a condition of employment, to
become familiar with the requirements, including with
State law relating to mandated reporters, and procedures
for reporting child abuse and neglect in the State in
which such a program is located.
(H) Full
disclosure, in writing, of staff qualifications and
their roles and responsibilities at such program,
including medical, emergency response, and mental health
training, to parents or legal guardians of children at
such a program, including providing information on any
staff changes, including changes to any staff member’s
qualifications, roles, or responsibilities, not later
than 10 days after such changes occur.
(I) Each
staff member at a covered program described in subclause
(I) or (II) of section 2(4)(A)(i) shall be required, as
a condition of employment, to be familiar with the
signs, symptoms, and appropriate responses associated
with heatstroke, dehydration, and hypothermia.
(J) Each
staff member, including volunteers, shall be required,
as a condition of employment, to submit to a criminal
history check, including a name-based search of the
National Sex Offender Registry established pursuant to
the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006
(Public Law 109-248;
42 U.S.C. 16901 et
seq.), a search of the State criminal registry or
repository in the State in which the covered program is
operating, and a Federal Bureau of Investigation
fingerprint check. An individual shall be ineligible to
serve in a position with any contact with children at a
covered program if any such record check reveals a
felony conviction for child abuse or neglect, spousal
abuse, a crime against children (including child
pornography), or a crime involving violence, including
rape, sexual assault, or homicide, but not including
other physical assault or battery.
(K)
Policies and procedures for the provision of emergency
medical care, including policies for staff protocols for
implementing emergency responses.
(L) All
promotional and informational materials produced by such
a program shall include a hyperlink to or the URL
address of the website created by the Assistant
Secretary pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(A).
(M)
Policies to require parents or legal guardians of a
child attending such a program--
(i)
to notify, in writing, such program of any
medication the child is taking;
(ii)
to be notified within 24 hours of any changes to the
child’s medical treatment and the reason for such
change; and
(iii) to be notified within 24 hours of any missed
dosage of prescribed medication.
(N)
Procedures for notifying immediately, to the maximum
extent practicable, but not later than within 48 hours,
parents or legal guardians with children at such a
program of any--
(i)
on-site investigation of a report of child abuse and
neglect;
(ii)
violation of the health and safety standards
described in this paragraph; and
(iii) violation of State licensing standards
developed pursuant to section 114(b)(1) of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as added by
section 7 of this Act.
(O)
Other standards the Assistant Secretary determines
appropriate to provide for the basic health and safety
of children at such a program.
(2)
REGULATIONS-
(A)
INTERIM REGULATIONS- Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant
Secretary shall promulgate and enforce interim
regulations to carry out paragraph (1).
(B)
PUBLIC COMMENT- The Assistant Secretary shall, for a
90-day period beginning on the date of the promulgation
of interim regulations under subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph, solicit and accept public comment concerning
such regulations. Such public comment shall be submitted
in written form.
(C)
FINAL REGULATIONS- Not later than 90 days after the
conclusion of the 90-day period referred to in
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the Assistant
Secretary shall promulgate and enforce final regulations
to carry out paragraph (1).
(b) Monitoring
and Enforcement-
(1) ON-GOING
REVIEW PROCESS- Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall
implement an on-going review process for investigating and
evaluating reports of child abuse and neglect at covered
programs received by the Assistant Secretary from the
appropriate State, in accordance with section 114(b)(3) of
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as added by
section 7 of this Act. Such review process shall--
(A)
include an investigation to determine if a violation of
the standards required under subsection (a)(1) has
occurred;
(B)
include an assessment of the State’s performance with
respect to appropriateness of response to and
investigation of reports of child abuse and neglect at
covered programs and appropriateness of legal action
against responsible parties in such cases;
(C) be
completed not later than 60 days after receipt by the
Assistant Secretary of such a report;
(D) not
interfere with an investigation by the State or a
subdivision thereof; and
(E) be
implemented in each State in which a covered program
operates until such time as each such State has
satisfied the requirements under section 114(c) of the
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as added by
section 7 of this Act, as determined by the Assistant
Secretary, or two years has elapsed from the date that
such review process is implemented, whichever is later.
(2) CIVIL
PENALTIES- Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall
promulgate regulations establishing civil penalties for
violations of the standards required under subsection
(a)(1). The regulations establishing such penalties shall
incorporate the following:
(A) Any
owner or operator of a covered program at which the
Assistant Secretary has found a violation of the
standards required under subsection (a)(1) may be
assessed a civil penalty not to exceed $50,000 per
violation.
(B) All
penalties collected under this subsection shall be
deposited in the appropriate account of the Treasury of
the United States.
(c)
Dissemination of Information- The Assistant Secretary shall
establish, maintain, and disseminate information about the
following:
(1) Websites
made available to the public that contain, at a minimum, the
following:
(A) The
name and each location of each covered program, and the
name of each owner and operator of each such program,
operating in each State, and information regarding--
(i)
each such program’s history of violations of--
(I) regulations promulgated pursuant to
subsection (a); and
(II) section 114(b)(1) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act, as added by
section 7 of this Act;
(ii)
each such program’s current status with the State
licensing requirements under section 114(b)(1) of
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as
added by section 7 of this Act;
(iii) any deaths that occurred to a child while
under the care of such a program, including any such
deaths that occurred in the five year period
immediately preceding the date of the enactment of
this Act, and including the cause of each such
death;
(iv)
owners or operators of a covered program that was
found to be in violation of the standards required
under subsection (a)(1), or a violation of the
licensing standards developed pursuant to section
114(b)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act, as added by section 7 of this Act,
and who subsequently own or operate another covered
program; and
(v)
any penalties levied under subsection (b)(2) and any
other penalties levied by the State, against each
such program.
(B)
Information on best practices for helping adolescents
with mental health disorders, conditions, behavioral
challenges, or alcohol or substance abuse, including
information to help families access effective resources
in their communities.
(2) A
national toll-free telephone hotline to receive complaints
of child abuse and neglect at covered programs and
violations of the standards required under subsection
(a)(1).
(d) Action- The
Assistant Secretary shall establish a process to--
(1) ensure
complaints of child abuse and neglect received by the
hotline established pursuant to subsection (c)(2) are
promptly reviewed by persons with expertise in evaluating
such types of complaints;
(2)
immediately notify the State, appropriate local law
enforcement, and the appropriate protection and advocacy
system of any credible complaint of child abuse and neglect
at a covered program received by the hotline;
(3)
investigate any such credible complaint not later than 30
days after receiving such complaint to determine if a
violation of the standards required under subsection (a)(1)
has occurred; and
(4) ensure
the collaboration and cooperation of the hotline established
pursuant to subsection (c)(2) with other appropriate
National, State, and regional hotlines, and, as appropriate
and practicable, with other hotlines that might receive
calls about child abuse and neglect at covered programs.
SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT BY THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
If the Assistant
Secretary determines that a violation of subsection (a)(1) of
section 3 has not been remedied through the enforcement process
described in subsection (b)(2) of such section, the Assistant
Secretary shall refer such violation to the Attorney General for
appropriate action. Regardless of whether such a referral has
been made, the Attorney General may, sua sponte, file a
complaint in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking
equitable relief or any other relief authorized by this Act for
such violation.
SEC. 5. REPORT.
Not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
in coordination with the Attorney General shall submit to the
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the Senate, a report on the activities carried out by the
Assistant Secretary and the Attorney General under this Act,
including--
(1) a
summary of findings from on-going reviews conducted by the
Assistant Secretary pursuant to section 3(b)(1), including a
description of the number and types of covered programs
investigated by the Assistant Secretary pursuant to such
section;
(2) a
description of types of violations of health and safety
standards found by the Assistant Secretary and any penalties
assessed;
(3) a
summary of State progress in meeting the requirements of
this Act, including the requirements under section 114 of
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as added by
section 7 of this Act;
(4) a
summary of the Secretary’s oversight activities and findings
conducted pursuant to subsection (d) of such section 114;
and
(5) a
description of the activities undertaken by the national
toll-free telephone hotline established pursuant to section
3(c)(2).
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS.
There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through
2013 to carry out this Act (excluding the amendment made by
section 7 of this Act and section 8 of this Act).
SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS TO STATES TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
AT RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS.
(a) In General-
Title I of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘SEC. 114. ADDITIONAL
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS TO STATES TO PREVENT CHILD
ABUSE AND NEGLECT AT RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS.
‘(a)
Definitions- In this section:
‘(1)
CHILD- The term ‘child’ means an individual who has not
attained the age of 18.
‘(2)
COVERED PROGRAM-
‘(A) IN GENERAL- The term ‘covered program’ means
each location of a program operated by a public or
private entity that, with respect to one or more
children who are unrelated to the owner or operator
of the program--
‘(i) provides a
residential environment, such as--
‘(I) a program
with a wilderness or outdoor experience,
expedition, or intervention;
‘(II) a boot
camp experience or other experience designed
to simulate characteristics of basic
military training or correctional regimes;
‘(III) a
therapeutic boarding school; or
‘(IV) a
behavioral modification program; and
‘(ii) operates
with a focus on serving children with--
‘(I)
emotional, behavioral, or mental health
problems or disorders; or
‘(II) problems
with alcohol or substance abuse.
‘(B) EXCLUSION- The term ‘covered program’ does not
include--
‘(i) a hospital
licensed by the State; or
‘(ii) a foster
family home that provides 24-hour substitute
care for children place away from their parents
or guardians and for whom the State child
welfare services agency has placement and care
responsibility and that is licensed and
regulated by the State as a foster family home.
‘(3)
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEM- The term ‘protection and
advocacy system’ means a protection and advocacy system
established under section 143 of the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42
U.S.C. 15043).
‘(b)
Eligibility Requirements- To be eligible to receive a grant
under section 106, a State shall--
‘(1)
not later than three years after the date of the
enactment of this section, develop policies and
procedures to prevent child abuse and neglect at covered
programs operating in such State, including having in
effect health and safety licensing requirements
applicable to and necessary for the operation of each
location of such covered programs that include, at a
minimum--
‘(A) standards that meet or exceed the standards
required under section 3(a)(1) of the Stop Child
Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008;
‘(B) the provision of essential food, water,
clothing, shelter, and medical care necessary to
maintain physical health, mental health, and general
safety of children at such programs;
‘(C) policies for emergency medical care
preparedness and response, including minimum staff
training and qualifications for such responses; and
‘(D) notification to appropriate staff at covered
programs if their position of employment meets the
definition of mandated reporter, as defined by the
State;
‘(2)
develop policies and procedures to monitor and enforce
compliance with the licensing requirements developed in
accordance with paragraph (1), including--
‘(A) designating an agency to be responsible, in
collaboration and consultation with State agencies
providing human services (including child protective
services, and services to children with emotional,
psychological, developmental, or behavioral
dysfunctions, impairments, disorders, or alcohol or
substance abuse), State law enforcement officials,
the appropriate protection and advocacy system, and
courts of competent jurisdiction, for monitoring and
enforcing such compliance;
‘(B) establishing a State licensing application
process through which any individual seeking to
operate a covered program would be required to
disclose all previous substantiated reports of child
abuse and neglect and all child deaths at any
businesses previously or currently owned or operated
by such individual, except that substantiated
reports of child abuse and neglect may remain
confidential and all reports shall not contain any
personally identifiable information relating to the
identity of individuals who were the victims of such
child abuse and neglect;
‘(C) conducting unannounced site inspections not
less often than once every two years at each
location of a covered program;
‘(D) creating a non-public database, to be
integrated with the annual State data reports
required under section 106(d), of reports of child
abuse and neglect at covered programs operating in
the State, except that such reports shall not
contain any personally identifiable information
relating to the identity of individuals who were the
victims of such child abuse and neglect; and
‘(E) implementing a policy of graduated sanctions,
including fines and suspension and revocation of
licences, against covered programs operating in the
State that are out of compliance with such health
and safety licensing requirements;
‘(3) if
the State is not yet satisfying the requirements of this
subsection, in accordance with a determination made
pursuant to subsection (c), develop policies and
procedures for notifying the Secretary and the
appropriate protection and advocacy system of any report
of child abuse and neglect at a covered program
operating in the State not later than 30 days after the
appropriate State entity, or subdivision thereof,
determines such report should be investigated and not
later than 48 hours in the event of a fatality;
‘(4) if
the Secretary determines that the State is satisfying
the requirements of this subsection, in accordance with
a determination made pursuant to subsection (c), develop
policies and procedures for notifying the Secretary if--
‘(A) the State determines there is evidence of a
pattern of violations of the standards required
under paragraph (1) at a covered program operating
in the State or by an owner or operator of such a
program; or
‘(B) there is a child fatality at a covered program
operating in the State;
‘(5)
develop policies and procedures for establishing and
maintaining a publicly available database of all covered
programs operating in the State, including the name and
each location of each such program and the name of the
owner and operator of each such program, information on
reports of substantiated child abuse and neglect at such
programs (except that such reports shall not contain any
personally identifiable information relating to the
identity of individuals who were the victims of such
child abuse and neglect and that such database shall
include and provide the definition of ‘substantiated’
used in compiling the data in cases that have not been
finally adjudicated), violations of standards required
under paragraph (1), and all penalties levied against
such programs;
‘(6)
annually submit to the Secretary a report that
includes--
‘(A) the name and each location of all covered
programs, including the names of the owners and
operators of such programs, operating in the State,
and any violations of State licensing requirements
developed pursuant to subsection (b)(1); and
‘(B) a description of State activities to monitor
and enforce such State licensing requirements,
including the names of owners and operators of each
covered program that underwent a site inspection by
the State, and a summary of the results and any
actions taken; and
‘(7) if
the Secretary determines that the State is satisfying
the requirements of this subsection, in accordance with
a determination made pursuant to subsection (c), develop
policies and procedures to report to the appropriate
protection and advocacy system any case of the death of
an individual under the control or supervision of a
covered program not later than 48 hours after the State
is informed of such death.
‘(c)
Secretarial Determination- The Secretary shall not determine
that a State’s licensing requirements, monitoring, and
enforcement of covered programs operating in the State
satisfy the requirements of this subsection (b) unless--
‘(1)
the State implements licensing requirements for such
covered programs that meet or exceed the standards
required under subsection (b)(1);
‘(2)
the State designates an agency to be responsible for
monitoring and enforcing compliance with such licensing
requirements;
‘(3)
the State conducts unannounced site inspections of each
location of such covered programs not less often than
once every two years;
‘(4)
the State creates a non-public database of such covered
programs, to include information on reports of child
abuse and neglect at such programs (except that such
reports shall not contain any personally identifiable
information relating to the identity of individuals who
were the victims of such child abuse and neglect);
‘(5)
the State implements a policy of graduated sanctions,
including fines and suspension and revocation of
licenses against such covered programs that are out of
compliance with the health and safety licensing
requirements under subsection (b)(1); and
‘(6)
after a review of assessments conducted under section
3(b)(2)(B) of the Stop Child Abuse in Residential
Programs for Teens Act of 2008, the Secretary determines
the State is appropriately investigating and responding
to allegations of child abuse and neglect at such
covered programs.
‘(d)
Oversight-
‘(1) IN
GENERAL- Beginning two years after the date of the
enactment of the Stop Child Abuse in Residential
Programs for Teens Act of 2008, the Secretary shall
implement a process for continued monitoring of each
State that is determined to be satisfying the licensing,
monitoring, and enforcement requirements of subsection
(b), in accordance with a determination made pursuant to
subsection (c), with respect to the performance of each
such State regarding--
‘(A) preventing child abuse and neglect at covered
programs operating in each such State; and
‘(B) enforcing the licensing standards described in
subsection (b)(1).
‘(2)
EVALUATIONS- The process required under paragraph (1)
shall include in each State, at a minimum--
‘(A) an investigation not later than 60 days after
receipt by the Secretary of a report from a State,
or a subdivision thereof, of child abuse and neglect
at a covered program operating in the State, and
submission of findings to appropriate law
enforcement or other local entity where necessary,
if the report indicates--
‘(i) a child
fatality at such program; or
‘(ii) there is
evidence of a pattern of violations of the
standards required under subsection (b)(1) at
such program or by an owner or operator of such
program;
‘(B) an annual review by the Secretary of cases of
reports of child abuse and neglect investigated at
covered programs operating in the State to assess
the State’s performance with respect to the
appropriateness of response to and investigation of
reports of child abuse and neglect at covered
programs and the appropriateness of legal actions
taken against responsible parties in such cases; and
‘(C) unannounced site inspections of covered
programs operating in the State to monitor
compliance with the standards required under section
3(a) of the Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs
for Teens Act of 2008.
‘(3)
ENFORCEMENT- If the Secretary determines, pursuant to an
evaluation under this subsection, that a State is not
adequately implementing, monitoring, and enforcing the
licensing requirements of subsection (b)(1), the
Secretary shall require, for a period of not less than
one year, that--
‘(A) the State shall inform the Secretary of each
instance there is a report to be investigated of
child abuse and neglect at a covered program
operating in the State; and
‘(B) the Secretary and the appropriate local agency
shall jointly investigate such report.’.
(b)
Authorization of Appropriations- Section 112(a)(1) of the
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5106h(a)(1)) is amended by inserting
before the period at the end the following: ‘, and
$235,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013’.
(c)
Conforming Amendments-
(1)
COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES- Section
103(c)(1)(D) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act (42
U.S.C. 5104(c)(1)(D)) is amended by inserting
after ‘specific’ the following: ‘(including reports of
child abuse and neglect occurring at covered programs
(except that such reports shall not contain any
personally identifiable information relating to the
identity of individuals who were the victims of such
child abuse and neglect), as such term is defined in
section 114)’.
(2)
FURTHER REQUIREMENT- Section 106(b)(1) of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5106a(b)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:
‘(C) FURTHER REQUIREMENT- To be eligible to receive
a grant under this section, a State shall comply
with the requirements under section 114(b) and shall
include in the State plan submitted pursuant to
subparagraph (A) a description of the activities the
State will carry out to comply with the requirements
under such section 114(b).’.
(3)
ANNUAL STATE DATA REPORTS- Section 106(d) of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5106a(d)) is amended--
(A)
in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ‘(including reports of child
abuse and neglect occurring at covered programs
(except that such reports shall not contain any
personally identifiable information relating to the
identity of individuals who were the victims of such
child abuse and neglect), as such term is defined in
section 114)’; and
(B)
in paragraph (6), by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ‘or who were in the care of a
covered program, as such term is defined in section
114’.
(d)
Clerical Amendment- Section 1(b) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 113 the following new item:
‘Sec.
114. Additional eligibility requirements for grants to
States to prevent child abuse and neglect at residential
programs.’.
SEC. 8. STUDY AND REPORT ON
OUTCOMES IN COVERED PROGRAMS.
(a) Study- The
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study, in
consultation with relevant agencies and experts, to examine the
outcomes for children in both private and public covered
programs under this Act encompassing a broad representation of
treatment facilities and geographic regions.
(b) Report- The
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and Labor
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that
contains the results of the study conducted under subsection
(a).
Passed the
House of Representatives June 25, 2008.
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