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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1722 

To improve the training of child protection professionals. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2013 

Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BOOZMAN, and Mr. FRANKEN) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To improve the training of child protection professionals. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Child Protec5 tion Training Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL TRAINING CEN7 TERS. 

8 (a) REGIONAL TRAINING CENTERS.—The Attorney 

9 General, through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin10 quency Prevention and in coordination with the National 

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1 gram to sustain not less than 4 regional training centers 

2 affiliated with institutions of higher education. 

3 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The regional training cen4 ters described in subsection (a) shall— 

5 (1) develop model undergraduate curricula on 

6 recognizing and responding to cases of child mal7 treatment that is inter-disciplinary and that, at a 

8 minimum, consists of a 3-course certificate program 

9 or minor degree; 

10 (2) develop model graduate curricula on recog11 nizing and responding to cases of child maltreatment 

12 for medical schools, law schools, seminaries, and 

13 other institutions of higher education that instruct 

14 students likely to become child protection profes15 sionals or other professionals required by law to re16 port cases of child maltreatment; 

17 (3) after approval by the Attorney General, dis18 seminate model undergraduate and graduate child 

19 maltreatment curricula to institutions of higher edu20 cation, including graduate schools, law schools, and 

21 medical schools; 

22 (4) develop ‘‘laboratory’’ training facilities that 

23 include mock houses, medical facilities, courtrooms, 

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1 graduate or graduate students preparing for child 

2 protection careers as well as for training child pro3 tection professionals currently in the field (including 

4 child protection workers, child protection attorneys, 

5 medical and mental health professionals, law en6 forcement officers, forensic interviewers, and other 

7 professionals who work directly with maltreated chil8 dren); 

9 (5) assist communities in developing evidence10 based prevention programs; and 

11 (6) assist States in developing and maintaining 

12 forensic interview training programs. 

13 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘institu14 tion of higher education’’ has the meaning given that term 

15 in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

16 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

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