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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3060 

To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child 

abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 14, 2015 

Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. LEE, 

Mr. TAKANO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. MOORE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. HINOJOSA, 

Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. TED LIEU

of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to 

prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Stop Child Abuse in 

5 Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

3 (2) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi4 vidual who has not attained the age of 18. 

5 (3) CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.—The term 

6 ‘‘child abuse and neglect’’ has the meaning given 

7 such term in section 3 of the Child Abuse Preven8 tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note). 

9 (4) COVERED PROGRAM.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered pro11 gram’’ means each facility of a program oper12 ated by a public or private entity that, with re13 spect to one or more children who are unrelated 

14 to the owner or operator of the program, pur15 ports to provide treatment or modify behaviors 

16 in a residential environment, such as— 

17 (i) a program with a wilderness or 

18 outdoor experience, expedition, or interven19 tion; 

20 (ii) a boot camp experience or other 

21 experience designed to simulate character22 istics of basic military training or correc23 tional regimes; 

24 (iii) a therapeutic boarding school; or 


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1 (iv) a behavioral modification pro2 gram. 

3 (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered pro4 gram’’ does not include— 

5 (i) a hospital licensed by the State; or 

6 (ii) a foster family home that provides 

7 24-hour substitute care for children placed 

8 away from their parents or guardians and 

9 for whom the State child welfare services 

10 agency has placement and care responsi11 bility and that is licensed and regulated by 

12 the State as a foster family home. 

13 (5) MECHANICAL RESTRAINT.—The term ‘‘me14 chanical restraint’’ has the meaning given the term 

15 in section 595(d)(1) of the Public Health Service 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 290jj(d)(1)). 

17 (6) PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.—The term ‘‘physical 

18 restraint’’ means a personal restriction that immo19 bilizes or reduces the ability of an individual to move 

20 the individual’s arms, legs, torso, or head freely, ex21 cept that such term does not include voluntary phys22 ical escort (as such term is defined in section 

23 595(d)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 290jj(d)(2))). 


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1 (7) PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEM.—The 

2 term ‘‘protection and advocacy system’’ means a sys3 tem established by a State under section 143 of the 

4 Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of 

5 Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15043). 

6 (8) SECLUSION.—The term ‘‘seclusion’’ means 

7 the involuntary confinement of a child alone in a 

8 room or area from which the child is physically pre9 vented from leaving. 

10 (9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean11 ing given such term in section 3 of the Child Abuse 

12 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 

13 note). 

14 SEC. 3. STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT. 

15 (a) MINIMUM STANDARDS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec18 retary shall require each covered program, in order 

19 to provide for the basic health and safety of children 

20 at such a program, to meet the following minimum 

21 standards: 

22 (A) PROHIBITION ON CHILD ABUSE AND

23 NEGLECT.—Child abuse and neglect shall be 

24 prohibited. 


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1 (B) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DISCIPLI2 NARY TECHNIQUES.—Disciplinary techniques or 

3 other practices that involve the withholding of 

4 essential food, water, clothing, shelter, or med5 ical care necessary to maintain physical health, 

6 mental health, and general safety, shall be pro7 hibited. 

8 (C) PROHIBITION ON PHYSICAL OR MEN9 TAL ABUSE.—Acts of physical or mental abuse 

10 designed to humiliate, degrade, or undermine a 

11 child’s self-respect shall be prohibited. 

12 (D) LIMITATION ON RESTRAINTS AND SE13 CLUSION.— 

14 (i) The use of seclusion, mechanical 

15 restraints, and physical restraints that im16 pair breathing or communication is prohib17 ited. 

18 (ii) Physical restraints other than the 

19 restraints described in clause (i) may be 

20 used (if not contraindicated) only in emer21 gency situations in which a child presents 

22 an imminent danger of harm to self or oth23 ers and only after less restrictive interven24 tions have been determined to be ineffec25 tive. 


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1 (E) ACCESS TO COMMUNICATIONS.—Each 

2 child at such a program shall have reasonable 

3 access to a telephone, and be informed of their 

4 right to such access to maintain frequent con5 tact, including making and receiving scheduled 

6 and unscheduled calls, unrestricted written cor7 respondence, and electronic communications 

8 with as much privacy as possible, and shall 

9 have access to existing and appropriate na10 tional, State, and local child abuse reporting 

11 hotline numbers. 

12 (F) STAFF-TO-CHILD RATIO.—An appro13 priate ratio of medical, clinical, and line staff to 

14 children, as determined by the Secretary, to en15 sure child safety and the efficacy of treatment. 

16 (G) SENIOR MANAGEMENT.—Not less than 

17 one full-time licensed clinician or mental health 

18 practitioner, as defined by State law, shall be 

19 employed as a senior manager of such a pro20 gram. 

21 (H) LICENSED CLINICIAN.—Not less than 

22 one licensed clinician, as defined by State law, 

23 shall be present at all times at such a program. 

24 (I) PROGRAM POLICIES.—Policies to re25 quire— 


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1 (i) parents or legal guardians of a 

2 child attending such a program to notify, 

3 in writing, such program of any medication 

4 the child is taking; 

5 (ii) a licensed full-time clinician— 

6 (I) to obtain consent from the 

7 parents or legal guardians of the child 

8 to make any change to the child’s 

9 medical treatment, except in the case 

10 of an emergency; 

11 (II) in the case of an emergency, 

12 to notify the parents or guardians 

13 within 24 hours after any change to 

14 the child’s medical treatment and the 

15 reason for such change; and 

16 (III) to notify the parents or 

17 guardians within 24 hours after any 

18 changes to the child’s prescribed 

19 medication or any missed dosage of 

20 prescribed medication, and the reason 

21 for such change or occurrence; and 

22 (iii) the covered program to notify 

23 parents or legal guardians of a child of any 

24 changes to their treating provider team 

25 within 48 hours. 


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1 (J) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Proce2 dures for notifying immediately, to the max3 imum extent practicable, but not later than 

4 within 6 hours, parents or legal guardians with 

5 children at such a program and the appropriate 

6 protection and advocacy system of any— 

7 (i) on-site investigation of a report of 

8 child abuse and neglect; 

9 (ii) violation of the health and safety 

10 standards described in this paragraph; and 

11 (iii) violation of State licensing re12 quirements. 

13 (K) STAFF DISCLOSURES.—Full disclosure, 

14 in writing, of staff qualifications and their roles 

15 and responsibilities at such a program, includ16 ing any medical, emergency response, and men17 tal health training received by such staff, shall 

18 be given to parents or legal guardians of chil19 dren at such a program. 

20 (L) DISCLOSURE OF RIGHT OF ACTION.— 

21 Full disclosure, in writing, of the private right 

22 of action established under subsection (b)(3) of 

23 this Act, shall be given to parents or legal 

24 guardians of children at such a program. 


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1 (M) CHILD ABUSE RESPONSE TRAINING.— 

2 Each staff member, including volunteers, at 

3 such a program shall be required, as a condi4 tion of employment, to become trained in what 

5 constitutes child abuse and neglect, State law 

6 relating to mandated reporters, and procedures 

7 for reporting child abuse and neglect in the 

8 State in which such a program is located, and 

9 information on existing and appropriate na10 tional, State, and local child abuse reporting 

11 hotline numbers. 

12 (N) MEDICAL RESPONSE TRAINING.—Each 

13 staff member, including volunteers, at such a 

14 program shall be required, as a condition of em15 ployment, to become trained in recognizing the 

16 signs, symptoms, and appropriate responses as17 sociated with common medical emergencies and 

18 mental health crisis, including suicide and wors19 ening symptoms of mental illness. 

20 (O) CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK.— 

21 (i) Each staff member, including vol22 unteers, shall be required, as a condition of 

23 employment, to submit to a criminal his24 tory check, including a name-based search 

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1 tablished pursuant to the Adam Walsh 

2 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

3 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.), a search of the 

4 State criminal registry or repository in the 

5 State in which the covered program is op6 erating, and a Federal Bureau of Inves7 tigation fingerprint check. An individual 

8 shall be ineligible to serve in a position 

9 with any contact with children at a covered 

10 program if any such record check reveals a 

11 violent felony conviction that, by virtue of 

12 its nature, proximity in time, or other fac13 tor, presents a direct increase to a child’s 

14 risk of harm in the program as determined 

15 by the Secretary. 

16 (ii) The covered program shall provide 

17 an independent process by which an appli18 cant or staff member who is determined to 

19 be ineligible as a result of a criminal his20 tory check under clause (i) shall have the 

21 right— 

22 (I) to obtain a copy of the report 

23 resulting from the check; and 

24 (II) within 10 business days after 

25 receipt of the report, to appeal, in 


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1 order to dispute the accuracy of the 

2 information obtained through the 

3 check. 

4 (P) INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS.—Full 

5 disclosure, in writing on promotional and infor6 mational materials produced by such a pro7 gram, shall be given to parents or legal guard8 ians of children at such a program, which shall 

9 include— 

10 (i) the name and location of a covered 

11 program, including the names of any own12 ers and operators; 

13 (ii) the numbers and percentages of 

14 children who terminated participation prior 

15 to completion of that program in the past 

16 5 years, including discharges against med17 ical advice; 

18 (iii) any past violations of the stand19 ards under section 3(a)(1) and any pen20 alties levied against the program as a re21 sult of such violations; 

22 (iv) its most updated status with 

23 State licensing requirements; 

24 (v) the number of deaths that oc25 curred in that program for up to a period 


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1 of 10 years, including the cause of each 

2 death; 

3 (vi) the names of owners and opera4 tors that have violated State licensing re5 quirements; 

6 (vii) information on evidence-based or 

7 promising practices employed as treatment 

8 of a covered program, including informa9 tion to aid parents in finding community10 based resources; and 

11 (viii) any national, State, and local 

12 telephone hotline numbers made available 

13 to children and staff to report complaints 

14 of abuse and violations. 

15 (Q) TREATMENT AND DISCHARGE

16 PLANS.—Covered programs shall work with the 

17 parent or legal guardian and the child’s com18 munity providers in the development, modifica19 tion, and implementation of treatment and dis20 charge plans, including a plan for community 

21 reintegration and linkage to community-based 

22 providers and supports. 

23 (R) PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION.— 

24 Ensure that no person shall, on the basis of ac25 tual or perceived race, color, religion, national 


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1 origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, 

2 or disability, be subjected to discrimination 

3 under any program or activity, in whole or in 

4 part, covered by this Act. 

5 (S) EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES.—En6 sure that covered programs employ safe, evi7 dence-based practices, and that children are 

8 protected against harmful or fraudulent prac9 tices including isolation and restraints. 

10 (T) OTHER STANDARDS.—Any other 

11 standards the Secretary determines appropriate 

12 to provide for the basic health and safety of 

13 children at such a program. 

14 (2) REGULATIONS.— 

15 (A) INTERIM REGULATIONS.—Not later 

16 than 180 days after the date of enactment of 

17 this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate and en18 force interim regulations to carry out paragraph 

19 (1). 

20 (B) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretary 

21 shall, for a 90-day period beginning on the date 

22 of the promulgation of interim regulations 

23 under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, so24 licit and accept public comment concerning such 


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1 regulations. Such public comment shall be sub2 mitted in written form. 

3 (C) FINAL REGULATIONS.—Not later than 

4 90 days after the conclusion of the 90-day pe5 riod referred to in subparagraph (B) of this 

6 paragraph, the Secretary shall promulgate and 

7 enforce final regulations to carry out paragraph 

8 (1). 

9 (b) MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT.— 

10 (1) REVIEW PROCESS.—Not later than 180 

11 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

12 Secretary shall implement a review process for over13 seeing, investigating, and evaluating reports of child 

14 abuse and neglect at covered programs received by 

15 the Secretary from the appropriate State, in accord16 ance with section 114(b)(3) of the Child Abuse Pre17 vention and Treatment Act, as added by section 7 

18 of this Act. Such review process shall— 

19 (A) include an investigation to determine if 

20 a violation of the standards required under sub21 section (a)(1) has occurred; and 

22 (B) include consultation and collaboration 

23 with relevant Federal and State agencies. 

24 (2) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Not later than 180 

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1 Secretary shall promulgate regulations establishing 

2 civil penalties for violations of the standards re3 quired under subsection (a)(1). The regulations es4 tablishing such penalties shall incorporate the fol5 lowing: 

6 (A) AMOUNT.—Any owner or operator of a 

7 covered program at which the Secretary has 

8 found a violation of the standards required 

9 under subsection (a)(1) may be assessed a civil 

10 penalty not to exceed $50,000 per violation. 

11 (B) DEPOSIT TO TREASURY.—All penalties 

12 collected under this subsection shall be depos13 ited in the appropriate account of the Treasury 

14 of the United States. 

15 (3) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—Any person 

16 who suffers injury by reason of a violation of this 

17 section may maintain a civil action against the viola18 tor to obtain appropriate compensatory damages and 

19 injunctive relief or other equitable relief. 

20 (c) ACTION.—The Secretary shall establish a process 

21 to assist States in the oversight and enforcement of this 

22 Act, which shall include— 

23 (1) assisting States in implementing oversight 

24 mechanisms to ensure compliance with the standards 

25 under subsection (a)(1); 


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1 (2) maintaining oversight of covered programs 

2 in cases in which a State has not established mecha3 nisms sufficient to ensure compliance with the 

4 standards under subsection (a)(1) within 3 years 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

6 (3) encouraging the use of local, State, or na7 tional hotline numbers for the reporting of child 

8 abuse and any other resources the Secretary deter9 mines to be appropriate. 

10 SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 

11 If the Secretary determines that a violation of section 

12 (3)(a)(1) has not been remedied through the enforcement 

13 process described in subsection (b)(2) of such section, the 

14 Secretary shall refer such violation to the Attorney Gen15 eral for appropriate action. Regardless of whether such a 

16 referral has been made, the Attorney General may, sua 

17 sponte, file a complaint in any court of competent jurisdic18 tion seeking equitable relief or any other relief authorized 

19 by this Act for such violation. 

20 SEC. 5. REPORT. 

21 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

22 of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 

23 Health and Human Services, in coordination with the At24 torney General shall submit to the Committee on Edu25 cation and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 


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1 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

2 the Senate, a report on the activities carried out by the 

3 Secretary and the Attorney General, as authorized and 

4 mandated under this Act. 

5 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec7 retary of Health and Human Services $5,000,000 for each 

8 of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to carry out this Act 

9 (excluding the amendment made by section 7 of this Act). 

10 SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR 

11 GRANTS TO STATES TO PREVENT CHILD 

12 ABUSE AND NEGLECT AT RESIDENTIAL PRO13 GRAMS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Child Abuse Preven15 tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is 

16 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 114. ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR 

18 GRANTS TO STATES TO PREVENT CHILD 

19 ABUSE AND NEGLECT AT RESIDENTIAL PRO20 GRAMS. 

21 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means an indi23 vidual who has not attained the age of 18. 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 

2 program’ means each facility of a program op3 erated by a public or private entity that, with 

4 respect to one or more children who are unre5 lated to the owner or operator of the program, 

6 purports to provide treatment or modify behav7 iors in a residential environment, such as— 

8 ‘‘(i) a program with a wilderness or 

9 outdoor experience, expedition, or interven10 tion; 

11 ‘‘(ii) a boot camp experience or other 

12 experience designed to simulate character13 istics of basic military training or correc14 tional regimes; 

15 ‘‘(iii) a therapeutic boarding school; or 

16 ‘‘(iv) a behavioral modification pro17 gram. 

18 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘covered pro19 gram’ does not include— 

20 ‘‘(i) a hospital licensed by the State; 

21 or 

22 ‘‘(ii) a foster family home that pro23 vides 24-hour substitute care for children 

24 placed away from their parents or guard25 ians and for whom the State child welfare 


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1 services agency has placement and care re2 sponsibility and that is licensed and regu3 lated by the State as a foster family home. 

4 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to 

5 receive a grant under section 106, a State shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) not later than 3 years after the date of en7 actment of this section, develop policies and proce8 dures to prevent child abuse and neglect at covered 

9 programs operating in such State, including stand10 ards that meet or exceed the standards required 

11 under section 3(a)(1) of the Stop Child Abuse in 

12 Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2015; 

13 ‘‘(2) provide a private right of action under 

14 State law for any person who suffers injury by rea15 son of a violation of the standards required under 

16 paragraph (1); 

17 ‘‘(3) develop policies and procedures to enforce 

18 compliance with the requirements developed in ac19 cordance with paragraph (1), including— 

20 ‘‘(A) establishing and monitoring health 

21 and safety licensing requirements applicable to 

22 and necessary for the operation of each location 

23 of such covered programs in the State; and 

24 ‘‘(B) conducting unannounced site inspec25 tions at each location of a covered program; 


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1 ‘‘(4) develop policies and procedures for timely 

2 notification to the Secretary and the appropriate 

3 protection and advocacy system if— 

4 ‘‘(A) the State determines there is evidence 

5 of a pattern of violations of the standards re6 quired under paragraph (1) at a covered pro7 gram operating in the State or by an owner or 

8 operator of such a program; or 

9 ‘‘(B) there is a child fatality at a covered 

10 program operating in the State; and 

11 ‘‘(5) annually submit to the Secretary a report 

12 that includes all covered programs within their juris13 diction, including any violations by each program or 

14 any information deemed by the Secretary to be nec15 essary for enforcement of this Act. 

16 ‘‘(c) OVERSIGHT.—if the Secretary determines that 

17 the State is not satisfying the requirements of this sub18 section within 3 years of enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary shall provide assistance to the State to satisfy such 

20 requirements or withhold funding until such policies and 

21 procedures are established.’’. 

22 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

23 112(a)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 

24 Act (42 U.S.C. 5106h(a)(1)) is amended by striking 

25 ‘‘$120,000,000’’ and all that follows through the period 


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1 and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 

2 through 2020.’’. 

3 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (1) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RE5 SOURCES.—Section 103(c)(1)(D) of the Child Abuse 

6 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 5104(c)(1)(D)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘spe8 cific’’ the following: ‘‘(including reports of child 

9 abuse and neglect occurring at covered programs 

10 (except that such reports shall not contain any per11 sonally identifiable information relating to the iden12 tity of individuals who were the victims of such child 

13 abuse and neglect), as such term is defined in sec14 tion 114)’’. 

15 (2) FURTHER REQUIREMENT.—Section 

16 106(b)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat17 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(1)) is amended by 

18 adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(D) FURTHER REQUIREMENT.—To be eli20 gible to receive a grant under this section, a 

21 State shall comply with the requirements under 

22 section 114(b) and shall include in the State 

23 plan submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) a 

24 description of the activities the State will carry 


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1 out to comply with the requirements under such 

2 section 114(b).’’. 

3 (3) ANNUAL STATE DATA REPORTS.—Section 

4 106(d) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat5 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)) is amended— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 

7 the period at the end the following: ‘‘(including 

8 reports of child abuse and neglect occurring at 

9 covered programs (except that such reports 

10 shall not contain any personally identifiable in11 formation relating to the identity of individuals 

12 who were the victims of such child abuse and 

13 neglect), as such term is defined in section 

14 114)’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (6), by inserting before 

16 the period at the end the following: ‘‘or who 

17 were in the care of a covered program, as such 

18 term is defined in section 114’’. 

19 (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the 

20 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 5101 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating 

22 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.’’. 

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