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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4843 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require certain 

monitoring and oversight, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2016 

Mr. BARLETTA (for himself, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. KLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. POLIS, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

to require certain monitoring and oversight, 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 ‘‘Improving Safe Care 

5 for the Prevention of Infant Abuse and Neglect Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. BEST PRACTICES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS OF 

7 SAFE CARE. 

8 Section 103(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

9 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(b)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 

2 (8) as paragraphs (6) through (9), respectively; and 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4), the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(5) maintain and disseminate information 

6 about the best practices relating to the development 

7 of plans of safe care as described in section 

8 106(b)(2)(B)(iii) for infants born and identified as 

9 being affected by illegal substance abuse or with10 drawal symptoms, or a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Dis11 order;’’. 

12 SEC. 3. STATE PLANS. 

13 Section 106(b)(2)(B)(iii) of the Child Abuse Preven14 tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)(B)(iii)) 

15 is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 

16 following: ‘‘to ensure the safety and well-being of such in17 fant following release from the care of healthcare pro18 viders, including through addressing the health of the af19 fected family or caregiver’’. 

20 SEC. 4. DATA REPORTS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106(d) of the Child Abuse 

22 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)) is 

23 amended by adding at the end of the following: 

24 ‘‘(17) The total number of infants— 


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1 ‘‘(A) identified under subsection 

2 (b)(2)(B)(ii); 

3 ‘‘(B) for whom a plan of safe care was de4 veloped under subsection (b)(2)(B)(iii); and 

5 ‘‘(C) for whom referrals are made for ap6 propriate services, including services for the af7 fected family or caregiver, as may be necessary 

8 under subsection (b)(2)(B)(iii).’’. 

9 (b) REDESIGNATION.—Effective on May 29, 2017, 

10 section 106(d) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat11 ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)) is amended by redesig12 nating paragraph (17) (as added by subsection (a)) as 

13 paragraph (18). 

14 SEC. 5. MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT. 

15 (a) AMENDMENT.—Title I of the Child Abuse Preven16 tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is fur17 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 114. MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT. 

19 ‘‘The Secretary shall conduct monitoring to ensure 

20 that each State that receives a grant under section 106 

21 is in compliance with the requirements of section 106(b), 

22 which— 

23 ‘‘(1) shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) be in addition to the review of the 

2 State plan upon its submission under section 

3 106(b)(1)(A); and 

4 ‘‘(B) include monitoring of State policies 

5 and procedures required under clauses (ii) and 

6 (iii) of section 106(b)(2)(B); and 

7 ‘‘(2) may include— 

8 ‘‘(A) a comparison of activities carried out 

9 by the State to comply with the requirements of 

10 section 106(b) with the State plan most re11 cently approved under section 432 of the Social 

12 Security Act; 

13 ‘‘(B) information available on the Website 

14 of the State relating to its compliance with the 

15 requirements of section 106(b); 

16 ‘‘(C) site visits, as may be necessary to 

17 carry out such monitoring; and 

18 ‘‘(D) information available in the State’s 

19 Annual Progress and Services Report most re20 cently submitted under section 1357.16 of title 

21 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 

22 regulations).’’. 

23 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

24 section 1(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 


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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended by inserting after 

2 the item relating to section 113, the following: 

‘‘Sec. 114. Monitoring and oversight.’’. 

3 SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

4 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize 

5 the Secretary of Health and Human Services or any other 

6 officer of the Federal Government to add new require7 ments to section 106(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 

8 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)), as amended by this 

9 Act. 

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