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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5890 

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide assistance 

to States in complying with, and implementing, certain provisions of 

section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act in order 

to promote better protections for young children and family-centered 

responses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2018 

Mr. GARRETT (for himself and Mrs. MURPHY of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

to provide assistance to States in complying with, and 

implementing, certain provisions of section 106 of the 

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act in order 

to promote better protections for young children and 

family-centered responses, 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 ‘‘Assisting States’ Im5 plementation of Plans of Safe Care Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ASSISTING STATES WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF 

2 PLANS OF SAFE CARE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

4 Human Services shall provide written guidance and, if ap5 propriate, technical assistance to support States in com6 plying with, and implementing, subsections (b)(2)(B)(iii) 

7 and (d)(18) of section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention 

8 and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) in order to promote 

9 better protections for young children and family-centered 

10 responses. 

11 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The guidance and technical as12 sistance shall— 

13 (1) enhance States’ understanding of require14 ments and flexibilities under the law, including clari15 fying key terms; 

16 (2) address State-identified challenges with de17 veloping, implementing, and monitoring plans of safe 

18 care; 

19 (3) disseminate best practices related to devel20 oping and implementing plans of safe care, including 

21 differential response, collaboration and coordination, 

22 and identification and delivery of services, while rec23 ognizing needs of different populations and varying 

24 community approaches across States; 

25 (4) support collaboration between health care 

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1 cies, and the child welfare system, to promote a fam2 ily-centered treatment approach; 

3 (5) prevent separation and support reunifica4 tion of families if in the best interests of the child; 

5 (6) recommend treatment approaches for serv6 ing infants, pregnant women, and postpartum 

7 women whose infants may be affected by substance 

8 use that are designed to keep infants with their 

9 mothers and families whenever appropriate, includ10 ing recommendations to encourage pregnant women 

11 to receive health and other support services during 

12 pregnancy; 

13 (7) support State efforts to develop technology 

14 systems to manage and monitor implementation of 

15 plans of safe care; and 

16 (8) help States improve the long-term safety 

17 and well-being of young children and their families. 

18 (c) CONSTRUCTION.—The guidance and technical as19 sistance shall not be construed to amend the requirements 

20 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.). 

22 (d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 

23 term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given such term in section 


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1 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 5101 note). 

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