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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4943 

To improve the training of child protection professionals. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 23, 2014 

Mr. WALZ (for himself, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. WOMACK, and Mr. NOLAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

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 Child Protection Training Center, shall establish a pro2 gram to sustain not less than 4 regional training centers 

3 affiliated with institutions of higher education. 

4 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The regional training cen5 ters described in subsection (a) shall— 

6 (1) develop model undergraduate curricula on 

7 recognizing and responding to cases of child mal8 treatment that is inter-disciplinary and that, at a 

9 minimum, consists of a 3-course certificate program 

10 or minor degree; 

11 (2) develop model graduate curricula on recog12 nizing and responding to cases of child maltreatment 

13 for medical schools, law schools, seminaries, and 

14 other institutions of higher education that instruct 

15 students likely to become child protection profes16 sionals or other professionals required by law to re17 port cases of child maltreatment; 

18 (3) after approval by the Attorney General, dis19 seminate model undergraduate and graduate child 

20 maltreatment curricula to institutions of higher edu21 cation, including graduate schools, law schools, and 

22 medical schools; 

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

24 include mock houses, medical facilities, courtrooms, 

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1 lated, interactive, and intensive training of under2 graduate or graduate students preparing for child 

3 protection careers as well as for training child pro4 tection professionals currently in the field (including 

5 child protection workers, child protection attorneys, 

6 medical and mental health professionals, law en7 forcement officers, forensic interviewers, and other 

8 professionals who work directly with maltreated chil9 dren); 

10 (5) assist communities in developing evidence11 based prevention programs; and 

12 (6) assist States in developing and maintaining 

13 forensic interview training programs. 

14 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘institu15 tion of higher education’’ has the meaning given that term 

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

17 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

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