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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, includ-
ing a requirement that health care pro-
viders involved in the delivery or care of 
such infants notify the child protective wel-
fare service system of the occurrence of 
such condition in such infants, except 
that— 
‘‘(I) child protective services shall 
undertake an investigation only when 
the findings of a family assessment 
warrant such investigation; and 
‘‘(II) such notification shall not 
be construed to— 
‘‘(aa) establish a definition 
under Federal law of what con-
stitutes child abuse or neglect; or 
‘‘(bb) require prosecution for 
any illegal action; 
‘‘(ii) the development of a multi-dis-
ciplinary plan of safe care for the infant 
born and identified as being affected by 
substance use or withdrawal symptoms or 
a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder to en-
sure the safety and well-being of such in-
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fant following release from the care of 
health care providers, including through— 
‘‘(I) using a risk-based approach 
to develop each plan of safe care; 
‘‘(II) addressing, through coordi-
nated service delivery, the health and 
substance 
use 
disorder 
treatment 
needs of the infant and affected fam-
ily or caregiver as determined by a 
family assessment; and 
‘‘(III) the development and im-
plementation by the State of moni-
toring systems regarding the imple-
mentation of such plans of safe care 
to determine whether and in what 
manner local entities are providing, in 
accordance with State requirements, 
referrals to and delivery of appro-
priate services for the infant and af-
fected family or caregiver; 
‘‘(iii) policies and procedures to make 
available to the public on the State website 
the data, findings, and information about 
all cases of child abuse or neglect resulting 
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in a child fatality or near fatality, includ-
ing a description of— 
‘‘(I) how the State will not create 
an exception to such public disclosure, 
except in a case in which— 
‘‘(aa) the State would like to 
delay public release of case-spe-
cific findings or information (in-
cluding any previous reports of 
domestic violence and subsequent 
actions taken to assess and ad-
dress such reports) while a crimi-
nal investigation or prosecution 
of such a fatality or near fatality 
is pending; 
‘‘(bb) the State is protecting 
the identity of a reporter of child 
abuse or neglect; or 
‘‘(cc) the State is with-
holding identifying information of 
members of the victim’s family 
who are not perpetrators of the 
fatality or near fatality; and 
‘‘(II) how the State will ensure 
that in providing the public disclosure 
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required under this clause, the State 
will include— 
‘‘(aa) the cause and cir-
cumstances of the fatality or near 
fatality; 
‘‘(bb) the age and gender of 
the child; and 
‘‘(cc) any previous reports of 
child abuse or neglect investiga-
tions that are relevant to the 
child abuse or neglect that led to 
the fatality or near fatality; 
‘‘(iv) how the State will use data col-
lected on child abuse or neglect to prevent 
child fatalities and near fatalities; 
‘‘(v) how the State will implement ef-
forts to prevent child fatalities and near 
fatalities; 
‘‘(vi) the cooperation of State law en-
forcement officials, court of competent ju-
risdiction, and appropriate State agencies 
providing human services in the investiga-
tion, assessment, prosecution, and treat-
ment of child abuse and neglect; 
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‘‘(vii) the steps the State will take to 
improve the professional development, re-
tention, and supervision of caseworkers 
and how the State will measure the effec-
tiveness of such efforts; 
‘‘(viii) the State’s plan to ensure each 
child under the age of 3 who is involved in 
a substantiated case of child abuse or ne-
glect will be referred to the State’s child 
find system under section 635(a)(5) of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(5)) in order to deter-
mine if the child is an infant or toddler 
with a disability (as defined in section 
632(5) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1432(5))); 
‘‘(ix) the State’s plan to improve, as 
part of a comprehensive State strategy led 
by law enforcement, professional develop-
ment for child protective services workers 
and their appropriate role in identifying, 
assessing, and providing comprehensive 
services for children who are sex traf-
ficking victims, in coordination with law 
enforcement, juvenile justice agencies, run-
away and homeless youth shelters, and 
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health, mental health, and other social 
service agencies and providers; 
‘‘(x) the services to be provided under 
the grant to individuals, families, or com-
munities, either directly or through refer-
rals, aimed at preventing the occurrence of 
child abuse and neglect; 
‘‘(xi) the State’s efforts to ensure pro-
fessionals who are required to report sus-
pected cases of child abuse and neglect are 
aware of their responsibilities under sub-
paragraph (A)(i) and receive professional 
development relating to performing such 
responsibilities that is specific to their pro-
fession and workplace; 
‘‘(xii) policies and procedures encour-
aging the appropriate involvement of fami-
lies in decisionmaking pertaining to chil-
dren who experienced child abuse or ne-
glect; 
‘‘(xiii) the State’s efforts to improve 
appropriate collaboration among child pro-
tective services agencies, domestic violence 
services agencies, substance use disorder 
treatment agencies, and other agencies in 
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