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shall remain in effect for purposes of applying any
reduction in payment rates required by such sub-
paragraph for any of the fiscal years specified in
such subparagraph.
(5) Section 407(b)(1)(B) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 607(b)(1)(B)) is amended—
(A) by striking clauses (i) and (v) and re-
designating clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) as clauses
(i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
(B) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause
(ii) (as so redesignated); and
(C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of
clause (iii) (as so redesignated) and inserting a
period.
(6) Section 407(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 607(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking
‘‘(including any activity authorized under section
402(a)(19) or under part F)’’.
(7) Section 407(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
607(b)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraph
(C).
(8) Section 407(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
607(c)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(A) where’’ and inserting
‘‘where’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘, and (B)’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘part F’’.
(9) Section 407(d)(1)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 607(d)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘, or in
which such individual participated in a program
under part F’’.
(10) Section 407(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
607(e)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘in participating in a
program under part F and’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘participate in or’’;
and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘both
part F and’’.
(11) Section 417 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 617)
is amended by striking ‘‘, part D, and part F’’ and
inserting ‘‘and part D’’.
(12) Section 471(a)(8)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 671(a)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘(in-
cluding activities under part F)’’.
(13) Section 1108 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1308) is amended—
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(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or, in
the case of part A of title IV, section 403(k)’’;
and
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(exclu-
sive of any amounts on account of services and
items to which, in the case of part A of such
title, section 403(k) applies)’’.
(14) Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and
402(a)(19) (relating to the work incentive pro-
gram)’’.
(15) Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(I) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(19)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by
striking ‘‘, or considered by the State to be receiving
such aid as authorized under section 482(e)(6)’’.
(16) Section 51(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph
(B).
Subtitle B—Child and Family
Services Block Grant
SEC. 3201. CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This Act may be cited as the ‘Child and Family
Services Block Grant Act of 1996’.
‘‘SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds the following:
‘‘(1) Each year, close to 1,000,000 American
children are victims of abuse and neglect.
‘‘(2) Many of these children and their families
fail to receive adequate protection or treatment.
‘‘(3) The problem of child abuse and neglect re-
quires a comprehensive approach that—
‘‘(A) integrates the work of social service,
legal, health, mental health, education, and sub-
stance abuse agencies and organizations;
‘‘(B) strengthens coordination among all
levels of government, and with private agencies,
civic, religious, and professional organizations,
and individual volunteers;
‘‘(C) emphasizes the need for abuse and
neglect prevention, assessment, investigation,
and treatment at the neighborhood level;
‘‘(D) ensures properly trained and support
staff with specialized knowledge, to carry out
their child protection duties; and
‘‘(E) is sensitive to ethnic and cultural di-
versity.
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‘‘(4) The child protection system should be
comprehensive, child-centered, family-focused, and
community-based, should incorporate all appropriate
measures to prevent the occurrence or recurrence of
child abuse and neglect, and should promote physical
and psychological recovery and social reintegration
in an environment that fosters the health, safety,
self-respect, and dignity of the child.
‘‘(5) The Federal Government should provide
leadership and assist communities in their child and
family protection efforts by—
‘‘(A) generating and sharing knowledge
relevant to child and family protection, includ-
ing the development of models for service deliv-
ery;
‘‘(B) strengthening the capacity of States
to assist communities;
‘‘(C) helping communities to carry out
their child and family protection plans by pro-
moting the competence of professional, para-
professional, and volunteer resources; and
‘‘(D) providing leadership to end the abuse
and neglect of the Nation’s children and youth.
‘‘SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
‘‘The purposes of this Act are the following:
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‘‘(1) To assist each State in improving the child
protective service systems of such State by—
‘‘(A) improving risk and safety assessment
tools and protocols;
‘‘(B) developing, strengthening, and facili-
tating training opportunities for individuals who
are mandated to report child abuse or neglect
or otherwise overseeing, investigating, prosecut-
ing, or providing services to children and fami-
lies who are at risk of abusing or neglecting
their children; and
‘‘(C) developing, implementing, or operat-
ing information, education, training, or other
programs designed to assist and provide serv-
ices for families of disabled infants with life-
threatening conditions.
‘‘(2) To support State efforts to develop, oper-
ate, expand and enhance a network of community-
based, prevention-focused, family resource and sup-
port programs that are culturally competent and
that coordinate resources among existing education,
vocational rehabilitation, disability, respite, health,
mental health, job readiness, self-sufficiency, child
and family development, community action, Head
Start, child care, child abuse and neglect prevention,
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juvenile justice, domestic violence prevention and
intervention, housing, and other human service orga-
nizations within the State.
‘‘(3) To facilitate the elimination of barriers to
adoption and to provide permanent and loving home
environments for children who would benefit from
adoption, particularly children with special needs, in-
cluding disabled infants with life-threatening condi-
tions, by—
‘‘(A) promoting model adoption legislation
and procedures in the States and territories of
the United States in order to eliminate jurisdic-
tional and legal obstacles to adoption;
‘‘(B) providing a mechanism for the De-
partment of Health and Human Services to—
‘‘(i) promote quality standards for
adoption 
services, 
preplacement, 
post-
placement, and post-legal adoption counsel-
ing, and standards to protect the rights of
children in need of adoption;
‘‘(ii) maintain a national adoption in-
formation exchange system to bring to-
gether children who would benefit from
adoption and qualified prospective adoptive
parents who are seeking such children, and
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conduct national recruitment efforts in
order to reach prospective parents for chil-
dren awaiting adoption; and
‘‘(iii) demonstrate expeditious ways to
free children for adoption for whom it has
been determined that adoption is the ap-
propriate plan; and
‘‘(C) facilitating the identification and re-
cruitment of foster and adoptive families that
can meet children’s needs.
‘‘(4) To respond to the needs of children, in
particular those who are drug exposed or afflicted
with 
Acquired 
Immune 
Deficiency 
Syndrome
(AIDS), by supporting activities aimed at preventing
the abandonment of children, providing support to
children and their families, and facilitating the re-
cruitment and training of health and social service
personnel.
‘‘(5) To carry out any other activities as the
Secretary determines are consistent with this Act.
‘‘SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this Act:
‘‘(1) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means a person
who has not attained the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the age of 18; or
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‘‘(B) except in the case of sexual abuse,
the age specified by the child protection law of
the State in which the child resides.
‘‘(2) CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.—The term
‘child abuse and neglect’ means, at a minimum, any
recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent
or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical
or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, or
an act or failure to act which presents an imminent
risk of serious harm.
‘‘(3) FAMILY
RESOURCE
AND
SUPPORT
PRO-
GRAMS.—The term ‘family resource and support
program’ means a community-based, prevention-fo-
cused entity that—
‘‘(A) provides, through direct service, the
core services required under this Act, includ-
ing—
‘‘(i) parent education, support and
leadership services, together with services
characterized by relationships between par-
ents and professionals that are based on
equality and respect, and designed to assist
parents in acquiring parenting skills, learn-
ing about child development, and respond-
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ing appropriately to the behavior of their
children;
‘‘(ii) services to facilitate the ability of
parents to serve as resources to one an-
other (such as through mutual support and
parent self-help groups);
‘‘(iii) early developmental screening of
children to assess any needs of children,
and to identify types of support that may
be provided;
‘‘(iv) 
outreach 
services 
provided
through voluntary home visits and other
methods to assist parents in becoming
aware of and able to participate in family
resources and support program activities;
‘‘(v) community and social services to
assist families in obtaining community re-
sources; and
‘‘(vi) followup services;
‘‘(B) provides, or arranges for the provi-
sion of, other core services through contracts or
agreements with other local agencies; and
‘‘(C) provides access to optional services,
directly or by contract, purchase of service, or
interagency agreement, including—
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‘‘(i) child care, early childhood devel-
opment and early intervention services;
‘‘(ii) self-sufficiency and life manage-
ment skills training;
‘‘(iii) education services, such as scho-
lastic tutoring, literacy training, and Gen-
eral Educational Degree services;
‘‘(iv) job readiness skills;
‘‘(v) child abuse and neglect preven-
tion activities;
‘‘(vi) services that families with chil-
dren with disabilities or special needs may
require;
‘‘(vii) community and social service re-
ferral;
‘‘(viii) peer counseling;
‘‘(ix) referral for substance abuse
counseling and treatment; and
‘‘(x) help line services.
‘‘(4) INDIAN
TRIBE
AND
TRIBAL
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal organi-
zation’ shall have the same meanings given such
terms in subsections (e) and (l), respectively, of sec-
tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b (e) and (l)).
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‘‘(5) RESPITE
SERVICES.—The term ‘respite
services’ means short-term care services provided in
the temporary absence of the regular caregiver (par-
ent, other relative, foster parent, adoptive parent, or
guardian) to children who—
‘‘(A) are in danger of abuse or neglect;
‘‘(B) have experienced abuse or neglect; or
‘‘(C) have disabilities, chronic, or terminal
illnesses.
Such services shall be provided within or outside the
home of the child, be short-term care (ranging from
a few hours to a few weeks of time, per year), and
be intended to enable the family to stay together and
to keep the child living in the home and community
of the child.
‘‘(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means
the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
‘‘(7) SEXUAL ABUSE.—The term ‘sexual abuse’
includes—
‘‘(A) the employment, use, persuasion, in-
ducement, enticement, or coercion of any child
to engage in, or assist any other person to en-
gage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simula-
tion of such conduct for the purpose of produc-
ing a visual depiction of such conduct; or