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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) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary, 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Child Protec-
tion Training Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL TRAINING CEN-
TERS. 
(a) REGIONAL TRAINING CENTERS.—The Attorney 
General, through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention and in coordination with the National 
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Child Protection Training Center, shall establish a pro-
gram to sustain not less than 4 regional training centers 
affiliated with institutions of higher education. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The regional training cen-
ters described in subsection (a) shall— 
(1) develop model undergraduate curricula on 
recognizing and responding to cases of child mal-
treatment that is inter-disciplinary and that, at a 
minimum, consists of a 3-course certificate program 
or minor degree; 
(2) develop model graduate curricula on recog-
nizing and responding to cases of child maltreatment 
for medical schools, law schools, seminaries, and 
other institutions of higher education that instruct 
students likely to become child protection profes-
sionals or other professionals required by law to re-
port cases of child maltreatment; 
(3) after approval by the Attorney General, dis-
seminate model undergraduate and graduate child 
maltreatment curricula to institutions of higher edu-
cation, including graduate schools, law schools, and 
medical schools; 
(4) develop ‘‘laboratory’’ training facilities that 
include mock houses, medical facilities, courtrooms, 
and forensic interview rooms that allow for simu-
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lated, interactive, and intensive training of under-
graduate or graduate students preparing for child 
protection careers as well as for training child pro-
tection professionals currently in the field (including 
child protection workers, child protection attorneys, 
medical and mental health professionals, law en-
forcement officers, forensic interviewers, and other 
professionals who work directly with maltreated chil-
dren); 
(5) assist communities in developing evidence- 
based prevention programs; and 
(6) assist States in developing and maintaining 
forensic interview training programs. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘institu-
tion of higher education’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
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