I
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3839
To reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 5, 2002
Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. GREENWOOD,
Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. PLATTS,
and Ms. HART) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Keeping Children and
Families Safe Act of 2002’’.
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(F) collect and disseminate information
that describe best practices being used through-
out the Nation for making appropriate referrals
related to, and addressing, the physical, devel-
opmental, and mental health needs of abused
and neglected children; and’’.
SEC. 103. RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.
(a) RESEARCH.—Section 104(a) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5105(a)) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (1)(D) as para-
graph (2) (and redesignating the corresponding
items contained therein accordingly) and moving
such paragraph two ems to the left;
(3) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the first sentence of the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing longitudinal research,’’ after ‘‘interdiscipli-
nary program of research’’;
(B) in subparagraph (C)—
(i) by striking ‘‘judicial procedures’’
and inserting ‘‘judicial systems, including
multidisciplinary, 
coordinated 
decision-
making procedures’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) the evaluation and dissemination of
best practices consistent with the goals of
achieving improvements in the child protective
services systems of the States in accordance
with paragraphs (1) through (12) of section
106(a);
‘‘(E) effective approaches to interagency
collaboration between the child protection sys-
tem and the juvenile justice system that im-
prove the delivery of services and treatment, in-
cluding methods for continuity of treatment
plan and services as children transition between
systems;
‘‘(F) an evaluation of the redundancies
and gaps in the services in the field of child
abuse and neglect prevention in order to make
better use of resources; and
‘‘(G) the information on the national inci-
dence of child abuse and neglect specified in
subparagraphs (A) through (K) of paragraph
(2).’’;
(4) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated)—
(A) by striking the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A) (as redesignated) and inserting
‘‘The Secretary shall conduct research on the
national incidence of child abuse and neglect,
including—’’;
(B) in subparagraph (H) (as redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (I) (as
redesignated) as subparagraph (J); and
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (H)
the following:
‘‘(I) the incidence and prevalence of child
maltreatment by reason of family structure, in-
cluding the living arrangement of the resident
parent, family income, and family size; and’’;
(5) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as redesig-
nated) the following:
‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the
date of the enactment of the Keeping Children and
Families Safe Act of 2002, the Secretary shall pre-
pare and submit to the Committee on Education and
the Workforce of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions of the Senate a report that contains the re-
sults of the research conducted under paragraph
(2).’’; and
(6) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated), by
amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall, every two years, pro-
vide opportunity for public comment of such pro-
posed priorities and provide for an official record of
such public comment.’’.
(b) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 104(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5105(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, including
replicating successful program models,’’ after ‘‘and
carrying out programs and activities’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) effective approaches being utilized to
link child protective service agencies with health
care, mental health care, and developmental
services to improve forensic diagnosis and
health evaluations, and barriers and shortages
to such linkages.’’.
SEC. 104. GRANTS TO PUBLIC AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT
PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS FOR DEMONSTRA-
TION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.
(a) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.—
Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (C) and inserting a semicolon;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) for training to support the enhance-
ment of linkages between child protective serv-
ice agencies and health care agencies, including
physical and mental health services, to improve
forensic diagnosis and health evaluations and
for innovative partnerships between child pro-
tective service agencies and health care agencies
that offer creative approaches to using existing
Federal, State, local, and private funding to
meet the health evaluation needs of children
who have been subjects of substantiated cases
of child abuse or neglect;
‘‘(E) for the training of personnel in best
practices to promote collaboration with the fam-
ilies from the initial time of contact during the
investigation through treatment; and
‘‘(F) for the training of personnel regard-
ing the legal duties of such personnel.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(such as Par-
ents Anonymous)’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3)(A)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i)—
(i) by striking ‘‘responding to reports’’
and inserting ‘‘addressing the prevention
and treatment’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘including’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘triage system’’ and
inserting ‘‘, including community-based or-
ganizations, national entities, collaborative
partnerships between State child protective
service agencies, statewide child abuse pre-
vention and treatment organizations, law
enforcement agencies, substance abuse
treatment entities, health care entities, do-
mestic violence prevention entities, mental
health services entities, developmental dis-
ability agencies, community social service
agencies, family support programs, schools,
churches and synagogues, and other enti-
ties to allow for the establishment of a
triage system’’; and
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘child’s safe-
ty is in jeopardy’’ and inserting ‘‘child’s safety
and health are in jeopardy’’.
(b) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Section 105(b) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(4) Programs based within children’s hos-
pitals, or other pediatric and adolescent care facili-
ties, that provide model approaches for improving
medical diagnosis of child abuse and neglect and for
health evaluations of children for whom a report of
maltreatment has been substantiated.’’.
(c) EVALUATION.—Section 105(c) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 5106(c)) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or
contract’’ after ‘‘or as a separate grant’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the
case of an evaluation performed by the recipient of
a demonstration grant, the Secretary shall make
available technical assistance for the evaluation,
where needed, to ensure a rigorous application of
scientific evaluation techniques.’’.
SEC. 105. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NE-
GLECT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION GRANTS.—Sec-
tion 106(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including ongoing case
monitoring,’’ after ‘‘case management’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and treatment’’ after
‘‘and delivery of services’’;
(2) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by striking ‘‘automation’’ and inserting
‘‘management information and technology’’; and
(B) by adding at the end before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘, including to support the
ability of States to collect information for the
National Child Abuse and Neglect Data Sys-
tem’’;
(3) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end be-
fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including train-
ing regarding best practices to promote collaboration
with the families and the legal duties of such indi-
viduals’’;
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through
(9) as paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively;
(5) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(6) improving the quality and availability of
individuals providing services to children and fami-
lies, and the supervisors of such individuals, through
the child protection system, including improvements
in the recruitment and retention of caseworkers;’’
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through
(10) (as redesignated) as paragraphs (9) through
(11), respectively;
(7) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(8) developing and delivering information to
improve public education relating to the role and re-
sponsibilities of the child protection system and the
nature and basis for reporting suspected incidents of
child abuse and neglect;’’;
(8) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(10) (as redesignated);
(9) by redesignating paragraph (11) (as redes-
ignated) as paragraph (12);
(10) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(11) promoting partnerships between public
agencies and community-based organizations to pro-
vide child abuse and neglect prevention and treat-
ment services, including linkages with education sys-
tems and health care systems (including mental
health systems);’’;
(11) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (12) (as redesignated) and inserting ‘‘; or’’;
and
(12) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(13) supporting and enhancing interagency
collaboration between the child protection system
and the juvenile justice system for improved delivery
of services and treatment, including methods for
continuity of treatment plan and services as children
transition between systems.’’.
(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) STATE
PLAN.—Section 106(b)(1)(B) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(b)(1)(B)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘provide notice to the Sec-
retary of any substantive changes’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘provide notice to the Sec-
retary of—
‘‘(i) any substantive changes’’;
(B) by striking the period at the end and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(ii) any significant changes to how
funds provided under this section are used
to support the activities which may differ
from the activities as described in the cur-
rent State application.’’.
(2) COORDINATION.—Section 106(b)(2)(A) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)(A)) is amended—
(A) by redesignating clauses (v) through
(xiii) as clauses (vi) through (xiv), respectively;
(B) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(v) provisions to require disclosures
of confidential information to any Federal,
State, or local government entity, or any
agent of such entity, that has a need for
such information in order to carry out its
responsibilities under law to protect chil-
dren from abuse and neglect;’’;
(C) in clause (vi)(II) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘, having a need for such information’’
and all that follows through ‘‘abuse and ne-
glect’’ and inserting ‘‘as described in clause
(v)’’;
(D) in clause (xii) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘to be effective not later than 2 years
after the date of the enactment of this section’’;
(E) in clause (xiii) (as redesignated)—
(i) in the matter preceding subclause
(I), by striking ‘‘to be effective not later
than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this section’’; and
(ii) in subclause (IV), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(F) in clause (xiv) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘clause (xii)’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘clause (xiii)’’; and
(G) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(xv) provisions and procedures to re-
quire that a representative of a child pro-
tective services agency shall at the initial
time of contact advise individuals subject
to child abuse and neglect investigations of
the complaints or allegations made against
the individuals;
‘‘(xvi) provisions addressing the train-
ing of representatives of the child protec-
tive services system regarding their legal
duties, which may consist of procedures to
inform such representatives of such duties,
in order to protect the legal rights of chil-
dren and families from the initial time of
contact during the investigation through
treatment; and
‘‘(xvii) provisions and procedures for
improving the training, retention, and su-
pervision of caseworkers.’’.
(3) LIMITATION.—Section 106(b)(3) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(3)) is amended by striking
‘‘With regard to clauses (v) and (vi) of paragraph
(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘With regard to clauses (vi)
and (vii) of paragraph (2)(A)’’.
(c) CITIZEN REVIEW PANELS; REPORTS.—Section
106(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘poli-
cies and procedures’’ and inserting ‘‘policies,
procedures, and practices’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) PUBLIC
OUTREACH.—Each panel
shall provide for public outreach and comment
in order to assess the impact of current proce-
dures and practices upon children and families
in the community and in order to meet its obli-
gations under subparagraph (A).’’; and
(2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘State and’’
before ‘‘public’’.
(d) ANNUAL
STATE
DATA
REPORTS.—Section
106(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(13) The annual report containing the sum-
mary of the activities of the citizen review panels of
the State required by subsection (c)(6).
‘‘(14) The number of children under the care of
the State child protection system transferred into
the custody of the State juvenile justice system.’’.
SEC. 106. GRANTS TO STATES FOR PROGRAMS RELATING
TO THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION
OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CASES.
Section 107(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106c(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) the handling of cases involving children
with disabilities or serious health-related problems
who are victims of abuse or neglect.’’.
SEC. 107. REPORTS.
Section 110 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106f) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(c) STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO CITIZEN RE-
VIEW PANELS.—
‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a
study by random sample on the effectiveness of the
citizen review panels established under section
106(c).
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the
date of the enactment of Keeping Children and
Families Safe Act of 2002, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of
the Senate a report that contains the results of the
study conducted under paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—Section 112(a)(1)
of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5106h(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) GENERAL
AUTHORIZATION.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title
$120,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004
through 2007.’’.
(b) 
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—Section
112(a)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5106h(a)(2)(B)) is
amended by striking ‘‘Secretary make’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary shall make’’.
CHAPTER 2—COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY
RESOURCE AND SUPPORT GRANTS
SEC. 111. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY.
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 201(a)(1) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘for the prevention of child
abuse and neglect’’ after ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’.
(b) AUTHORITY.—Section 201(b) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 5116(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘family resource and
support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family
support programs for the prevention of
child abuse and neglect’’;
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end; and
(C) by striking subparagraph (G) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(G) demonstrate a commitment to mean-
ingful parent leadership, including among par-
ents of children with disabilities, parents with
disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, and
members of other underrepresented or under-
served groups;
‘‘(H) provide referrals to early health and
developmental services; or
‘‘(I) are accessible, effective, culturally ap-
propriate, developmentally appropriate, and
built upon existing strengths;’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘through leveraging of
funds’’ after ‘‘maximizing funding’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port program’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’.
SEC. 112. ELIGIBILITY.
Section 202 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116a) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘family resource and
support programs,’’ and inserting ‘‘family
support programs for the prevention of’’;
and
(iii) by striking ‘‘prevention activi-
ties’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting
‘‘that exists to strengthen and support families
for purposes of preventing child abuse and ne-
glect and’’ after ‘‘written authority of the
State)’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’; and
(B) by adding at the end before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘and parents with disabil-
ities’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’ each
place it appears;
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘family support programs for the pre-
vention of child abuse and neglect’’;
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and
technical assistance,’’ and inserting ‘‘, technical
assistance, and evaluation assistance’’; and
(D) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘,
parents with disabilities,’’ after ‘‘children with
disabilities’’.
SEC. 113. AMOUNT OF GRANT.
Section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b(b)(1)(B)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘as the amount leveraged by the
State from private, State, or other non-Federal
sources and directed through the’’ and inserting ‘‘as
the amount of private, State or other non-Federal
funds leveraged and directed through the currently
designated’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘the lead agency’’ and inserting
‘‘the current lead agency’’.
SEC. 114. EXISTING GRANTS.
Section 204 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5115c) is repealed.
SEC. 115. APPLICATION.
Section 205 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d) is amended—
(1) in paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (8), and (9)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’ each
place it appears; and
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘family support programs for the pre-
vention of child abuse and neglect’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘family re-
source and support services’’ and inserting ‘‘family
support services’’;
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘an assurance that an in-
ventory of’’ and inserting ‘‘a description of the
inventory of current unmet needs,’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource pro-
grams’’ and inserting ‘‘family support pro-
grams’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘, respite care, child abuse
and neglect prevention activities,’’ and inserting
‘‘for the prevention of child abuse and neglect,
including respite care’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘, will be provided’’;
(4) in paragraph (5)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘start-up, maintenance,
expansion, and redesigning’’ after ‘‘other State
and local public funds designated for’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’;
(5) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘individual
community-based, prevention-focused, family re-
source and support programs’’ and inserting ‘‘child
abuse and neglect prevention programs that are
community-based, including family support pro-
grams’’; and
(6) in paragraph (11)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port program services’’ and inserting ‘‘family
support program services for the prevention of
child abuse and neglect’’.
SEC. 116. LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
Section 206(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116e(a)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, network,’’ after ‘‘ex-
pand’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)(A)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘family resource and support services’’
and inserting ‘‘family support services for the
prevention of child abuse and neglect’’;
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(v) respite care;
‘‘(vi) home visiting; and
‘‘(vii) family support services;’’; and
(3) in paragraph (6)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port program’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’.
SEC. 117. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
Section 207 of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116f) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘family resource and sup-
port programs’’ and inserting ‘‘family support
programs for the prevention of child abuse and
neglect’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, including’’
and all that follows through ‘‘section 202’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, such as the services described in section
206(a)(3)(A)’’;
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘of new res-
pite care and other specific new family resources
services, and the expansion of existing services,’’ and
inserting ‘‘and the maintenance, enhancement, or ex-
pansion of existing services such as those described
in section 206(a)(3)(A),’’; and
(4) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and parents with disabil-
ities,’’ after ‘‘children with disabilities,’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘evaluation of’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘under this title’’ and in-
serting ‘‘evaluation of community-based child
abuse and neglect prevention programs’’; and
(5) in paragraphs (5), (6), and (8)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prevention-focused,’’ each
place it appears; and
(G) In section 139 (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘this title’’ and inserting ‘‘this sub-
title’’.
Subtitle B—Amendments to Other
Child Abuse Prevention and Re-
lated Programs
CHAPTER 1—CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION
AND TREATMENT AND ADOPTION RE-
FORM ACT OF 1978
SEC. 131. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION
OF PURPOSE.
Section 201(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C.
5111(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1);
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘increasingly’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘which’’ and inserting
‘‘that’’;
(3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(3) many such children have special needs be-
cause they are born to mothers who did not receive
prenatal care, are born with life-threatening condi-
tions or disabilities, are born addicted to alcohol and
100–505; 42 U.S.C. 670 note);’’ and inserting
‘‘section 225(1) of the Abandoned Infants As-
sistance Act of 2002;’’.
Subtitle C—Technical and
Conforming Amendments
SEC. 151. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42
U.S.C. 5101 et seq.), as amended by subtitles A and B,
is further amended by inserting before title I the following:
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘Keeping Children and Families Safe Act’.
‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
‘‘TITLE I—CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT
‘‘Sec. 101. Short title.
‘‘Sec. 102. Findings.
‘‘Subtitle A—General Program
‘‘Sec. 111. Office on Child Abuse and Neglect.
‘‘Sec. 112. National clearinghouse for information relating to child abuse.
‘‘Sec. 113. Research and assistance activities.
‘‘Sec. 114. Grants to public agencies and nonprofit private organizations for
demonstration programs and projects.
‘‘Sec. 115. Grants to States for child abuse and neglect prevention and treat-
ment programs.
‘‘Sec. 116. Grants to States for programs relating to the investigation and
prosecution of child abuse and neglect cases.
‘‘Sec. 117. Miscellaneous requirements relating to assistance.
‘‘Sec. 118. Coordination of child abuse and neglect programs.
‘‘Sec. 119. Reports.
‘‘Sec. 120. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 121. Authorization of appropriations.
‘‘Sec. 122. Rule of construction.