regarding best practices to promote collaboration with
the families and the legal duties of such individuals’’;
(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), re-
spectively;
(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 redesig-
nated) 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 treatment
services, including linkages with education systems
and health care systems (including mental health sys-
tems);’’;
(11) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (12) (as redesignated) and inserting a semi-
colon; and
(12) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(13) supporting and enhancing interagency col-
laboration between the child protection system and the
juvenile justice system for improved delivery of serv-
ices and treatment, including methods for continuity
of treatment plan and services as children transition
between systems; or
‘‘(14) supporting and enhancing collaboration
among public health agencies, the child protection
system, and private community-based programs to
address the health needs of children identified as
abused or neglected, including supporting prompt,
comprehensive health and developmental evaluations
for children who are the subject of substantiated child
maltreatment reports.’’.
(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 inserting
the following: ‘‘provide notice to the Secretary
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 (ii) through
(xiii) as clauses (iii) through (xiv), respectively;
(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(ii) policies and procedures to address
the needs of infants born and identified
with fetal alcohol effects, fetal alcohol syn-
drome, neonatal intoxication or withdrawal
syndrome, or neonatal physical or neuro-
logical harm resulting from prenatal drug
exposure, including—
‘‘(I) the requirement that health
care providers involved in the delivery
or care of such infants notify the child
protective services system of the occur-
rence of such condition in such infants,
except that such notification shall not
be construed to create a definition
under Federal law of what constitutes
child abuse and such notification shall
not be construed to require prosecution
for any illegal action; and
‘‘(II) the development of a safe
plan of care for the infant under which
consideration may be given to pro-
viding the mother with health services
(including mental health services), so-
cial services, parenting services, and
substance abuse prevention and treat-
ment counseling and to providing the
infant with referral to the statewide
early intervention program funded
under part C of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act for an eval-
uation for the need for services pro-
vided under part C of such Act;’’;
(C) by redesignating clauses (vi) through
(xiv) (as redesignated) as clauses (vii) through
(xv), respectively;
(D) by inserting after clause (v) (as redesig-
nated) the following:
‘‘(vi) provisions to require a State to
disclose 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;’’;
(E) in clause (vii)(II) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘, having a need for such information’’
and all that follows through ‘‘abuse and neglect’’
and inserting ‘‘as described in clause (vi)’’;