under section 3(a) of the Stop Child Abuse in 
Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008. 
‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Secretary deter-
mines, pursuant to an evaluation under this sub-
section, that a State is not adequately implementing, 
monitoring, and enforcing the licensing requirements 
of subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall require, for 
a period of not less than one year, that— 
‘‘(A) the State shall inform the Secretary 
of each instance there is a report to be inves-
tigated of child abuse and neglect at a covered 
program operating in the State; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary and the appropriate 
local agency shall jointly investigate such re-
port.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
112(a)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5106h(a)(1)) is amended by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and 
$235,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2013’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) 
COORDINATION
WITH
AVAILABLE
RE-
SOURCES.—Section 103(c)(1)(D) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention 
and 
Treatment 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
5104(c)(1)(D)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘spe-
cific’’ the following: ‘‘(including reports of child 
abuse and neglect occurring at covered programs 
(except that such reports shall not contain any per-
sonally identifiable information relating to the iden-
tity of individuals who were the victims of such child 
abuse and neglect), as such term is defined in sec-
tion 114)’’. 
(2) 
FURTHER
REQUIREMENT.—Section 
106(b)(1) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(1)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) FURTHER REQUIREMENT.—To be eli-
gible to receive a grant under this section, a 
State shall comply with the requirements under 
section 114(b) and shall include in the State 
plan submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) a 
description of the activities the State will carry 
out to comply with the requirements under such 
section 114(b).’’. 
(3) ANNUAL
STATE
DATA
REPORTS.—Section 
106(d) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘(including
reports of child abuse and neglect occurring at 
covered programs (except that such reports 
shall not contain any personally identifiable in-
formation relating to the identity of individuals 
who were the victims of such child abuse and 
neglect), as such term is defined in section 
114)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘or who 
were in the care of a covered program, as such 
term is defined in section 114’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
5101 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 113 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 114. Additional eligibility requirements for grants to States to prevent 
child abuse and neglect at residential programs.’’. 
SEC. 8. STUDY AND REPORT ON OUTCOMES IN COVERED 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall conduct a study, in consultation with rel-
evant agencies and experts, to examine the outcomes for 
children in both private and public covered programs 
under this Act encompassing a broad representation of 
treatment facilities and geographic regions.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that contains 
the results of the study conducted under subsection (a). 
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6358 
AN ACT 
To require certain standards and enforcement pro-
visions to prevent child abuse and neglect in resi-
dential programs, and for other purposes.