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Union Calendar No. 238
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3839
[Report No. 107–403]
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
APRIL 11, 2002
Additional sponsors: Mr. TIBERI, Mr. KINGSTON, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. GEORGE
MILLER of California, and Mr. ROEMER
APRIL 11, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 5, 2002]
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’’.
TITLE I—CHILD ABUSE PREVEN-
TION 
AND 
RELATED 
PRO-
GRAMS
Subtitle 
A—Amendments 
to 
the
Child 
Abuse 
Prevention 
and
Treatment Act
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROGRAM
SEC. 101. ADVISORY BOARD ON CHILD ABUSE AND NE-
GLECT.
Section 102 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 5102) is repealed.
SEC. 102. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION
RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE.
(a) FUNCTIONS.—Section 103(b)(1) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(b)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘all programs, including private pro-
grams, that show promise of success’’ and inserting ‘‘all ef-
fective programs, including private programs, that show
promise of success and the potential for broad-scale imple-
mentation and replication’’.
(b) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES.—
Section 103(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5104(c)(1)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (G); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(F) collect and disseminate information
that describes best practices being used through-
out the Nation for making appropriate referrals
related to, and addressing, the physical, develop-
mental, 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 (B), by inserting at
the end before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, in-
cluding the effects of abuse and neglect on a
child’s development and the identification of suc-
cessful early intervention services or other serv-
ices that are needed’’;
(C) 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
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) the evaluation and dissemination of
best practices consistent with the goals of achiev-
ing improvements in the child protective services
systems of the States in accordance with para-
graphs (1) through (12) of section 106(a);
‘‘(E) effective approaches to interagency col-
laboration between the child protection system
and the juvenile justice system that improve the
delivery of services and treatment, including
(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 prepare
and submit to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pen-
sions of the Senate a report that contains the results
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 proposed
priorities and provide for an official record of such
public comment.’’.
(b) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section
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 serv-
ices 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 sub-
paragraph (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 service
agencies and health care agencies, including
physical and mental health services, to improve
forensic diagnosis and health evaluations and for
innovative partnerships between child protective
service agencies and health care agencies that
offer creative approaches to using existing Fed-
eral, 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 fami-
lies from the initial time of contact during the
investigation through treatment; and
‘‘(F) for the training of personnel regarding
the legal duties of such personnel.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(such as Par-
ents Anonymous)’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i)—
(I) by striking ‘‘responding to re-
ports’’ and inserting ‘‘addressing the
prevention and treatment’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘including’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘triage sys-
tem’’ and inserting ‘‘, including com-
munity-based organizations, national
entities, collaborative partnerships be-
tween State child protective service
agencies, statewide child abuse preven-
tion and treatment organizations, law
enforcement agencies, substance abuse
treatment entities, health care entities,
domestic violence prevention entities,
mental health services entities, develop-
mental disability agencies, community
social service agencies, family support
programs, schools, religious organiza-
tions, and other entities to allow for
the establishment of a triage system’’;
and
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘child’s
safety is in jeopardy’’ and inserting ‘‘child’s
safety and health are in jeopardy’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) LINKAGES BETWEEN CHILD PROTEC-
TIVE SERVICE AGENCIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH,
MENTAL
HEALTH, AND
DEVELOPMENTAL
DIS-
ABILITIES
AGENCIES.—The 
Secretary 
may
award grants to entities that provide linkages be-
tween State or local child protective service agen-
cies and public health, mental health, and devel-
opmental disabilities agencies, for the purpose of
establishing linkages that are designed to help
assure that a greater number of substantiated
victims of child maltreatment have their physical
health, mental health, and developmental needs
appropriately diagnosed and treated.’’.
(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 hospitals,
or other pediatric and adolescent care facilities, that
provide model approaches for improving medical di-
agnosis of child abuse and neglect and for health eval-
uations of children for whom a report of maltreat-
ment 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 con-
tract’’ 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 avail-
able 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.—Section
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 System’’;
(3) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end be-
fore the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including training