Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act
Bill: S.1497 | Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim (D-VA)
Policy area: Families

Summary:
Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act
This bill expands programs that prevent and treat child abuse and neglect to address issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth. Specifically, these programs include (1) research and reporting requirements, (2) providing technical assistance, (3) grants to states and local agencies to train child-welfare personnel, and (4) community-based prevention-service grants, among others.

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure 
 protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth 
                          and their families.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CAPTA.

    The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 104 (42 U.S.C. 5105)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by redesignating subparagraphs 
                                (N) and (O) as subparagraphs (O) and 
                                (P), respectively;
                                    (II) by inserting after 
                                subparagraph (M) the following:
                    ``(N) child abuse and neglect issues facing 
                lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth 
                and families, including providing recommendations for 
                improving the collection of data at the Federal, State, 
                and local levels to better identify young people who 
                may be at risk of, or experiencing, child abuse or 
                neglect because of their sexual orientation or gender 
                identity;'';
                                    (III) in subparagraph (O), as so 
                                redesignated, by striking 
                                ``subparagraph (O)'' and inserting 
                                ``subparagraph (P)''; and
                                    (IV) in clause (ix) of subparagraph 
                                (P), as so redesignated, by inserting 
                                ``(including sexual orientation and 
                                gender identity)'' after ``sex''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``paragraph (1)(O)'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                        (1)(P)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``or 
                lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth'' 
                after ``children with disabilities'';
            (2) in section 105(a)(1)(E) (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)(1)(E)), by 
        inserting ``and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer 
        youth'' after ``children with disabilities'';
            (3) in section 106(d)(1) (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)(1)), by 
        inserting ``, disaggregated by demographic characteristics such 
        as age, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), 
        race, family structure, household relationship, school 
        enrollment and education attainment, disability, grandparents 
        as caregivers, labor force status, work status in previous 
        year, and income in previous year'' before the period;
            (4) in section 107 (42 U.S.C. 5106c)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) 
                        as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
                            (ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
                        following:
            ``(3) the assessment and investigation of cases involving 
        lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth who are 
        suspected victims of child abuse or neglect;'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ``paragraphs 
                (1) through (3)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1) 
                through (4)''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)(1)--
                            (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) 
                        through (J) as subparagraphs (H) through (K), 
                        respectively; and
                            (ii) by inserting after subparagraph (F) 
                        the following:
                    ``(G) individuals experienced in working with 
                lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth 
                and families;'';
            (5) in section 201(b)(1)(G) (42 U.S.C. 5116(b)(1)(G)), by 
        inserting ``(including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and 
        queer youth and families)'' before the semicolon;
            (6) in section 202 (42 U.S.C. 5116a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and 
                        families with other vulnerable youth, including 
                        lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer 
                        youth'' before the semicolon; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and 
                        public sector and private nonprofit sector 
                        service providers, and parents with 
                        disabilities'' and inserting ``public sector 
                        and private nonprofit sector service providers, 
                        parents with disabilities, and parents of other 
                        vulnerable youth, including lesbian, gay, 
                        bisexual, transgender, and queer youth''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a semicolon;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
                        period and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) will integrate its efforts with individuals 
                and organizations experienced in working in partnership 
                with families with vulnerable youth, including lesbian, 
                gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth, and with 
                the child abuse and neglect prevention activities of 
                the State, and demonstrate a financial commitment to 
                those activities.''; and
            (7) in section 206(4) (42 U.S.C. 5116f(4)), by striking 
        ``and parents with disabilities'' and inserting ``parents with 
        disabilities, and families with other vulnerable youth, 
        including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer 
        youth''.
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