Rilya Wilson Act

Bill: 113-hr-680
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2013-02-13
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Child care and development

Crimes against children

Criminal justice information and records

Government information and archives

Poverty and welfare assistance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Riya Wilson Act - Amends title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to require an approved state plan that is required in order to be eligible for federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that such state has in effect procedures that require the state child welfare agency to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.</p> <p>Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require a state reporting a missing child under the age of 21 to the NCIC to: (1) require the state law enforcement agency that entered the report to include a recent photograph in information updating a record, and (2) notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of each report received relating to a child reported missing from a foster care family home or childcare institution.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 680 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2013 Ms. Wilson of Florida (for herself, Mr. Garamendi , Ms. Kaptur , Ms. Chu , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Waters , Ms. Brown of Florida , Mr. Rangel , Mr. Meeks , Ms. Edwards , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Rush , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas , Mr. Moran , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Peters of Michigan , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mr. Ellison , Mr. Butterfield , Mrs. Christensen , Mr. Hastings of Florida , Mr. Lewis , Mr. Deutch , Mr. Cummings , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Mr. Al Green of Texas , Ms. Bass , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Connolly , Ms. Hahn , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Holt , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. DeLauro , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Grimm , Mr. Clay , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Rooney , Mrs. Negrete McLeod , Ms. Moore , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Ros-Lehtinen , Mr. DeFazio , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Honda , Mr. Fattah , and Ms. Norton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rilya Wilson Act . 2. Requirement that State child welfare agencies report information on missing or abducted children to the National Crime Information Center (a) State plan requirement Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 671(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (32), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (33), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (33) the following: (34) provides that the State has in effect procedures that require the State agency to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information Center database. . (b) Regulations The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate regulations to implement section 471(a)(34) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a) of this section. (c) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, without regard to whether the regulations required by subsection (b) have been promulgated. 3. Amendments to the National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 Paragraph (4) of section 3702 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 5780 ) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking (2) and inserting (3) ; (2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting , and a recent photograph after dental records ; (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking and after the semicolon; (4) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and (5) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of each report received relating to a child reported missing from a foster care family home or childcare institution; and .