Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-469
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2015-01-22
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Congressional oversight

Crime victims

Crimes against children

Domestic violence and child abuse

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Human trafficking

Intergovernmental relations

Sex offenses

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015</b></p> <p>Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to condition eligibility to receive a state grant for child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment programs on inclusion in the state plan of a certification by the governor that the state has in effect and is enforcing a state law, or is operating a statewide program, that includes provisions and procedures to:</p> <ul> <li>identify and assess reports involving children who are sex trafficking victims (and which may also involve children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons),</li> <li>train representatives of the state child protective services about identifying and assessing such children, and</li> <li>identify services and procedures for appropriate referral to address the needs of such children.</li> </ul> <p>Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on:</p> <ul> <li>the specific type and prevalence of severe forms of trafficking in persons to which children have been subjected who are identified for services or intervention under the placement, care, or supervision of state, Indian tribe, or tribal organization child welfare agencies;</li> <li>the practices and protocols utilized by states to identify and serve children who are, or are at-risk of becoming, victims of trafficking; and</li> <li>any barriers in federal laws or regulations that may prevent identification and assessment of children who are such victims.</li> </ul>

action_date: 2015-01-22
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><b>Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to condition eligibility to receive a state grant for child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment programs on inclusion in the state plan of a certification by the governor that the state has in effect and is enforcing a state law, or is operating a statewide program, that includes provisions and procedures to:</p> <ul> <li>identify and assess reports involving children who are sex trafficking victims (and which may also involve children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons),</li> <li>train representatives of the state child protective services about identifying and assessing such children, and</li> <li>identify services and procedures for appropriate referral to address the needs of such children.</li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on:</p> <ul> <li>the specific type and prevalence of severe forms of trafficking in persons to which children have been subjected who are identified for services or intervention under the placement, care, or supervision of state, Indian tribe, or tribal organization child welfare agencies;</li> <li>the practices and protocols utilized by states to identify and serve children who are, or are at-risk of becoming, victims of trafficking; and</li> <li>any barriers in federal laws or regulations that may prevent identification and assessment of children who are such victims. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 469 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to enable State child protective services systems to improve the identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015 . 2. CAPTA Amendments Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2)(B)— (i) by striking and at the end of clause (xxii); and (ii) by adding at the end the following: (xxiv) provisions and procedures to identify and assess reports involving children who are sex trafficking victims, and which may include provisions and procedures to identify and assess reports involving children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section of 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ); (xxv) provisions and procedures for training representatives of the State child protective services systems about identifying and assessing children who are sex trafficking victims, and which may include provisions and procedures for such training with respect to children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ); and (xxvi) provisions and procedures for identifying services (including the services provided by State law enforcement officials, the State juvenile justice system, and social service agencies, such as runaway and homeless youth shelters) and procedures for appropriate referral to address the needs of children who are sex trafficking victims, and which may include provisions and procedures for the identification of such services and procedures with respect to children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ); ; (B) in paragraph (2)(D)— (i) by striking and at the end of clause (v); (ii) by inserting and at the end of clause (vi); and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (vii) the provisions and procedures described in clauses (xxiv) and (xxvi) of subparagraph (B); ; and (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (A); (ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (C) Sex trafficking victim The term sex trafficking victim means a victim of— (i) sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(10) )); or (ii) a severe form of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(A) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A) ). ; and (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: (17) The number of children identified under clause (xxiv) of subsection (b)(2)(B), and of such children— (A) the number identified as sex trafficking victims (as defined in subsection (b)(4)(C)); and (B) in the case of a State that has provisions and procedures to identify children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ), the number so identified. . 3. Report to Congress (a) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report that— (1) describes the specific type and prevalence of severe form of trafficking in persons to which children who are identified for services or intervention under the placement, care, or supervision of State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization child welfare agencies have been subjected as of the date of enactment of this Act; (2) summarizes the practices and protocols utilized by States to identify and serve— (A) under section 106(b)(2)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)(B) ), children who are victims of trafficking; and (B) children who are at risk of becoming victims of trafficking; and (3) specifies any barriers in Federal laws or regulations that may prevent identification and assessment of children who are victims of trafficking, including an evaluation of the extent to which States are able to address the needs of such trafficked children without altering the definition of child abuse and neglect under section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5101 note). (b) Definitions For purposes of this section: (1) Severe form of trafficking in persons The term severe form of trafficking in persons has the meaning given the term in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9) ). (2) Victim of trafficking The term victim of trafficking has the meaning given the term in section 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(15) ).

Passed the House of Representatives January 27, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 469 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 28, 2015 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions AN ACT To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to enable State child protective services systems to improve the identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015 . 2. CAPTA Amendments Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2)(B)— (i) by striking and at the end of clause (xxii); and (ii) by adding at the end the following: (xxiv) provisions and procedures to identify and assess reports involving children who are sex trafficking victims, and which may include provisions and procedures to identify and assess reports involving children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section of 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ); (xxv) provisions and procedures for training representatives of the State child protective services systems about identifying and assessing children who are sex trafficking victims, and which may include provisions and procedures for such training with respect to children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ); and (xxvi) provisions and procedures for identifying services (including the services provided by State law enforcement officials, the State juvenile justice system, and social service agencies, such as runaway and homeless youth shelters) and procedures for appropriate referral to address the needs of children who are sex trafficking victims, and which may include provisions and procedures for the identification of such services and procedures with respect to children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ); ; (B) in paragraph (2)(D)— (i) by striking and at the end of clause (v); (ii) by inserting and at the end of clause (vi); and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (vii) the provisions and procedures described in clauses (xxiv) and (xxvi) of subparagraph (B); ; and (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (A); (ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (C) Sex trafficking victim The term sex trafficking victim means a victim of— (i) sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(10) )); or (ii) a severe form of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(A) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A) ). ; and (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: (17) The number of children identified under clause (xxiv) of subsection (b)(2)(B), and of such children— (A) the number identified as sex trafficking victims (as defined in subsection (b)(4)(C)); and (B) in the case of a State that has provisions and procedures to identify children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ), the number so identified. . 3. Report to Congress (a) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report that— (1) describes the specific type and prevalence of severe form of trafficking in persons to which children who are identified for services or intervention under the placement, care, or supervision of State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization child welfare agencies have been subjected as of the date of enactment of this Act; (2) summarizes the practices and protocols utilized by States to identify and serve— (A) under section 106(b)(2)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)(B) ), children who are victims of trafficking; and (B) children who are at risk of becoming victims of trafficking; and (3) specifies any barriers in Federal laws or regulations that may prevent identification and assessment of children who are victims of trafficking, including an evaluation of the extent to which States are able to address the needs of such trafficked children without altering the definition of child abuse and neglect under section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5101 note). (b) Definitions For purposes of this section: (1) Severe form of trafficking in persons The term severe form of trafficking in persons has the meaning given the term in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9) ). (2) Victim of trafficking The term victim of trafficking has the meaning given the term in section 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(15) ).

Passed the House of Representatives January 27, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 469 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2015 Ms. Bass (for herself, Mr. Marino , Ms. Slaughter , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Langevin , Mr. McDermott , and Mr. Kline ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to enable State child protective services systems to improve the identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015 . 2. CAPTA Amendments Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2)(B)— (i) by striking and at the end of clause (xxii); and (ii) by adding at the end the following: (xxiv) provisions and procedures to identify and assess reports involving children who are sex trafficking victims, and which may include provisions and procedures to identify and assess reports involving children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section of 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ); (xxv) provisions and procedures for training representatives of the State child protective services systems about identifying and assessing children who are sex trafficking victims, and which may include provisions and procedures for such training with respect to children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ); and (xxvi) provisions and procedures for identifying services (including the services provided by State law enforcement officials, the State juvenile justice system, and social service agencies, such as runaway and homeless youth shelters) and procedures for appropriate referral to address the needs of children who are sex trafficking victims, and which may include provisions and procedures for the identification of such services and procedures with respect to children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ); ; (B) in paragraph (2)(D)— (i) by striking and at the end of clause (v); (ii) by inserting and at the end of clause (vi); and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (vii) the provisions and procedures described in clauses (xxiv) and (xxvi) of subparagraph (B); ; and (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (A); (ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (C) Sex trafficking victim The term sex trafficking victim means a victim of— (i) sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(10) )); or (ii) a severe form of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(A) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A) ). ; and (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: (17) The number of children identified under clause (xxiv) of subsection (b)(2)(B), and of such children— (A) the number identified as sex trafficking victims (as defined in subsection (b)(4)(C)); and (B) in the case of a State that has provisions and procedures to identify children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(B) ), the number so identified. . 3. Report to Congress (a) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report that— (1) describes the specific type and prevalence of severe form of trafficking in persons to which children who are identified for services or intervention under the placement, care, or supervision of State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization child welfare agencies have been subjected as of the date of enactment of this Act; (2) summarizes the practices and protocols utilized by States to identify and serve— (A) under section 106(b)(2)(B) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2)(B) ), children who are victims of trafficking; and (B) children who are at risk of becoming victims of trafficking; and (3) specifies any barriers in Federal laws or regulations that may prevent identification and assessment of children who are victims of trafficking, including an evaluation of the extent to which States are able to address the needs of such trafficked children without altering the definition of child abuse and neglect under section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5101 note). (b) Definitions For purposes of this section: (1) Severe form of trafficking in persons The term severe form of trafficking in persons has the meaning given the term in section 103(9) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9) ). (2) Victim of trafficking The term victim of trafficking has the meaning given the term in section 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(15) ).