Sec. 101. Identifying and screening youth at risk of sex trafficking
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Section 471(a)(9) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 671(a)(9) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking and ; in subparagraph (B), by inserting and after the semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: not later than— 1 year after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, demonstrate to the Secretary that the State agency has developed, in consultation with organizations with experience in dealing with at-risk youth, policies and procedures for identifying and screening (including relevant training for caseworkers), and for determining appropriate State action and services with respect to— any child over whom the State agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision (including children for whom a State child welfare agency has an open case file but who have not been removed from the home and youth who are not in foster care but are receiving services under section 477 of this Act) who the State has reasonable cause to believe— is a victim of sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(10) )) or a severe form of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(A) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A) ); or is at risk of being a victim of either kind of trafficking; and at the option of the State, any individual, without regard to whether the individual is or was in foster care under the responsibility of the State, who has not attained 26 years of age; and 2 years after such date of enactment, demonstrate to the Secretary that the State agency is implementing, in consultation with the child protective services agency or unit for the State, the policies and procedures referred to in clause (i). .
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