Sec. 102. Documenting and reporting instances of sex trafficking
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Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 671(a) ) is amended— by striking and at the end of paragraph (32); by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(33)and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: provides that, for each child over whom the State agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision (including any child for whom a State child welfare agency has an open case file but who has not been removed from the home, and any youth who is not in foster care but is receiving services under section 477), the State agency shall— not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, identify and document appropriately in agency records each child who is identified as being a victim of sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000) or as being a victim of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(A) of such Act, as such a victim; and report immediately, and in no case later than 24 hours after receiving— information on children who have been identified as being victims of sex trafficking (as defined in subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph) to the law enforcement authorities; and information on missing or abducted children to the law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information Center
(NCIC)database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, established pursuant to section 534 of title 28, United States Code, and to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; and not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, contains a regularly updated description, made available to the public on the Internet website of the State agency, of the specific measures taken by the State agency to protect and provide services to children who are victims of sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000), or victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(A) of such Act, including efforts to coordinate with State and local law enforcement, schools, juvenile justice agencies, and social service agencies such as runaway and homeless youth shelters and transitional and other supportive housing providers to serve that population. . The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate regulations implementing the amendments made by subsection
(a)of this section and shall provide uniform definitions for States to use for the reports required under section 471(a)(34)(B) of the Social Security Act, as added by such subsection (a).
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