Sec. 303. Government accountability study on barriers to and opportunities for trauma-informed identification and treatment
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The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the barriers to, and the opportunities for increasing, the early identification and treatment of children and youth, and their families as appropriate, who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing trauma. In conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall examine— ways in which such identification and treatment could be facilitated in early childhood education and care settings and elementary and secondary schools, such as through improved teacher preparation, professional development, and curriculum design, and the development of the cognitive and social-emotional skills of students; the extent to which State Medicaid plans use early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services (as defined in section 1905(r) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(r) ) that are provided in accordance with the requirements of section 1902(a)(43) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(43) )) to provide trauma-informed services to children and youth, and their families as appropriate, who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing trauma; barriers to increased utilization of such screening, diagnostic, and treatment services; and the impact of State Medicaid plan design and State regulatory decisions on the provision of such services; the feasibility of, State experiences with, and considerations regarding, systematic collection and sharing of data that— is carried out by health care providers, State, local, and tribal educational agencies, social service providers, law enforcement, and any other entity providing services in a covered setting (as defined in section 101(f)); relies on common data measures, fosters communication and coordination across covered settings (as so defined), and promotes shared accountability for the data; and relates to the screening, referral, and support of children and youth, and their families as appropriate, who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing trauma; privacy and consent issues affecting identification and treatment of children and youth who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing trauma, including considerations regarding information collected and reported by providers and regarding parental consent; the comprehensive, coordinated, and multisector process through which State, local, and tribal educational agencies locate, identify, and screen infants and toddlers with disabilities, and children with disabilities (including such children who are youth), under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. ); and considerations, strategies, alignment opportunities, and applicability for trauma-informed models for conducting such location, identification, and screening; clinical pediatric mental health and child- and youth-serving social service workforce capacity, including analyzing that capacity by setting, geographic distribution, and population served; and barriers that contribute to any shortages in professionals in that workforce; and the cost-effectiveness and success of providing services through school-based health centers as a method of— addressing the needs of students who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing trauma; and improving their academic achievement.
The Comptroller General shall submit a report containing the results of the study to— the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Indian Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
In this section: The term child with a disability has the meaning given the term in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1401 ). The term infant or toddler with a disability has the meaning given the term in section 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1432 ).
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