Sec. 2. CAPTA amendments
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Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106a ) is amended— in subsection (b)(2)(B)— in clause (xxii), by striking and at the end; and by adding at the end the following: provisions and procedures requiring identification and assessment of all reports involving children known or suspected to be victims of sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(9)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102 (9)(B))); and provisions and procedures for training child protective services workers about identifying, assessing, and providing comprehensive services for children who are sex trafficking victims, including efforts to coordinate with State law enforcement, juvenile justice, and social service agencies such as runaway and homeless youth shelters to serve this population; ; and in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
The number of children determined to be victims described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(xxiv). . Section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106g ) is amended— by striking For purposes and inserting the following: For purposes ; and by adding at the end the following: For purposes of section 3(2) and subsection (a)(4), a child shall be considered a victim of child abuse and neglect and of sexual abuse if the child is identified, by a State or local agency employee of the State or locality involved, as being a victim of sex trafficking (as defined in paragraph
(10)of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 )) or a victim of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in paragraph (9)(A) of that section. Notwithstanding the definition of child in section 3(1), a State may elect to define that term for purposes of the application of paragraph
(1)to section 3(2) and subsection (a)(4) as a person who has not attained the age of 24. . Section 3(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended by inserting ( including sexual abuse as determined under section 111) after sexual abuse or exploitation . Paragraph (5)(C) of subsection (a), as so designated, of section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106g ) is amended by striking inhumane; and inserting inhumane. .
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