Sec. 7. Development of national definition standards relating to child fatalities from maltreatment
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Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall promulgate proposed regulations establishing a set of national definition standards relating to child fatalities from maltreatment that States shall use to report data to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System established and maintained in accordance with section 103 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5104 ) and, not later than 6 months after the date on which the public comment period on the proposed regulations closes, shall issue final regulations establishing such standards.
In promulgating the regulations under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with representatives of— State and county officials responsible for administering the State plans under parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act; child welfare professionals with field experience; child welfare researchers; child development professionals; mental health professionals; emergency medicine physicians; child abuse pediatricians, as certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, who specialize in treating victims of child abuse; forensic pathologists; public health administration; public health researchers; law enforcement; a representative from the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention; and such other organizations or entities as the Secretary determines appropriate.
Section 103(c)(1)(C) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5104(c)(1)(C) ) is amended— in clause (iii), by striking and after the semicolon; in clause (iv), by adding and after the semicolon; and by inserting after clause (iv), the following: information on child fatalities from maltreatment in accordance with the set of national definition standards promulgated under section 7(a) of the Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017 ; . Section 106(d) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106a(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
The number of child fatalities from maltreatment and related information required to be reported in accordance with the set of national definition standards promulgated under section 7(a) of the Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017 . . IV-B plan Section 422(b)(19) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 622(b)(19) ), as amended by section 6(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following: report information on child maltreatment deaths required by Federal law in accordance with the set of national definition standards promulgated under section 7(a) of the Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017 . .
Section 429A of the Social Security Act, as added by section 6(b), is amended by adding at the end the following: The review team shall use the set of national definition standards promulgated under section 7(a) of the Child Welfare Oversight and Accountability Act of 2017 to make and submit findings and data to the CDR Reporting System and to develop the recommendations required under subsection (b)(3). .
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