Sec. 108. Reports
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Section 110 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106f ) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary shall conduct a study that examines challenges to, and best practices for, the scalability of treatments that reduce the trauma resulting from child abuse and neglect and reduce the risk of revictimization, such as those allowable under sections 105 and 106. The study described in subsection
(a)shall be completed in a manner that considers the variability among treatment programs and among populations vulnerable to child abuse and neglect. The study shall include, at minimum: A detailed synthesis of the existing research literature examining barriers and challenges to, and best practices for the scalability of child welfare programs and services as well as programs and services for vulnerable children and families in related fields, including healthcare and education. Data describing state and local providers’ experiences with scaling treatments that reduce the trauma resulting from child abuse and neglect and reduce the risk of revictimization. Consultation with experts in child welfare, healthcare, and education. Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of the Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives a report that contains the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), including recommendations for best practices for scaling treatments that reduce the trauma resulting from child abuse and neglect and reduce the risk of revictimization. The Secretary shall study, with respect to each State— the State law regarding the minimum marriage age; and the prevalence of marriage involving a child who is under the age of such minimum marriage age. The study required under paragraph
(1)shall include an examination of— the extent to which any statutory exceptions to the minimum marriage age in such laws contribute to the prevalence of marriage involving a child described in paragraph (1)(B); whether such exceptions allow such a child to be married without the consent of such child; and the impact of such exceptions on the safety of such children. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives a report containing the findings of the study required by this subsection, including any best practices. The Secretary shall collect information on and otherwise study State laws for mandatory reporting of incidents of child abuse or neglect. Such study shall examine trends in referrals and investigations of child abuse and neglect due to differences in such State laws with respect to the inclusion, as mandatory reporters, of the following individuals: Individuals licensed or certified to practice in any health-related field licensed by the State, employees of health care facilities or providers licensed by the State, who are engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment of individuals, including mental health and emergency medical service providers. Individuals employed by a school who have direct contact with children, including teachers, administrators, and independent contractors. Peace officers and law enforcement personnel. Clergy, including Christian Science practitioners, except where prohibited on account of clergy-penitent privilege. Day care and child care operators and employees. Employees of social services agencies who have direct contact with children in the course of employment. Foster parents. Court appointed special advocates (employees and volunteers). Camp and after-school employees. An individual, paid or unpaid, who, on the basis of the individual’s role as an integral part of a regularly scheduled program, activity, or service, accepts responsibility for a child. Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives a report containing the findings of the study required by this subsection, including any best practices related to the inclusion, as mandatory reporters, of individuals described in paragraph (1). . Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General, in consultation with the Indian tribes from each of the 12 regions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, shall study child abuse and neglect in Indian Tribal communities for the purpose of identifying vital information and making recommendations concerning issues relating to child abuse and neglect in such communities, and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on such study, which shall include— the number of Indian tribes providing primary child abuse and neglect prevention activities; the number of Indian tribes providing secondary child abuse and neglect prevention activities; promising practices of Indian tribes with respect to child abuse and neglect prevention that are culturally-based or culturally-adapted; information and recommendations on how such culturally-based or culturally-adapted child abuse and neglect prevention activities could become evidence-based; the number of Indian tribes that have accessed Federal child abuse and neglect prevention programs; child abuse and neglect prevention activities that Indian tribes provide using State funds; child abuse and neglect prevention activities that Indian tribes provide using Tribal funds; Tribal access to State children’s trust fund resources, as described in section 202 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5116a ); how a children’s trust fund model could be used to support prevention efforts regarding child abuse and neglect of American Indian and Alaska Native children; Federal agency technical assistance efforts to address child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment of American Indian and Alaska Native children; Federal agency cross-system collaboration to address child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment of American Indian and Alaska Native children; Tribal access to child abuse and neglect prevention research and demonstration grants under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.); and an examination of child abuse and neglect data systems to identify what Tribal data is being submitted, barriers to submitting data, and recommendations on improving the collection of data from Indian Tribes. In this subsection— the term Alaska Native has the meaning given the term in section 111 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5106g ); and the terms child abuse and neglect and Indian tribe have the meaning given the terms in section 3 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5101 note).
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