Sec. 301. Identifying and preventing child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect
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The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The purpose of this title is to develop coordinated leadership and shared responsibility at the Federal, State, and local levels to implement data-driven strategies and reforms to prevent child fatalities and near fatalities from occurring in the future through the use of improved collection, reporting, and analysis of all child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect.
The Secretary shall establish the Federal Work Group on Public Health Surveillance of Child Fatalities and near fatalities Due to Child Abuse and Neglect (referred to in this section as the Work Group ). Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2021 , the Secretary shall appoint representatives to the Work Group from the Administration for Children and Families, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Department of Justice and other Federal agencies, as the Secretary determines.
In carrying out the duties described under subsection (c), the Work Group shall consult with experts determined by the Secretary who meet the qualifications described in section 3(b)(1)(B) of the Protect our Kids Act ( Public Law 112–275 ). The Work Group shall— oversee the development of uniform public health data standards that are designed to promote consistent terminology and data collection related to child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect; and examine all Federal data collections related to child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect and make recommendations to the Secretary regarding— how to improve the accuracy, uniformity, and comparability of data regarding child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect within and across States; how to ensure that such data collections are informative and can be effectively utilized by local, State, Federal policymakers and the public to make data-driven decisions to prevent such fatalities and near fatalities; and the purposes and roles of existing data systems, and how such data systems or next-generation data systems should more effectively meet the goals described in subparagraphs
(A)and (B). The Work Group shall annually prepare a report and submit such report to the Secretary on the activities carried out under subsection (b), including recommendations for improving public health surveillance of child fatalities and near fatalities due to abuse and neglect. The Secretary may award grants or cooperative agreements to States, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations for the purposes of assisting such States, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations in— supporting child death review programs, including at the local level, in the review of all incidents of child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse or neglect, including incidents in which the child was known by, or referred to, the child protective services system; improving data collection and reporting related to child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect, including intrastate and interstate data comparability; and developing coordinated leadership and shared responsibility across State, Tribal, and local public agencies that support children and families to implement data-driven strategies and reforms in order to prevent child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect from occurring in the future. A State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization desiring a grant or cooperative agreement under subsection
(a)shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. A State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization receiving a grant or cooperative agreement under subsection
(a)shall use such funds for the purposes of carrying out the grant program under subsection (a). Each State, Indian Tribe, and Tribal organization that receives an award under this subsection shall submit a report to the Secretary, for each fiscal year for which such award is received, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that includes a summary of reports submitted by States, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations under paragraph
(1)and the Secretary’s recommendations or observations on the challenges, successes, and lessons derived from implementation of the grant program under subsection (a). To carry out this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027. .
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Sec. 301
Identifying and preventing child fatalities and near fatalities due to child abuse and neglect
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