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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 1927 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. · Sec. 502

Sec. 502. Definitions

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Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after section 201 ( 42 U.S.C. 5111 ) the following: In this title: The term child facing a barrier to adoption includes an older child, a child who is a racial or ethnic minority, a child with a disability, a child or youth who belongs to a population that is the focus of research efforts authorized under section 404N of the 21st Century Cures Act ( 42 U.S.C. 283p ) and defined in Notice NOT–OD–19–139, issued by the National Institutes of Health on August 28, 2019, and a child with special needs as defined in section 473(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 673(c) ).
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. .
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