Sec. 549. Improvements to Department of Defense tracking of and response to incidents of child abuse, adult crimes against children, and serious harmful behavior between children and youth involving military dependents on military installations
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Section 549B(b)(2)(A) of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 10 U.S.C. 1787 ) is amended— by striking problematic sexual behavior in children and youth and inserting incidents ; and by striking , regardless of whether the alleged offender was another child, an adult, or someone in a noncaregiving role at the time of the incident . Subsection
(c)of such section is amended— in the subsection heading, by striking ; reported to family advocacy programs by redesignating paragraph
(1)as subparagraph
(A)and moving such subparagraph, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; by inserting before subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, the following: ; by inserting after subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph: The Secretary of Defense shall establish guidance for each Serious Harmful Behaviors Between Children and Youth Multidisciplinary Team, as defined in paragraph (8), on a military installation to address reported incidents of serious harmful behaviors between children and youth, as described in subsection (a)(2)(C). ; in paragraph (2)A)— by striking shall develop a standardized process by which the Family Advocacy Programs and inserting the following: “shall develop standardized processes by which— the Family Response Programs ; by inserting under subsection (a)(2)(A) and (a)(2)(B) after reported covered incidents of serious harm to children ; and by striking Incident Determination Committee. and inserting the following: “Incident Determination Committee; and military departments screen incidents of serious harmful behavior between children and youth under subsection (a)(2)(C) to determine whether to convene the Serious Harmful Behavior Between Children and Youth Multidisciplinary Team. ; in paragraph (7), by inserting , as described in subsection (a)(2)(A) and (a)(2)(B), after reported incidents of child abuse ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In this subsection, the term Serious Harmful Behaviors Between Children and Youth Multidisciplinary Team means a coordinated community response team on a military installation— composed of designated members with the requisite experience, qualifications, and skills to address serious harmful behaviors between children and youth from a developmentally appropriate and trauma-informed perspective; and with objectives that include development of procedures for information sharing, collaborative and coordinated response, restorative resolution, effective investigations and assessments, evidence-based clinical interventions and rehabilitation, and prevention of serious harmful behavior between children and youth. .
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Sec. 549
Improvements to Department of Defense tracking of and response to incidents of child abuse, adult crimes against children, and serious harmful behavior between children and youth involving military dependents on military installations
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