Sec. 3. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Study
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Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to enter into a contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this section as the National Academies ) to conduct a study to examine the state of youth in youth residential programs and make recommendations. Pursuant to the contract under subsection (a), the National Academies shall, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act , issue a report informed by the study conducted under such subsection that includes— identification of all Federal and State funding sources for youth residential programs; identification of Federal data collection sources on youth in youth residential programs; identification of existing Federal and State regulation of youth residential programs, including alternative licensing standards or licensing exemptions for youth residential programs; identification of existing standards of care of national accreditation entities that provide accreditation or certification of youth residential programs; identification of existing barriers in Federal and State policy for blending and braiding of Federal and State funding sources to serve youth in community-based settings; recommendations for coordination by Federal and State agencies of data on youth in youth residential programs; and recommendations for the improvement of Federal and State oversight of youth residential programs receiving Federal funding.
In this section, the term youth residential program has the meaning given such term in section 596A of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 2.