US Congress House Bill 2567 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on May 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes and modifies certain requirements related to mandatory reporting of suspected and known incidents of child abuse. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for campaigns to educate the public and for training about (1) state child abuse or neglect laws, and (2) the responsibility to report suspected incidents of such abuse or neglect.Further, for a state to be eligible for various grants supporting child abuse or neglect treatment and prevention programs, the state must provide assurances that it has mandatory reporting requirements in place for specified individuals who provide services involving children (e.g., health care providers, school personnel, child care employees, and volunteers). States must (1) provide training to these individuals about reporting abuse, and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of the state's reporting requirements.The bill also revises reporting requirements for child abuse or neglect treatment and prevention grants to include data about changes in the rates of child abuse reporting and child abuse fatalities.

Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act

Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-05-07	House	Introduced in House

SB1353 (Same As) 2019-05-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2567/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2567/BILLS-116hr2567ih.pdf