Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (11 Dec 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
What this bill does
The Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act, introduced in the Senate, would require states that receive child welfare grants to review child fatalities resulting from maltreatment. Multidisciplinary teams within each state's child welfare system would need to determine the causes of these deaths annually.
These teams would then submit their findings and develop recommendations for preventing future child deaths to a national reporting system and to their state's governor and legislature. If a state's child death numbers exceed a certain threshold, they would also need to report to the Children's Bureau. The Children's Bureau would establish standardized definitions for this reporting.
This bill is currently in the introduction phase, having been referred to the Committee on Finance. If enacted, it would take effect six months after enactment.
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Official summary
Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act
This bill requires states receiving child welfare grants to report specified information about child deaths from maltreatment. Specifically, multidisciplinary teams from within the child welfare system in each state must
• make a finding concerning the causes of each child fatality during the annual review period;
• submit such findings to the Child Death Review Case Reporting System;
• develop recommendations to prevent future child deaths from maltreatment;
• submit annual reports with this information to the state’s governor and legislature; and
• if the number of child deaths in a state exceeds an established threshold, submit a report to the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families.
Further, the Children’s Bureau must promulgate rules establishing standardized definitions for states to use in such reporting.
Timeline
11 Dec 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Common questions
- What does S. 3027 do?
- The Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act, introduced in the Senate, would require states that receive child welfare grants to review child fatalities resulting from maltreatment. Multidisciplinary teams within each state's child welfare system would need to determine the causes of these deaths annually. These teams would then submit their findings and develop recommendations for preventing future child deaths to a national reporting system and to their state's governor and legislature. If a state's child death numbers exceed a certain threshold, they would also need to report to the Children's Bureau. The Children's Bureau would establish standardized definitions for this reporting. This bill is currently in the introduction phase, having been referred to the Committee on Finance. If enacted, it would take effect six months after enactment.
- Has S. 3027 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 3027. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 3027?
- S. 3027 was sponsored by Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] (D-OH), with 1 cosponsor.
- What's the latest action on S. 3027?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (11 Dec 2019).
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