Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (29 Apr 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
What this bill does
The Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act (S. 1483) would amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to require states to conduct annual, multidisciplinary reviews of all child deaths from maltreatment. States would need to establish or use existing child death review teams—including child welfare workers, law enforcement, medical examiners, pediatricians, and domestic violence experts—to examine each case, identify contributing factors, and develop prevention recommendations. Findings would be submitted to a national data system and, depending on a state-specific reporting threshold designed to protect privacy, reported to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who would publish de-identified data on a public website. The bill also directs HHS to create national definition standards for reporting child maltreatment deaths and requires related training for review teams and child welfare staff.
The bill primarily affects state child welfare agencies, child death review teams, and federal data systems tracking child abuse and neglect. It would also involve consultations with tribal organizations to determine how requirements apply to Indian tribes. States would receive federal matching funds for administrative and training costs tied to these new duties, and would have three years after enactment to come into compliance.
S. 1483 was introduced on April 29, 2021, by Senator Sherrod Brown with Senator Roy Blunt as a cosponsor, and referred to the Senate Finance Committee. It did not receive a vote and did not become law in the 117th Congress.
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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
29 Apr 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Common questions
- What does S. 1483 do?
- The Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act (S. 1483) would amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to require states to conduct annual, multidisciplinary reviews of all child deaths from maltreatment. States would need to establish or use existing child death review teams—including child welfare workers, law enforcement, medical examiners, pediatricians, and domestic violence experts—to examine each case, identify contributing factors, and develop prevention recommendations. Findings would be submitted to a national data system and, depending on a state-specific reporting threshold designed to protect privacy, reported to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who would publish de-identified data on a public website. The bill also directs HHS to create national definition standards for reporting child maltreatment deaths and requires related training for review teams and child welfare staff. The bill primarily affects state child welfare agencies, child death review teams, and federal data systems tracking child abuse and neglect. It would also involve consultations with tribal organizations to determine how requirements apply to Indian tribes. States would receive federal matching funds for administrative and training costs tied to these new duties, and would have three years after enactment to come into compliance. S. 1483 was introduced on April 29, 2021, by Senator Sherrod Brown with Senator Roy Blunt as a cosponsor, and referred to the Senate Finance Committee. It did not receive a vote and did not become law in the 117th Congress.
- Has S. 1483 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 1483. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 1483?
- S. 1483 was sponsored by Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] (D-OH), with 1 cosponsor.
- What's the latest action on S. 1483?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (29 Apr 2021).
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