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S 2998 107th Congress Senate

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002

Official title: A bill to reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, and the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 24, 2002 See on congress.gov
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 17, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10635-10636)
Sep 30, 2002
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 622.
Sep 30, 2002
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with amendments. With written report No. 107-292.
Sep 25, 2002
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sep 24, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9125-9134)
Sep 24, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9123-9125)
Sep 24, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 17, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10635-10636)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on the national incidence of child abuse and neglect.

Permits the Secretary to award grants to States and public and private agencies and organizations for various programs to improve training for child protection services (CPS) and other child and family service workers.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to States for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs.

Reauthorizes various grant programs.

Permits the Secretary to extend national domestic violence hotline grants for grantees that submit a report evaluating the effectiveness of the program.

Requires the Secretary to award a grant to a nonprofit organization to establish and operate a confidential Internet website to link domestic violence shelters and service providers and the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

Establishes the Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Program, which shall provide grants to shelters and other domestic violence service providers to run programs that address the needs of children with mothers who are abused.

Permits the Secretary to award grants to, or enter into contracts with, States, local government, and adoption and child welfare programs to help eliminate barriers to placing children for adoption across jurisdictional boundaries.

Amends the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 to prohibit the Secretary from making grants to public and nonprofit entities regarding abandonment of infants and young children in hospitals unless priority is given by the grantee to children who: (1) have been perinatally exposed to HIV or who have a life-threatening illness; (2) have another special medical need; or (3) have been exposed perinatally to a dangerous drug.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3839 Related bill Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002
  • HR 5601 Related bill Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Sep 24, 2002
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