To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for purposes of reducing child abuse and neglect due to the substance use disorder of a parent or caregiver.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 995 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for purposes of reducing child abuse and neglect due to the substance use disorder of a parent or caregiver. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Mr. HARDER of California (for himself and Mr. MEUSER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Serv- ices to award grants for purposes of reducing child abuse and neglect due to the substance use disorder of a parent or caregiver. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Mar 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H995.IH H995 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 995 IH SECTION 1. REDUCING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT DUE 1 TO THE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OF A 2 PARENT OR CAREGIVER. 3 Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 4 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding 5 at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(8) REDUCING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT 7 DUE TO THE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OF A PAR- 8 ENT OR CAREGIVER.—The Secretary may award 9 grants under this subsection to entities to carry out 10 activities to reduce child abuse and neglect due to 11 the substance use disorder of a parent or care- 12 giver.’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:10 Mar 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H995.IH H995 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS