Supporting Family Mental Health in CAPTA Act

116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1160 AN ACT To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to increase support for mental health. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 † S 1160 ES SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Family 2 Mental Health in CAPTA Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION 4 AND TREATMENT ACT. 5 (a) NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE.—Section 103(b) of 6 the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 7 5104(b)) is amended— 8 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘effective pro- 9 grams,’’ and inserting ‘‘evidence-based and evidence- 10 informed programs,’’; 11 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 12 (9) as paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively; 13 and 14 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4), the fol- 15 lowing: 16 ‘‘(5) maintain and disseminate, as appropriate, 17 information that describes best practices for making 18 appropriate referrals related to, and addressing, the 19 health, mental health, and developmental needs of 20 victims of child abuse or neglect;’’. 21 (b) RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.—Sec- 22 tion 104 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 23 Act (42 U.S.C. 5105) is amended— 24 (1) in subsection (a)— 25 (A) in paragraph (1)— 26 3 † S 1160 ES (i) by striking subparagraph (F) and 1 inserting the following: 2 ‘‘(F) effective approaches to interagency 3 collaboration between the child welfare protec- 4 tion system, the juvenile justice system, and 5 other relevant agencies engaged with children 6 and families that improve the delivery of serv- 7 ices and treatment (including related to domes- 8 tic violence, mental health, or substance use dis- 9 orders) for continuity of treatment plan and 10 services as children transition between sys- 11 tems;’’; 12 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 13 (N) and (O) as subparagraphs (P) and 14 (Q), respectively; 15 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 16 (M) the following: 17 ‘‘(N) methods to address geographic, ra- 18 cial, and cultural disparities in the child welfare 19 system, including a focus on access to services; 20 ‘‘(O) evidence-based and evidence-informed 21 programs to prevent child abuse and neglect in 22 families that have not had contact with the 23 child welfare system;’’; and 24 4 † S 1160 ES (iv) in subparagraph (P), as redesig- 1 nated by clause (ii), by striking ‘‘subpara- 2 graph (O)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 3 (Q)’’; and 4 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘para- 5 graph (1)(O)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 6 (1)(Q)’’; and 7 (2) in subsection (b)— 8 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 9 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 10 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 11 following: 12 ‘‘(2) CONTENT.—The technical assistance 13 under paragraph (1) shall be designed to, as applica- 14 ble, promote best practices for addressing child 15 abuse and neglect in families with complex needs, 16 such as families who have experienced domestic vio- 17 lence, substance use disorders, and adverse child- 18 hood experiences.’’; and 19 (C) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 20 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 21 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 22 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 23 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 24 and’’; and 25 5 † S 1160 ES (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 1 lowing: 2 ‘‘(E) ways to reduce geographic, racial, 3 and cultural disparities in the child protection 4 system, which may include engaging law en- 5 forcement, education, health, and other relevant 6 systems in such efforts.’’. 7 (c) GRANTS TO STATES.—Section 106 of the Child 8 Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) 9 is amended— 10 (1) in subsection (a)— 11 (A) in paragraph (6)— 12 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 13 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 14 (ii) by striking subparagraph (D) and 15 inserting the following: 16 ‘‘(D) training in early childhood, child, and 17 adolescent development and the impact of child 18 abuse and neglect, and the long-term impacts of 19 adverse childhood experiences; and 20 ‘‘(E) training to improve coordination 21 among child protective service agencies, entities 22 providing health care services (including mental 23 health and substance use disorder services), and 24 community resources, for purposes of con- 25 6 † S 1160 ES ducting evaluations related to substantiated 1 cases of child abuse or neglect; and 2 ‘‘(F) training regarding the links between 3 child abuse and neglect and domestic violence, 4 and approaches to working with families with 5 mental health needs or substance use dis- 6 order;’’. 7 (d) APPLICATION.—Section 204(7) of the Child 8 Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 9 5116d(7)) is amended to read as follows: 10 ‘‘(7) a description of the criteria that the entity 11 will use to— 12 ‘‘(A) select and fund local programs, and 13 how the lead entity will take into consideration 14 the local program’s ability to— 15 ‘‘(i) collaborate with other community- 16 based organizations and service providers 17 and engage in long-term and strategic 18 planning with respect to community-based 19 and prevention-focused programs and ac- 20 tivities designed to strengthen and support 21 families to prevent child abuse and neglect; 22 ‘‘(ii) meaningfully partner with par- 23 ents in the development, implementation, 24 oversight, and evaluation of services; 25 7 † S 1160 ES ‘‘(iii) reduce barriers to access to com- 1 munity-based and prevention-focused pro- 2 grams and activities designed to strength- 3 en and support families to prevent child 4 abuse and neglect, including for diverse, 5 underserved, and at-risk populations; or 6 ‘‘(B) develop or provide community-based 7 and prevention-focused programs and activities 8 designed to strengthen and support families to 9 prevent child abuse and neglect, and provide a 10 description of how such activities are evidence- 11 based or evidence-informed;’’. 12 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 13 The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 14 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended— 15 (1) in section 3, by amending paragraph (5) to 16 read as follows: 17 ‘‘(5) the terms ‘Indian’, ‘Indian Tribe’, and 18 ‘Tribal organization’ have the meanings given the 19 terms ‘Indian’, ‘Indian tribe’, and ‘tribal organiza- 20 tion’, respectively, in section 4 of the Indian Self-De- 21 termination and Education Assistance Act (25 22 U.S.C. 450b);’’; 23 8 † S 1160 ES (2) by striking ‘‘tribe’’ each place such term ap- 1 pears (other than in section 3(5)) and inserting 2 ‘‘Tribe’’; and 3 (3) by striking ‘‘tribal’’ each place such term 4 appears (other than in section 3(5)) and inserting 5 ‘‘Tribal’’. 6 Passed the Senate September 17, 2020. Attest: Secretary. 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 1160 AN ACT To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat- ment Act to increase support for mental health.