Jenna Quinn Law

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8396 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require training and education to teachers and other school employees, students, and the community about how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse in primary and secondary education. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 Ms. WILD (for herself, Mr. MCCAUL, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HASTINGS, and Mr. WRIGHT) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require training and education to teachers and other school employees, students, and the community about how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report child sexual abuse in primary and secondary education. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jenna Quinn Law’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:44 Oct 21, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8396.IH H8396 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8396 IH SEC. 2. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD INITI- 1 ATED GRANTS. 2 Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 3 Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding 4 at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(8) CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS FIELD 6 INITIATED GRANTS.—The Secretary may award 7 grants under this subsection to entities, for periods 8 of up to 5 years, in support of field-initiated innova- 9 tion projects that advance, establish, or implement 10 innovative evidence-based or evidence-informed child 11 sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs 12 by— 13 ‘‘(A) improving student awareness of child 14 sexual abuse, including how to recognize, pre- 15 vent, and safely report child sexual abuse; 16 ‘‘(B) training teachers, school employees, 17 and other mandatory reporters and adults who 18 work with children in a professional or volun- 19 teer capacity, including with respect to recog- 20 nizing child sexual abuse and safely reporting 21 child sexual abuse; or 22 ‘‘(C) providing information to parents and 23 guardians of students about child sexual abuse 24 awareness and prevention, including how to pre- 25 vent, recognize, respond to, and report child 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:44 Oct 21, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8396.IH H8396 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8396 IH sexual abuse and how to discuss child sexual 1 abuse with a child.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:44 Oct 21, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8396.IH H8396 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS