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S 1351 - Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act - National Key Vote

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Title: Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes an interagency Federal Work Group on Youth Residential Programs to support and implement best practices regarding the health and safety, care, treatment, and appropriate placement of youth in youth residential programs.

Highlights:

  • Establishes an interagency Federal Work Group on Youth Residential Programs to support and implement best practices regarding the health and safety, care, treatment, and appropriate placement of youth in youth residential programs (Sec. 2).

  • Specifies that the workgroup must develop recommendations about a national database to aggregate information about processes and outcomes for youth in such programs, and also must support the education and training of professional and paraprofessional personnel in fields that service such youth (Sec. 2).

  • Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and recommend various aspects of federal and state oversight of youth residential programs (Sec. 2).

NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS

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Title: Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act

NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.

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NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS

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