This bill permits the Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children & Families to provide grants for programs that reduce child abuse and neglect resulting from the substance use disorder of a parent or caregiver.
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REDUCING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT DUE TO THE SUBSTANCE USE 
              DISORDER OF A PARENT OR CAREGIVER.

    Section 105(a) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
U.S.C. 5106(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Reducing child abuse and neglect due to the substance 
        use disorder of a parent or caregiver.--The Secretary may award 
        grants under this subsection to entities to carry out 
        activities to reduce child abuse and neglect due to the 
        substance use disorder of a parent or caregiver.''.
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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.
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.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
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.
Rep. Harder, Josh