[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1497 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1497
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure
protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth
and their families.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 29, 2021
Mr. Kaine (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure
protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth
and their families.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CAPTA.
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 104 (42 U.S.C. 5105)--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) in paragraph (1)--
(I) by redesignating subparagraphs
(N) and (O) as subparagraphs (O) and
(P), respectively;
(II) by inserting after
subparagraph (M) the following:
``(N) child abuse and neglect issues facing
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth
and families, including providing recommendations for
improving the collection of data at the Federal, State,
and local levels to better identify young people who
may be at risk of, or experiencing, child abuse or
neglect because of their sexual orientation or gender
identity;'';
(III) in subparagraph (O), as so
redesignated, by striking
``subparagraph (O)'' and inserting
``subparagraph (P)''; and
(IV) in clause (ix) of subparagraph
(P), as so redesignated, by inserting
``(including sexual orientation and
gender identity)'' after ``sex''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking
``paragraph (1)(O)'' and inserting ``paragraph
(1)(P)''; and
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``or
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth''
after ``children with disabilities'';
(2) in section 105(a)(1)(E) (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)(1)(E)), by
inserting ``and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer
youth'' after ``children with disabilities'';
(3) in section 106(d)(1) (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)(1)), by
inserting ``, disaggregated by demographic characteristics such
as age, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity),
race, family structure, household relationship, school
enrollment and education attainment, disability, grandparents
as caregivers, labor force status, work status in previous
year, and income in previous year'' before the period;
(4) in section 107 (42 U.S.C. 5106c)--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4)
as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following:
``(3) the assessment and investigation of cases involving
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth who are
suspected victims of child abuse or neglect;'';
(B) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ``paragraphs
(1) through (3)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1)
through (4)''; and
(C) in subsection (c)(1)--
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (G)
through (J) as subparagraphs (H) through (K),
respectively; and
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph (F)
the following:
``(G) individuals experienced in working with
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth
and families;'';
(5) in section 201(b)(1)(G) (42 U.S.C. 5116(b)(1)(G)), by
inserting ``(including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and
queer youth and families)'' before the semicolon;
(6) in section 202 (42 U.S.C. 5116a)--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and
families with other vulnerable youth, including
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer
youth'' before the semicolon; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and
public sector and private nonprofit sector
service providers, and parents with
disabilities'' and inserting ``public sector
and private nonprofit sector service providers,
parents with disabilities, and parents of other
vulnerable youth, including lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and queer youth''; and
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a semicolon;
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the
period and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) will integrate its efforts with individuals
and organizations experienced in working in partnership
with families with vulnerable youth, including lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth, and with
the child abuse and neglect prevention activities of
the State, and demonstrate a financial commitment to
those activities.''; and
(7) in section 206(4) (42 U.S.C. 5116f(4)), by striking
``and parents with disabilities'' and inserting ``parents with
disabilities, and families with other vulnerable youth,
including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer
youth''.
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