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US HR1757

US HR1757
Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017


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Introduced
03/28/2017
In Committee
04/12/2017
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 This bill establishes: (1) the Interagency Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care; (2) the National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center; (3) the Native American Technical Assistance Resource Center to provide trauma-informed technical assistance; and (4) Medicaid demonstration projects to test innovative, trauma-informed approaches for delivering early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to eligible children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must encourage states to collect and report data on adverse childhood experiences. The bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, and other laws to revise or establish provisions related to trauma, including provisions regarding the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, Performance Partnership Pilots, health professional shortage areas, and training of school personnel, court personnel, and health care providers. The Department of Education may award grants for the improvement of trauma support services and mental health care for children in educational settings.

AI Summary

This bill establishes: (1) the Interagency Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care to identify, evaluate, recommend, maintain, and update best practices for addressing trauma experienced by children, youth, and their families; (2) the National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center to provide assistance to law enforcement agencies on responding to children and youth who have experienced trauma; and (3) the Native American Technical Assistance Resource Center to provide trauma-informed technical assistance to tribal organizations. It also provides grants to state educational agencies and other entities to increase student access to quality trauma support services and mental health care, authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect data on adverse childhood experiences, and establishes a Medicaid demonstration project to test innovative, trauma-informed approaches for delivering early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to eligible children.

Committee Categories

Education, Health and Social Services, Labor and Employment, Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (17)

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (on 04/12/2017)

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