Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act
This bill expands programs that prevent and treat child abuse and neglect to address issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. Specifically, these programs include (1) research and reporting requirements, (2) providing technical assistance, (3) grants to states and local agencies to train child-welfare personnel, and (4) community-based prevention-service grants, among others.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2775 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2775
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure
protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their
families.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 15, 2019
Ms. Shalala (for herself, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Pocan, Mr.
Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Morelle, Mrs. Craig, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Davids
of Kansas, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Haaland, Mr.
Lowenthal, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Norton, and Mr.
Sean Patrick Maloney of New York) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure
protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender 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, and transgender 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), by inserting ``or lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender 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, and transgender 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, and transgender 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, and transgender youth and
families;'';
(5) in section 201(b)(1)(G) (42 U.S.C. 5116(b)(1)(G)), by
inserting ``(including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
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, and transgender 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, and transgender 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, and transgender 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, and transgender youth''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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