Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 23, 2009 Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities Discharged.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2009
- Passed HouseFeb 23, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to require each location of a covered program to meet specified minimum standards if individually or together with other locations it has an effect on interstate commerce.
Defines "covered program" as one operated by a public or private entity that with respect to one or more children unrelated to the program owner or operator: (1) provides a residential environment; and (2) operates with a focus on serving children with emotional, behavioral, or mental health problems or disorders, or problems with alcohol or substance abuse.
Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) implement an ongoing review process for investigating and evaluating reports of child abuse and neglect; (2) establish public websites with information about each covered program, as well as a national toll-free telephone hotline to receive complaints; (3) establish civil penalties for violations of standards; and (4) establish a process to ensure that complaints received by the hotline are promptly reviewed by persons with appropriate expertise.
(Sec. 4) Requires the Assistant Secretary to refer any violation of such standards to the Attorney General for appropriate action. Authorizes the Attorney General to file such a complaint on his or her own initiative regardless of whether such a referral has been made.
(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2014.
(Sec. 7) Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to establish additional eligibility requirements for grants to states to prevent child abuse and neglect at residential programs. Require such states to develop policies and procedures to prevent child abuse and neglect at covered programs consistent with the standards specified by this Act.
(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on outcomes for children in both private and public covered programs under this Act encompassing a broad representation of treatment facilities and geographic regions.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 72 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed295–102 | Feb 23, 2009 |
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2009 to Feb 13, 2009; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Feb 9, 2009 |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Feb 13, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Feb 13, 2009 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 9, 2009Markup Feb 11, 2009 |
| Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2009Discharged Mar 23, 2009 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Feb 24, 2009 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2009Late Referral to Subcommittee on Healthy Famlies and Communities (March 23, 2009).
- Mar 23, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
- Mar 23, 2009Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities Discharged.
- Feb 24, 2009Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Feb 23, 2009Mrs. McCarthy (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E396 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY | Feb 25, 2009 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E312 | Michele Bachmann R-MN | Feb 24, 2009 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1629–H1634Text printed H1629–H1632Recorded votes H1634enact | Carolyn McCarthy D-NY, David P. Roe R-TN, Howard P. "Buck" McKeon R-CA, Jim Matheson D-UT, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Feb 23, 2009 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Feb 27, 2009H.R. 911, Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 23, 2009</p>
- Feb 27, 2009H.R. 911, Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 23, 2009
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-22 | EXAMINING THE ABUSIVE AND DEADLY USE OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT IN SCHOOLS88 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | May 19, 2009 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL34507 | The Developmental Disabilities Act Archived | Report | Nov 12, 2010 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Crimes against children
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Families
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health facilities and institutions
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Licensing and registrations
- Mental health
- State and local government operations
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2009Referred in Senate
- Feb 23, 2009Engrossed in House
- Feb 9, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
