Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act

Senate Bill 3027 - Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act: Overview, Status, and Impact

Hozzl · 2022-10-28T01:45:59Z

Explore the details of Senate Bill 3027 Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on Families. Stay informed on legislative developments.

10/28/2022, 1:45 AM

Congressional Summary of S 3027

Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act

This bill requires states receiving child welfare grants to report specified information about child deaths from maltreatment. Specifically, multidisciplinary teams from within the child welfare system in each state must

make a finding concerning the causes of each child fatality during the annual review period;
submit such findings to the Child Death Review Case Reporting System;
develop recommendations to prevent future child deaths from maltreatment;
submit annual reports with this information to the state’s governor and legislature; and
if the number of child deaths in a state exceeds an established threshold, submit a report to the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families.

Further, the Children’s Bureau must promulgate rules establishing standardized definitions for states to use in such reporting.

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Current Status of Bill S 3027

Bill S 3027 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since December 11, 2019. Bill S 3027 was introduced during Congress 116 and was introduced to the Senate on December 11, 2019. Bill S 3027's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. as of December 11, 2019