PUBLIC LAW 104-235—OCT. 3, 1996
110 STAT. 3065
activities are performed by another entity or entities within the
Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary shall
ensure that such functions and activities are executed with the
necessary expertise and in a fully coordinated manner involving
regular intradepartmental and interdepartmental consultation with
all agencies involved in child abuse and neglect activities.".
SEC. 102. ADVISORY BOARD ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
Section 102 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act (42 U.S.C. 5102) is amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 102. ADVISORY BOARD ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
"(a) APPOINTMENT. — The Secretary may appoint an advisory
board to make recommendations to the Secretary and to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning specific issues relating
to child abuse and neglect.
"(b) SOLICITATION OF NOMINATIONS. — The Secretary shall pub- Federal Register,
lish a notice in the Federal Register soliciting nominations for publication,
the appointment of members of the advisory board under subsection
(a).
"(c) COMPOSITION.—In establishing the board under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall appoint members from the genereJ public
who are individuals knowledgeable in child abuse and neglect
prevention, intervention, treatment, or research, and with due
consideration to representation of ethnic or racial minorities and
diverse geographic areas, and who represent—
"(1) law (including the judiciary);
"(2) psychology (including child development);
"(3) social services (including child protective services);
"(4) medicine (including pediatrics);
"(5) State and local government;
"(6) organizations providing services to disabled persons;
"(7) orgginizations providing services to adolescents;
"(8) teachers;
"(9) parent self-help organizations;
"(10) parents'groups;
"(11) voluntary groups;
"(12) family rights groups; and
"(13) children's rights advocates.
"(d) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the membership of the board
shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
"(e) ELECTION OF OFFICERS. —The board shall elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson at its first meeting from among the
members of the board.
"(f) DUTIES.— Not later than 1 year after the establishment Reports.
of the board under subsection (a), the board shall submit to the
Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress a report,
or interim report, containing—
"(1) recommendations on coordinating Federal, State, and
local child abuse and neglect activities with similar activities
at the Federal, State, and local level pertaining to family
violence prevention;
"(2) specific modifications needed in Federal and State laws
and programs to reduce the number of unfounded or unsubstantiated reports of child abuse or neglect while enhancing the
ability to identify and substantiate legitimate cases of abuse
or neglect which place a child in danger; and
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