110 STAT. 3066
PUBLIC LAW 104-235—OCT. 3, 1996
"(3) recommendations for modifications needed to facilitate
coordinated national data collection with respect to child protection and child welfare.".
SEC. 103. REPEAL OF INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON CHILD ABUSE
AND NEGLECT.
Section 103 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act (42 U.S.C. 5103) is repealed.
SEC. 104. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION RELATING
TO CHILD ABUSE.
Section 104 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act (42 U.S.C. 5104) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), to read as follows:
Contracts.
"(a) ESTABLISHMENT. —The Secretary shall through the Department, or by one or more contracts of not less than 3 years duration
let through a competition, establish a national clearinghouse for
information relating to child abuse.";
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
"Director" and inserting "Secretary";
(B) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by inserting "assessment," after "prevention,";
and
(ii) by striking ", including" and all that follows
and inserting "; and";
(C) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking "general population" and inserting "United States";
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding "and" at the
end;
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking "; and" at
the end and inserting a period; and
(iv) by striking subparagraph (D); and
(D) by striking psiragraph (3); and
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)-^
(i) by striking "In establishing" and inserting the
following:
"(1) IN GENERAL.—In establishing"; and
(ii) by striking "Director" and inserting "Secretary";
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as
subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and by moving
the text of subparagraphs (A) through (D) (as redesignated)
2 ems to the right;
(C) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated), by striking
"that is represented on the task force" and inserting
"involved with child abuse and neglect and mechanisms
for the sharing of such information among other Federal
agencies and clearinghouses";
(D) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), by striking
"State, regional" and all that follows and inserting the
following: "Federal, State, regional, and local child welfare
data systems which shall include—
"(i) standardized data on false, unfounded,
unsubstantiated, and substantiated reports; and
"(ii) information on the number of deaths due to
child abuse and neglect;";
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