110 STAT. 3074
PUBLIC LAW 104-235—OCT. 3, 1996
Effective date.
Effective date.
"(11) to make recommendations to the court
concerning the best interests of the child;
"(x) the establishment of citizen review panels in
accordance with subsection (c);
"(xi) provisions, procedures, and mechanisms to
be effective not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this section—
"(I) for the expedited termination of parental
rights in the case of any infant determined to
be abandoned under State law; and
"(II) by which individuals who disagree with
an official finding of abuse or neglect can appeal
such finding;
"(xii) provisions, procedures, and mechanisms to
be effective not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this section that assure that the
State does not require reunification of a surviving child
with a parent who has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction—
"(I) to have committed murder (which would
have been an offense under section 1111(a) of title
18, United States Code, if the offense had occurred
in the special maritime or territorial jurisdiction
of the United States) of another child of such parent;
"(II) to have committed voluntary manslaughter (which would have been an offense under
section 1112(a) of title 18, United States Code,
if the offense had occurred in the special maritime
or territorial jurisdiction of the United States) of
another child of such parent;
"(III) to have aided or abetted, attempted, conspired, or solicited to commit such murder or voluntary manslaughter; or
"(IV) to have committed a felony assault that
results in the serious bodily injury to the surviving
child or another child of such parent; and
"(xiii) an assurance that, upon the implementation
by the State of the provisions, procedures, and mechanisms under clause (xii), conviction of any one of the
felonies listed in clause (xii) constitute grounds under
State law for the termination of parental rights of
the convicted parent as to the surviving children
(although case-by-case determinations of whether or
not to seek termination of parental rights shall be
within the sole discretion of the State);
"(B) an assurance that the State has in place procedures for responding to the reporting of medical neglect
(including instances of withholding of medically indicated
treatment from disabled infants with life-threatening conditions), procedures or programs, or both (within the State
child protective services system), to provide for—
"(i) coordination and consultation with individuals
designated by and within appropriate health-care
facilities;
"(ii) prompt notification by individuals designated
by and within appropriate health-care facilities of cases
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