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Senate Bill 1497
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act
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Introduced in Senate on Apr 29, 2021
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S. 1497 (Introduced-in-Senate)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1497


To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth and their families.


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 29, 2021

Mr. Kaine (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions


A BILL

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth and their families.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act”.

SEC. 2. Amendments to CAPTA.

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended—

(1) in section 104 (42 U.S.C. 5105)—

(A) in subsection (a)—

(i) in paragraph (1)—

(I) by redesignating subparagraphs (N) and (O) as subparagraphs (O) and (P), respectively;

(II) by inserting after subparagraph (M) the following:

“(N) child abuse and neglect issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth and families, including providing recommendations for improving the collection of data at the Federal, State, and local levels to better identify young people who may be at risk of, or experiencing, child abuse or neglect because of their sexual orientation or gender identity;”;

(III) in subparagraph (O), as so redesignated, by striking “subparagraph (O)” and inserting “subparagraph (P)”; and

(IV) in clause (ix) of subparagraph (P), as so redesignated, by inserting “(including sexual orientation and gender identity)” after “sex”; and

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking “paragraph (1)(O)” and inserting “paragraph (1)(P)”; and

(B) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting “or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth” after “children with disabilities”;

(2) in section 105(a)(1)(E) (42 U.S.C. 5106(a)(1)(E)), by inserting “and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth” after “children with disabilities”;

(3) in section 106(d)(1) (42 U.S.C. 5106a(d)(1)), by inserting “, disaggregated by demographic characteristics such as age, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), race, family structure, household relationship, school enrollment and education attainment, disability, grandparents as caregivers, labor force status, work status in previous year, and income in previous year” before the period;

(4) in section 107 (42 U.S.C. 5106c)—

(A) in subsection (a)—

(i) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and

(ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

“(3) the assessment and investigation of cases involving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth who are suspected victims of child abuse or neglect;”;

(B) in subsection (b)(5), by striking “paragraphs (1) through (3)” and inserting “paragraphs (1) through (4)”; and

(C) in subsection (c)(1)—

(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) through (J) as subparagraphs (H) through (K), respectively; and

(ii) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:

“(G) individuals experienced in working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth and families;”;

(5) in section 201(b)(1)(G) (42 U.S.C. 5116(b)(1)(G)), by inserting “(including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth and families)” before the semicolon;

(6) in section 202 (42 U.S.C. 5116a)—

(A) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “and families with other vulnerable youth, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth” before the semicolon; and

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking “and public sector and private nonprofit sector service providers, and parents with disabilities” and inserting “public sector and private nonprofit sector service providers, parents with disabilities, and parents of other vulnerable youth, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth”; and

(B) in paragraph (3)—

(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;

(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:

“(E) will integrate its efforts with individuals and organizations experienced in working in partnership with families with vulnerable youth, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth, and with the child abuse and neglect prevention activities of the State, and demonstrate a financial commitment to those activities.”; and

(7) in section 206(4) (42 U.S.C. 5116f(4)), by striking “and parents with disabilities” and inserting “parents with disabilities, and families with other vulnerable youth, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth”.