PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services may pay for and run national programs to prevent and treat child abuse and to improve adoption. The Secretary can do this directly, by giving grants to States and nonprofit groups, or by working together with States and public agencies. These programs include a national center that collects and shares information about child abuse and neglect and a national adoption information exchange to help place children. The Secretary must keep the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect operating for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983. If the Secretary carries out activities listed in 42 U.S.C. 5101(b) in those years, they must be done through that Center. Congress allowed $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1982 and 1983. At least $2,000,000 of each year’s money must be used for title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5111 et seq.).

Title 42, §5107

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(a)(1)The Secretary of Health and Human Services, either directly, through grants to States and public and private, nonprofit organizations and agencies, or through jointly financed cooperative arrangements with States, public agencies, and other agencies and organizations, is authorized to provide for activities of national significance related to child abuse prevention and treatment and adoption reform, including operation of a national center to collect and disseminate information regarding child abuse and neglect, and operation of a national adoption information exchange system to facilitate the adoptive placement of children.

(2)The Secretary, in carrying out the provisions of this subsection, shall provide for the continued operation of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in accordance with section 5101(a) of this title for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983.

(3)If the Secretary determines, in fiscal year 1982 or 1983, to carry out any of the activities described in section 5101(b) of this title, the Secretary shall carry out such activities through the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect.

(b)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Of the amounts appropriated under this subsection for any fiscal year, not less than $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 [42 U.S.C. 5111 et seq.].

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 95–266, Apr. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 205. Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 5111 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 1978 Amendment note set out under section 5101 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, and not as part of title I of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act which comprises this subchapter.

§5107 Discretionary Programs; Authorization of Appropriations