US Congress Senate Bill 774 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 This bill establishes: (1) the Interagency Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care; (2) the National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center; (3) the Native American Technical Assistance Resource Center to provide trauma-informed technical assistance; and (4) Medicaid demonstration projects to test innovative, trauma-informed approaches for delivering early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to eligible children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must encourage states to collect and report data on adverse childhood experiences. The bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, and other laws to revise or establish provisions related to trauma, including provisions regarding the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, Performance Partnership Pilots, health professional shortage areas, and training of school personnel, court personnel, and health care providers. The Department of Education may award grants for the improvement of trauma support services and mental health care for children in educational settings.

Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1757 (Same As) 2017-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/774/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s774/BILLS-115s774is.pdf