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 102 STAT. 116 42 USC 5106e. Regulations.

42 USC 5106f.

PUBLIC LAW 100-294—APR. 25, 1988

"SEC. 12. COORDINATION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROGRAMS. "The Secretary shall prescribe regulations and make such arrangements as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that there is effective coordination among programs related to child abuse and neglect under this Act and other such programs which are assisted by Federal funds. "SEC. 13. REPORTS.

"(a) COORDINATION EFFORTS.—Not later than March 1 of the second year following the date of enactment of the Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption, and Family Services Act of 1988 and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on efforts during the 2-year period preceding the date of the report to coordinate the objectives and activities of agencies and organizations which are responsible for programs and activities related to child abuse and neglect. "(b) EFFECTIVENESS OF STATE PROGRAMS AND TECHNICAL ASSIST-

ANCE,—Not later than two years after the first fiscal year for which funds are obligated under section 1404A of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report evaluating the effectiveness of— "(1) assisted programs in achieving the objectives of section 10; and "(2) the technical assistance provided under section 9. 42 USC 5106g.

"SEC. 14. DEFINITIONS.

"For purposes of this Act— "(1) the term 'board' means the Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect established under section 3; "(2) the term 'Center' means the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect established under section 2; "(3) the term 'child' means a person who has not attained the lesser of— "(A) the age of 18; or "(B) except in the case of sexual abuse, the age specified by the child protection law of the State in which the child resides; "(4) the term 'child abuse and neglect' means the physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, negligent treatment, or maltreatment of a child by a person who is responsible for the child's welfare, under circumstances which indicate that the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened thereby, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary; "(5) the term 'person who is responsible for the child's welfare' includes— "(A) any employee of a residential facility; and "(B) any staff person providing out-of-home care; "(6) the term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Health and Human Services; "(7) the term 'sexual abuse' includes— "(A) the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct; or

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