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 106 STAT. 5036 PUBLIC LAW 102-586 —NOV. 4, 1992 9858a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 42 USC 9858q. " SEC. 658S. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. "Notwithstanding any other law, the value of any child care provided or arranged (or any eunount received as payment for such care or reimbiu-sement for costs incurred for such care) under this subchapter shall not be treated as income for purposes of any other Federal or Federally-assisted program that bases eligibility, or the amount of benefits, on need.". (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) CORRECTION IN CITATION.— Section 5082 of the Omnibus 42 USC prec. Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508) is ^^^^ amended by striking "title IV" and inserting "title VI". (2) DEFINITIONS. — Section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act Amendments of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) is amended— (A) in paragraph (7), by striking "4(b)** and inserting "4(6)"; and (B) in paragraph (14), by striking "4(c)** and inserting "4(1)'*. 42 USC 9858h (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— "° *^ (1) IN GENERAL. —Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made b}r this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. (2) APPLICATION. —The amendments made by this section shall not apply with respect to fiscal years beginning before October 1, 1992. SEC. 9. AMENDMENT TO THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREAT- MENT ACT. 42 USC 5106a (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that^ "°*®- (1) circumstances surroimding the death of a young boy named Adam Mann in New York City prompted a shocking docimientary focusing on the inability of child protection services to protect suffering children; (2) the documentery described in paragraph (1) showed the serious need for systemic changes in our child welfare protection system; (3) thorough, coordinated, and comprehensive investigation will, it is hoped, lead to the prevention of abuse, neglect, or death in the fiiture; (4) an imdue burden is placed on investigation due to strict Federal and State laws and regulations regarding confidentiality; (5) while the Congress recognizes the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of records pertaining to child abuse, neglect, and death, ofi^n the purpose of confidentiality laws and regulations are defeated when they have the effect of protecting those responsible; (6) comprehensive and coordinated interagency communication needs to be established, with adequate provisions to protect against the public disclosure of any detrimental information need to be established; (7) certain States, including Greorgia, North Carolina, California, Missouri, Arizona, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Oregon, have taken steps to establish by statute interagency, multidisciplinary fatality review teams to fully investigate

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