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Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
as Amended by the
Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003
SECTION I: CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT
Sec. 101. OFFICE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. [42 U.S.C. 5101]
[No amendments were made to this section by P.L. 108-36.]
- ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services
may establish an office to be known as the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect.
- PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office established under subsection (a)
of this section shall be to execute and coordinate the functions and activities of
this Act. In the event that such functions and activities are performed by another
entity or entities within the Department of Health and Human Services, the
Secretary shall ensure that such functions and activities are executed with the
necessary expertise and in a fully coordinated manner involving regular
intradepartmental and interdepartmental consultation with all agencies involved
in child abuse and neglect activities.
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