Keeping Children and Families Safe Act

Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003 (Pub.

[1] The committee had three general goals for this legislation: S.342 - Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003:[3] The Senate version of the bill contains much of the same language, but there are some significant differences.

For example, the House bill requires hospitals to report to child protective services the birth of a fetal alcohol or drug-exposed infant, and referral of the infant for evaluation for developmental disabilities to the State's early intervention program provided by a Part C agency.

The Senate version requires referral "as appropriate" for infants affected by illegal substance abuse, but not including fetal alcohol abuse.

[4] This United States federal legislation article is a stub.