ADDENDUM::Text of H.R. 1981: Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2013 (Introduced version) - GovTrack.us

In the previous article from Newsweek there is mention of the Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2013.  There is not much talk about this legislation on the inter-web and there should be.

From the Committee on Education and the Workforce:

Tens of thousands of U.S. teenagers attend private and public residential programs – including therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness camps, boot camps, and behavior modification facilities – that are intended to help them with behavioral, emotional, mental health, or substance abuse problems. Depending on the state in which the program operates, some of these programs are subject to state law or regulation, while others are not. As a result of this loose patchwork of state oversight, children at some the programs have been subject to abuse and neglect with little to no accountability.

The Government Accountability Office found thousands of allegations of child abuse and neglect at residential programs for teens since the early 1990s. Tragically, in a number of cases, this abuse and neglect led to the death of a child.

From that point, the Committee outlines what the Bill would do.

According to Newsweek, Kate Logan "[a]long with Michael C. Manning, a former Disney star, and Lance Bass, the former N’Snyc pop star who both serve as executive producers on the film, she is pressing for the passage of U.S. Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2013, in promotional materials for the film. The bill, which was referred to a committee last year but has yet to be introduced in the House or Senate, would take steps to regulate against neglect and abuse in residential programs like Escuela Caribe.

Text of H.R. 1981: Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2013 (Introduced version) - GovTrack.us