,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #didc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bc1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,walz 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1   
,mr4 ,womack1 and ,mr4 ,nolan7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce1 and in   
addition to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to improve the training of  
child protection professionals4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,national ,child ,protection        
,training ,act4  #b4 ,establishment of  
regional training centers  7a7 ,regional
 training centers ,the ,attorney        
,general1 through the ,office of        
,juvenile ,justice and ,delinquency     
,prevention and in coordination with the
 ,national ,child ,protection ,training 

,center1 shall establish a program to   
sustain not less than #d regional       
training centers affiliated with        
institutions of higher education4  7b7  
,responsibilities ,the regional training
 centers described in subsection 7a7    
shall--  7#a7 develop model             
undergraduate curricula on recognizing  
and responding to cases of child        
maltreatment that is inter-disciplinary 
and that1 at a minimum1 consists of a   
#c-;course certificate program or minor 
degree2  7#b7 develop model graduate    
curricula on recognizing and responding 
to cases of child maltreatment for      
medical schools1 law schools1           
seminaries1 and other institutions of   
higher education that instruct students 
likely to become child protection       
professionals or other professionals    
required by law to report cases of child
 maltreatment2  7#c7 after approval by  
the ,attorney ,general1 disseminate     
model undergraduate and graduate child  
maltreatment curricula to institutions  

of higher education1 including graduate 
schools1 law schools1 and medical       
schools2  7#d7 develop laboratory       
training facilities that include mock   
houses1 medical facilities1 courtrooms1 
and forensic interview rooms that allow 
for simulated1 interactive1 and         
intensive training of undergraduate or  
graduate students preparing for child   
protection careers as well as for       
training child protection professionals 
currently in the field 7including child 
protection workers1 child protection    
attorneys1 medical and mental health    
professionals1 law enforcement officers1
 forensic interviewers1 and other       
professionals who work directly with    
maltreated children72  7#e7 assist      
communities in developing evidence-based
 prevention programs2 and  7#f7 assist  
,states in developing and maintaining   
forensic interview training programs4   
7c7 ,definition ,in this section1 the   
term institution of higher education has
 the meaning given that term in section 

#aja7;a7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja7;a774