Grants to States for child abuse or neglect prevention and treatment programs

Section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (B)— (I) in clause (vii), by inserting, except to the extent that such report relates to a claim or suspicion of child abuse based on a parent or guardian affirming a child's sex before the semicolon at the end; (II) in clause (xxiv), by striking; and and inserting a semicolon; and (III) by adding at the end the following: (xxvi) provisions and procedures for— (I) protecting and promoting children's right to be free from sex-rejecting interventions; and (II) protecting children from the use, without express parental consent, of pronouns or titles that do not correspond to the child’s sex; (xxvii) provisions and procedures for training child protective service workers, guardians ad litem, minor’s counsel, court appointed special advocates, judges, and other individuals providing services to children and families on— (I) the medical, psychological, and developmental harms of sex-rejecting interventions to children and the harms of using pronouns or titles that do not correspond to a child’s sex; (II) the right of a parent or legal guardian to affirm a child’s sex and of a parent, legal guardian, caregiver, foster parent, or prospective foster or adoptive parent to be free from discrimination or adverse State actions for affirming a child’s sex; (III) the principle that affirmation of a child's sex by a parent, legal guardian, caregiver, foster parent, or prospective foster or adoptive parent is not child abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, maltreatment, abandonment, contrary to the child's best interest, contrary to the child's health, safety, or welfare, or an indication of parental unfitness or incapacity; and (IV) the principle that affirmation of a child’s sex is consistent with the child’s best interests, health, safety, and welfare; and (xxviii) provisions and procedures requiring any covered entity described in section 111(a)(5)(A) to have in effect policies and procedures that protect and promote the right of a parent, legal guardian, or caregiver to be free from any adverse State action.; (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking; and and inserting a semicolon; (iii) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (iv) by adding at the end the following: (H) an assurance in the form of a certification by the governor of the State that the programs, projects, or trainings conducted or funded under this title do not violate the limitations set forth in section 115; and (I) an assurance in the form of a certification by the governor of the State that the programs, projects, or trainings conducted under this subchapter comply with clauses (xxvi) through (xxviii) of subparagraph (B).; and (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking such a disclosure where a court orders and inserting “such a disclosure where— (A) a court orders; (ii) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (B) a report includes an allegation that the child is being affirmed as his or her sex; or (C) the child has expressed a desire to be treated in a manner that does not correspond to his or her sex or has requested sex-rejecting interventions.; (2) in subsection (c)(4)(B)(i)(I), by inserting, except as requested by the Secretary before the semicolon; (3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: (19) Of the number of children described in paragraph (1), the number who identify in a manner that does not correspond to their sex and— (A) who were reported to the State to have run away from home or eloped from a placement; (B) who have been given a placement outside of the home; (C) who were removed from parent, legal guardian, or caregiver; or (D) whose parents had their parental rights terminated.; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (g) Scope of application For purposes of clauses (xxvi) through (xxviii) of subsection (b)(2)(B), if any covered entity described in section 111(a)(5)(A) receives funds under this title, directly or as a recipient of a subgrant, the provisions and procedures described in such clauses shall apply to all of the operations, divisions, facilities, or programs of that covered entity, regardless of whether the specific operation, division, facility, or program received such funds..