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[CITE: 42USC10404]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 110--FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES
 
Sec. 10404. Secretarial responsibilities

    (a) The Secretary shall appoint an employee of the Department of 
Health and Human Services to carry out the provisions of this chapter. 
The individual appointed under this subsection shall, prior to such 
appointment, have had expertise in the field of family violence 
prevention and services.
    (b) The Secretary shall--
        (1) coordinate all programs within the Department of Health and 
    Human Services, and seek to coordinate all other Federal programs, 
    which involve the prevention of incidents of family violence and the 
    provision of assistance for victims and potential victims of family 
    violence and their dependents, and ensure that such activities as 
    they relate to elderly persons are coordinated with the 
    Administration on Aging and the National Institute on Aging within 
    the Department of Health and Human Services;
        (2)(A) provide for research, and into the most effective 
    prevention, identification, and treatment thereof (such as research 
    into (i) the effectiveness of reducing repeated incidents of family 
    violence through a variety of sentencing alternatives, such as 
    incarceration, fines, and counseling programs, individually or in 
    combination, and through the use of civil protection orders removing 
    the abuser from the family household, (ii) the necessity and impact 
    of a mandatory reporting requirement relating to incidents of family 
    violence, particularly abuse of elderly persons), (iii) the 
    effectiveness of providing safety and support to maternal and child 
    victims of family violence as a way to eliminate the abuse 
    experienced by children in such situations, (iv) identification of 
    intervention approaches to child abuse prevention services which 
    appear to be successful in preventing child abuse where both mother 
    and child are abused, (v) effective and appropriate treatment 
    services for children where both mother and child are abused, and 
    (vi) the individual and situational factors leading to the end of 
    violent and abusive behavior by persons who commit acts of family 
    violence, including such factors as history of previous violence and 
    the legal and service interventions received, and (B) make a 
    complete study and investigation (in consultation with the National 
    Institute on Aging) of the national incidence of abuse, neglect, and 
    exploitation of elderly persons, including a determination of the 
    extent to which incidents of such abuse, neglect, and exploitation 
    are increasing in number or severity; and
        (3) provide for the training of personnel and provide technical 
    assistance in the conduct of programs for the prevention and 
    treatment of family violence.

(Pub. L. 98-457, title III, Sec. 305, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1760; Pub. 
L. 102-295, title III, Sec. 313, May 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 204.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 102-295 struck out ``into the 
causes of family violence'' after ``provide for research'', inserted 
``most effective'' before ``prevention'', and added cls. (iii) to (vi).
