**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Health and Human Services may establish an office to be known as the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the Office established under subsection (a) shall be to execute and coordinate the functions and activities of this subchapter and subchapter III. In the event that such functions and activities are performed by another entity or entities within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary shall ensure that such functions and activities are executed with the necessary expertise and in a fully coordinated manner involving regular intradepartmental and interdepartmental consultation with all agencies involved in child abuse and neglect activities.
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Health and Human Services may establish an office to be known as the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the Office established under subsection (a) shall be to execute and coordinate the functions and activities of this subchapter and subchapter III. In the event that such functions and activities are performed by another entity or entities within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary shall ensure that such functions and activities are executed with the necessary expertise and in a fully coordinated manner involving regular intradepartmental and interdepartmental consultation with all agencies involved in child abuse and neglect activities.
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§ 5101. Office on Child Abuse and Neglect
(a) Establishment
The Secretary of Health and Human Services
may establish an office to be known as the Of-
fice on Child Abuse and Neglect.
(b) Purpose
The purpose of the Office established under
subsection (a) shall be to execute and coordinate
the functions and activities of this subchapter
and subchapter III. In the event that such func-
tions and activities are performed by another
entity or entities within the Department of
Health and Human Services, the Secretary shall
ensure that such functions and activities are ex-
ecuted with the necessary expertise and in a
fully coordinated manner involving regular
intradepartmental and interdepartmental con-
sultation with all agencies involved in child
abuse and neglect activities.
(Pub. L. 93–247, title I, § 101, formerly § 2, Jan. 31,
1974, 88 Stat. 5; Pub. L. 93–644, § 8(d)(1), Jan. 4,
1975, 88 Stat. 2310; Pub. L. 95–266, title I, § 101,
Apr. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 205; Pub. L. 98–457, title I,
§ 101, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1749; Pub. L. 99–401,
title I, § 103(a), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 906; Pub.
L. 100–294, title I, § 101, Apr. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 103;
renumbered title I, § 101, Pub. L. 101–126, § 3(a)(1),
Page 6300
TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 5101
(2), Oct. 25, 1989, 103 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 104–235,
title I, § 101, Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3064.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1996—Pub. L. 104–235 amended section generally, sub-
stituting provisions relating to Office on Child Abuse
and Neglect for provisions relating to National Center
on Child Abuse and Neglect.
1988—Pub. L. 100–294 amended section generally, sub-
stituting provisions relating to establishment, appoint-
ment of Director, and other staff and resources of Na-
tional Center