Lawmakers Sound Alarm on Lack of Transparency, Quality at Youth Residential Treatment Programs

Behavioral Health Business May 1, 2023
Laura Lovett

Federal lawmakers have introduced new legislation calling for more oversight and data transparency from institutional youth treatment programs.

U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Earl Carter (R-Ga.) introduced a version of the legislation to the House, while Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) submitted a version to the Senate.

Dubbed the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, the bill is focused on promoting more robust information sharing systems among states and promoting best practices in identifying institutional child abuse.

Specifically, the legislation seeks to establish a national working group focused on youth residential programs that includes representatives from the Administration for Children and Families, the Substance Abuse and Mental...

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