A bill to establish a grant program within the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to States that require the recording of all child welfare forensic interviews with children and adults, and for other purposes.
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · December 17, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The GRACIE Act of 2024 establishes a federal grant program to help states implement recording requirements for child protective services interviews. The bill requires that all child welfare forensic interviews conducted by state child protective agencies be recorded through audio, video, or other means and retained for at least five years, with strict controls limiting access to investigators only. The grants are available to states that already have laws or policies in place requiring such recordings and proper storage protocols with security safeguards. Eligible states can use the grant funding to cover the costs of recording equipment, technology, and storage systems needed to implement these requirements. The program will be administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the Department of Justice using existing budgeted funds, with no new appropriations specified in the legislation.
Take Action
Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.