OFFICE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

SEC. 101. OFFICE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. Section 101 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 101. OFFICE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. “(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 Act. In the event that such functions and 110 STAT. 3065activities 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.”.