NOTIFICATION OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE THAT OCCURS AT A MILITARY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

SEC. 581. NOTIFICATION OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE THAT OCCURS AT A MILITARY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER. Section 1794 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(g) Notification of Suspected Child Abuse.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that require the director of a military child development center to notify a parent or guardian of a child who is the suspected victim of a covered incident not later than 24 hours after a child care employee at such military child development center learns of such covered incident. “(2) The requirement under paragraph (1) shall not apply if notification under such paragraph threatens the integrity of a law enforcement investigation of such covered incident. “(3) In this subsection, the term ‘covered incident’ means alleged or suspected abuse or neglect of a child that occurs at a military child development center.” .