Bill to Reform Troubled Teen Industry Heads to Biden's Desk

Legislation that will enlist the federal government in reforming the troubled-teen industry is now heading to the desk of President Joe Biden. The Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act cleared the House with an overwhelming majority Wednesday, after passing the Senate unanimously last week. The bipartisan bill mandates a federal study, with a report issued every two years for a decade, on the prevalence and scope of child abuse and deaths in youth residential programs.

A coalition of child welfare advocacy groups lobbied for the legislation, and celebrity Paris Hilton became intimately involved in the effort, holding several demonstrations and news conferences in Washington, D.C., over the past three years calling for reform to the troubled teen industry. “This moment is proof that our voices matter, that speaking out can spark change, and that no child should ever endure the horrors of abuse in silence,” Hilton said in a tweet after the vote.

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