HSM Law Profile Paper

HSM 230

HSM Law Profile Paper

There are federal, state, county, and even tribal laws that have been put into place to protect both the client and the human service worker. Some are more of a guiding tool for human service workers, while some laws are designed to protect the client in a wide variety of ways. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) was originally enacted in January 1974 to require agencies to assess, investigate, and provide treatment, and prosecution in order to receive federal funding.

To fully understand everything that this law has to offer, we must learn more about it. Possibly the best place to find information on this law, would be directly from the Cornell University Law School website, here they have a copy of the full text...