NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced a new piece of legislation that would allow extra monitoring of children under protective care to better identify potentially harmful living situations.
Sen. Blackburn teamed up with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) to introduce the Generate Recordings of All Child Protective Interviews Everywhere Act, or the GRACIE Act. The bill would require states to record all interviews by Child Protective Services with children and adults to better identify dangerous situations at home.
“Children are often silenced by their abusers, and we need to do everything in our power to ensure that does not happen,” said Senator Blackburn. “The GRACIE Act would help give more children a voice, increase domestic violence reporting, and strengthen the foster care system.”…