1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Early Detection to Stop Infant Abuse and Prevent Fatalities Act . 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) According to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, an estimated 1,720 children died from abuse or neglect in the United States in fiscal year 2017. Seventy-two percent of child fatalities involved children younger than 3 years, and 50 percent involved infants younger than 1 year. (2) According to the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, infants and toddlers are at high risk of an abuse or neglect fatality compared to other age groups and require special attention. Because these young children are seen by health care professionals, the Commission recommended coordinated, cross-system approaches to prevention. (3) Multiple studies have found that relatively minor, visible injuries in young infants, including bruising and intraoral injuries, are often indicators of abuse. Such injuries are commonly overlooked by medical providers, caregivers, and child welfare professionals because they seem trivial. Without early intervention, physical abuse can escalate, resulting in severe injuries or even fatalities. Many child abuse professionals refer to such injuries as sentinel injuries in young infants because of their importance as early warning signs of abuse. (4) Research conducted in Wisconsin showed that previous sentinel injuries were identified in 27.5 percent of abused infants and 30 percent of infants who suffer abusive head trauma but were rare in infants who had not been abused. Other studies have demonstrated similar rates of missed opportunities to identify abuse in young infants. (5) Proper identification of, and response to, such suspicious injuries provides an opportunity for early recognition and intervention to protect vulnerable children and prevent many cases of abuse and related fatalities, as well as an opportunity to detect medical conditions that require urgent treatment. (6) Early detection of such injuries and