児童虐待、一時保護に司法審査　職員の資質向上で新資格―法改正へ骨子案・厚労省

　厚生労働省は１６日、社会保障審議会（厚労相の諮問機関）の専門委員会で、児童福祉法改正に向けた骨子案を示した。虐待を受けた子どもを親と引き離す一時保護の開始をめぐり、児童相談所の判断が適切かどうかを司法機関である裁判所が審査する新制度を導入。また、虐待に対応する自治体職員らの資質向上へ、新たな資格を創設する。年内に取りまとめ、来年の通常国会への法案提出を目指す。（2021/11/16-20:06）

Japan's health ministry presented on Tuesday a draft proposal to introduce judicial procedures to place abused children under temporary protective custody to separate them from their parents.
   The draft calls for a new system in which courts, as a judicial body, will examine whether decisions by regional child counseling centers on the temporary protection of such children are appropriate.
   The draft also includes a proposal to create a new qualification designed to improve the proficiency of local government workers and others to deal with child abuse cases.
   The proposals were submitted to a meeting of an expert committee of the Social Security Council, which advises the health minister.
   The ministry plans to finalize the proposals by the end of this year, hoping to submit legislation to revise the child welfare act to next year's ordinary session of parliament.