Paris Hilton pushes for federal ‘troubled-teen’ industry law

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Celebrity Paris Hilton and activists who successfully pushed for reforms in the so-called troubled teen industry in Utah are now calling for federal legislation to regulate youth residential treatment centers. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Hilton and the nonprofit Breaking Code Silence appeared outside of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. She says there’s a state-by-state patchwork of limited, weak oversight and inconsistent licensing requirements and federal action is needed for real reform. She helped push for tighter regulations on the industry after saying she had been abused at a school in Utah, which plays an outsized role in the industry.