Sec. 222. Standards and compliance
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Section 235(c)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1232 ), as amended by section 221, is further amended— in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following: Subject to subclause (II), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ensure that, not less frequently than every 5 years, each covered individual completes a background check to the satisfaction of the Secretary. The Secretary of Health and Human Services may waive the application of subclause
(I)in the case of an attorney of record or licensed medical practitioner who provides on-site services at a facility that houses unaccompanied alien children. The scope of a background check required by this clause shall include, at a minimum, the following: A fingerprint check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and State criminal history repositories. A child protective services check with the individual’s State of United States residence for the last 5 years. Background investigation updates at a minimum of every 5 years. In this clause, the term covered individual means— an employee or contractor with direct access to unaccompanied alien children in the care and custody of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; an individual with unsupervised, direct access to such children; and a foster parent with whom an unaccompanied alien child is placed, including a transitional or long-term foster parent, and each foster parent household member who is aged 18 years or over. Nothing in this clause may be construed to supersede applicable State licensing requirements for background checks on employees of programs or facilities involved in the care and custody of children. ; and in subparagraph (B), in the first sentence, by striking subparagraph
(A)and inserting subparagraph (A)(i) .
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