Better Care for Kids Act

Bill: 115-hr-6222
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2018-06-26
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Child care and development

Child safety and welfare

Crime victims

Crimes against children

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Justice

Detention of persons

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Human trafficking

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Better Care for Kids Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide that specialized training for federal, state, and local personnel who have substantive contact with unaccompanied alien children shall include best practices for infant and toddler care.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6222 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2018 Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To improve the specialized training requirement for Federal personnel who have substantive contact with unaccompanied alien children.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Better Care for Kids Act . 2. Specialized training for infants and toddlers required Section 235(e) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232(e) ) is amended to read as follows: (e) Training The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Attorney General shall provide specialized training to all Federal personnel, and upon request, State and local personnel, who have substantive contact with unaccompanied alien children. Such personnel shall be trained to work with unaccompanied children, including identifying children who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons, and children for whom asylum or special immigrant relief may be appropriate, including children described in subsection (a)(2). Such training shall provide best practices that should be used when caring for infants and toddlers. .