Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2146
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2017-04-26
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Child safety and welfare

Health information and medical records

Immigration status and procedures

Intergovernmental relations

Poverty and welfare assistance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Homeland Security to provide the following information to the governor and each appropriate agency of a state within 60 days after the custodial placement in such state of an unaccompanied alien child who is in federal custody by reason of the child's immigration status: </p> <ul> <li> the child's medical records if the child will be attending state public schools,</li> <li>the custodian's address and immigration status, </li> <li>any federal public benefit that the child will receive, and </li> <li>any federal public benefit that the custodian will receive as a result of such custody.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2146 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2017 Mr. Roe of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Fleischmann , Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Duncan of Tennessee , Mr. DesJarlais , and Mrs. Black ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide notice to State authorities when unaccompanied alien children are placed in that State.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Unaccompanied Alien Children Placement Transparency Act of 2017 . 2. HHS notification of State authorities Section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Reporting requirement In the case of an unaccompanied alien child who is in Federal custody by reason of the child’s immigration status, the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the Governor and each appropriate agency of a State, not later than 60 days after that child is placed into the care of a custodian located in such State— (1) any available medical records for the child, if the child will be attending public schools in that State; (2) the physical address and immigration status of the custodian of the child; (3) any Federal public benefit (as such term is defined in section 411(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1611 )) that the child will receive; and (4) any Federal public benefit that the custodian of the child will receive that the custodian would not receive except for having custody of the child. .