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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 916 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant and postpartum women |
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| 6 | 6 | | by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, re- |
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| 7 | 7 | | straining, and other inhumane treatment, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH10, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | URRAY(for herself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. COONS, Ms. |
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| 12 | 12 | | C |
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| 13 | 13 | | ORTEZMASTO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mrs. |
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| 14 | 14 | | G |
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| 15 | 15 | | ILLIBRAND, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KIM, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Mr. M |
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| 17 | 17 | | ARKEY, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. VANHOL- |
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| 18 | 18 | | LEN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the fol- |
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| 19 | 19 | | lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Judiciary |
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| 21 | 21 | | A BILL |
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| 22 | 22 | | To safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant and |
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| 23 | 23 | | postpartum women by ensuring the presumption of re- |
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| 24 | 24 | | lease and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other |
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| 25 | 25 | | inhumane treatment, and for other purposes. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Shackling and 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Detaining Pregnant Women Act’’. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | In this Act: 2 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) A |
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| 37 | 37 | | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-4 |
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| 39 | 39 | | gress’’ means— 5 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 6 |
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| 41 | 41 | | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 7 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 8 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Senate; 9 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 10 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Senate; 11 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (D) the Committee on Homeland Security 12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of the House of Representatives; 13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | House of Representatives; and 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (F) the Committee on Appropriations of 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the House of Representatives. 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) C |
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| 53 | 53 | | OMMISSIONER.—The term ‘‘Commis-18 |
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| 54 | 54 | | sioner’’ means the Commissioner for U.S. Customs 19 |
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| 55 | 55 | | and Border Protection. 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (3) D |
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| 57 | 57 | | ETAINED NONCITIZEN .—The term ‘‘de-21 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tained noncitizen’’ includes any adult or juvenile in-22 |
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| 59 | 59 | | dividual detained by any Federal, State, or local law 23 |
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| 60 | 60 | | enforcement agency (including under contract or 24 |
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| 61 | 61 | | agreement with such agency) under the Immigration 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 26 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (4) DETENTION OFFICER.—The term ‘‘deten-1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tion officer’’ means an individual who— 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (A) works at a facility, including an indi-3 |
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| 69 | 69 | | vidual who works at a facility pursuant to a 4 |
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| 70 | 70 | | contract or subcontract; and 5 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (B) performs duties relating to the secu-6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | rity, custody, or transport of individuals in cus-7 |
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| 73 | 73 | | tody. 8 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (5) D |
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| 75 | 75 | | IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 9 |
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| 76 | 76 | | the Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs En-10 |
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| 77 | 77 | | forcement. 11 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (6) F |
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| 79 | 79 | | ACILITY.—The term ‘‘facility’’ means a 12 |
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| 80 | 80 | | Federal, State, or local government facility, or a pri-13 |
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| 81 | 81 | | vately owned and operated facility, that is used, in 14 |
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| 82 | 82 | | whole or in part, to hold individuals under the au-15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | thority of the Secretary of Homeland Security, in-16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | cluding a facility that— 17 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (A) holds such individuals under a contract 18 |
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| 86 | 86 | | or agreement with the Director or the Commis-19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | sioner; or 20 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (B) is used, in whole or in part, to hold in-21 |
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| 89 | 89 | | dividuals pursuant to an immigration detainer 22 |
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| 90 | 90 | | or similar request. 23 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (7) F |
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| 92 | 92 | | ACILITY ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘fa-24 |
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| 93 | 93 | | cility administrator’’ means the official responsible 25 |
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| 97 | 97 | | for oversight of a facility, or the designee of such of-1 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ficial. 2 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (8) P |
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| 100 | 100 | | OSTPARTUM.—The term ‘‘postpartum’’ 3 |
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| 101 | 101 | | means during the 1-year period, or longer, as deter-4 |
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| 102 | 102 | | mined by the licensed health care provider of the in-5 |
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| 103 | 103 | | dividual concerned, following delivery, including the 6 |
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| 104 | 104 | | entire period during which the individual is in a 7 |
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| 105 | 105 | | medical facility, birthing center, or infirmary after 8 |
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| 106 | 106 | | birth. 9 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (9) R |
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| 108 | 108 | | ESTRAINT.—The term ‘‘restraint’’— 10 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (A) means any physical restraint or me-11 |
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| 110 | 110 | | chanical device used to control the movement of 12 |
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| 111 | 111 | | the body or limbs of a detained noncitizen’s 13 |
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| 112 | 112 | | body for custody purposes, including— 14 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (i) flex cuffs; 15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (ii) soft restraints; 16 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (iii) hard metal handcuffs; 17 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (iv) a black box; 18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (v) Chubb cuffs; 19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (vi) leg irons; 20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (vii) belly chains; 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (viii) a security (tether) chain; 22 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (ix) a convex shield; and 23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (x) any other type of shackles; and 24 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (B) does not include medical restraints. 25 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 1 |
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| 128 | 128 | | means the Secretary of Homeland Security. 2 |
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| 129 | 129 | | SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON DETENTION OF PREGNANT WOMEN 3 |
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| 130 | 130 | | AND MOTHERS OF NEWBORNS. 4 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (a) A |
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| 132 | 132 | | CCESS TOPREGNANCYTESTING.—The Sec-5 |
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| 133 | 133 | | retary shall provide every individual being processed into 6 |
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| 134 | 134 | | custody access to pregnancy testing during the initial med-7 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ical screening. 8 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (b) P |
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| 137 | 137 | | RESUMPTION OFRELEASE.— 9 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (1) I |
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| 139 | 139 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-10 |
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| 140 | 140 | | graph (2), the Secretary— 11 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (A) may not detain, arrest, or take into 12 |
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| 142 | 142 | | custody an individual under any provision of the 13 |
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| 143 | 143 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 14 |
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| 144 | 144 | | 1101 et seq.) who is known to be pregnant, lac-15 |
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| 145 | 145 | | tating, or postpartum, pending a decision with 16 |
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| 146 | 146 | | respect to whether the noncitizen is to be re-17 |
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| 147 | 147 | | moved from the United States; and 18 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (B) shall immediately release any detained 19 |
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| 149 | 149 | | noncitizen found to be pregnant. 20 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (2) E |
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| 151 | 151 | | XCEPTIONS.—The Secretary, pursuant to 21 |
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| 152 | 152 | | chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and Nation-22 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.), may detain an in-23 |
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| 154 | 154 | | dividual who is known to be pregnant, lactating, or 24 |
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| 155 | 155 | | postpartum— 25 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (A) under extraordinary circumstances in 1 |
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| 160 | 160 | | which the Secretary makes an individualized de-2 |
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| 161 | 161 | | termination that credible, reasonable grounds 3 |
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| 162 | 162 | | exist to believe that— 4 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (i) such individual poses an immediate 5 |
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| 164 | 164 | | and serious risk of physical harm to oth-6 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ers; and 7 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (ii) enrollment in an alternative to de-8 |
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| 167 | 167 | | tention program cannot mitigate public 9 |
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| 168 | 168 | | safety threats associated with such indi-10 |
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| 169 | 169 | | vidual; and 11 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (B) if such detention is the only means 12 |
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| 171 | 171 | | available to mitigate such threats. 13 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (3) R |
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| 173 | 173 | | EMOVAL.—If detention is the only means 14 |
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| 174 | 174 | | of effectuating the removal from the United States 15 |
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| 175 | 175 | | of a pregnant individual subject to a final order of 16 |
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| 176 | 176 | | deportation or removal, the Secretary, solely for the 17 |
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| 177 | 177 | | purpose of such deportation or removal, may detain 18 |
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| 178 | 178 | | the pregnant individual in temporary housing in ac-19 |
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| 179 | 179 | | cordance with applicable temporary housing stand-20 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ards for a period equal to the shorter of— 21 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (A) the shortest possible period imme-22 |
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| 182 | 182 | | diately preceding the deportation or removal of 23 |
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| 183 | 183 | | the individual from the United States; and 24 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (B) 5 days. 25 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (c) WEEKLYREVIEW.— 1 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (1) I |
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| 190 | 190 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 2 |
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| 191 | 191 | | an individualized review of each noncitizen detained 3 |
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| 192 | 192 | | pursuant to subsection (b)(2) not less frequently 4 |
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| 193 | 193 | | than weekly to determine whether such noncitizen 5 |
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| 194 | 194 | | continues to be subject to detention under such sub-6 |
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| 195 | 195 | | section. Each such review shall be completed within 7 |
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| 196 | 196 | | 72 hours after being initiated. 8 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (2) R |
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| 198 | 198 | | ELEASE.—Not later than 24 hours after 9 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the Secretary determines pursuant to paragraph (1) 10 |
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| 200 | 200 | | that a pregnant noncitizen is no longer subject to 11 |
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| 201 | 201 | | detention under subsection (b)(2), the noncitizen 12 |
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| 202 | 202 | | shall be released from the facility in which the non-13 |
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| 203 | 203 | | citizen had been detained in accordance with safe re-14 |
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| 204 | 204 | | lease standards. In carrying out such release, an of-15 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ficer at such facility shall— 16 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (A) prepare the noncitizen’s complete med-17 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ical records, medications, and any supplies re-18 |
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| 208 | 208 | | quired to maintain the noncitizen’s state of 19 |
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| 209 | 209 | | health until the noncitizen can be seen by a 20 |
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| 210 | 210 | | community health professional; and 21 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (B) communicate with the noncitizen’s at-22 |
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| 212 | 212 | | torney of record, sponsor, or any post-release 23 |
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| 213 | 213 | | service provider as soon as details of the non-24 |
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| 214 | 214 | | citizen’s planned release are available. 25 |
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| 218 | 218 | | SEC. 4. HUMANE TREATMENT OF PREGNANT DETAINED 1 |
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| 219 | 219 | | NONCITIZENS WHILE IN DETENTION AND 2 |
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| 220 | 220 | | CUSTODY. 3 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (a) P |
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| 222 | 222 | | ROHIBITION ONRESTRAINT OFPREGNANTDE-4 |
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| 223 | 223 | | TAINEDNONCITIZENS.— 5 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (1) P |
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| 225 | 225 | | ROHIBITION.—Except as provided in para-6 |
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| 226 | 226 | | graph (2), restraints may not be used on a noncit-7 |
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| 227 | 227 | | izen who is in the physical custody of the Depart-8 |
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| 228 | 228 | | ment of Homeland Security, including during trans-9 |
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| 229 | 229 | | port, if the noncitizen is known to be— 10 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (A) pregnant, including during labor and 11 |
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| 231 | 231 | | delivery; 12 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (B) lactating; or 13 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (C) postpartum. 14 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (2) E |
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| 235 | 235 | | XCEPTIONS.— 15 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (A) I |
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| 237 | 237 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-16 |
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| 238 | 238 | | graph (1), and subject to subparagraph (B), 17 |
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| 239 | 239 | | use of a restraint on a detained noncitizen de-18 |
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| 240 | 240 | | scribed in paragraph (1) may be permitted only 19 |
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| 241 | 241 | | in an extraordinary circumstance, except in the 20 |
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| 242 | 242 | | case of a medical contraindication, in which the 21 |
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| 243 | 243 | | facility administrator has ordered the use of the 22 |
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| 244 | 244 | | restraint after making an individualized deter-23 |
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| 245 | 245 | | mination that— 24 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (i) credible, reasonable grounds exist 25 |
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| 247 | 247 | | to believe the detained noncitizen poses an 26 |
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| 251 | 251 | | immediate and serious risk of physical 1 |
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| 252 | 252 | | harm to others; or 2 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (ii) reasonable grounds exist to believe 3 |
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| 254 | 254 | | the detained noncitizen presents an imme-4 |
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| 255 | 255 | | diate and credible risk of escape that can-5 |
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| 256 | 256 | | not be reasonably minimized through any 6 |
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| 257 | 257 | | other method. 7 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (B) R |
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| 259 | 259 | | EQUIREMENT FOR LEAST RESTRIC -8 |
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| 260 | 260 | | TIVE RESTRAINTS.—In the rare event of an ex-9 |
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| 261 | 261 | | traordinary circumstance described in subpara-10 |
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| 262 | 262 | | graph (A), only the least restrictive restraint 11 |
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| 263 | 263 | | necessary shall be used, except that— 12 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (i) if a doctor, nurse, or other health 13 |
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| 265 | 265 | | professional treating a detained noncitizen 14 |
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| 266 | 266 | | requests that a restraint not be used, the 15 |
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| 267 | 267 | | detention officer accompanying the de-16 |
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| 268 | 268 | | tained noncitizen shall immediately remove 17 |
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| 269 | 269 | | any restraint; and 18 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (ii) under no circumstance shall— 19 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (I) a leg, waist, or 4-point re-20 |
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| 272 | 272 | | straint be used; 21 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (II) a wrist restraint be used to 22 |
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| 274 | 274 | | bind the hands of such a detained 23 |
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| 279 | 279 | | tained noncitizen or to another indi-1 |
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| 280 | 280 | | vidual; 2 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (III) a detained noncitizen be re-3 |
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| 282 | 282 | | strained in a face-down position or on 4 |
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| 283 | 283 | | their back; or 5 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (IV) any restraint be used on any 6 |
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| 285 | 285 | | detained noncitizen who is in labor or 7 |
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| 286 | 286 | | delivering. 8 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (3) R |
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| 288 | 288 | | ECORD OF EXTRAORDINARY CIR -9 |
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| 289 | 289 | | CUMSTANCES.— 10 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (A) R |
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| 291 | 291 | | EQUIREMENTS.—If a restraint is 11 |
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| 292 | 292 | | used on a detained noncitizen pursuant to para-12 |
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| 293 | 293 | | graph (2)(A), not later than 5 days after the 13 |
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| 294 | 294 | | date on which the restraint was used, the facil-14 |
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| 295 | 295 | | ity administrator shall— 15 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (i) record in writing the finding that 16 |
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| 297 | 297 | | describes the medical purpose or extraor-17 |
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| 298 | 298 | | dinary circumstance that dictated the use 18 |
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| 299 | 299 | | of the restraint; and 19 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (ii) submit the finding to the Director. 20 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (B) R |
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| 302 | 302 | | ETENTION.— 21 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (i) F |
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| 304 | 304 | | ACILITY.—With respect to a writ-22 |
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| 305 | 305 | | ten finding under subparagraph (A)(i), the 23 |
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| 306 | 306 | | facility administrator shall— 24 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (I) keep the finding on file at the 1 |
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| 311 | 311 | | applicable facility for not less than 5 2 |
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| 312 | 312 | | years after the date on which the re-3 |
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| 313 | 313 | | straint was used; and 4 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (II) make a copy of the finding 5 |
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| 315 | 315 | | available for public inspection on re-6 |
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| 316 | 316 | | quest, only after making appropriate 7 |
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| 317 | 317 | | redactions so as to protect personally 8 |
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| 318 | 318 | | identifiable information. 9 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (ii) U.S. |
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| 320 | 320 | | IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS 10 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ENFORCEMENT.—The Director shall main-11 |
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| 322 | 322 | | tain a written finding submitted to the Di-12 |
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| 323 | 323 | | rector pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) 13 |
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| 324 | 324 | | and make such finding available for public 14 |
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| 325 | 325 | | inspection only after making appropriate 15 |
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| 326 | 326 | | redactions to protect personally identifiable 16 |
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| 327 | 327 | | information. 17 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (b) P |
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| 329 | 329 | | ROHIBITION ON PRESENCE OF NONMEDICAL 18 |
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| 331 | 331 | | TAFF.— 19 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (1) I |
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| 333 | 333 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-20 |
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| 334 | 334 | | graph (2), nonmedical staff may not be present in 21 |
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| 335 | 335 | | a room in which a pelvic or breast exam, labor, de-22 |
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| 336 | 336 | | livery (whether vaginal or by cesarean delivery), or 23 |
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| 337 | 337 | | treatment of any other symptom relating to a preg-24 |
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| 338 | 338 | | nancy of a detained noncitizen is occurring unless 25 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (2) E |
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| 346 | 346 | | XCEPTION.—If the presence of nonmedical 4 |
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| 347 | 347 | | staff is requested by medical personnel, the nonmed-5 |
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| 348 | 348 | | ical staff shall— 6 |
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| 349 | 349 | | (A) be of the detained noncitizen’s gender 7 |
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| 350 | 350 | | of choice, if practicable; and 8 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (B) remain at a reasonable distance from 9 |
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| 352 | 352 | | the detained noncitizen and face toward the de-10 |
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| 353 | 353 | | tained noncitizen’s head to protect the privacy 11 |
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| 354 | 354 | | of the detained noncitizen. 12 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (3) U |
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| 356 | 356 | | SE OF RESTRAINTS.—If a restraint is used 13 |
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| 357 | 357 | | on a detained noncitizen pursuant to subsection 14 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (a)(2)(A), an employee of the Department of Home-15 |
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| 359 | 359 | | land Security shall remain immediately outside the 16 |
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| 360 | 360 | | room at all times so that the employee may promptly 17 |
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| 361 | 361 | | remove the restraint if requested by medical per-18 |
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| 362 | 362 | | sonnel pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(B)(i). 19 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (c) A |
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| 364 | 364 | | CCESS TOSERVICES.— 20 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (1) U.S. |
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| 366 | 366 | | IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCE -21 |
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| 367 | 367 | | MENT CUSTODY.—A detained noncitizen in the cus-22 |
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| 368 | 368 | | tody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 23 |
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| 369 | 369 | | shall have access to health care services, including 24 |
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| 374 | 374 | | productive health care and pregnancy, including— 2 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (A) routine and specialized prenatal care, 3 |
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| 376 | 376 | | including adequate nutrition and exercise, HIV 4 |
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| 377 | 377 | | testing and treatment, and prenatal vitamins 5 |
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| 378 | 378 | | and vaccines; 6 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (B) labor and delivery; 7 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (C) treatment for complications from preg-8 |
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| 381 | 381 | | nancy; 9 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (D) substance use disorder treatment; 10 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (E) postpartum physical and mental health 11 |
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| 384 | 384 | | care, including postpartum reversible contracep-12 |
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| 385 | 385 | | tive methods; 13 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (F) no-cost supply of menstrual hygiene 14 |
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| 387 | 387 | | products; 15 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (G) lactation services; and 16 |
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| 389 | 389 | | (H) family planning, continuation of pre- 17 |
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| 390 | 390 | | detention contraceptive methods, and abortion 18 |
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| 391 | 391 | | services. 19 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (2) U.S. |
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| 393 | 393 | | CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 20 |
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| 394 | 394 | | CUSTODY.—The Commissioner shall ensure that 21 |
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| 395 | 395 | | minimum standards of care are met for pregnant de-22 |
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| 396 | 396 | | tained noncitizens who are in the custody of U.S. 23 |
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| 397 | 397 | | Customs and Border Protection. 24 |
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| 402 | 402 | | SENT.—Services described in subsection (c)(1) may not be 2 |
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| 403 | 403 | | performed on a detained noncitizen until the provider of 3 |
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| 404 | 404 | | such services obtains informed consent from the noncit-4 |
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| 405 | 405 | | izen. Medical treatment may not be administered to a de-5 |
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| 406 | 406 | | tained noncitizen against such noncitizen’s will. 6 |
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| 407 | 407 | | (e) M |
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| 408 | 408 | | EDICALCENTERARRANGEMENTS.—Each facil-7 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ity administrator shall maintain— 8 |
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| 410 | 410 | | (1) an arrangement with the nearest maternity 9 |
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| 411 | 411 | | hospital and ensure facility staff know where to take 10 |
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| 412 | 412 | | pregnant detained noncitizens in case of emergency; 11 |
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| 413 | 413 | | and 12 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (2) a policy to ensure the provision of proper 13 |
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| 415 | 415 | | care if a detained noncitizen cannot be moved with 14 |
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| 416 | 416 | | immediacy to a medical center. 15 |
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| 417 | 417 | | SEC. 5. NOTICE OF RIGHTS AND TRAINING. 16 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (a) N |
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| 419 | 419 | | OTICE OFDETAINEDNONCITIZENRIGHTS.— 17 |
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| 420 | 420 | | The Secretary shall provide to each detained noncitizen, 18 |
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| 421 | 421 | | in a language or manner that such noncitizen can under-19 |
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| 422 | 422 | | stand, notice of the detained noncitizen’s rights under this 20 |
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| 423 | 423 | | Act. 21 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (b) T |
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| 425 | 425 | | RAINING FORDEPARTMENT OFHOMELANDSE-22 |
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| 426 | 426 | | CURITYEMPLOYEES.—At the time of hiring, and annually 23 |
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| 427 | 427 | | thereafter, the Secretary shall provide training regarding 24 |
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| 428 | 428 | | the requirements under this Act to each employee of the 25 |
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| 433 | 433 | | detention or care of a pregnant detained noncitizen or a 2 |
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| 434 | 434 | | postpartum parent of a newborn who is being detained 3 |
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| 435 | 435 | | pursuant to chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and 4 |
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| 436 | 436 | | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.). 5 |
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| 437 | 437 | | SEC. 6. REPORTS; RULEMAKING. 6 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (a) R |
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| 439 | 439 | | EPORTS.— 7 |
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| 440 | 440 | | (1) R |
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| 441 | 441 | | EPORTS BY FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS .— 8 |
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| 442 | 442 | | Not later than 30 days after the end of each cal-9 |
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| 443 | 443 | | endar quarter, the facility administrator of each de-10 |
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| 444 | 444 | | tention facility in which 1 or more pregnant nonciti-11 |
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| 445 | 445 | | zens were detained during such quarter shall submit 12 |
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| 446 | 446 | | a written report to the Secretary that includes, with 13 |
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| 447 | 447 | | respect to the facility during such quarter— 14 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (A) an account of every instance of the use 15 |
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| 449 | 449 | | of a restraint on a pregnant detained noncitizen 16 |
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| 450 | 450 | | during pregnancy, labor, or postpartum recov-17 |
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| 451 | 451 | | ery, including— 18 |
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| 452 | 452 | | (i) the type of restraint; 19 |
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| 453 | 453 | | (ii) the justification for the use of 20 |
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| 454 | 454 | | such restraint; and 21 |
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| 455 | 455 | | (iii) the name of the facility adminis-22 |
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| 456 | 456 | | trator who made the individualized deter-23 |
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| 457 | 457 | | mination pursuant to section 4(a)(2)(A); 24 |
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| 462 | 462 | | held at such facility; 2 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (C) the number of released pregnant non-3 |
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| 464 | 464 | | citizens who were held at such facility; 4 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (D) the average length of detention of 5 |
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| 466 | 466 | | pregnant noncitizens; 6 |
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| 467 | 467 | | (E) the number of pregnant noncitizens 7 |
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| 468 | 468 | | who were detained for between 15 and 30 days; 8 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (F) the number of pregnant noncitizens 9 |
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| 470 | 470 | | who were detained longer than 30 days; and 10 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (G) the number of pregnant noncitizens 11 |
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| 472 | 472 | | who gave birth while detained and a description 12 |
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| 473 | 473 | | of the outcomes of any pregnancies that ended 13 |
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| 474 | 474 | | in custody, including any pregnancy that re-14 |
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| 475 | 475 | | sulted in a live birth, a stillbirth, a miscarriage, 15 |
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| 476 | 476 | | an abortion, an ectopic pregnancy, maternal 16 |
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| 477 | 477 | | morbidity, maternal death, neonatal death, or 17 |
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| 478 | 478 | | preterm birth. 18 |
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| 479 | 479 | | (2) A |
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| 480 | 480 | | UDIT AND REPORTS BY SECRETARY .—Not 19 |
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| 481 | 481 | | later than 90 days after the last day of each fiscal 20 |
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| 482 | 482 | | year, the Secretary shall— 21 |
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| 483 | 483 | | (A) complete an audit of the information 22 |
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| 484 | 484 | | described in subparagraphs (B) through (E) of 23 |
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| 485 | 485 | | paragraph (1) contained in reports covering 24 |
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| 486 | 486 | | such fiscal year; 25 |
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| 490 | 490 | | (B) submit a report to the appropriate 1 |
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| 491 | 491 | | committees of Congress that includes a sum-2 |
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| 492 | 492 | | mary of the information submitted pursuant to 3 |
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| 493 | 493 | | paragraph (1), disaggregated by facility; and 4 |
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| 494 | 494 | | (C) issue regulations in accordance with 5 |
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| 495 | 495 | | relevant national standards that set minimum 6 |
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| 496 | 496 | | standards for facilities providing medical care 7 |
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| 497 | 497 | | to pregnant noncitizens. 8 |
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| 498 | 498 | | (3) P |
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| 499 | 499 | | RIVACY.—None of the reports submitted 9 |
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| 500 | 500 | | pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) may contain the 10 |
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| 501 | 501 | | individually identifying information of any detained 11 |
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| 502 | 502 | | noncitizen or the noncitizen’s health care provider. 12 |
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| 503 | 503 | | (4) P |
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| 504 | 504 | | UBLIC INSPECTION.— 13 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (A) I |
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| 506 | 506 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 14 |
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| 507 | 507 | | subparagraph (B), each report submitted under 15 |
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| 508 | 508 | | this subsection shall be made available on a 16 |
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| 509 | 509 | | publicly accessible website of the relevant agen-17 |
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| 510 | 510 | | cy. 18 |
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| 511 | 511 | | (B) F |
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| 512 | 512 | | ACILITY ADMINISTRATOR .—None of 19 |
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| 513 | 513 | | the reports submitted under paragraph (1) or 20 |
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| 514 | 514 | | (2) that is posted on a publicly accessible 21 |
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| 515 | 515 | | website may contain the name of the facility ad-22 |
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| 516 | 516 | | ministrator referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(iii). 23 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (b) R |
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