CHILD Act of 2025

This Act may be cited as the “Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation Act of 2025” or the “CHILD Act of 2025”.

Section 5(9)(B) of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (34 U.S.C. 40104(9)(B)) is amended—

(1) in clause (i)—

(A) by inserting “, contracts with,” after “is employed by”;

(B) by inserting “, contract with,” after “be employed by”; and

(C) by striking “or” at the end;

(2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);

(3) by inserting after clause (i) the following:

“(ii) is employed by or volunteers with, or seeks to be employed by or volunteer with, an entity that is under contract with a qualified entity;”;

(4) in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by adding “or” at the end; and

(5) by adding at the end the following:

“(iv) is licensed or certified, or seeks to be licensed or certified, by a qualified entity;”.