3.0.0 3616 2023-01-11T13:40:56Z 2023-01-11T13:40:56Z Senate S 2018-11-14 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-11-14T20:03:31Z Pregnant Women in Custody Act 115 6805 HR 2018-09-13 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2018-11-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-11-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-11-14 True Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal justice information and records Employment and training programs Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health programs administration and funding Women's health Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2018-11-14 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-26T12:56:17Z Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act or the Pregnant Women in Custody Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to limit the use of restraints and restrictive housing for prisoners who are pregnant or in postpartum recovery.

Additionally, it requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to include, in the National Prison Statistics Program and Annual Survey of Jails, statistics on the health needs of incarcerated pregnant women.

A Bureau of Prisons facility must provide appropriate services and programs to address the health and safety needs of women inmates related to pregnancy and childbirth.

The Government Accountability Office must study the services and protections for pregnant incarcerated women in state and local correctional settings.

]]> Pregnant Women in Custody Act Display Title Pregnant Women in Custody Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the use of restraints and restrictive housing on inmates during the period of pregnancy, labor and postpartum recovery, to collect data on incarcerated pregnant women in the United States and the results of such pregnancies, to address the health needs of incarcerated women related to pregnancy and childbirth, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Pregnant Women in Custody Act Short Titles as Introduced Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act Introduced in Senate 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3616is/xml/BILLS-115s3616is.xml 2018-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.