Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 18, 2009 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 11, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 17, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop, and draft regulations to implement, a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon reentry into the community.
Requires such policy to provide for: (1) testing of inmates upon intake and counseling; (2) pre-test and post-test counseling; (3) improvement of HIV/AIDS awareness and inmate education; (4) HIV testing of inmates annually or upon exposure to HIV; (5) HIV testing of pregnant inmates; (6) comprehensive medical treatment of inmates who test positive and confidential counseling on managing their medical condition and preventing HIV transmission to other persons; (7) protection of inmate confidentiality; (8) testing, counseling, and referral of inmates to health care and social service agencies prior to reentry into the community; (9) the right of inmates to refuse routine testing; (10) excluding as "routine" the testing of an inmate who may have transmitted HIV to any U.S. officer or employee or to any person lawfully present but not incarcerated in a correctional facility; and (11) timely notification to inmates of test results.
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) require HIV testing for all inmates upon intake regardless of length of sentence or risk factors; (2) allow inmates to decline testing prior to release from incarceration; (3) make HIV test results inadmissible in civil and criminal proceedings; and (4) make HIV testing part of the routine health screening conducted at inmate intake.
Directs the Bureau of Prisons to report to Congress: (1) within one year on Bureau policies and procedures to provide testing, treatment, and prevention education programs for hepatitis and other diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use; and (2) annually on the incidence among inmates of diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use, including specific information on HIV/AIDS.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2009 to Mar 17, 2009; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 11, 2009 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Mar 11, 2009 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Mar 11, 2009 |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Original | Mar 11, 2009 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Mar 11, 2009 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Mar 17, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 17, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Mar 17, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Mar 17, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 17, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 17, 2009 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2009 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2009 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2009Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 17, 2009Ms. Waters moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 17, 2009Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3459-3463)
- Mar 17, 2009DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1429.
- Mar 17, 2009Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3459-3460)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E740 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Mar 23, 2009 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E725 | Charles B. Rangel D-NY | Mar 19, 2009 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3459–H3463Text printed H3459 | — | Mar 17, 2009 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Justice
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Evidence and witnesses
- Health information and medical records
- Health promotion and preventive care
- HIV/AIDS
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Right of privacy
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Women's health
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2009Referred in Senate
- Mar 17, 2009Engrossed in House
- Mar 11, 2009Introduced in House
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