(c) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall transmit 
to Congress and make publicly available the results of the 
survey required under subsection (a), both for the Nation 
as a whole and disaggregated as to each State and each 
correctional facility. To the maximum extent possible, the 
Attorney General shall issue the first report no later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and shall 
issue reports annually thereafter for 5 years. 
SEC. 7. STRATEGY. 
(a) DIRECTIVE TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The At-
torney General, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, State officials, and commu-
nity organizations, shall develop and implement a 5-year 
strategy to reduce the prevalence and spread of STIs in 
Federal and State correctional facilities. To the maximum 
extent possible, the strategy shall be developed, trans-
mitted to Congress, and made publicly available no later 
than 180 days after the transmission of the first report 
required under section 6(c) of this Act. 
(b) CONTENTS OF STRATEGY.—The strategy shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) PREVENTION EDUCATION.—A plan for im-
proving prevention education, information, and 
training offered to incarcerated persons and correc-
tional facility staff, including information and train-
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ing on sexual violence and the spread of STIs, and 
comprehensive sexuality education. 
(2) SEXUAL BARRIER PROTECTION DEVICE AC-
CESS.—A plan for expanding access to sexual barrier 
protection devices in correctional facilities. 
(3) SEXUAL
VIOLENCE
REDUCTION.—A plan 
for reducing the incidence of sexual violence among 
incarcerated persons and correctional facility staff, 
developed in consultation with the National Prison 
Rape Elimination Commission. 
(4) COUNSELING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.— 
A plan for expanding access to counseling and sup-
portive services related to STIs in correctional facili-
ties. 
(5) TESTING.—A plan for testing incarcerated 
persons for STIs during intake, during regular 
health exams, and prior to release, and that— 
(A) is conducted in accordance with guide-
lines established by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention; 
(B) includes pre-test counseling; 
(C) requires that incarcerated persons are 
notified of their option to decline testing at any 
time; 
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(D) requires that incarcerated persons are 
confidentially notified of their test results in a 
timely manner; and 
(E) ensures that incarcerated persons test-
ing positive for STIs receive post-test coun-
seling, care, treatment, and supportive services. 
(6) TREATMENT.—A plan for ensuring that 
correctional facilities have the necessary medicine 
and equipment to treat and monitor STIs and for 
ensuring that incarcerated persons living with or 
testing positive for STIs receive and have access to 
care and treatment services. 
(7) STRATEGIES FOR DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS.— 
A plan for developing and implementing culturally 
appropriate, sensitive, and specific strategies to re-
duce the spread of STIs among demographic groups 
heavily impacted by STIs. 
(8) LINKAGES WITH COMMUNITIES AND FACILI-
TIES.—A plan for establishing and strengthening 
linkages to local communities and health facilities 
that— 
(A) provide counseling, testing, care, and 
treatment services; 
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(B) may receive persons recently released 
from incarceration who are living with STIs; 
and 
(C) accept payment through the State 
Medicaid program. 
(9) ENROLLMENT
IN
STATE
MEDICAID
PRO-
GRAMS.—Plans to ensure that incarcerated persons 
who were— 
(A) enrolled in their State Medicaid pro-
gram prior to incarceration in a correctional fa-
cility are automatically re-enrolled in such pro-
gram upon their release; and 
(B) not enrolled in their State Medicaid 
program prior to incarceration, but who are di-
agnosed with the human immunodeficiency 
virus while incarcerated in a correctional facil-
ity, are automatically enrolled in such program 
upon their release. 
(10) OTHER
PLANS.—Any other plans devel-
oped by the Attorney General for reducing the 
spread of STIs or improving the quality of health 
care in correctional facilities. 
(11) MONITORING SYSTEM.—A monitoring sys-
tem that establishes performance goals related to re-
ducing the prevalence and spread of STIs in correc-
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tional facilities and which, where feasible, expresses 
such goals in quantifiable form. 
(12) MONITORING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INDI-
CATORS.—Performance indicators that measure or 
assess the achievement of the performance goals de-
scribed in paragraph (9). 
(13) COST ESTIMATE.—A detailed estimate of 
the funding necessary to implement the strategy at 
the Federal and State levels for all 5 years, includ-
ing the amount of funds required by community or-
ganizations to implement the parts of the strategy in 
which they take part. 
(c) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall transmit 
to Congress and make publicly available an annual 
progress report regarding the implementation and effec-
tiveness of the strategy described in subsection (a). The 
progress report shall include an evaluation of the imple-
mentation of the strategy using the monitoring system and 
performance indicators provided for in paragraphs (9) and 
(10) of subsection (b). 
SEC. 8. APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
Act for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2018. 
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