I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1993
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Correctional 
Health. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2003
Mr. STRICKLAND (for himself, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. FORD, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. LEWIS of 
Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an 
Office of Correctional Health.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Office of Correctional 
Health Act of 2003’’.
‘‘(4) consult with, and provide outreach to, 
State directors of correctional health and providers 
of correctional health care; 
‘‘(5) facilitate the exchange of information re-
garding correctional health activities; and 
‘‘(6) facilitate collaboration between correctional 
facilities and State and local health departments. 
‘‘(d) GRANTS REGARDING HEPATITIS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, may make grants to States 
for the purpose of providing for correctional popu-
lations screenings, immunizations, and treatment for 
hepatitis A, B, and C. 
‘‘(2) DISCRETION
OF
GRANTEE
REGARDING 
SCOPE
OF
PROGRAM.—A State receiving a grant 
under paragraph (1) may expend the grant for any 
or all of the activities authorized in such paragraph. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT OF MATCHING FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the 
costs of the program to be carried out under 
paragraph (1) by a State, the Secretary may 
make a grant under such paragraph only if the 
State agrees to make available (directly or 
through donations from public or private enti-
ties) non-Federal contributions toward such 
costs in an amount not less than 20 percent of 
such costs ($1 for each $4 of Federal funds 
provided in the grant). 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
CON-
TRIBUTED.—Non-Federal 
contributions 
re-
quired in subparagraph (A) may be in cash or 
in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equip-
ment, or services. Amounts provided by the 
Federal Government, or services assisted or 
subsidized to any significant extent by the Fed-
eral Government, may not be included in deter-
mining the amount of such non-Federal con-
tributions. 
‘‘(4) CERTAIN EXPENDITURES OF GRANT.—The 
Secretary may make a grant under paragraph (1) 
only if, with respect to the activities to be carried 
out with the grant pursuant to paragraph (2), the 
State agrees that a portion of the grant will be ex-
pended to carry out such activities at penal or cor-
rectional institutions that are not facilities in which 
individuals serve terms of imprisonment, including 
facilities in which individuals are held pending judi-
cial proceedings.
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall annu-
ally submit to the Congress a report describing the correc-
tional health activities carried out under this section. The 
report shall include a description of the status of correc-
tional health activities in the United States. 
‘‘(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING AGENCY 
JURISDICTION.—With respect to correctional health pro-
grams that are carried out by agencies of the Public 
Health Service and were in operation as of the day before 
the date of the enactment of the Office of Correctional 
Health Act of 2003, this section may not be construed 
as requiring the Secretary to transfer jurisdiction for the 
programs from such agencies to the office established in 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this section, other than subsection (d), 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
2004 through 2008. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS REGARDING HEPATITIS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out subsection (d), there are au-
thorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2004 through 2006, and $5,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2007 and 2008.’’.
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