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(b) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.— 
Data collected under this section may not contain any per-
sonally identifiable information of any incarcerated preg-
nant woman or woman in postpartum recovery. 
SEC. 4. CARE FOR FEDERALLY INCARCERATED WOMEN RE-
LATED TO PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons shall ensure that appropriate services and pro-
grams, as described in subsection (b), are provided to 
women in custody, to address the health and safety needs 
of such women related to pregnancy and childbirth. The 
warden of each Bureau of Prisons facility that houses 
women shall ensure that these services and programs are 
implemented for women in custody at that facility. 
(b) SERVICES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED.—The serv-
ices and programs described in this subsection are the fol-
lowing: 
(1) 
ACCESS
TO
COMPLETE
APPROPRIATE 
HEALTH
SERVICES
FOR
THE
LIFE
CYCLE
OF 
WOMEN.—The Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
shall ensure that each woman of reproductive age in 
custody at a Bureau of Prisons facility— 
(A) has access to contraception and testing 
for pregnancy and sexually transmitted dis-
eases, upon request of any such woman; and 
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(B) is administered a pregnancy test on 
the date on which the woman enters the facility, 
which the woman may decline. 
(2) COMPLIANCE WITH PROTOCOLS RELATING 
TO HEALTH OF A PREGNANT WOMAN.—On confirma-
tion of the pregnancy of a woman in custody by clin-
ical diagnostics and assessment, the chief health 
care professional of the Bureau of Prisons facility in 
which the woman is housed shall ensure that— 
(A) a summary of all appropriate protocols 
directly pertaining to the safety and well-being 
of the woman are provided to the woman; 
(B) such protocols are complied with; and 
(C) such protocols include an assessment 
of undue safety risks and necessary changes to 
accommodate the woman where and when ap-
propriate, as it relates to— 
(i) housing or transfer to a lower 
bunk for safety reasons; 
(ii) appropriate bedding or clothing to 
respond to the woman’s changing physical 
requirements and the temperature in hous-
ing units; 
(iii) regular access to water and bath-
rooms; 
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(iv) a diet that— 
(I) complies with the nutritional 
standards established by the Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services in the 
Dietary Guidelines for Americans re-
port published pursuant to section 
301(a)(3) of the National Nutrition 
Monitoring and Related Research Act 
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341(a)(3)); and 
(II) includes— 
(aa) any appropriate dietary 
supplement, including prenatal 
vitamins; 
(bb) timely and regular nu-
tritious meals; 
(cc) additional caloric con-
tent in meals provided; 
(dd) a prohibition on with-
holding food from the woman or 
serving any food that is used as 
a 
punishment, 
including 
nutraloaf or any food similar to 
nutraloaf that is not considered a 
nutritious meal; and 
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(ee) such other modifications 
to the diet of the woman as the 
Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons determines to be necessary 
after consultation with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human 
Services and consideration of 
such recommendations as the 
Secretary may provide; 
(v) modified recreation and transpor-
tation, in accordance with standards within 
the obstetrical and gynecological care com-
munity, to prevent overexertion or pro-
longed periods of inactivity; and 
(vi) such other changes to living con-
ditions as the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons may require after consultation 
with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and consideration of such rec-
ommendations as the Secretary may pro-
vide. 
(3) EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES.— 
(A) PREGNANCY IN CUSTODY.—A woman 
who is pregnant at intake or who becomes preg-
nant while in custody shall, not later than 14 
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