‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons shall transfer any incarcerated woman, 
who is determined by a health care professional to 
have a high-risk pregnancy and who agrees to be 
transferred, to a Residential Reentry Center with 
adequate health care during her pregnancy and post- 
partum recovery. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—The Residential Reentry Cen-
ter to which an incarcerated pregnant woman is 
transferred pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be in a 
geographical location that is close to the family 
members of the incarcerated pregnant woman. In 
the case that a Residential Reentry Center is un-
available, the incarcerated pregnant woman shall be 
transferred to alternative housing, including housing 
with a family member. 
‘‘(3) TRANSPORTATION.—To transport an in-
carcerated pregnant woman to a Residential Reentry 
Center, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall 
provide to the woman a mode of transportation that 
has been approved by the woman’s health care pro-
fessional, at no expense to the woman. 
‘‘(4) MONITORING.—In the case that an incar-
cerated pregnant woman transferred to alternative 
housing pursuant to this section is monitored elec-
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tronically, an ankle monitor may not be used on the 
woman, unless there is no feasible alternative for 
monitoring the woman. 
‘‘(5) SERVICE
OF
SENTENCE.—Any time ac-
crued at a Residential Reentry Center or alternative 
housing as a result of a transfer made pursuant to 
this section shall be credited toward service of the 
incarcerated pregnant woman’s sentence. 
‘‘(6) CREDIT FOR PRETRIAL CUSTODY.—In the 
case of an incarcerated pregnant woman, any time 
accrued in pretrial custody shall be credited toward 
service of the woman’s sentence. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FAMILY
MEMBER.—The term ‘family 
member’ means any individual related by blood or 
affinity whose close association with the incarcerated 
pregnant woman is the equivalent of a family rela-
tionship, including a parent, sibling, child, or indi-
vidual standing in loco parentis. 
‘‘(2) RESIDENTIAL
REENTRY
CENTER.—The 
term ‘Residential Reentry Center’ means a Bureau 
of Prisons contracted residential reentry center. 
‘‘(3) HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘health care 
professional’ means— 
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‘‘(i) a doctor of medicine or osteop-
athy who is authorized to practice medicine 
or surgery by the State in which the doctor 
practices; 
‘‘(ii) any physician’s assistant or 
nurse practitioner who is supervised by a 
doctor of medicine or osteopathy described 
in clause (i); or 
‘‘(iii) any other person determined by 
the Secretary to be capable of providing 
health care services. 
‘‘(B) OTHER HEALTH CARE SERVICES.—A 
person is capable of providing health care serv-
ices if the person is— 
‘‘(i) a podiatrist, dentist, clinical psy-
chologist, optometrist, or chiropractor (lim-
ited to treatment consisting of manual ma-
nipulation of the spine to correct a sub-
luxation as demonstrated by X-ray to 
exist) authorized to practice in the State 
and performing within the scope of their 
practice as defined under State law; 
‘‘(ii) a nurse practitioner, nurse-mid-
wife, clinical social worker, or physician’s 
assistant who is authorized to practice 
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