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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2422
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Correctional
Health.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Mr. STRICKLAND introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee 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 2001’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF CORRECTIONAL
HEALTH.
Title XVII of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300u et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following section:
‘‘OFFICE OF CORRECTIONAL HEALTH
‘‘SEC. 1711. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established
within the Office of Public Health and Science an office
to be known as the Office of Correctional Health (in this
section referred to as the ‘Office’), which shall be headed
by a director appointed by the Secretary. The Secretary
shall carry out this section acting through the Director
of the Office.
‘‘(b) GENERAL DUTIES.—The Secretary shall carry
out public health activities regarding individuals who are
employees in Federal or State penal or correctional insti-
tutions or who are incarcerated in such institutions (which
activities regarding such individuals are referred to in this
section as ‘correctional health activities’). Correctional
health activities that may be carried out under the pre-
ceding sentence include activities regarding disease pre-
vention, health promotion, service delivery, research, and
health professions education.
‘‘(c) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out correc-
tional health activities under subsection (b), the Secretary
shall—
‘‘(1) coordinate all correctional health programs
within the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices;
‘‘(2) provide technical support to State and
local correctional agencies on correctional health
issues;
‘‘(3) cooperate with other Federal agencies car-
rying out correctional health programs to ensure co-
ordination of such programs;
‘‘(4) consult with, and provide outreach to,
State directors of correctional health and providers
of correctional health care; and
‘‘(5) facilitate the exchange of information re-
garding correctional health activities.
‘‘(d) 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.
‘‘(e) 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 2001, 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).
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’.
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