Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-1429
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2009-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Evidence and witnesses
HIV/AIDS
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Right of privacy
Sexually transmitted diseases
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: 
Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon reentry into the community. Requires such policy to include provisions for: (1) testing of inmates upon intake and counseling; (2) HIV/AIDS prevention education; (3) HIV testing of prisoners annually upon request or upon exposure to HIV; (4) HIV testing of pregnant inmates; (5) comprehensive medical treatment of inmates who test positive for HIV and confidential counseling on managing their medical condition and preventing its transmission to other persons; (6) protection of confidentiality; (7) testing, counseling, and referral prior to reentry into the community; (8) allowing inmates the right to refuse routine HIV testing; (9) excluding as &quot;routine&quot; the testing of an inmate who may have transmitted HIV to any U.S. officer or employee or to any person lawfully present but not incarcerated in a correctional facility; and (10) timely notification of test results.

Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) require HIV testing for all federal prison inmates upon intake regardless of length of sentence or risk factors; (2) allow inmates to decline testing prior to release from incarceration; and (3) make HIV testing part of the routine health screening conducted at intake.

Requires the Bureau of Prisons to report to Congress on: (1) testing, treatment, and prevention education programs for hepatitis and other diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use; and (2) the incidence among prison inmates of diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use.

action_date: 2009-03-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop, and draft regulations to implement, a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon reentry into the community. 
 
Requires such policy to provide for: (1) testing of inmates upon intake and counseling; (2) pre-test and post-test counseling; (3) improvement of HIV/AIDS awareness and inmate education; (4) HIV testing of inmates annually or upon exposure to HIV; (5) HIV testing of pregnant inmates; (6) comprehensive medical treatment of inmates who test positive and confidential counseling on managing their medical condition and preventing HIV transmission to other persons; (7) protection of inmate confidentiality; (8) testing, counseling, and referral of inmates to health care and social service agencies prior to reentry into the community; (9) the right of inmates to refuse routine testing; (10) excluding as &quot;routine&quot; the testing of an inmate who may have transmitted HIV to any U.S. officer or employee or to any person lawfully present but not incarcerated in a correctional facility; and (11) timely notification to inmates of test results.

Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) require HIV testing for all inmates upon intake regardless of length of sentence or risk factors; (2) allow inmates to decline testing prior to release from incarceration; (3) make HIV test results inadmissible in civil and criminal proceedings; and (4) make HIV testing part of the routine health screening conducted at inmate intake. 

Directs the Bureau of Prisons to report to Congress: (1) within one year on Bureau policies and procedures to provide testing, treatment, and prevention education programs for hepatitis and other diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use; and (2) annually on the incidence among inmates of diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use, including specific information on HIV/AIDS.

Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-03-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3459-3460)
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3459-3460)
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1429.
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3459-3463)
action_date: 2009-03-17
text: Ms. Waters moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-03-11
text: Introduced in House