Bill > HB5431

Introduced Session

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the County Department of Corrections Law, the Health Care Violence Prevention Act, and the County Jail Act to replace use of "prisoner" with "committed person". In the County Department of Corrections Law, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Law, requires the Department of Public Health to provide the flyers that must be provided to pregnant committed persons, and provides that, when a person with a uterus is committed to a county jail or State correctional facility, the person shall take a pregnancy test. In the County Department of Corrections Law and the Unified Code of Corrections: (i) provides that reports a sheriff, the Department of Corrections, and the Department of Juvenile Justice must submit under the provisions must be provided to the Jail and Detention Standards Unit of the Department of Corrections (removing the requirement to submit the report to the General Assembly and the Office of the Governor in the County Department of Corrections Law); (ii) modifies the reporting requirements; (iii) and provides that other qualified medical professionals (in addition to a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant) may determine that the postpartum period is longer than 6 weeks. In the County Department of Corrections Law, defines "participant" as an individual placed into an electronic monitoring program and makes conforming changes. Makes other changes.

Committee Categories

Kelly Cassidy (D)*,  Mary Edly-Allen (D)*,  Carol Ammons (D),  Omar Aquino (D),  Christopher Belt (D),  Diane Blair-Sherlock (D),  Kam Buckner (D),  Mary Beth Canty (D),  Cristina Castro (D),  Javier Cervantes (D),  Sharon Chung (D),  Lakesia Collins (D),  Bill Cunningham (D),  Kimberly du Buclet (D),  Laura Ellman (D),  Marcus Evans (D),  Paul Faraci (D),  Sara Feigenholtz (D),  Robyn Gabel (D),  Suzy Glowiak Hilton (D),  Will Guzzardi (D),  Mike Halpin (D),  Matt Hanson (D),  Sonya Harper (D),  Napoleon Harris (D),  Barbara Hernandez (D),  Norma Hernandez (D),  Linda Holmes (D),  Mattie Hunter (D),  Hoan Huynh (D),  Lilian Jiménez (D),  Adriane Johnson (D),  Emil Jones (D),  Dave Koehler (D),  Lindsey LaPointe (D),  Kimberly Lightford (D),  Camille Lilly (D),  Meg Loughran Cappel (D),  Joyce Mason (D),  Tony McCombie (R),  Debbie Meyers-Martin (D),  Anna Moeller (D),  Yolonda Morris (D),  Michelle Mussman (D),  Cyril Nichols (D),  Kevin Olickal (D),  Mike Porfirio (D),  Willie Preston (D),  Kevin Schmidt (R),  Mike Simmons (D),  Steve Stadelman (D),  Anne Stava-Murray (D),  Doris Turner (D),  Rachel Ventura (D),  Karina Villa (D),  Celina Villanueva (D),  Ram Villivalam (D),  Chris Welch (D),  Maurice West (D), 

Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0745 (on 08/02/2024)

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