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H.R. 3710, The Office of Correctional Public Health Act of 2007
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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H.R. 3710 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Correctional Public Health.
== Detailed Summary ==
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(Log inOffice of Correctional Public Health Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to editestablish the wikiOffice of Correctional Public Health (OCPH) within the Office of Public Health and beScience. Requires the firstSecretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of OCPH, to carry out public health activities for individuals who are: (1) employed in the field of corrections as employees in federal, state, or local penal or correctional institutions; (2) incarcerated in such institutions; (3) employed as parole or probation officers; or (4) under parole or probation supervision. Includes among such activities disease prevention, health promotion, service delivery, research, and health professions education activities.
Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to states to provide for correctional populations screenings, immunizations, and treatment for hepatitis A, B, and C and other infectious diseases. Requires a detailed summaryportion of the bill!)each grant to be expended to carry out such activities at penal or correctional facilities that are not facilities in which individuals serve terms of imprisonment, including remand facilities.
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== Status of the Legislation ==
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(Log inLatest Major Action: 11/8/2007: Referred to edit the wiki and be the firstHouse subcommittee. Status: Referred to update the status of the bill!)Subcommittee on Health.
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January 5, 2009, 1:15am (report abuse)In order to save money, some states in America are cutting juvenile justice programs. In states like South Carolina, programs that focus on counseling, rehabilitation and teaching life skills have helped cut in half the number of juvenile offenders who end up back in the system. But even after all this progress, some states are cutting 20 percent or more of their spending on juvenile justice programs. Obviously, if the number of child criminals who re-offend goes back up, the number of adults who get thrown in the slammer will go up right along with it. This article talks about which programs are getting axed in the government’s quest to save extra cash.