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S. 1907, The Meth Mouth Correctional Costs and Reentry Support Act

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current.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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S. 1907 would amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to understand and comprehensively address the inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log in to edit the wikiMeth Mouth Correctional Costs and beReentry Support Act - Amends the firstOmnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to providerequire the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to: (1) include in criminal justice system statistics data about the oral health of federal inmates and dental care provided in federal correctional facilities; and (2) conduct a detailed summarystudy on how methampehtamine use affects the demand for (and provision of) oral health care in such facilities.

Provides for Department
of Justice (DOJ) grants to states and local, territorial, and tribal governments for: (1) oral health dental programs for federal inmates; (2) evaluating the bill!)extent to which poor oral health undermines or impedes an inmate's successful reentry into the community; and (3) establishing adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects for inmate oral health programs during incarceration and after release.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 7/31/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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