Legislation
- Title
- Correctional Facilities - Pregnant Inmates - Medical Care
- Sponsored by
- Senators Kelley, Benson, Brochin, Conway, Feldman, Ferguson, Guzzone, Kagan, King, Lee, Madaleno, Manno, Muse, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Ramirez, Robinson, Rosapepe, Smith, Young, Zucker, and Zirkin
- Status
- Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 828
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Requiring each local correctional facility and each correctional facility in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to have a policy in place regarding the medical care of pregnant inmates that addresses certain matters including access to child placement resources; requiring the managing official of each facility to provide the written policy to an inmate at the time of a positive pregnancy test; requiring the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards to review each correctional facility's policy; etc.
Committees
- Opposite:
- Judiciary
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