Legislation
- Title
- Correctional Facilities - Restrictive Housing - Pregnant Inmates
- Sponsored by
- Delegates W. Fisher, Acevero, Atterbeary, Barron, Bridges, Cardin, Carr, Charles, Conaway, Crutchfield, D.E. Davis, Dumais, Gilchrist, Glenn, Guyton, Hettleman, Ivey, Jackson, Jalisi, Kelly, Korman, J. Lewis, Lierman, Love, Moon, Mosby, Palakovich Carr, Pena-Melnyk, Qi, Sample-Hughes, Shetty, Stewart, Sydnor, Turner, Washington, R. Watson, Wells, and Wilkins
- Status
- In the Senate - Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Requiring each correctional facility to have a written policy in place regarding the medical care of pregnant inmates that addresses the use of medical isolation or restrictive housing for certain purposes during pregnancy and during a certain post-pregnancy period; establishing that a pregnant inmate may not be involuntarily placed in certain restrictive housing, with certain exceptions; providing that a certain pregnant inmate may be placed in certain restrictive housing if a certain managing official makes a certain determination; etc.
Committees
- Original:
- Judiciary
- Opposite:
- Judicial Proceedings
Details
(
9-601, 9-601.1, 9-602 )
Last Updated: 2/3/2020 2:31 PM