US Congress House Bill 3547 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-0)
Status: Introduced on December 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-12-01 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2011 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon reentry into the community. Requires such policy to include provisions for: (1) testing of inmates upon intake and counseling; (2) HIV/AIDS prevention education; (3) HIV testing of prisoners annually upon request or upon exposure to HIV; (4) HIV testing of pregnant inmates; (5) comprehensive medical treatment of inmates who test positive for HIV and confidential counseling on managing their medical condition and preventing its transmission to other persons; (6) protection of confidentiality; (7) testing, counseling, and referral prior to reentry into the community; (8) allowing inmates the right to refuse routine HIV testing; (9) excluding as "routine" the testing of an inmate who may have transmitted HIV to any U.S. officer or employee or to any person lawfully present but not incarcerated in a correctional facility; and (10) timely notification of test results. Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) require HIV testing for all federal prison inmates upon intake regardless of length of sentence or risk factors, (2) allow inmates to decline testing prior to release from incarceration, and (3) make HIV testing part of the routine health screening conducted at intake. Requires the Bureau to report on: (1) testing, treatment, and prevention education programs for hepatitis and other diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use; and (2) the incidence among prison inmates of diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use.

Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2011

Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

HB2954 (Related) 2011-11-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3547/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3547/BILLS-112hr3547ih.pdf