Office of Correctional Health Act of 2000

Office of Correctional Health Act of 2000 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of Public Health and Science of the Public Health Service the Office of Correctional Health. Requires the Office to carry out public health activities for employees in Federal or State penal or correctional institutions or for persons incarcerated in such institutions, including disease prevention, health promotion, service delivery, research, and health professions education activities.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4443 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4443

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of 
                          Correctional Health.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2000

Mr. Strickland introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of 
                          Correctional Health.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Correctional Health Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF CORRECTIONAL HEALTH.

    Title XVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following section:

                    ``office of correctional health

    ``Sec. 1711. (a) In General.--There is established within the 
Office of Public Health and Science an office to be known as the Office 
of Correctional Health (in this section referred to as the `Office'), 
which shall be headed by a director appointed by the Secretary. The 
Secretary shall carry out this section acting through the Director of 
the Office.
    ``(b) General Duties.--The Secretary shall carry out public health 
activities regarding individuals who are employees in Federal or State 
penal or correctional institutions or who are incarcerated in such 
institutions (which activities regarding such individuals are referred 
to in this section as `correctional health activities'). Correctional 
health activities that may be carried out under the preceding sentence 
include activities regarding disease prevention, health promotion, 
service delivery, research, and health professions education.
    ``(c) Certain Activities.--In carrying out correctional health 
activities under subsection (b), the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) coordinate all correctional health programs within 
        the Department of Health and Human Services;
            ``(2) provide technical support to State and local 
        correctional agencies on correctional health issues;
            ``(3) cooperate with other Federal agencies carrying out 
        correctional health programs to ensure coordination of such 
        programs;
            ``(4) consult with, and provide outreach to, State 
        directors of correctional health and providers of correctional 
        health care; and
            ``(5) facilitate the exchange of information regarding 
        correctional health activities.
    ``(d) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall annually submit to the 
Congress a report describing the correctional health activities carried 
out under this section. The report shall include a description of the 
status of correctional health activities in the United States.
    ``(e) Rule of Construction Regarding Agency Jurisdiction.--With 
respect to correctional health programs that are carried out by 
agencies of the Public Health Service and were in operation as of the 
day before the date of the enactment of the Office of Correctional 
Health Act of 2000, this section may not be construed as requiring the 
Secretary to transfer jurisdiction for the programs from such agencies 
to the office established in subsection (a).
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.''.
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