Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2017

HB 1882 Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2017

US Congress 115th Congress

Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2017
HB-1882


About HB-1882

Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2017 This bill directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for federal inmates in prison and upon reentry. It amends the federal criminal code: to require an HIV test for each convicted federal offender sentenced to prison for any length of time regardless of risk factors, unless the individual declines; to make the HIV test part of the routine health screening conducted at intake; and to require a pre-release HIV test, unless the individual declines.

  

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Introduced 04/10/2017

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