PRINTER'S NO. 3878
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2566
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY KIM, FRANKEL, CEPHAS, DAVIS, SCHLOSSBERG,
DONATUCCI, SOLOMON, J. HARRIS, KINSEY, SIMS, HILL-EVANS,
YOUNGBLOOD AND ROEBUCK, JULY 23, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 23, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating
to inmate confinement, further providing for healthy birth
for incarcerated women.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5905 of Title 61 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 5905. Healthy birth for incarcerated women.
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(a.1) Alternative housing.--
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
department regulation to the contrary, the department shall
establish a family-centered housing unit for prisoners in the
custody of the department who deliver an infant upon
discharge from medical facilities that assist with the
delivery.
(2) A prisoner is eligible for alternative housing under
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