PRINTER'S NO. 1624
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1494
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, McCLINTON, FRANKEL, SCHLOSSBERG, FREEMAN,
SAMUELSON, LEE, GUENST, SANCHEZ, HOWARD, HOHENSTEIN, GILLEN,
KRAJEWSKI, McNEILL, HILL-EVANS, WEBSTER, GALLOWAY, WARREN,
SIMS AND INNAMORATO, MAY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 26, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in general administration, further
providing for State recording system for application of
restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees; in county
correctional institutions, further providing for county
recording system for application of restraints to pregnant
prisoners or detainees; and, in miscellaneous provisions,
further providing for healthy birth for incarcerated women.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1104, 1758 heading, (a) and (b)(1) and
5905 of Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are
amended to read:
§ 1104. State recording system for application of restraints to
pregnant, laboring or postpartum prisoners or
detainees.
(a) General rule.--[A correctional institution as defined by
section 5905(e) (relating to healthy birth for incarcerated
women) shall report each restraint applied to a pregnant
prisoner or detainee. The report must be in writing and must
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