PRINTER'S NO. 2053
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1594
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON-HARRELL, CEPHAS, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS,
HARRIS, MADDEN, SHUSTERMAN, KOSIEROWSKI, KINSEY, McCLINTON,
HOWARD, SOLOMON, HOHENSTEIN, DALEY, DAWKINS, FRANKEL,
D. MILLER, SCHWEYER, DELLOSO, MURT, BURGOS, GALLOWAY, LEE,
WHEATLEY, CALTAGIRONE, ROEBUCK, OTTEN, FIEDLER AND ULLMAN,
JUNE 7, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 7, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating
to inmate confinement, providing for training and educational
requirements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 5908. Training and educational requirements.
(a) Correctional institution staff training.--The department
and the Department of Human Services shall jointly develop and
provide both correctional institutions and county correctional
institutions with a training program for staff who have contact
with incarcerated individuals who are pregnant. The training
program shall be related to the physical and mental health of
the incarcerated individual and fetuses, including:
(1) the general care of a pregnant individual;
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