PRINTER'S NO. 2442
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1798
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY KIM, SOLOMON, MURT, ULLMAN, FIEDLER, SCHLOSSBERG,
HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, CALTAGIRONE, MADDEN, FREEMAN, JOHNSON-
HARRELL, OTTEN, BULLOCK, FRANKEL, FITZGERALD, SANCHEZ,
SCHWEYER, McCLINTON, LEE, GALLOWAY, HOHENSTEIN AND ISAACSON,
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
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
correctional institution regulation to the contrary, the
correctional institution shall establish an internal family-
centered housing unit for incarcerated individuals and
detainees in the custody of the correctional institution who
deliver an infant upon discharge from medical facilities that
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