US Congress House Bill 2599 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on June 28 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Justice for the Unprotected against Sexually Transmitted Infections among the Confined and Exposed Act or the JUSTICE Act - Requires the Attorney General to direct the Bureau of Prisons to allow community organizations to distribute sexual barrier protection devices and engage in sexually transmitted infection (STI) counseling and prevention education in federal correctional facilities. Expresses the sense of Congress that states should permit the legal distribution of sexual barrier protection devices in state correctional facilities to reduce the prevalence and spread of STIs in those facilities. Amends the Social Security Act to require the automatic enrollment or reinstatement of enrollment of an eligible individual in a state's Medicaid plan (with the individual's affirmative consent) upon such individual's release from incarceration. Defines an "eligible individual" as an inmate who was enrolled before being incarcerated or who is diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus. Provides for a one-year increase in federal matching payments to states that agree to provide for such enrollment. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct an annual survey of all federal and state correctional facilities and immigration detention facilities regarding: (1) STI prevention education and training offered to inmates and staff; (2) inmate access to sexual barrier protection devices; (3) the incidence of sexual violence committed by inmates and staff; (4) required inmate participation in counseling, treatment, and supportive services related to STIs; (5) facility testing of inmates for STIs; (6) pre-release referral to STI-related services; and (7) Medicaid reinstatement assistance upon release. Requires the Attorney General to develop and implement a five-year strategy that includes specified components to reduce the prevalence and spread of STIs in federal and state correctional facilities. Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to include as a homeless person for purposes of eligibility for housing assistance under such Act an individual who: (1) is being released from any prison or other correctional facility, and (2) has been diagnosed with any STI.

JUSTICE Act

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2013-07-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-06-28	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2013-06-28	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-06-28	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2013-06-28	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2599/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2599/BILLS-113hr2599ih.pdf