2016 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 136 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subchapter II - Crime Prevention
Part J - Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Tuberculosis in Correctional Institutions
Sec. 13911 - Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis in correctional institutions
| 42 U.S.C. § 13911 (2016) |
| §13911. Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis in correctional institutions |
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(a) Guidelines
The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institute of Corrections, shall develop and disseminate to appropriate entities, including State, Indian tribal, and local correctional institutions and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and followup care of tuberculosis among inmates of correctional institutions and persons held in holding facilities operated by or under contract with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (b) ComplianceThe Attorney General shall ensure that prisons in the Federal prison system and holding facilities operated by or under contract with the Immigration and Naturalization Service comply with the guidelines described in subsection (a). (c) Grants (1) In generalThe Attorney General shall make grants to State, Indian tribal, and local correction authorities and public health authorities to assist in establishing and operating programs for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and followup care of tuberculosis among inmates of correctional institutions. The Federal share of funding of a program funded with a grant under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 50 percent. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— (A) $700,000 for fiscal year 1996; (B) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; (C) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; (D) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 1999; and (E) $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2000. In this section— "Indian tribe" means a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians, including an Alaska Native village (as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),1 that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. "State" means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands. |
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(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, §32201, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1901.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 92–203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§1601 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables. ABOLITION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSFor abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. |
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1 So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should precede the comma. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
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| Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 136 - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SUBCHAPTER II - CRIME PREVENTION Part J - Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Tuberculosis in Correctional Institutions Sec. 13911 - Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis in correctional institutions |
| section 13911 |
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| January 6, 2017 |
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| 85 Stat. 688 108 Stat. 1901 |
| Public Law 92-203, Public Law 103-322 |
