Sec. 6. Treatment of women with high-risk pregnancies
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Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each incarcerated pregnant woman receives an evaluation to determine if the pregnancy is high-risk and, if so, receives healthcare appropriate for a high-risk pregnancy, including obstetrical and gynecological care, during pregnancy and postpartum recovery. The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall transfer to a Residential Reentry Center with adequate health care during her pregnancy and postpartum recovery any incarcerated woman who— is determined by a health care professional to have a high-risk pregnancy; and agrees to be transferred.
The Residential Reentry Center to which an incarcerated pregnant woman is transferred under paragraph
(1)shall, to the extent practicable, be in a geographical location that is close to the family members of the incarcerated pregnant woman. To transport an incarcerated pregnant woman to a Residential Reentry Center, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall provide to the woman a mode of transportation that a healthcare professional has determined to be safe for transporting the pregnant woman. Any time accrued at a Residential Reentry Center or alternative housing as a result of a transfer made under this section shall be credited toward service of the incarcerated pregnant woman’s sentence. In this section: The term health care professional means— a doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is authorized to diagnose and treat physical or mental health conditions under the laws of the State in which the doctor practices and where the facility is located; any physician’s assistant or nurse practitioner who is supervised by a doctor of medicine or osteopathy described in subparagraph (A); or any other person determined by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to be capable of providing health care services. The term high-risk pregnancy means, with respect to an incarcerated woman, that the pregnancy threatens the health or life of the woman or pregnancy, as determined by a health care professional. The term postpartum recovery means the 3-month period beginning on the date on which an incarcerated pregnant woman gives birth, or longer as determined by a health care professional following delivery, and shall include the entire period that the incarcerated pregnant woman is in the hospital or infirmary. The term Residential Reentry Center means a Bureau of Prisons contracted residential reentry center. . The table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 4052. Treatment of incarcerated pregnant women. .