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119-s-687119th Congress

BCRA of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create a nationwide, anonymized reporting system on pregnancies and births in custody to track prenatal care, pregnancy outcomes, use of restraints, and postpartum care. It would require states that get grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to submit quarterly reports and allow the Attorney General to publish and study the data.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Prison pregnancy reporting and study

If enacted, States that get the specified Justice Department grant would have to send anonymous, aggregated quarterly reports on people who are pregnant or gave birth in custody. Reports would include counts, race and ethnicity, quarter of admission and quarter of release or outcome, whether pregnancy testing happened within 1 week of admission, whether a prenatal visit happened within 7 days of pregnancy being identified, pregnancy outcomes (live birth, stillbirth, miscarriage, ectopic, maternal or neonatal death, preterm), whether care happened on-site or off-site (and off-site location), detailed restraint use, and restrictive housing counts, reasons, and durations. Reports must not include any personally identifiable information. The Attorney General would publish the reports and would study the data and send a report to Congress within 2 years of enactment. States would have up to 120 days from enactment to begin complying, and the Attorney General may grant one extra 120-day extension for good-faith efforts.

Grant cuts and reallocation for States

If enacted, the Attorney General could withhold up to 10 percent of a State's annual allocation under the specified Justice Department grant program if the State fails to follow the reporting rules after the compliance period. The penalty would apply in a fiscal year after the State's 120-day compliance window ends and is at the Attorney General's discretion, not automatic. Money withheld because of noncompliance would be reallocated to States that did comply.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]

GA • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]

    LA • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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