§12271 Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Tuberculosis in Correctional Institutions

Summary

The Attorney General must work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institute of Corrections to create and share clear rules for stopping, finding, treating, and following up on tuberculosis in people in jails, prisons, and in Immigration and Naturalization Service holding facilities. The Attorney General must make sure those rules are followed in Federal prisons and in INS holding facilities. The Attorney General must also give grants to State, Indian tribal, and local correction officials and public health agencies to help start and run TB programs in correctional settings. The federal share of those programs cannot be more than 50 percent. The law authorizes specific money for these grants: $700,000 for fiscal year 1996; $1,000,000 for 1997; $1,000,000 for 1998; $1,100,000 for 1999; and $1,200,000 for 2000. “Indian tribe” means a recognized tribe or Alaska Native village eligible for federal Indian programs. “State” includes a State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.