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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1322 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish Federal policies and procedures to notify the next of kin or |
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| 6 | 6 | | other emergency contact upon the death, or serious illness or serious |
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| 7 | 7 | | injury, of an individual in Federal custody, to provide model policies |
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| 8 | 8 | | for States, units of local government, and Indian Tribes to implement |
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| 9 | 9 | | and enforce similar policies and procedures, and for other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 11 | 11 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. O |
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| 13 | 13 | | SSOFF(for himself and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 14 | 14 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To establish Federal policies and procedures to notify the |
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| 17 | 17 | | next of kin or other emergency contact upon the death, |
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| 18 | 18 | | or serious illness or serious injury, of an individual in |
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| 19 | 19 | | Federal custody, to provide model policies for States, |
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| 20 | 20 | | units of local government, and Indian Tribes to imple- |
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| 21 | 21 | | ment and enforce similar policies and procedures, and |
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| 22 | 22 | | for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Notification 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •S 1322 IS |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Congress finds the following: 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) In the event an individual dies or becomes 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | seriously ill or injured while being detained, ar-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | rested, or while in law enforcement custody, their 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | family members deserve to be notified in a timely 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and compassionate manner. Such notification is nec-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | essary to uphold the basic human dignity of incar-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | cerated people, a concept rooted in the Eighth 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Amendment and Due Process Clause of the 14th 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Amendment to the Constitution of the United 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | States. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) The lack of a national standard governing 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | notification of death, illness, and injury that occur 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | in prisons, jails, and police custody can lead to inhu-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | mane treatment of incarcerated people and their 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | loved ones. Poor communication regarding the death 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | of a loved one may exacerbate the grief and other 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | physical and psychological reactions of surviving rel-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | atives. 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | In this Act: 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (1) C |
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| 54 | 54 | | USTODIAL RECORD.—The term ‘‘custodial 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | record’’ means the central file of an individual in 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | custody. 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •S 1322 IS |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) DETENTION AGENCY.—The term ‘‘detention 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | agency’’ means any government agency, including a 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | law enforcement agency or correctional agency, that 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | has the authority to detain individuals for violations 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | or alleged violations of criminal or civil law. 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (3) I |
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| 66 | 66 | | N CUSTODY OF A DETENTION AGENCY .— 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | The term ‘‘in the custody of a detention agency’’ 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | means an individual who, after being detained and 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | booked into a jail or holding facility for a Federal, 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | State, or local offense— 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (A) is physically housed at a jail, prison, 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | boot camp prison, contract correctional facility, 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | community correctional facility, halfway house, 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | or other correctional facility (including any ju-14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | venile detention facility); or 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (B) has been or is being transferred to a 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | medical facility from a correctional facility. 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | SEC. 4. EMERGENCY CONTACT NOTIFICATION POLICIES 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | AND PROCEDURES. 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (a) E |
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| 81 | 81 | | MERGENCYCONTACTNOTIFICATIONPOLICIES 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ANDPROCEDURES.—Not later than 1 year after the date 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall, con-22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | sistent with the requirements in this section— 23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (1) implement policies and procedures for the 24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | detention agencies of the Department of Justice to 25 |
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| 89 | 89 | | •S 1322 IS |
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| 90 | 90 | | notify the next of kin or other emergency contact in 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | the event of the death, or serious illness or serious 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | injury, of an individual in the custody of a detention 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | agency of the Department of Justice; and 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (2) develop and distribute model policies and 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | procedures for detention agencies of States, terri-6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | tories of the United States, Tribes, and units of 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | local government to notify the next of kin or other 8 |
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| 98 | 98 | | emergency contact in the event of the death, or seri-9 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ous illness or serious injury, of an individual in the 10 |
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| 100 | 100 | | custody of the detention agency, and provide assist-11 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ance to such detention agencies so that the agencies 12 |
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| 102 | 102 | | may implement such procedures or substantially 13 |
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| 103 | 103 | | similar processes. 14 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (b) C |
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| 105 | 105 | | ONTENTS OFEMERGENCYCONTACTNOTIFICA-15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | TIONPOLICIES ANDPROCEDURES.—The policies and pro-16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | cedures described in subsection (a) shall include best prac-17 |
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| 108 | 108 | | tices that address the following: 18 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (1) E |
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| 110 | 110 | | MERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION .—In 19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | the case of an individual that is in the custody of 20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | a detention agency, the detention agency shall ob-21 |
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| 113 | 113 | | tain, to the greatest extent practicable— 22 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (A) the name, last known address, tele-23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | phone number, and email of any individual or 24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | individuals who— 25 |
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| 119 | 119 | | •S 1322 IS |
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| 120 | 120 | | (i) shall be notified in the event of the 1 |
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| 121 | 121 | | death or serious illness or serious injury, of 2 |
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| 122 | 122 | | the individual in custody; and 3 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (ii) are authorized to receive the body 4 |
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| 124 | 124 | | and personal effects of the individual in 5 |
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| 125 | 125 | | custody; 6 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (B) whether the individual in custody 7 |
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| 127 | 127 | | would like a faith leader to participate in the 8 |
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| 128 | 128 | | notification process and, if so, of what denomi-9 |
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| 129 | 129 | | nation; and 10 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (C) whether the individual has in place a 11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | medical proxy decision maker or medical power 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | of attorney, advanced directive, or do not resus-13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | citate order, and the name and contact informa-14 |
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| 134 | 134 | | tion of the individual or individuals holding 15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | such authorities. 16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (2) N |
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| 137 | 137 | | OTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEATH , 17 |
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| 138 | 138 | | SERIOUS ILLNESS, AND SERIOUS INJURY WHILE IN 18 |
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| 139 | 139 | | CUSTODY.— 19 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (A) N |
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| 141 | 141 | | OTIFICATION OF DEATH IN CUS -20 |
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| 142 | 142 | | TODY.—In the event an individual dies while in 21 |
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| 143 | 143 | | the custody of the detention agency, the deten-22 |
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| 144 | 144 | | tion agency shall notify the emergency contact 23 |
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| 145 | 145 | | of the individual not later than 12 hours after 24 |
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| 146 | 146 | | the declaration of death and between the hours 25 |
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| 150 | 150 | | of 6:00 a.m. and to midnight local time. Such 1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | notification shall include information about the 2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | circumstances surrounding the death, including 3 |
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| 153 | 153 | | the official time of death, the cause of death, 4 |
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| 154 | 154 | | and whether the death is under investigation, 5 |
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| 155 | 155 | | including the reason for opening the investiga-6 |
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| 156 | 156 | | tion. 7 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (B) N |
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| 158 | 158 | | OTIFICATION OF SERIOUS ILLNESS 8 |
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| 159 | 159 | | OR SERIOUS INJURY .—In the event an indi-9 |
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| 160 | 160 | | vidual becomes seriously ill or seriously injured 10 |
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| 161 | 161 | | while in the custody of a detention agency, the 11 |
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| 162 | 162 | | detention agency shall attempt to notify the 12 |
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| 163 | 163 | | emergency contact of the individual as soon as 13 |
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| 164 | 164 | | practicable after the serious injury or serious 14 |
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| 165 | 165 | | illness occurs. Such notification shall include in-15 |
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| 166 | 166 | | formation about the serious illness or injury, in-16 |
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| 167 | 167 | | cluding the cause and nature of the serious in-17 |
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| 168 | 168 | | jury or serious illness event, whether the indi-18 |
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| 169 | 169 | | vidual is incapacitated, unconscious, or unable 19 |
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| 170 | 170 | | to speak, whether any medical procedures or 20 |
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| 171 | 171 | | life-saving measures were, or will be, performed 21 |
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| 172 | 172 | | in response to the incident, and the contact in-22 |
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| 173 | 173 | | formation of the facility and provider of medical 23 |
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| 174 | 174 | | treatment. 24 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (3) COMPASSIONATE AND PROFESSIONAL NOTI -1 |
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| 179 | 179 | | FICATION.—The policies and procedures described in 2 |
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| 180 | 180 | | subsection (a) shall include best practices to provide 3 |
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| 181 | 181 | | notification of death, serious illness, or serious in-4 |
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| 182 | 182 | | jury in custody in a compassionate and professional 5 |
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| 183 | 183 | | manner to minimize confusion and trauma suffered 6 |
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| 184 | 184 | | by the next of kin or other emergency contact. The 7 |
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| 185 | 185 | | best practices shall address the manner of notifica-8 |
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| 186 | 186 | | tion, including— 9 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (A) providing notification by an individual 10 |
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| 188 | 188 | | trained in notification best practices; 11 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (B) if notification occurs in person, pro-12 |
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| 190 | 190 | | viding the next of kin or other emergency con-13 |
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| 191 | 191 | | tact a point of contact at the detention facility; 14 |
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| 192 | 192 | | and 15 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (C) providing notification of a death in 16 |
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| 194 | 194 | | custody via a telephone or in-person conversa-17 |
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| 195 | 195 | | tion, immediately followed by a written letter of 18 |
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| 196 | 196 | | condolence that advises the person of the cir-19 |
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| 197 | 197 | | cumstances of the death, and providing a de-20 |
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| 198 | 198 | | scription of what information can and cannot be 21 |
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| 199 | 199 | | provided over voicemail. 22 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (4) D |
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| 201 | 201 | | EFINITION OF SERIOUS ILLNESS OR SERI -23 |
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| 202 | 202 | | OUS INJURY.—The policies and procedures described 24 |
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| 203 | 203 | | in subsection (a) shall define when a medical event, 25 |
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| 207 | 207 | | episode, condition, accident, or other incident con-1 |
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| 208 | 208 | | stitutes a serious illness or serious injury. In defin-2 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ing such term, the Attorney General shall require 3 |
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| 210 | 210 | | notification in at least situations where— 4 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (A) without immediate treatment for the 5 |
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| 212 | 212 | | condition, death is imminent; 6 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (B) admission to a hospital is required; 7 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (C) an individual attempted suicide; 8 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (D) an individual is unconscious or inca-9 |
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| 216 | 216 | | pacitated such that they are incapable of pro-10 |
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| 217 | 217 | | viding consent for medical treatment; and 11 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (E) an individual has been diagnosed with 12 |
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| 219 | 219 | | a terminal illness. 13 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (5) E |
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| 221 | 221 | | MERGENCY CONTACT FORM .—The policies 14 |
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| 222 | 222 | | and procedures described in subsection (a) shall in-15 |
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| 223 | 223 | | clude a template form for detention agencies to 16 |
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| 224 | 224 | | record the emergency contact information for inclu-17 |
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| 225 | 225 | | sion in the custodial record of the individual. 18 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (6) A |
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| 227 | 227 | | DDITIONAL BEST PRACTICES .—The poli-19 |
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| 228 | 228 | | cies and practices described in subsection (a) shall 20 |
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| 229 | 229 | | include best practices to— 21 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (A) permit individuals in custody to modify 22 |
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| 231 | 231 | | their emergency contact information as needed; 23 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (B) provide individuals in custody the op-24 |
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| 233 | 233 | | portunity to fill out a medical power of attor-25 |
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| 236 | 236 | | •S 1322 IS |
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| 237 | 237 | | ney, health care proxy, advanced directive, a do 1 |
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| 238 | 238 | | not resuscitate order, or any other similar docu-2 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ment that complies with the State law in the lo-3 |
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| 240 | 240 | | cation of detention; 4 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (C) return the belongings and remains of 5 |
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| 242 | 242 | | the individual to the emergency contact, if de-6 |
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| 243 | 243 | | sired; 7 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (D) document and maintain within the 8 |
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| 245 | 245 | | custodial record of the individual each notifica-9 |
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| 246 | 246 | | tion attempt performed pursuant to this Act by 10 |
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| 247 | 247 | | the detention agency; 11 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (E) provide the emergency contact mean-12 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ingful opportunity to visit with a seriously ill or 13 |
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| 250 | 250 | | seriously injured individual in custody and to 14 |
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| 251 | 251 | | communicate with the medical staff caring for 15 |
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| 252 | 252 | | that individual; 16 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (F) provide the individual in custody infor-17 |
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| 254 | 254 | | mation about the purpose and permissible uses 18 |
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| 255 | 255 | | of the emergency contact information provided 19 |
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| 256 | 256 | | pursuant to this section; and 20 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (G) in the event of a death in custody, no-21 |
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| 258 | 258 | | tify the emergency contact if an autopsy is 22 |
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| 259 | 259 | | going to be performed and the procedures for 23 |
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| 260 | 260 | | obtaining any autopsy report. 24 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (c) WRITTENNOTIFICATIONPLAN.—The policies 1 |
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| 265 | 265 | | and procedures described in subsection (a) shall instruct 2 |
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| 266 | 266 | | detention agencies to develop a written notification plan, 3 |
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| 267 | 267 | | or revise an existing written notification plan, that pro-4 |
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| 268 | 268 | | vides for notification of a death, serious illness, or serious 5 |
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| 269 | 269 | | injury of an individual in custody that conforms with the 6 |
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| 270 | 270 | | policies described in subsection (b). Such written notifica-7 |
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| 271 | 271 | | tion plans shall be published on the website of the deten-8 |
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| 272 | 272 | | tion agency and made accessible to individuals in the cus-9 |
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| 273 | 273 | | tody of the detention agency through inclusion in any in-10 |
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| 274 | 274 | | take information, manuals, or other materials distributed 11 |
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| 275 | 275 | | or made available to individuals upon being taken into cus-12 |
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| 276 | 276 | | tody. 13 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (d) A |
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| 278 | 278 | | DDITIONALREQUIREMENTS.— 14 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (1) DOJ |
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| 280 | 280 | | SUPPORT OF STATE AND LOCAL IM -15 |
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| 281 | 281 | | PLEMENTATION OF MODEL POLICIES .—To support 16 |
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| 282 | 282 | | implementation of the model policies and procedures 17 |
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| 283 | 283 | | described in subsection (a)(2), the Attorney General 18 |
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| 284 | 284 | | shall provide ongoing online training and directed 19 |
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| 285 | 285 | | outreach to law enforcement, prosecution and de-20 |
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| 286 | 286 | | fense agencies through national and State member-21 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ship associations, and by other means. 22 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (2) P |
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| 289 | 289 | | UBLICATION OF EMERGENCY CONTACT 23 |
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| 290 | 290 | | POLICIES AND PROCEDURES .—The Attorney Gen-24 |
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| 294 | 294 | | eral, acting through the Assistant Attorney General 1 |
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| 295 | 295 | | of the Office of Justice Programs, shall— 2 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (A) publish on the website of the Office of 3 |
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| 297 | 297 | | Justice Programs the policies and procedures 4 |
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| 298 | 298 | | described in subsection (b); and 5 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (B) shall include a copy of the procedures 6 |
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| 300 | 300 | | described in subsection (b)(1) in any intake in-7 |
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| 301 | 301 | | formation, manuals, or other materials distrib-8 |
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| 302 | 302 | | uted or made available to individuals upon 9 |
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| 303 | 303 | | being taken into custody of a detention agency 10 |
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| 304 | 304 | | of the Department of Justice. 11 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (3) I |
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| 306 | 306 | | NTERGOVERNMENTAL SERVICE CONTRACTS 12 |
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| 307 | 307 | | AND AGREEMENTS .—Any Department of Justice de-13 |
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| 308 | 308 | | tention agency, including the United States Mar-14 |
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| 309 | 309 | | shals Service, that contracts with State, munici-15 |
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| 310 | 310 | | pality, Tribal, private, or other entities to house in-16 |
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| 311 | 311 | | dividuals in custody shall require adoption of the 17 |
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| 312 | 312 | | procedures or substantially similar procedures as de-18 |
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| 313 | 313 | | scribed in subsection (b)(2) as a condition of such 19 |
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| 314 | 314 | | contract or contract renewal. 20 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (4) D |
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| 316 | 316 | | EPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO MONITOR 21 |
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| 317 | 317 | | COMPLIANCE WITH NOTIFICATION AND COMMUNICA -22 |
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| 318 | 318 | | TION REQUIREMENTS .—The Attorney General shall 23 |
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| 323 | 323 | | tice with the authority to receive and investigate 1 |
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| 324 | 324 | | complaints regarding the failure to provide— 2 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (A) the notifications required under this 3 |
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| 326 | 326 | | Act, including inadequate notifications; and 4 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (B) opportunities for communication and 5 |
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| 328 | 328 | | visitation in accordance with this Act. 6 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (e) V |
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| 330 | 330 | | OLUNTARYCOLLECTION.—A detention agency 7 |
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| 331 | 331 | | may not— 8 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (1) attempt to persuade or coerce an individual 9 |
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| 333 | 333 | | in the custody of a detention agency to provide the 10 |
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| 334 | 334 | | information described in subsection (a); or 11 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (2) impose any penalty, fine, or fee on the indi-12 |
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| 336 | 336 | | vidual for— 13 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (A) the failure or refusal of the individual 14 |
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| 338 | 338 | | to provide the information requested; or 15 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (B) providing information that is later de-16 |
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| 340 | 340 | | termined to be inaccurate. 17 |
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| 341 | 341 | | SEC. 5. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 18 |
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| 342 | 342 | | Nothing in this Act may be construed to— 19 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (1) create any legal or financial obligation on 20 |
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| 344 | 344 | | the part of any individual designated as a next of 21 |
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| 345 | 345 | | kin or other emergency contact under this Act; 22 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (2) require the individual in custody of a deten-23 |
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| 347 | 347 | | tion agency to provide the emergency contact infor-24 |
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| 348 | 348 | | mation described in section 4(a); or 25 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (3) create a private right of action to enforce 1 |
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