This bill:

• requires the Department of Corrections (the department) and each county jail to report to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice:
  • the number of known pregnant inmates in custody; and
  • the number of inmates in custody who are parents to a minor child;
• clarifies that the postpartum recovery period for pregnant inmates is 12 weeks after the day on which the inmate gives birth;
• prohibits the restraining of an inmate during postpartum recovery unless an individualized determination of certain security risks is made that details why the restraints are necessary;
• increases the period of time that the department and each county jail is required to provide access to a social worker to an inmate who is pregnant, or who has recently given birth, from six weeks to 12 weeks, to help the inmate:
  • arrange childcare;
  • establish a reunification plan; and
  • establish a substance abuse treatment plan, if needed;
• clarifies that the department and each county jail is required to provide an inmate in postpartum recovery access to postpartum care for 12 weeks after the inmate gives birth;
• clarifies that health care providers in general may make certain decisions regarding pregnant inmates; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.