Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis in correctional institutions

34 U.S.C. § 12271
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(a) GuidelinesThe Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institute of Corrections, shall develop and disseminate to appropriate entities, including State, Indian tribal, and local correctional institutions and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and followup care of tuberculosis among inmates of correctional institutions and persons held in holding facilities operated by or under contract with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (b) ComplianceThe Attorney General shall ensure that prisons in the Federal prison system and holding facilities operated by or under contract with the Immigration and Naturalization Service comply with the guidelines described in subsection (a). (c) Grants(1) In generalThe Attorney General shall make grants to State, Indian tribal, and local correction authorities and public health authorities to assist in establishing and operating programs for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and followup care of tuberculosis among inmates of correctional institutions. (2) Federal shareThe Federal share of funding of a program funded with a grant under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 50 percent. (3) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—(A) $700,000 for fiscal year 1996; (B) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; (C) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; (D) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 1999; and (E) $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2000. (d) DefinitionsIn this section— “Indian tribe” means a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians, including an Alaska Native village (as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),11 So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should precede the comma. that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. “State” means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.

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