Meth Mouth Correctional Costs and Reentry Support Act

A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to understand and comprehensively address the inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use, and for other purposes.

7/31/2007--Introduced.
Meth Mouth Correctional Costs and Reentry Support Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to:
(1) include in criminal justice system statistics data about the oral health of federal inmates and dental care provided in federal correctional facilities; and
(2) conduct a study on how methampehtamine use affects the demand for (and provision of) oral health care in such facilities.
Provides for Department of Justice (DOJ) grants to states and local, territorial, and tribal governments for:
(1) oral health dental programs for federal inmates;
(2) evaluating the extent to which poor oral health undermines or impedes an inmate's successful reentry into the community; and
(3) establishing adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects for inmate oral health programs during incarceration and after release.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
• and 10 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
  • Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
  • Norm Coleman
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
  • Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
  • Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
  • Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
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Committees

• Senate Judiciary

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1907

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 31, 2007

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• Jul 31, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• Introduced on Jul 31, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.3186
• H.R.3187

Related Issue Areas:

• Criminal justice
• Child health
• Children
• Criminal justice information
• 12 more
• Criminal statistics
• Dental care
• Ex-offenders
• Government information
• Governmental investigations
• Juvenile delinquency
• Medical care
• Medical statistics
• Medicine
• Methamphetamine
• Prisoners
• Rehabilitation of criminals

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