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Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act of 2021

Introduced: December 16, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Dec 16, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 16, 2021
Introduced in House
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Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop policies and procedures for notifying next-of-kin or other emergency contacts in the event of the death, or serious illness or serious injury, of an individual in custody.

The bill requires DOJ to implement the policies and procedures at its detention agencies. Further, the bill requires DOJ to distribute model policies and procedures to state, territorial, tribal, and local detention agencies.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 5 Republican 2
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Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Dec 16, 2021
Brown, Anthony
· Dec 16, 2021
Butterfield, G. K.
· Dec 16, 2021
Jones, Mondaire
· Dec 16, 2021
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Dec 16, 2021
 R
Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Dec 16, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Dec 16, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 16, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Dec 16, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Dec 16, 2021
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Dec 16, 2021
RUSH, BOBBY
· Dec 16, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6296: Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6296/
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"H.R. 6296: Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6296/.
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H.R. 6296, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6296/.
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