Bill Text: CA AB691 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Child death investigations: review teams.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB691 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB691-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 21, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 691 |
Introduced by Assembly Member McCarty |
February 15, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law prohibits a pregnant inmate, as defined, in labor, in recovery, or after delivery, from being restrained by the use of leg irons, waist chains, or handcuffs behind the body, and also prohibits, in these circumstances, restraint by the wrists, ankles, or both, unless deemed necessary for the safety and security of the inmate, the staff, or the public. Existing law requires restraints to be removed when a medical professional determines it to be necessary, as specified.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11174.32 of the Penal Code is amended to read:11174.32.
(a) Each county may establish an interagency child death review team to assist local agencies in identifying and reviewing suspicious child deaths and facilitating communication among persons who perform autopsies and the various persons and agencies involved in child abuse or neglect cases. Interagency child death review teams have been used successfully to ensure that incidents of child abuse or neglect are recognized and other siblings and nonoffending family members receive the appropriate services in cases where a child has expired.(a)An inmate known to be pregnant or in recovery after delivery shall not be restrained by the use of leg irons, waist chains, or handcuffs behind the body.
(b)A pregnant inmate in labor, during delivery, or in recovery after delivery, shall not be restrained by the wrists, ankles, or both, unless deemed necessary for the safety and security of the inmate, the staff, or the public.
(c)Restraints shall be removed when a professional who is currently responsible for the medical care of a pregnant inmate during a medical emergency, labor, delivery, or recovery after delivery determines that the removal of restraints is medically necessary.
(d)This section
does not require restraints in a case when restraints are not otherwise required pursuant to a statute, regulation, or correctional facility policy.
(e)Upon confirmation of an inmate’s pregnancy, the inmate shall be advised, orally or in writing, of the standards and policies governing pregnant inmates, including, but not limited to, the provisions of this chapter, the relevant regulations, and the correctional
facility policies.
(f)For purposes of this section, “inmate” means an adult or juvenile who is incarcerated in a state or local correctional facility.