Eliminating Debtor’s Prison for Kids Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 5/20/2019
Actions
- 2019-05-20Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- 2019-04-12Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-04-12Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-04-12Introduced in House
- 2019-04-12Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-04-12 (00)
Eliminating Debtor's Prison for Kids Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Justice to make grants for states to provide mental and behavioral health services to at-risk youth in any school, secure detention facility, or secure correctional facility in the state.
A state that receives a grant must report, for inclusion in a national report, certain information about fines and fees imposed on adults and juveniles in the criminal justice system.
Cosponsors (20)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- GRACE NAPOLITANO (D-CA)
- DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- David Trone (D-MD)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Alma Adams (D-NC)
- Karen Bass (D-CA)
- Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
- Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Al Lawson (D-FL)
Subjects
- Adoption and foster care
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Criminal justice information and records
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Detention of persons
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Elementary and secondary education
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Legal fees and court costs
- Mental health
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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