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Creates a federal offense for covered Federal officials who negligently fail to obtain or provide immediate medical attention when a person in Federal custody shows medical distress; such failure that causes unnecessary pain, injury, or death is unlawful. It requires agencies to train covered officials, sets criminal penalties, and establishes investigatory and confidential-complaint processes through Inspectors General and a private civil-action ability for State attorneys general.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced May 22, 2025 by Elizabeth Warren · Last progress May 22, 2025