The Centers for Disease Control estimates that it costs $10.000 to $15.000 to treat a regular TB patient. but a multidrugresistant case can be as high as $250.000. My amendment does three things: First. it directs the Attorney General to work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the National Institute of Justice to develop and disseminate to appropriate entities. including States and localities. guidelines for the prevention. diagnosis. treatment. and followup care of TB among inmates of corectional institutions. My language would extend to Immigration and Naturalization Service holding facilities. both those operated by INS and those operated on contract. since detainees have high rates of TB infection. The Office of Technology Assessment has found that. while INS follows Department of Justice guidelines for TB screening in the INSrun detention facilities. those guidelines are not followed in the contract facilities. The second provision of my amendment would direct the Attorney General to ascertain that her Department is following those guidelines in all its operations.
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Detainees have high rates of TB infection.