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1 CIS H 401106
TITLE: Beyond
Community Standards and a Constitutional Level of Care? A Review of Services,
Costs, and Staffing Levels at the Corrections Medical Receiver for the D.C. Jail
CIS-NO: 2001-H401-106
SOURCE: Committee on Government Reform.
House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: June 30, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+180 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1016-A; 1016-B
SUDOC: Y4.G74/7:ST2/26
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477
(Full Text Reproductions)
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-27126-1.
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.
106-397
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-229.
Hearing before the Subcom on D.C. to examine efforts of the court-appointed
Corrections Medical Receiver for the D.C. Central Detention Facility, commonly
known as the D.C. Jail, to improve delivery of jail medical and mental health
services, in light of concerns about increased correctional health care costs
under the receivership.
Also examines Receiver issuance of a
Request for Proposal (RFP) for a one-year contact to manage D.C. Jail medical
services once the receivership ends in Sept. 2000, and reviews possible
improprieties in Receiver award of the contract to individuals employed by the
Receiver at the time the RFP was issued.
The Corrections Medical
Receiver for the D.C. Jail was appointed in 1995 by the U.S. District Court for
D.C. in response to D.C. noncompliance with court orders issued in connection
with consolidated class action lawsuits to address
constitutional violations in the delivery of health care at the jail.
Supplementary material (p. 174-180) includes a table and correspondence.
CONTENT-NOTATION: DC Jail medical services
receivership, issues review
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON D.C. HOUSE; D.C.; FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS;
PRISONS; CIVIL RIGHTS; MEDICAL REGULATION; HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES;
MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; JUDGMENTS, CIVIL PROCEDURE; CASE LAW;
MEDICAL ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY; CONFLICT OF INTERESTS; GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT; CONSTITUTIONAL LAW; CLASS ACTION
LAWSUITS
01-H401-106 TESTIMONY NO: 1 June 30, 2000 p.
20-173
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
EKSTRAND, LAURIE E. (Director, Administration of Justice
Issues, General Government Division, GAO)
SHANSKY, RONALD
M. (Dr.) (Corrections Medical Receiver, D.C. Jail)
SCHNEIDER, KAREN M. (Special Officer, U.S. District Court
for D.C.)
CHRISTIAN, ERIK (Deputy Mayor, Public Safety and
Justice, D.C)
CLARK, JOHN L. (Trustee, D.C. Department of
Corrections)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on D.C. Jail medical and mental health
services management reform efforts under receivership; evaluation of increase in
correctional health care costs under receivership; comparison of D.C. Jail
medical costs with medical costs of correctional facilities in other
jurisdictions.
Accomplishments of Receiver administration
of D.C. Jail medical services; differing views on RFP issuance and award of
one-year contract for management of D.C. Jail medical services.
Background on judicial involvement in D.C. Jail provision
of medical services (related court docs, p. 49-114); concerns about correctional
health care costs under Receiver's administration; issues related to D.C. Jail
medical services management.
CONTENT NOTATION:
DC Jail medical services receivership, issues review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
D.C. DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
LOAD-DATE:
September 25, 2001 
