-Offender Health Plan (click for document)
Washington
State Department of Corrections
-Offender Health Plan
Oregon
DOC
-Offender Health Plan
Texas
DOC
-PREA Standards (click for document)
This
document is the final set of rules adopted by the Attorney General on May 18, 2012. Those standards specifically related to
health care are highlighted in the document.
-Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars
This
is a video documentary which can be a good adjunct to health services staff (or
really any staff) training on sexual abuse/PREA Standards. It runs 56 minutes and must be rented, e.g.
through Amazon.
-PREA Training Curriculum for Health CareStaff – Washington State DOC (click for document)
This
is a PowerPoint slide use for an self-training (i.e. on-line) training for
health care staff, developed by the Washington State Department of
Corrections. PREA requires that health
care staff have training. This course
may be a good starting point for you facility to address those needs. Many of the elements of the training are
specific to Washington State, so if you are going to use it at your facility,
it will require local adaptation.
-PREA
Resource Center website (www.prearesourcecenter.org)
Maintained
by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. This is a good general resource and also has
training materials for health care personnel (go to Training and Technical
Assistance>PREA 101> Module 11)
-The Protection of Inmates’ Medical Records:
The Challenge of HIPAA Privacy Regulations
This
article is a good overview of HIPAA as it relates to corrections.
-Meeting the Challenges of HIPAA: Are You Ready?
This
article is written specifically for corrections by the counsel for New York
State’s DOCS. It is also a good
overview.
http://www.ncchc.org/pubs/CC/hipaa.html
-HIPAA and You: Covered Entities – Do YouEven Have to Bother? (click for document)
-Corrections, Law Enforcement & the Courts - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
-Pharmaceutical Waste resource website. Has links to each state’s state-specific information regarding how to destroy extra medications.
-How to Obtain a CLIA Certificate of Waiver
-HIPAA and You: Covered Entities – Do YouEven Have to Bother? (click for document)
-Corrections, Law Enforcement & the Courts - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
This
is on the National Governors Association website. It is a much more technical approach to
HIPAA. It has the actual language of the
law, highlighting the parts that have to do with corrections.
-Pharmaceutical Waste resource website. Has links to each state’s state-specific information regarding how to destroy extra medications.
-How to Obtain a CLIA Certificate of Waiver
Very
simple and helpful website maintained by US DHHS. If you perform ANY lab tests on site, even
simple ones, look into this.