The Department of Correction is seeking a correctional health care vendor to provide comprehensive health services within all facilities statewide. The successful vendor will be tasked with providing care to all incarcerated individuals across levels of custody and services meeting the community standard of care. Specifics related to “care” are further defined below, but this generally includes screening, assessment, treatment, care management, and all other health-related needs of residents, including, but not limited to, daily and routine care; medication management; care for chronic health conditions; urgent care for acute medical needs and mental health crises (e.g., suicidal ideation, psychiatric decompensation); recommended screening for infectious diseases; treatment for moderate to serious mental health conditions, to include cognitive, developmental, and other disabilities and conditions; treatment for substance use disorders; treatment for comorbid conditions; and transition and reentry services including active transition planning and access to resources that will maintain or improve the patient’s general well-being. The Respondent shall be responsible for providing comprehensive medically necessary health care in an ethical and humane manner to all individuals in Facility’s custody, whether housed in Facility’s buildings or off-site, inclusive of individuals who are admitted/booked by proxy (i.e., are not physically present in Facility at the time they become the custodial responsibility of Facility). The care provided shall be constitutionally adequate, consistent with all federal and state civil rights laws and regulations, and consistent with the community standard of care. For individuals who have additional needs and health care vulnerabilities beyond those of the general incarcerated population, Respondent shall provide care for those needs consistent with the community standard of care. The Respondent shall provide first aid and other emergency care to staff, volunteers, visitors, or other nonresidents on Facility’s property if the emergency occurs when Respondent staff are on premises, and until such time as community emergency services assume responsibility for the patient’s care.
