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.
