Prison Healthcare Expenses and Budgets
| Submitted | Aug. 12, 2021 |
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From: COVID Prison Project
Elisabeth Johnson
Staff Attorney
New Mexico Legislature Legislative Council Service
State Capitol Building, Room 411
490 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-986-4600 | elisabeth.johnson@nmlegis.gov
To Elisabeth Johnson:
Under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, 14-2-1 NMSA 1978 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of the following public records:
• Active contracts with third-party vendors exceeding $50,000 for medical services that are provided to individuals in the custody of the New Mexico Department of Corrections (NMDOC)
• Proposed contracts with third-party vendors exceeding $50,000 for medical services that are provided to individuals in the custody of the NMDOC
• The enacted NMDOC budget for fiscal year 2021
• A list of all medical institutions external to the NMDOC which provide inpatient and outpatient services to the individuals in NMDOC custody
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filed electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not. However, we respectfully request a waiver of these fees as we are affiliated with an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, and this request is made for a scholarly or scientific purpose and not for a commercial use.
The New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act requires a response time of no less than three business days. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer than this amount of time, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.
If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law. Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
Forrest Behne
COVID Prison Project
Office: (919) 391-7962 | forrest_behne@med.unc.edu
340 MacNider Hall | Campus Box 7240
333 South Columbia Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240
From: New Mexico Legislature Legislative Council Service
August 17, 2021
Forrest Behne
340 MacNider Hall
Campus Box 7240
333 South Columbia Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240
Mr. Behne:
On August 13, 2021, we received your request to inspect records including:
"* Active contracts with third-party vendors exceeding $50,000 for medical services that are provided to individuals in the custody of the New Mexico Department of Corrections (NMDOC)
* Proposed contracts with third-party vendors exceeding $50,000 for medical services that are provided to individuals in the custody of the NMDOC
* The enacted NMDOC budget for fiscal year 2021
* A list of all medical institutions external to the NMDOC which provide inpatient and outpatient services to the individuals in NMDOC custody."
The Legislative Council Service possesses one responsive record relating to the Corrections Department budget for fiscal year 2021. The record is attached.
Regarding the additional records requested, we do not have custody or control of the records you request because this agency is not responsible for maintaining those records.
The records may be maintained by the Corrections Department. I am forwarding your request to that agency's records custodian. However, please write an additional letter requesting the records to the proper custodian at your earliest convenience as my forwarding of this request does not constitute a records request on your behalf. Information for the Corrections Department can be found here: https://cd.nm.gov/ipra-notice/.
Please send all future requests for this agency to ipra@nmlegis.gov<mailto:ipra@nmlegis.gov>.
Sincerely,
Elisabeth Johnson, JD
Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Service
(505) 986-4605
From: New Mexico Legislature Legislative Council Service
Dear Mr. Behne:
The IPRA request that you sent to the New Mexico Legislature Legislative Council Service was forwarded to our office for response.
Attached please find a copy of the contract with Wexford for New Mexico inmate health care.
In addition, we are sending the contracts with outside vendors who provide inpatient and outpatient services to the individuals in NMCD custody.
The Department has now fully responded to your request as it understands it, and is closing this matter.
Sincerely,
Brian Fitzgerald
Chief Deputy General Counsel
IPRA Records Custodian
New Mexico Corrections Departments
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From: New Mexico Legislature Legislative Council Service
Fitzgerald, Brian, NMCD would like to recall the message, "21-514 W: [EXT] New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act Request: Prison Healthcare Expenses and Budgets".
From: New Mexico Legislature Legislative Council Service
Dear Mr. Behne:
The IPRA request that you sent to the New Mexico Legislature Legislative Council Service was forwarded to our office for response.
Attached please find a copy of the contract with Wexford for New Mexico inmate health care.
In addition, we are sending the contracts with outside vendors who provide inpatient and outpatient services to the individuals in NMCD custody.
The Department has now fully responded to your request as it understands it, and is closing this matter.
Sincerely,
Brian Fitzgerald
Chief Deputy General Counsel
IPRA Records Custodian
New Mexico Corrections Departments
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