Health and mental healthcare and juvenile justice (Bureau Of Juvenile Justice Services Pennsylvania)
| Multi Request | Health and mental healthcare and juvenile justice |
| Submitted | May 23, 2023 |
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From: Joshua Dankoff
To Whom It May Concern,
This is a request for records under your state public records law. I am requesting copies of public records regarding health and behavioural health service delivery in youth correctional facilities in your jurisdiction, to inform a comparative research project regarding health and mental health care delivery in juvenile detention facilities across the US. Specifically, I request information regarding the following:
1. Name and contact details for those responsible for health and behavioural health services provisions at all locations where juveniles are incarcerated within your jurisdiction.
2. Regulations, policies and procedures that govern the operation of health and behavioral health provision for juveniles incarcerated within your jurisdiction. This includes health intake, room confinement, medication management, access to specialist and dental services, discharge planning services, and other health and behavioral health related policies.
3. Contracts from January 1, 2021 to the time the request is filled between your agency and any healthcare provider including both physical health and behavioral health.
4. Records concerning your jurisdiction’s most recent application to Centre for Medicaid Services (CMS) for an 1115 Medicaid waiver (if applicable), and any response, with specifically focus on how and whether such a waiver applies to provision of Medicaid funded services for detained juveniles.
5. Records relating to financing for health and behavioural health care delivery in your jurisdiction.
I request the records be provided electronically. If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of the administration of juvenile justice. This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.
If access to the records I am requesting will take longer than allowed by statute, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies of 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 for considering my request.
Sincerely,
Tess Kelly
Fellow, Harvard FXB Centre for Health and Human Rights
Joshua Dankoff
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Citizens for Juvenile Justice
617.338.1050
From: Department of Human Services
Good morning,
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (department) received your below Right-To-Know Law (RTKL) request.
The RTKL requires that a request for records be made with "sufficient specificity to enable the agency to ascertain which records" are being requested. 65 P.S. § 67.703. Your request appears to identify a scope and subject matter, but it does not identify a finite period of time for which records are sought (except for in part 3). In order for the department to ascertain which records are being requested, please provide a finite period of time for which records are sought in parts 1, 2, 4, and 5 of your request.
Your prompt response will be appreciated so that the department can continue working on your request.
Thank you.
Andrea Bankes | Agency Open Records Officer
Office of Administration
Department of Human Services
Room 234 Health & Welfare Building | Hbg PA 17120
Phone: 717.787.3422 | Fax: 717.772.2490
www.dhs.pa.gov<http://www.dhs.pa.gov/>
Creating partnerships to deliver quality services to customers through collaboration, consultation and supports.
From: Department of Human Services
Good afternoon,
In addition to a finite period of time for which records are sought in parts 1, 2, 4, and 5 of your request, the department also requires clarification of part 1 of your request, in which you are seeking the "[n]ame and contact details for those responsible for health and behavioural health services provisions at all locations where juveniles are incarcerated within your jurisdiction." Are you seeking contact information for every individual who has "provision of health and behavioral health services" in their job descriptions, or rather just contact information for a supervisor for each location that you can reach out to for further information?
Your prompt response clarifying your request will be appreciated so that the department can continue working on it.
Thank you.
Andrea Bankes | Agency Open Records Officer
Office of Administration
Department of Human Services
Room 234 Health & Welfare Building | Hbg PA 17120
Phone: 717.787.3422 | Fax: 717.772.2490
www.dhs.pa.gov<http://www.dhs.pa.gov/>
Creating partnerships to deliver quality services to customers through collaboration, consultation and supports.
From: Department of Human Services
Good evening,
Attached is the PA Department of Human Services' interim response to your Right-To-Know Law request.
The RTKL requires that a request for records be made with "sufficient specificity to enable the agency to ascertain which records" are being requested. 65 P.S. § 67.703. Your request appears to identify a scope and subject matter, but it does not identify a finite period of time for which records are sought (except for in part 3). In order for the department to ascertain which records are being requested, please provide a finite period of time for which records are sought in parts 1, 2, 4, and 5 of your request.
Also, the department also requires clarification of part 1 of your request, in which you are seeking the "[n]ame and contact details for those responsible for health and behavioural health services provisions at all locations where juveniles are incarcerated within your jurisdiction." Are you seeking contact information for every individual who has "provision of health and behavioral health services" in their job descriptions, or rather just contact information for a supervisor for each location that you can reach out to for further information?
Your prompt response clarifying your request will be appreciated so that the department can continue working on it.
Thank you.
Andrea Bankes | Agency Open Records Officer
Office of Administration
Department of Human Services
Room 234 Health & Welfare Building | Hbg PA 17120
Phone: 717.787.3422 | Fax: 717.772.2490
www.dhs.pa.gov<http://www.dhs.pa.gov/>
Creating partnerships to deliver quality services to customers through collaboration, consultation and supports.
From: Joshua Dankoff
Thank you, apologised for the delay in replying.
We are hoping to compile the results over the next few weeks. Is June 19 an achievable deadline on your end? Happy to be flexible - I really appreciate your support.
In response to your question, the later is fine (ie, contact information for a supervisor/manager for each location that we can reach out to for further information).
Thanks again, please feel free to call on 510 949 6767 if you have any further questions.
Kind regards,
Tess Kelly
From: Department of Human Services
Good morning,
Thank you for clarifying part 1 of your request.
The highlighted portion of my below email was not asking for a time period for the department to respond to your request. As stated in the interim response to your request that was issued on May 31, the department will require up to an additional 30 days, or until June 30, 2023, within which to respond to your request. The highlighted portion of my below email is asking for a finite period of time for which records are sought in parts 1, 2, 4, and 5 of your request. Is it the same as the time period that was included in part 3 of your request (January 1, 2021 to May 23, 2023, the date your request was received)?
Thank you.
Andrea Bankes | Agency Open Records Officer
Office of Administration
Department of Human Services
Room 234 Health & Welfare Building | Hbg PA 17120
Phone: 717.787.3422 | Fax: 717.772.2490
www.dhs.pa.gov<http://www.dhs.pa.gov/>
Creating partnerships to deliver quality services to customers through collaboration, consultation and supports.
From: Joshua Dankoff
Thank you Andrea,
In response to your query: January 1, 2021 to May 23, 2023 is correct.
Kind regards,
Tess
From: Department of Human Services
Good afternoon,
Thank you very much.
Andrea Bankes | Agency Open Records Officer
Office of Administration
Department of Human Services
Room 234 Health & Welfare Building | Hbg PA 17120
Phone: 717.787.3422 | Fax: 717.772.2490
www.dhs.pa.gov<http://www.dhs.pa.gov/>
Creating partnerships to deliver quality services to customers through collaboration, consultation and supports.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 23, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Human Services
Good morning,
On May 31, the department issued an interim response to your request. A copy of the interim response is attached. As stated in the interim response, the department will require up to an additional 30 days, or until June 30, 2023, within which to respond to your request. Therefore, a final response to your request will be issued to you on or before June 30.
Andrea Bankes | Agency Open Records Officer
Office of Administration
Department of Human Services
Room 234 Health & Welfare Building | Hbg PA 17120
Phone: 717.787.3422 | Fax: 717.772.2490
www.dhs.pa.gov<http://www.dhs.pa.gov/>
Creating partnerships to deliver quality services to customers through collaboration, consultation and supports.
From: Department of Human Services
Good afternoon,
Attached is the PA Department of Human Services' final response to your Right-To-Know Law request.
Andrea Bankes | Agency Open Records Officer
Office of Administration
Department of Human Services
Room 234 Health & Welfare Building | Hbg PA 17120
Phone: 717.787.3422 | Fax: 717.772.2490
www.dhs.pa.gov<http://www.dhs.pa.gov/>
Creating partnerships to deliver quality services to customers through collaboration, consultation and supports.
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