Prison Healthcare Expenses and Budgets

COVID Prison Project filed this request with the Council of the District of Columbia of the United States of America.
Tracking #

2021-38
Submitted Aug. 8, 2021
Est. Completion None
Status
Fix Required

Communications

From: COVID Prison Project

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Prison Healthcare Expenses and Budgets

Fax

Josh Gibson
Director of Communications and Public Information Officer
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington, D.C. 20004

To Josh Gibson:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

I request that a copy of the following documents:

- Active contracts with third-party vendors exceeding $50,000 for medical services that are provided to individuals in the custody of the Washington, DC Florida Department of Corrections (DCDOC)
- Proposed contracts with third-party vendors exceeding $50,000 for medical services that are provided to individuals in the custody of the DCDOC
- The enacted DCDOC budget for fiscal year 2021
- A list of all medical institutions external to the DCDOC which provide inpatient and outpatient services to the individuals in DCDOC 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.

Should you deny my request, or any part of the request, please state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact statutory citation authorizing the denial as required by s. 119.07(1)(d), F.S. Also, please provide all segregable portions of otherwise exempt material.

If you expect a significant delay in responding to this request, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.

Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.

Sincerely,

Forrest Behne
COVID Prison Project

Office: (919) 391-7962
340 MacNider Hall | Campus Box 7240
333 South Columbia Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7240

From: Council of the District of Columbia

Subject: FOIA Request 2021-38

Email

Dear Mr. Behne,

Thank you for your FOIA request. Pursuant to the Home Rule Act, the DC Council only reviews contracts that are either multiyear contracts or contracts worth more than $1 million over a 12-month period. Contracts that are submitted to the Council are posted on LIMS, the Council's legislative information service. The link for LIMS can be found here: https://lims.dccouncil.us/. In the drop down menu on the screen, you can select "contracts" as a category of document. You can also limit search results by Council period (2019-2020 was Council Period 23 and 2021-2022 is Council Period 24). You can find more information about contracts through this portal on the website for the Office of Contracting and Procurement (which is a separate agency, and not part of the Council) here: https://ocp.dc.gov/service/contracts-and-procurement-transparency-portal.

The Fiscal Year 2021 Budget, with top line amounts for District agencies can be found here: https://lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/B23-0761

More detailed information for agencies' budgets can be found on the website of the Chief Financial Officer (which is also an agency separate from the Council) here: https://cfo.dc.gov/node/289642 (scroll down a little for the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget)

Please email us if you have any questions (given the COVID-19 pandemic, staff are working from home and our fax machine is not being checked regularly).
Best,
Valerie

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Valerie Nadal
Assistant General Counsel
Council of the District of Columbia
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
John A. Wilson Building, Suite 4
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-8147

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