Health and mental healthcare and juvenile justice (Utah Division Of Juvenile Justice Services; Commission On Criminal And Juvenile Justice)
| Multi Request | Health and mental healthcare and juvenile justice |
| Submitted | May 23, 2023 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Government Records Access and Management 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: Utah Commission On Criminal And Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice
Hello, we at the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) received this report through our printer today (June 29, 2023). We are unsure how it arrived here or where it was originally sent in May. Regardless, after a review of our records, we have not located any responsive records.
Here is a more detailed breakdown of our answers to each inquiry:
1. As advisory Councils and Boards, we are not direct service providers and have no locations where juveniles are incarcerated under our jurisdiction. This would be better served to be responded to by the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services.
2. As advisory Councils and Boards, we are not direct service providers and have no locations where juveniles are incarcerated under our jurisdiction. This would be better served to be responded to by the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services.
3. As advisory Councils and Boards, we have not entered into any contracts since January 1, 2021. This would be better served to be responded to by the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services.
4. As advisory Councils and Boards, we are not responsible and have no jurisdiction over the 1115 Medicaid Waiver submitted by the State. This would be better served to be responded to by the Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid Office.
5. As advisory Councils and Boards, we are not direct service providers and have no locations where juveniles are incarcerated under our jurisdiction. This would be better served to be responded to by the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services.
You have the right to appeal this decision to Tom Ross, Director of CCJJ of the Sentencing Commission. To submit a proper appeal, you must file Notice of Appeal with Director Ross within 30 days of the date of this denial. The Notice of Appeal must contain your name, mailing address, and daytime phone number, as well as an explanation of the relief sought. You may also submit a short statement of facts, reasons, and legal authority in support of your request for these records.
Thank you,
CCJJ Records Management
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