Prison Healthcare Expenses and Budgets
| Submitted | Aug. 9, 2021 |
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Communications
From: COVID Prison Project
Theresa Utton-Jerman
Public Records Officer
One Baldwin Street
Montpelier, VT 05633-5301
To Theresa Utton-Jerman:
Under the Vermont Public Records Law, §315 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records that:
- Active contracts with third-party vendors exceeding $50,000 for medical services that are provided to individuals in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC)
- Proposed contracts with third-party vendors exceeding $50,000 for medical services that are provided to individuals in the custody of the VDOC
- The enacted VDOC budget for fiscal year 2021
- A list of all medical institutions external to the FDOC which provide inpatient and outpatient services to the individuals in VDOC 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 law requires a response to this request within 2 days, or within 10 days for extraordinary circumstances. If you expect a significant delay in fulfilling this request, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.
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.
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: Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
Mr. Behne –
We are reviewing your request and will respond to it in the next few days. Thank you, ~Theresa
Theresa Utton-Jerman, Senior Staff Associate
Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
One Baldwin Street
Montpelier, VT 05633
https://ljfo.vermont.gov/
From: Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
Mr. Behne –
Some of the records that you have requested are available through public-facing resources on the website of the General Assembly. In particular, you may perform your search for the State budget records on the following bill search page under the 2019-2020 session. For reference, there were two enacted state budgets in FY 2021 (2020 session): Act 120 (H.961) and Act 154 (H.969).
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/search/2022
The Joint Fiscal Office [does not possess]/[is not the custodian of] the records you are seeking other than the Vermont State budgets. Pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 318(b)(4), I am informing you that the records you are seeking other than the Vermont State budgets do not exist within the custody of our agency.
Theresa Utton-Jerman, Public Records Officer
Legislative Joint Fiscal Office
One Baldwin Street
Montpelier, VT 05633-5701
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