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23 Feb 2010, 11:55 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 By Cynthia Marcotte Stamer The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has begun disclosing on its website the employer and other health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses and their business associates (Covered Entities) that report breaches of unsecured protected health information (UPIC) affecting more than 500 individuals as required by new rules enacted as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health… [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 8:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas House Corrections Committee will meet March 17 at the capitol to discuss one of its interim charges:Charge 2: Study and evaluate the availability and efficiency of community-based corrections supervision and treatment programs and their impact on prison capacity and recidivism rates. [read post]
20 Feb 2010, 5:43 am by Ray Mullman
  The Texas Department of Aging and Disability has finished it's investigation and revealed the facility neglected to "to have a key to lock the door" and that "no headcount was taken after the alarm sounded. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 9:18 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which owns the facility, has never relocated a jail at a city's request. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 6:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Nicole at Texas Prison Bidness makes a good point: Politically, the easiest prison beds for the state to cut as a result of the coming predicted budget crunch might be those operated by private contractors.She observed that the Department of Criminal Justice already suggested the possibility of eliminating 817 private prison beds, saving $10.7 million this biennium. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 12:20 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Staff vacancies would not be filled to save about $7.5 million.UPDATE: Here's the plan for budget reductions (pdf) at the Texas Department of Public Safety. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 8:49 pm by cdw
Steve Hall has a fascinating piece on Texas and the problems it faces with executing the innocent. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 3:27 pm by SOIssues
” In the wake of the Jacob Wetterling Act and Megan’s Law, the State of Texas enacted its Sex Offender Registration Program (“SORP”) codified in Chapter 62 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. [read post]
14 Feb 2010, 7:18 pm by admin
Cast-Fab says it has corrected the problems and is now in compliance. [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 4:46 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas' youth prison system, which five years ago housed almost 5,000 offenders, now holds less than 1,700, officials said.Two Texas Youth Commission lockups — the West Texas State School in remote Pyote and Victory Field Correctional Academy in Vernon — are due to be closed later this year, after a third youth lockup in San Saba was shuttered and converted into an adult prison two years ago. [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 4:00 pm by Curran Tomko Tarski LLP
  Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and Chair of the American Bar Association RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Group and a nationally recognized author and speaker, Ms. [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 5:31 am
Just print it out and give it to your payroll department so they will withhold the correct amount from each paycheck. 4. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 8:17 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The title of this post is the headline to a story by Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune published today on the subject of errors in Texas Department of Public Safety accident reports. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 5:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Policy Primer: Keeping More Kids in the Community: Juvenile Justice Solutions in Texas – October 8, 2009 Audio Video (courtesy of Time Warner Cable) In the 81st session, Texas lawmakers used part of the savings from downsizing state youth lockups to direct $45.7 million to juvenile probation departments to enhance community-based alternatives. [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 7:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
  Distribution of these products has been suspended while we correct the labels to include all ingredients. [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 6:37 pm by admin
Cast-Fab says it has corrected the problems and is now in compliance. [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 2:25 pm by admin
Cast-Fab says it has corrected the problems and is now in compliance. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 4:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Ana Yañez Correa of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition has an op ed in the Austin Statesman today suggesting that budget cuts in corrections should come from closing inefficient prison units instead of cutting treatment and diversion programs. [read post]