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25 Aug 2018, 3:37 pm
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice put out its Legislative Appropriations Request today, requesting $7.3 billion for the coming FY 2020-2021 biennium.Grits will discuss the LAR more thoroughly later, but off the top wanted to point out the health-line item (see exceptional item #6), and TDCJ's comments about what might happen if prisoner healthcare is not adequately funded. [read post]
2 Feb 2018, 8:57 am
The criminal enforcement provisions of HIPAA authorize the Justice Department to prosecute a person who knowingly in violation of the Privacy Rule (1) uses or causes to be used a unique health identifier; (2) obtains individually identifiable health information relating to an individual; or (3) discloses individually identifiable health information to another person, punishable by the following criminal sanctions and penalties: A… [read post]
8 Dec 2015, 2:22 pm
Additional information on the government’s efforts in this area is available at StopMedicareFraud.gov, a webpage jointly established by the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services. [read post]
13 Nov 2023, 5:40 pm
For more on the overall criminal defense perspective of this complex statute, read our earlier discussion in Texas Physicians’ Risk of Arrest: Criminal Defense Overview of Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 7:32 am
This recent blog post from the National Association of Counties published an interview with Leah Garabedian, Harris County’s Chief Criminal Justice Strategist, discussing those projects, which were funded through a grant from the MacArthur Foundation.Unfunded maintenance piling up at Texas prisonsGrits had highlighted underfunding of prisoner health services in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Legislative… [read post]
18 Mar 2017, 7:34 pm
As many criminal justice experts have claimed for a long time, the report finds that solitary confinement may cause irreversible mental health problems for prisoners forced to endure solitude for lengthy periods of time. [read post]
18 Mar 2017, 7:34 pm
As many criminal justice experts have claimed for a long time, the report finds that solitary confinement may cause irreversible mental health problems for prisoners forced to endure solitude for lengthy periods of time. [read post]
16 May 2023, 1:41 pm
Texas (DSHS) Public Health Warning for Xylazine on March 21, 2023 Here in the State of Texas, an independent state health advisory for Texans was released on March 21, 2023 by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). [read post]
1 Aug 2010, 7:31 am
(They advise against the cuts to mental health care services recommended recently.) [read post]
18 Dec 2012, 8:25 am
Here is some guidance on the Justice Department’s website about OSH Act criminal cases. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 7:58 am
The Department of Criminal Justice has called for prison guard raises to mitigate understaffing at rural units, a suggestion which would cost big bucks. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 8:37 am
Since President Obama formed the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team ("HEAT") in May 2009, the Department of Justice, in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. [read post]
23 Sep 2015, 5:17 am
Michele Deitch, a lecturer at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and long-time observer and participant in Texas criminal justice politics, spoke at yesterday's Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing on jail safety, mental health treatment, and suicide prevention. [read post]
21 Aug 2008, 10:28 am
The House Corrections Committee began its hearing this morning with testimony from Brad Livingston, E.D. of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 12:45 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR). [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 10:17 am
The Justice Department announcement of these charges reminds readers that its federal criminal complaint is merely an accusation and that the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. [read post]
20 Aug 2010, 7:15 am
Houston Chronicle Texas Politics Blog: The debate over immigration often turns fierce, but under House State Affairs Committee Chairman Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton, the air was of deliberate concern as lawmakers heard a partial tally of state costs for services to non-citizens. * * * According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, there were some 11,766 offenders who claim foreign citizenship in the state prison system as of July 31,… [read post]
1 May 2011, 4:16 pm
Further, Texas' past experience with privatization has made legislators and corrections officials more cautious about low-balled bids:Though state prison officials have indicated that they will probably seek information from potential bidders to determine whether privatization would provide savings, they and legislative veterans say they are wary of pushing ahead for privatization based on experiences with past prison outsourcing projects.For example, the Texas… [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 9:02 pm
The criminal investigation was conducted by the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations and the Department of Defense Criminal Investigative Service. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 11:20 pm
In addition, the Department of Justice has secured several criminal convictions or pleas under HIPAA’s criminal provisions. [read post]
