(1) Not less than annually, the authority shall report to the Governor and the Legislature the status of the Department of Corrections’ health care delivery system. The report must include, but need not be limited to:
(a) Recommendations regarding cost containment measures the Department of Corrections could implement; and
(b) Recommendations regarding performance and financial audits of the Department of Corrections’ Office of Health Services.
(2) The authority shall conduct surveys of the physical and mental health care system at each correctional institution at least triennially and shall report the survey findings for each institution to the Secretary of Corrections.
(3) Deficiencies found by the authority to be life-threatening or otherwise serious shall be immediately reported to the Secretary of Corrections. The Department of Corrections shall take immediate action to correct life-threatening or otherwise serious deficiencies identified by the authority and within 3 calendar days file a written corrective action plan with the authority indicating the actions that will be taken to address the deficiencies. Within 60 calendar days following a survey, the authority shall submit a report to the Secretary of Corrections indicating deficiencies found at the institution.
(4) Within 30 calendar days after the receipt of a survey report from the authority, the Department of Corrections shall file a written corrective action plan with the authority, indicating the actions which will be taken to address deficiencies determined by the authority to exist at an institution. Each plan shall set forth an estimate of the time and resources needed to correct identified deficiencies.
(5) The authority shall monitor the Department of Corrections’ implementation of corrective actions which have been taken at each institution to address deficiencies related to the Department of Corrections’ provision of physical and mental health care services found to exist by the authority.
(6) Failure of the Department of Corrections to file a corrective action plan or to timely implement the provisions of a corrective action plan correcting identified deficiencies may result in the initiation of the dispute resolution procedures by the authority pursuant to s. 945.6035.
History.—s. 3, ch. 90-83; s. 32, ch. 91-201; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 92-47; s. 22, ch. 95-325; s. 18, ch. 96-312; s. 118, ch. 97-237.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVII - Criminal Procedure and Corrections
Chapter 945 - Department of Corrections
945.025 - Jurisdiction of Department.
945.0311 - Employment of Relatives.
945.04 - Department of Corrections; General Function; Seal; Use of Inmate Labor.
945.043 - Department-Operated Day Care Services.
945.091 - Extension of the Limits of Confinement; Restitution by Employed Inmates.
945.10 - Confidential Information.
945.12 - Transfers for Rehabilitative Treatment.
945.215 - Inmate Welfare and Employee Benefit Trust Funds.
945.21501 - Employee Benefit Trust Fund.
945.21503 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
945.2151 - Verifying Social Security Numbers.
945.27 - Proceedings by Department.
945.28 - Selection of Probation or Parole Offices by the Department; Public Notice.
945.31 - Restitution and Other Payments.
945.355 - HIV Testing of Inmates Prior to Release.
945.36 - Law Enforcement Personnel Authorized to Conduct Drug Tests on Inmates and Releasees.
945.40 - Corrections Mental Health Act; Short Title for Ss. 945.40-945.49.
945.41 - Legislative Intent of Ss. 945.40-945.49.
945.42 - Definitions; Ss. 945.40-945.49.
945.43 - Placement of Inmate in a Mental Health Treatment Facility.
945.44 - Emergency Placement of Inmate in a Mental Health Treatment Facility.
945.45 - Continued Placement of Inmates in Mental Health Treatment Facilities.
945.47 - Discharge of Inmate From Mental Health Treatment.
945.48 - Rights of Inmates Provided Mental Health Treatment; Procedure for Involuntary Treatment.
945.49 - Operation and Administration.
945.601 - Correctional Medical Authority; Ss. 945.601-945.6035, Definitions.
945.602 - State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority; Creation; Members.
945.603 - Powers and Duties of Authority.
945.6031 - Required Reports and Surveys.
945.6032 - Quality Management Program Requirements.
945.6033 - Continuing Contracts With Health Care Providers.
945.6034 - Minimum Health Care Standards.
945.6035 - Dispute Resolution.
945.6037 - Nonemergency Health Care; Inmate Copayments.
945.6038 - Inmate Litigation Costs.
945.6041 - Inmate Medical Services.
945.71 - Inmate Training Programs; Intent and Purposes.
945.72 - Eligibility and Screening of Inmates.