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American Correctional Association
Health Care Committee (AD HOC)

2005-2006 Charges Assigned by the President:

• The Committee shall meet to discuss issues regarding correctional health care, especially as the issues relate to health care accreditation standards. The Committee shall review and update health care policies of the ACA, as needed.
• The Committee shall identify ethical issues that shall challenge the delivery of correctional health care to adult and juvenile offenders and share this information with the ACA Ethics Committee.
• The Committee shall discuss and identify the specific health care needs of adult and juvenile female offenders and make recommendations to the Standards Committee for the development of standards that address the specific needs of females in correctional settings.
• The Committee shall monitor the correctional health care directors mentoring program.
• The Committee shall continue to participate in the exemplary practices project by providing information to the Exemplary Practices Coordination Council regarding necessary revisions and updates in the published exemplary practices monograph.
• The Committee shall submit workshop topics to the Congress Program Planning Committee and the ACA staff for the Congress and Winter Conferences and shall also encourage correctional agencies and professionals to submit articles for publication in ACA journals, CD's and books.
• The Committee shall work with other ACA committees (Adult Corrections, Adult Detention, Female Offender Task Force, Juvenile Corrections, Ethics, etc.), related associations (i.e., ASCA, ACHA, AJA, CJCA, etc.), and chapters and affiliate organizations on issues that shall impact correctional health care.
• The Committee may develop agenda items other than the aforementioned, with the approval of the President or the Board of Governors.

The Committee shall submit minutes of each meeting to the Association's Executive Office.
(2005 - 2006)

2006 Winter Conference 
"Speaking Out and Standing Up For Corrections"
Health related Workshops, Professional Education Seminars and Sessions 
Overview by Date, Topic and Speakers.

All of these Programs provide CME/CE:

Saturday, January 28, 2006

AM

• The Role of the New Generation of Psychotropic Agents in the Correctional Setting
• Correctional Health Care Ombudsman Programs
• Teaching Ethics to Inmates

PM

• Contracting for Performance Based Measures for Cost Efficiency. Coordinator John Tarrant, DMD, Chief of Medical Services Department of Correction, Lexington, Kentucky.
• Implementing An Electronic Medical Records System. Coordinator Madison Gate, M.S., Senior Staff Associate, Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine,. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
• SMART - Self Management and Recovery Training Using Cognitive Behavior Therapy.  Coordinator, Stephen Formanski, Psy,D, Chief. Psychology Services, Federal Correctional Institution

Sunday, January 29, 2006

AM

• Mental Health Care Isues: ACA's Performance Based Health Care Jail Standards
• Methamphetamine Use and Abuse in Corrections
• Working Together: Health and Security Side by Side. Coordinator: Royanne Schisse, RN, CCHP, President Elect ACHSA.

PM

• Evaluation and Management of Mentally Ill Offenders in Disciplinary Custody. Coordinator: Frederick R. Maue, MD, Chief of Clinical Services, Bureau of Health Care Services, Department of Corrections, Camp Hill.Pennsylvania. 
• Incarcerating Persons With Mental Illness:  A Challenge For Corrections Coordinator:  Daniel W. Phillips III, PhD., Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, Kentucky
• Understanding Suicide Prevention in Correctional Settings

Monday, January 30, 2006

AM

• ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the Criminal Justice Population. Coordinator Robert Eme, Esq, ABPP, Professor, Clinical Psychology, Schaumburg Campus, Argosy University Schaumburg, Illinois.
• Update on the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. Coordinator: Dee Halley, Corrections Program Specialist, National Institute of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Prison, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
• Providing Gender Responsive Medical Services for Juvenile Girls and Women Offenders. Coordinator: Judy C. Anderson, M.A., Warden, Camille Griffin Graham, Correctional Institution, Department of Corrections, Columbia, South Carolina.

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

AM

• An In-Depth Look at the Commision on Accreditation for Corrections Performance Based Standards for Juveniles. Coordinator: Robert "Rob" Hofacre, MCRP, RN, Director, Nursing Services, Department of Youth Services, Columbus, Ohio.
• Medical Indicators of Sexual Violence and Update on Implementation of The Prison Rape Elimination Act. Coordinator: Allen J. Beck, PH.D, Chief, Corrections Statistics Program, Bureau of Justice Statistics, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
• Preventing Burnout for Health Care Professionals. Coordinator: Frederick R. Maue, MD, Chief of Clinical Services, Bureau of Health Care Services, Department of Corrections, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

PM

• ACA's Correctional Health Care Certification and the American Nursing Association's Scope and Standards of Practice. Coordinator: Lannette Linthicum, MD, FACP, CCHP-A, Director for Health Services Division, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas.
• The Bugs they Bring In And Take Out:  Recent Epidemiological Information From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Coordinator: CDR Laurie Reid, RN, BSN, Publice Health Advisor Office of Health Disparities, Corrections and Substance Abuse, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Georgia.

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

• Privacy Confidentiality and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Coordinator::Bernard Rochford, Esq, Executive Vice President, Oriana House, Inc and President, Ohio Corrections and Court Services, Akron, Ohio.
• ACA's Performance Based Health Care Standards Auditor Training. Coordinator: Robert "Rob" Hofacre, MCRP, RN, Director, Nursing Services, Department of Youth Services, Columbus, Ohio.