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NC Gen Stat § 143B-702 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-702 - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety rules and regulations.

 143B-702. Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety - rules and regulations.(a) The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules and regulations related to the conduct, supervision, rights and privileges of persons in its custody or under its supervision. Such rules and regulations shall be filed with and published by the office of the Attorney General and shall be made available by the Division for public inspection. The rules and regulations shall include a description of the organization of the Division. A description or copy of all forms and instructions used by the Division, except those relating solely to matters of internal management, shall also be filed with the office of the Attorney General.(b) The rules and regulations adopted under this section shall be subject to the requirements of Article 2B of Chapter 148 of the General Statutes.  (1975, c. 721, s. 2; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h), (s); 2017-186, s. 1(e); 2021-143, s. 2(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-703 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-703 - Repair or replacement of personal property.

 143B-703. Repair or replacement of personal property.(a) The Secretary of Public Safety may adopt rules governing repair or replacement of personal property items excluding private passenger vehicles that belong to employees of State facilities within the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety and that are damaged or stolen by inmates of the State facilities provided that the item is determined by the Secretary to be damaged or stolen on or off facility grounds during the performance of employment and necessary for the employee to have in his possession to perform his assigned duty.(b) Reimbursement for items damaged or stolen shall not be granted in instances in which the employee is determined to be negligent or otherwise at fault for the damage or loss of the property. Negligence shall be determined by the superintendent of the facility.(c) The superintendent of the facility shall determine if the person seeking reimbursement has made a good faith effort to recover the loss from all other non-State sources and has failed before reimbursement is granted.(d) Reimbursement shall be limited to the amount specified in the rules and shall not exceed a maximum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per incident. No employee shall receive more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) per year in reimbursement. Reimbursement is subject to the availability of funds.(e) The Secretary of Public Safety shall establish by rule an appeals process consistent with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.  (1987, c. 639, s. 1; 1989, c. 189, s. 2; 2011-145, ss. 19.1(h), (i), (s); 2017-186, s. 1(f).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-707 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-707 - Reports to the General Assembly.

 143B-707. Reports to the General Assembly.The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the Chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees in Justice and Public Safety on their efforts to provide effective treatment to offenders with substance abuse problems. The report shall include:(1) Details of any new initiatives and expansions or reduction of programs.(2) Details on any treatment efforts conducted in conjunction with other departments.(3) Utilization of the community-based programs at DART-Cherry and Black Mountain Substance Abuse Treatment Center for Women.(4), (5) Repealed by Session Laws 2007-323, s. 17.3(a), effective July 1, 2007.(6) Statistical information on the number of current inmates with substance abuse problems that require treatment, the number of treatment slots, the number who have completed treatment, and a comparison of available treatment slots to actual utilization rates. The report shall include this information for each funded program.(7) Evaluation of each substance abuse treatment program funded by the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety. Evaluation measures shall include reduction in alcohol and drug dependency, improvements in disciplinary and infraction rates, recidivism (defined as return-to-prison rates), and other measures of the programs' success.  (1998-212, s. 17.12(d); 2003-284, s. 16.19; 2007-323, s. 17.3(a); 2011-145, ss. 19.1(h), (s); 2012-83, s. 51; 2017-186, s. 1(j).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-707.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-707.1 - Report on probation and parole caseloads.

 143B-707.1. Report on probation and parole caseloads.(a) The Department of Public Safety shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety on caseload averages for probation and parole officers. The report shall include:(1) Data on current caseload averages and district averages for probation/parole officer positions.(2) Data on current span of control for chief probation officers.(3) An analysis of the optimal caseloads for these officer classifications.(4) The number and role of paraprofessionals in supervising low-risk caseloads.(5) The process of assigning offenders to an appropriate supervision level based on a riskeeds assessment.(6) Data on cases supervised solely for the collection of court-ordered payments.(b) The Department of Public Safety shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety on the following:(1) The number of sex offenders enrolled on active and passive GPS monitoring.(2) The caseloads of probation officers assigned to GPS-monitored sex offenders.(3) The number of violations.(4) The number of absconders.(5) The projected number of offenders to be enrolled by the end of the fiscal year.  (2013-360, s. 16C.10.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-707.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-707.2 - Mutual agreement parole program report; medical release program report.

 143B-707.2. Mutual agreement parole program report; medical release program report.(a) The Department of Public Safety and the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety and to the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety on the number of inmates enrolled in the mutual agreement parole program, the number completing the program and being paroled, and the number who enrolled but were terminated from the program. The information should be based on the previous calendar year.(b) The Department of Public Safety and the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice and Public Safety, to the Chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Justice and Public Safety, and to the Chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety on the number of inmates proposed for release, considered for release, and granted release under Article 84B of Chapter 15A of the General Statutes, providing for the medical release of inmates who are either permanently and totally disabled, terminally ill, or geriatric.  (2013-360, s. 16C.11(d); 2013-363, s. 6.5.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-707.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-707.4 - Annual report on safekeepers.

 143B-707.4. Annual report on safekeepers.The Department of Public Safety shall report by October 1 of each year to the chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees on Justice and Public Safety and the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety on county prisoners housed in the State prison system pursuant to safekeeping orders under G.S. 162-39. The report shall include:(1) The number of safekeepers currently housed by the Department.(2) A list of the facilities where safekeepers are housed and the population of safekeepers by facility.(3) The average length of stay by a safekeeper in one of those facilities.(4) The amount paid by counties for housing and extraordinary medical care of safekeepers.(5) A list of the counties in arrears for safekeeper payments owed to the Department at the end of the fiscal year.  (2015-241, s. 16C.11.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-707.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-707.5 - Medicaid services for inmates.

 143B-707.5. Medicaid services for inmates.(a) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Health and Human Services shall work together to enable social workers in the Department of Public Safety, Health Services Section, to qualify for and receive federal reimbursement for performing administrative activities related to Medicaid eligibility for inmates. The Department of Public Safety, Health Services Section, shall develop policies and procedures to account for the time social workers in the Health Services Section spend on administrative activities related to Medicaid eligibility for inmates. All social workers in the Health Services Section who perform administrative activities related to Medicaid eligibility shall be required to receive eligibility determination training provided by the Department of Health and Human Services at least quarterly.(b) The Department of Public Safety, Health Services Section, shall require each social worker performing administrative activities related to Medicaid eligibility for inmates to document the following:(1) The criteria used by the social worker when deciding to submit an application for Medicaid and when deciding not to submit an application for Medicaid, including any information the social worker believes disqualifies the inmate for Medicaid benefits.(2) An indication in the social worker's data entry of an inmate's Medicaid eligibility as determined by the inmate's county department of social services.(3) The number of 24-hour community provider stays prescreened for potential applications, the number of applications submitted, and the number and percentage of applications approved, denied, and withdrawn, which shall be reported to the Health Services Section Director on a monthly basis.(c) In addition to the requirements in subsection (b) of this section, each Department of Public Safety, Health Services Section, social workers performing administrative activities related to Medicaid eligibility for inmates shall submit Medicaid applications and any supporting documents electronically through the ePass portal in the Department of Health and Human Services or through other electronic means, unless paper copies are required by federal law or regulation.  (2019-135, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-707.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-707.6 - Medication losses related to inmate transfer.

 143B-707.6. Medication losses related to inmate transfer.(a) The Health Services Section shall collect data on medication losses that occur during inmate transfer. The collection methods shall provide, at a minimum, for all of the following:(1) A mechanism to easily summarize medication losses across all identified reasons for the loss.(2) Information on the prison from which an inmate was transferred.(3) Identification of custody officials involved in the transfer.(b) The Department shall develop internal controls related to the oversight of medications lost during inmate transfers based on the data collected under subsection (a) of this section. In addition, the Department's Internal Audit unit shall establish an internal oversight function to investigate any medication losses valued at greater than two hundred dollars ($200.00).(c) The Department shall also establish disciplinary actions for staff who are found to be responsible for inmate medication losses during transfer. The Health Services Section shall be responsible for addressing disciplinary actions for DPS Health Services prison staff who are found to be responsible for medications lost during inmate transfers and shall refer incidents involving custody staff to the appropriate unit for action.  (2018-143, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-707.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-707.7 - Contract for limited use of local purchase of inmate pharmacy needs.

 143B-707.7. Contract for limited use of local purchase of inmate pharmacy needs.(a) The Health Services Section shall adopt a statewide reimbursement for local purchases of limited quantities of medicine. The statewide reimbursement rate shall be based on the North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees reimbursement rate for prescription drugs. Any pharmacy willing to accept the statewide reimbursement rate shall have the right to participate in the plan.(b) The Health Services Section shall obtain monthly electronic invoices of prescriptions filled by each prison from the vendor chosen under subsection (a) of this section and shall develop a mechanism to collect information on purchases made outside the contract. At a minimum, the following information shall be collected for each prescription: (i) the inmate's prison, (ii) the requesting provider, (iii) the medication requested, (iv) the quantity of the medication requested, and (v) the total cost of the prescription.(c) The Department shall establish a formal oversight mechanism to ensure prescriptions written by providers to be filled at local pharmacies do not exceed the quantities specified in the Department's policy. The Health Services Section central office shall be responsible for implementing the oversight function, shall use the data collected under subsections (a) and (b) of this section to implement the function, and shall implement corrective and disciplinary actions as needed.  (2018-143, s. 4(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-707.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-707.8 - Federal 340B Program Department of Public Safety/Department of Health and Human Services partnership.

 143B-707.8. Federal 340B Program - Department of Public Safety/Department of Health and Human Services partnership.The Department of Public Safety (DPS) shall establish and implement a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in order for DPS to be eligible to operate as a 340B covered entity. The Department of Public Safety shall contract for consultant services in order to implement this section. In order to implement the requirements of this section, DPS shall do all of the following:(1) Submit an application during the next registration period to enroll in the federal 340B Program found in section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (the "340B Program") to be able to access 340B Program pricing for medications used to treat the human immune deficiency virus (HIV), the hepatitis C virus (HCV), and eligible sexually transmitted diseases (STD).(2) Provide DHHS all data and necessary documentation as frequently as such information is needed by DHHS for the implementation of this section.(3) Ensure that the DPS Apex Central Pharmacy, and any other DPS pharmacies necessary, are compliant dispensing pharmacies under the 340B Program.(4) Coordinate with one or more vendors to purchase STD 340B Program medications that result in the greatest overall cost savings available to the State, whether such savings are achieved by 340B Program pricing, non-340B Program volume discounts, or a combination of both.(5) Develop a separate inventory to track 340B Program medications.  (2019-135, s. 7(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-707.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-707.9 - Federal 340B Program Department of Public Safety/University of North Carolina Health Care System partnership.

 143B-707.9. Federal 340B Program - Department of Public Safety/University of North Carolina Health Care System partnership.(a) The Department of Public Safety shall partner with the University of North Carolina Health Care System (UNC-HCS) by October 1, 2019, to begin receiving all 340B Program savings realized from medications prescribed to inmates, but not administered, at a 340B Program-registered UNC-HCS site for non-HIV and non-HCV medications pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section.(b) Pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, DPS shall direct that the prescribing authority of DPS providers be transferred to UNC-HCS providers for identified inmates treated at a 340B Program-registered UNC-HCS site.(c) By October 1, 2019, DPS and UNC-HCS shall:(1) Identify the UNC-HCS inmate patients for whom shifting prescriptive authority to UNC-HCS is feasible and appropriate.(2) Establish a method for improving or maintaining quality and continuity of patient care once the prescriptive authority has shifted to UNC-HCS.(3) Develop mechanisms to ensure that the communication between the UNC-HCS prescriber and the DPS physician maintains the quality and continuity of care that inmates currently receive.(4) Select the UNC-HCS pharmacy, the DPS Apex Central Pharmacy, or a combination of both, as the pharmacy through which medications will be dispensed pursuant to this section.  (2019-135, s. 9(a)-(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-707.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-707.10 - Reports related to the federal 340B Program.

 143B-707.10. Reports related to the federal 340B Program.(a) The Department of Public Safety shall report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety and the Fiscal Research Division by October 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, regarding:(1) Savings achieved from its partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services for the purchasing of certain medications for inmates under the federal 340B Program.(2) Savings achieved from its partnership with the University of North Carolina Health Care System for the provision of inmate medications and services under the federal 340B Program.(b) The Department of Public Safety shall report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety and the Fiscal Research Division by October 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, on savings achieved from the partnerships between the four prison regions and North Carolina 340B Program entities for the provision of inmate medications and services under the federal 340B Program.  (2019-135, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-709 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-709 - Security Staffing.

 143B-709. Security Staffing.(a) The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety shall conduct:(1) On-site postaudits of every prison at least once every three years;(2) Regular audits of postaudit charts through the automated postaudit system; and(3) Other staffing audits as necessary.(b) The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety shall update the security staffing relief formula at least every three years. Each update shall include a review of all annual training requirements for security staff to determine which of these requirements should be mandatory and the appropriate frequency of the training. The Division shall survey other states to determine which states use a vacancy factor in their staffing relief formulas.  (2002-126, s. 17.5(a), (b); 2005-276, s. 17.4(a); 2011-145, ss. 19.1(h), (s); 2017-186, s. 1(l).)
NC Gen Stat § 143B-711 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973|Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.|§ 143B-711 - Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety organization.

 143B-711. Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety - organization.The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety shall be organized initially to include the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission, the Section of Prisons of the Division of Adult Correction, the Section of Community Corrections, the Section of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Treatment Programs, and such other divisions as may be established under Part 3 of this Article and under the other provisions of the Executive Organization Act of 1973.  (1973, c. 1262, s. 6; 1987, c. 738, s. 111(b); 1993, c. 538, s. 41; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(b); 2001-95, s. 7; 2011-145, ss. 19.1(h), (j), (s); 2012-83, s. 52; 2014-120, s. 1(i); 2017-186, s. 1(m).)