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      "title": "Health Care for Noncitizens in Immigration\u00a0Detention",
      "summary": "Congressional hearings and press coverage critical of the medical care received by those in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s (DHS\u2019s) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have raised interest in the subject. The law provides broad authority to detain aliens while awaiting a determination of whether they should be removed from the United States and mandates that certain categories of aliens are subject to mandatory detention by DHS. Aliens not subject to mandatory detention may be detained, paroled, or released on bond.\nThe medical care required to be provided to aliens detained in ICE custody is outlined in ICE\u2019s National Detention Standards, which address standards for medical care; hunger strikes; suicide prevention and intervention; and terminal illness, advanced directives, and death. According to ICE\u2019s Detention Standards, \u201cAll detainees shall have access to medical services that promote detainee health and general well-being.\u201d In addition, every facility has to provide detainees with initial medical screening, \u201ccost-effective\u201d primary medical care, and emergency care.\nThe Division of Immigrant Health Services (DIHS), which is detailed indefinitely from the U.S. Public Health Service to ICE, is responsible for the health care of noncitizens detained by ICE. In some detention facilities, DIHS provides all medical care; in others, DIHS is responsible only for approving medical services that are not provided by the detention facility. ICE has established a covered benefits package that delineates the health care services available to detainees in ICE custody. Detainees who require non-emergency medical care beyond that which can be provided at the detention facilities must submit a Treatment Authorization Request (TAR) to the DIHS Managed Care Program. TARs are reviewed by DIHS nurses in Washington, DC, who review the paperwork submitted by physicians and decide whether to allow the treatment.\nThere have been press reports and congressional testimony of individuals in ICE custody who apparently received inadequate medical care. In addition, problems with access to medical care is one of the chief complaints of aliens in detention. However, others state that immigration detainees may receive better health care than some U.S. citizens, and assert that the death rate in ICE custody is lower than that of the prison and general populations. Overall, there seem to be two major policy questions: (1) do the Detention Standards and the covered benefits package allow for the provision of adequate services to the detained populations; and (2) are the procedures and standards for the provision of medical care being followed?\nThe report does not investigate the veracity of claims of substandard medical care made in the press, or ICE\u2019s rebuttals of such claims. This report will be updated to reflect legislative activity.",
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      "id": "RL34556_2008Jun27",
      "date": "2008-06-27",
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      "title": "Health Care for Noncitizens in Immigration Detention",
      "summary": "This report begins with an overview of noncitizen detention and then examines the procedures and issues with detainee health care. This report concludes with a discussion of legislation introduced in the 110th Congress related to detainee health care.",
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