Immigration detention: ICE needs to strengthen oversight of informed consent for medical care : report to congressional requesters
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Alternate Title(s):
- ICE needs to strengthen oversight of informed consent for medical care: report to congressional requesters
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, October 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Data Collection -- legislation & jurisprudence Government Regulation Informed Consent -- statistics & numerical data Jails -- organization & administration Legislation, Medical Undocumented Immigrants -- statistics & numerical data United States United States. Department of Homeland Security
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why GAO did this study. Within the Department of Homeland Security, ICE is responsible for providing safe, secure, and humane confinement for detained noncitizens in the United States. In that capacity, ICE oversees and at some detention facilities provides on-site medical care services. ICE also oversees referrals and pays for off-site medical care when services are not available at detention facilities. GAO was asked to review issues related to informed consent for medical care for noncitizens in immigration detention facilities. Among other things, GAO examined the extent to which ICE has policies for obtaining informed consent for medical care, and how selected facilities implemented the policies; and oversees implementation of policies related to informed consent to help ensure compliance. GAO interviewed ICE officials and medical staff from six facilities selected, in part, based on whether ICE staff provided on-site medical care. GAO also reviewed 48 medical files from these facilities. Further, GAO analyzed oversight results for fiscal years 2019 through 2021, and reviewed ICE documentation in light of federal internal control standards. What GAO Recommends. GAO is making three recommendations, including that ICE require detention facilities to collect informed consent documentation from off-site providers, and then require a review of this documentation as part of its oversight mechanisms for detention facilities. The Department of Homeland Security concurred with each of the recommendations.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (ii, 48 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918574077806676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918574077806676