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EROIGSA-15.0007 <br />Administration Franchise Service Center (VA FSC) on behalf of IHSC directly to the <br />medical provider(s), <br />IHSC VA Financial Services Center <br />PO Box 149345 <br />Austin, TX 78714-9345 <br />.Phone, (800) 479.0523 <br />Fax: (512) 460-5535 <br />B. The Service Provider shall allow IHSC Field Medical Coordinators, Managed Care <br />Coordinators or any ICE personnel reasonable access to its facility and medical records <br />of ICE detainees for the purpose of liaison activities with the local IDSA Health <br />Authority said associated Service Provider departments in accordance with HIPAA <br />privacy exception at 45 CY.R. §§ 164.512 (k)(5)(i). <br />C, The Service Provider shall provide ICE detainee medical records to ICE whether created <br />by the Service Provider or its sub -Service Provider/vendor upon request from the <br />Contracting Officer's Representative or Contracting Officer in accordance with HIPAA <br />Privacy exception at 45 C.F.R. § § 164,512 (k)(5)(i), which allows disclosure without <br />consent to a correctional institution or a law enforcement official having lawful custody <br />of an inmate or other individual if the correctional institution or such law enforcement <br />official represents that such protected health information is necessary for; <br />a. The provision of health care to such individuals; <br />b. The health and safety of such individual or other inmates; <br />c. The health and safety of the officers or employees of or others at the <br />correctional institution; <br />Vii, The health and ,safety of such individuals and officers or other persons <br />responsible for the transporting of inmates or their transfer from one <br />institution, facility, or setting to another; <br />e. Law enforcement on the premises of the correctional institution; <br />f. The administration and maintenance of the safety, security, and good order of <br />the correctional institution; and <br />g. Conducting a quality improvement / quality of care review consistent with an <br />established quality improvement (medical quality management) program and <br />interfacing with the IHSC quality improvement program consistent with <br />federal, state, and local laws. <br />Q. Tuberculosis Screening <br />The Service Provider will perform TB screening as part of the routine intakescr©ening, <br />within 12 hours of detainee admission, early detection of any detainee suspected of <br />having TB disease. TB screening will include, at a minimum, TB symptom screening <br />and testing for TB infection and/or disease using any Food and Drug Administration <br />10 <br />