AGENCY TESTIMONY
CHS's position on Intro 412: Notification procedures for suicide attempts and serious injuries
1:32:30
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Dr. Subedi expresses opposition to aspects of Intro 412, which would require CHS to notify emergency contacts and attorneys within one hour of suicide attempts, hospitalizations, or serious injuries. He explains CHS's current practices for communication and the challenges associated with the proposed requirements.
- Describes CHS's current patient relations department and clinical court advocacy team roles in facilitating communication
- Explains why hospital staff are better positioned to notify family members about hospitalizations
- Emphasizes the need for individualized and deliberate approaches to communicating about sensitive medical events
Bipin Subedi
1:32:30
I'll next talk about intro-four twelve in relation to notifying emergency contacts, an attorney of record when an individual custody attempts suicide is hospitalized or seriously injured.
1:32:41
CHS opposes aspects of intro 412, which would require CHS to request authorization from every person in custody to notify the individual individual's attorney of record and emergency contacts within 1 hour should the individual attempt suicide become hospitalized or be seriously injured.
1:32:58
The bill would also require CHS to ascertain the individual's attorney of record for this purpose upon request from the incarcerated individual.
1:33:06
CHS recognizes the importance and value of communicating effectively with patients and as permitted external parties about the healthcare we provide.
1:33:14
Now CHS's patient relations department manages concerns and inquiries from patients, family members, and attorneys relating to CHS's health services and with patient consent can communicate directly with the patient's loved ones about the individual's care.
1:33:29
In addition, CHS's clinical court advocacy team serves as a resource for defense bar and with patient consent facilitates communication among healthcare staff, attorneys, and patients.
1:33:41
Regarding hospitalization, hospital staff are best situated to notify the family members of people in custody following a hospitalization as hospital staff, not CHS staff, determine admission and service the treating physicians.
1:33:54
CHS understands that our patients relationships with their attorneys, family members, and other loved ones are unique and dynamic, and we believe that any clinical communication about suicide attempts and serious injuries deserves an individualized and tailored approach.
1:34:08
Accordingly, CHS clinicians will speak with a patient's loved ones about the complicated, often sensitive factors and circumstances that may have led to or surround a significant medical event.
1:34:19
But these conversations are and should remain individualized, deliberate, in-depth discussions between the loved 1 and a primary provider, not a universal real time known verification.
