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Authorizing the Committee on Rules to hold public hearings to examine the City's intent to contract with Corizon Health, Inc. to provide healthcare services to inmates in the Philadelphia Prison System.
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WHEREAS, Corizon Health, Inc., formerly known as Prison Health Services, Inc., is a provider of correctional healthcare services in the United States. Since 1995, the Philadelphia Prison System has contracted with Corizon to provide dental, hospital, laboratory, optometry, pharmacy and specialty services to inmates at correctional facilities throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, Beginning October 2011, the Office of the Inspector General investigated an allegation that the company used a pass-through Women-owned Business Enterprise in violation of the City's requirements governing the participation of Minority, Woman, and Disabled Business Enterprises in City contracts, as outlined in Mayoral Executive Order 02-05; and
WHEREAS, The investigation found that from 2007 to 2011, the minority-certified vendor that Corizon claimed was providing pharmaceutical services for Corizon under its contract was not, in fact, providing services. The company that provided the pharmaceutical services was not minority-certified and was being compensated far less than what Corizon claimed to be providing in its contract; and
WHEREAS, The Inspector General initially recommended that Corizon and its personnel be debarred from participation in any City contract for two years, but Corizon worked cooperatively with the City to rectify the issue. Further, to avoid delay, uncertainty, risk, inconvenience, and the potential expense of protracted litigation, the City reached a full and final no-fault settlement that included Corizon's payment of $1,850,000 to the City; and
WHEREAS, In June 2012, the City issued a Request for Proposal for General Consultant Services for the Prison System. Two companies, Corizon and Correctional Medical Care, Inc. responded, the latte...
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