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The committee gathers, reviews, and evaluates information relating to the on-site and off-site quality of care and treatment of offenders.

The Health Care Peer Review Committee was reviewed by the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy (LCPFP) in 2013 as part of their biennial duty required by Minn. Stat. 3.885 Subd. 11. The LCPFP's 2013 Recommendations called for keeping the committee.

The committee does not expire.

In 2024, the Legislature made changes to the composition of the committee (see Laws of Minn. 2024, chap. 123, art. 8, sec. 4).

The committee consists of:

(1) the department medical director;
(2) the regional medical director of the contracted health care vendor;
(3) the department director of nursing or a designee;
(4) a physician from the contracting hospital provider;
(5) another physician who provides health care to offenders on site at a correctional facility.;
(6) one or more licensed physicians or nurse practitioners from the community, in person or by telephone, with expertise in the most appropriate clinical area;
(7) the director of psychiatry of the contracted vendor;
(8) the pharmacist liaison of the contracted vendor's pharmacy vendor;
(9) the clinical pharmacist of the contracted vendor;
(10) in cases of suicide or unanticipated death, a representative from the Office of Special Investigations; and
(11) other ad hoc members as indicated at the discretion of the Department of Corrections medical director or chief medical officer.

Commissioner of the Department of Corrections