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Agreement Number 85-10-0004 <br />medical record.Special requests for expedited TB testing and clearance (to include <br />time-sensitive moves)will be accomplished through advance coordination by the Federal <br />Government and Local Government. <br />The Local Government shall immediately notify the Federal Government of any cases of <br />suspected or active TB or any other highly communicable disease such as Severe Acute <br />Respiratory Syndrome (SARS),Avian Flu,Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus <br />(MRSA),Chicken Pox,etc.,which might affect scheduled transports or productions so <br />that protective measures can be taken by the Federal Government. <br />When a federal detainee is being transferred and/or released from the facility,all unused <br />prescription medication will go with the prisoner to the next facility.When possible, <br />generic medications should be prescribed.Medical records must travel with the federal <br />detainee.If the records are maintained at a medical contractor's facility,it is the Local <br />Government's responsibility to obtain them before a federal detainee is moved. <br />Federal detainees may be charged a medical co-payment by the Local Government in <br />accordance with the provisions of Title 18,USC Section 4013(d).The Federal <br />Government is not responsible for medical co-payments and cannot be billed for these <br />costs even for indigent federal prisoners. <br />Receiving and Discharge of Federal Detainees <br />The Local Government agrees to accept federal detainees only upon presentation by a <br />law enforcement officer of the Federal Government with proper agency credentials. <br />The Local Government shall not relocate a federal detainee from one facility under its <br />control to another facility not described in this Agreement without permission of the <br />Federal Government. <br />The Local Government agrees to release federal detainees only to law enforcement <br />officers of the Federal Government agency initially committing the federal detainee (i.e., <br />Drug Enforcement Administration,Immigration and Customs Enforcement,etc.)or to a <br />Deputy United States Marshal (DUSM).Those federal detainees who are remanded to <br />custody by a DUSM may only be released to a DUSM or an agent specified by the DUSM <br />of the Judicial District. <br />USMS federal detainees sought for a state or local court proceeding must be acquired <br />through a Writ of Habeas Corpus or the Interstate Agreement on Detainers and then <br />only with the concurrence of the district United States Marshal (USM). <br />Page 5 of 11