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Agreement Number 85-1O-OOO4 medical record' Special requests for expedited TB testing and clearance (to includetime-sensitive moves) will be accomplished through advance coordination by the FederalGovernment and Local Government. The Local Government shall immediately notify the Federal Government of any cases ofsuspected or active TB or any other highly communicable disease such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Avian Flu, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus(MRSA), Chicken Pox, etc,, which might affect scheduled transports or productions sothat protective measures can be taken by the Federal Government. When a federal detainee is being transferred and/or released from the facility, all unusedprescription medication will go with the prisoner to the next facility. When possible, generic medications should be prescribed. Medical records must travel with the federaldetainee. If the records are maintained at a medical contractor's facility, it is the LocalGovernment's responsibility to obtain them before a federal detainee is moved. Federal detainees may be charged a medical co-payment by the Local Government in accordance with the provisions of Title 18, USC Section 4013(d). The Federal Governrnent is not responsible for medical co-payments and cannot be billed for thesecosts even for indigent federal prisoners. Receiving and Discharge of Federal Detainees The Local Government agrees to accept federal detainees only upon presentation by alaw enforcement officer of the Federal Government with proper agency credentials. The Local Government shall not relocate a federal detainee frorn one facility under itscontrol to another facility not described in this Agreement withou't permission of theFederal Government. The Local Government agrees to release federal detainees only to law enforcement officers of the Federal Government agency initially committing the federal detainee (i.e., Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, etc,) or to aDeputy United States Marshal (DUSM). Those federal detainees who are remanded tocustody by a DUSM may only be released to a DUSM or an agent specified by the DUSMof the Judicial District. USMS federal detainees sought for a state or local court proceeding must be acquiredthrough a Writ of Habeas Corpus or the Interstate Agreement on Detainers and thenonly with the concurrence of the district united states Marshal (usM). Page 5 of 11