Policies
Name: Karolyn Ryan
Affiliation: Withheld.
Location: UConn Health
Request Date Start: Withheld.
Request Date End: Withheld.
Details: Pursuant to the provisions of the freedom of information act, I am requesting the following:
A copy of all training materials and internal guides or policies currently adhered to detailing the circumstances under which a UConn Health maternity ward patient may be assigned a social worker.
A copy of all training materials and internal guides or policies by which UConn Health providers currently adhere that relates to the reporting of mothers of newborns to the Department of Children and Families (DCF).
A copy of all training materials and internal guides or policies by which UConn Health currently adheres that references the drug testing of pregnant women.
Does UConn Health require written consent before drug testing pregnant women as a matter of hospital policy? Please provide any relevant written materials as may be directly related to this question.
Does UConn Health, as a matter of hospital policy, inquire as to a pregnant woman's drug or alcohol use? If so, as a matter of hospital policy, is she informed that her responses may be shared with the Department of Children and Families (DCF)? Please provide any relevant written materials as may be directly related to these questions.
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