Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; powers and duties.

State Board of Local and Regional Jails; powersand duties. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jailswhen promulgating regulations and adopting any policy or guidancedocument related to the enforcement of any minimum standards applicableto local, regional, and community correctional facilities, to expresslyand specifically include such items in its published agenda for meetingsof the Board or any of its subcommittees.. The bill also providesthat the Board when developing and implementing policies and proceduresfor the review of the death of any inmate or when establishing minimumstandards for health care services, including medical, dental, pharmaceutical,and behavioral health services, in local, regional, and communitycorrectional facilities and procedures for enforcing such minimumstandards, the Board shall adhere to procedures of the AdministrativeProcess Act. The bill also provides that the Board in enforcing anyadopted health care services standards, the Board shall not find thefacility or its non-health care staff in violation of any such standardsdue to the actions or inactions of licensed medical or mental healthprofessionals, as long as the facility has met the applicable standardsto have such care available and relied on the opinion of such licensedprofessionals in the provision of care.