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January 22, 2020 – City & State Names NYC Health + Hospitals and MetroPlus Executives to the 2020 Health Power 100 List

November 26, 2019 – Mayor Announces Outposted Therapeutic Housing Units to Serve Patients in Custody with Serious Health Needs

October 2, 2019 – NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services Presents Fifth Annual Art Exhibit Themed “Where I’m From”

September 3, 2019 – NYC Health + Hospitals Launches Correctional Health Services Point of Reentry and Transition Practices at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

June 20, 2019 – City/State/Private Partnership to Enhance Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Transferred from New York City Jails to New York State Prisons

December 21, 2018 – NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services Announces More Than 13,000 Naloxone Kits Have Been Distributed at NYC Jail Visitor Centers

October 11, 2018 – NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services Announces New Milestone in Creative Arts Therapy Program

September 20, 2018 – Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services Launch Pilot Program to Streamline Court-Ordered Psychiatric Evaluations in Queens

September 17, 2018 – Correctional Health Services Expands Enhanced Pre-Arraignment Health Screenings to Brooklyn Central Brooking

June 12, 2018 – OneCity Health Awards $5 Million to Community Partners to Benefit New Yorkers

May 11, 2018 – As Part of ‘Raise the Age’ Implementation, ACS Will Partner with NYC Health + Hospitals to Provide Care to Youth in NYC’s Juvenile Detentions

April 10, 2018 – NYC Health + Hospitals Launches Telehealth Services for Women at Rikers Island

February 2, 2018 – NYC Health + Hospitals to Consolidate under Correctional Health Services Management of Its Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation Court Clinics

February 1, 2018 – First Lady Chirlane McCray Announces $6 Million Investment to Break Cycle of Incarceration for Women in NYC

November 4, 2016 – NYC Health + Hospitals Expands Pre-Arraignment Health Screening At Manhattan Detention Center

October 13, 2016 – NYC Health + Hospitals to Triple the Number of People Treated for Hepatitis C in Jail

May 26, 2016 – Mayor de Blasio Unveils New Initiatives to Transform Correctional Health Services

April 26, 2016 – Mayor de Blasio to Triple Intensive-Care Mental Health Units on Rikers Island

Mar 23, 2016 – NYC Health + Hospitals Successfully Completes Transition of Health Services in City Correctional System

October 22, 2015 – HHC Secures Physician Practice for Correctional Health Providers; Extends Agreement for Dental Services

June 18, 2015 – Patricia Yang Appointed Head of New York City’s Correctional Health Services

June 10, 2015 – Health and Hospitals Corporation to Run City Correctional Health Service

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