Medical release laws can create pathways to more appropriate end-of-life and assisted living care for incarcerated people with terminal illnesses or severe incapacitation, yet they remain significantly underused nationwide. This session examines medical release frameworks, shares findings from a national data project, and explores the impacts of these programs. Through comparative state models and a California case study, attendees will gain practical insight into building collaborative referral pathways.

Educational Objectives

• Differentiate between research, operational data collection, and continuous quality improvement activities
• Analyze the impact of medical release laws
• Describe a replicable framework for developing a medical release referral pathway

Level: Intermediate