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§ 6-20 Access to Health Services.
   (a)   Upon intake and in subsequent clinical encounters, CHA shall identify individuals with serious medical conditions, as defined by CHA. Without disclosing specific diagnoses, CHA shall maintain a current list of all such individuals in DOC custody and make that list available to the Department. The Department shall then ensure that staff in restrictive housing units are aware of all people in the unit who have been identified by CHA as having a serious medical condition.
   (b)   CHA shall provide daily clinical rounds to all people in custody in restrictive housing to assess medical and mental health. Such rounds must be documented in writing The Department shall immediately notify CHA of each placement of a person in custody into restrictive housing. Such notification shall be in writing.
   (c)   [Reserved.]
   (d)   Clinical treatment shall never occur cell-side. The Department shall ensure that every person who is placed into restrictive housing is brought to the facility clinic for all scheduled appointments they wish to attend. The Department may not use force to compel clinic visits.
   (e)   Each time CHA determines removal of a person from restrictive housing to an alternate housing unit is appropriate, CHA shall notify the Board in writing of the circumstances related to the determination (e.g., medical concern, mental health concern, disability);
   (f)   CHA shall provide the Board with a monthly, public report. The report shall include but not be limited to:
      (1)   Number of notifications of placement in restrictive housing received by CHA during the reporting period, in total and disaggregated by facility;
      (2)   Number of notifications of placement in de-escalation confinement received by CHA during the reporting period, in total and disaggregated by facility;
      (3)   Number of CHA determinations of removal from restrictive housing to an alternate housing unit during the reporting period, in total and disaggregated by facility;
      (4)   Number and percent of scheduled services by service type and outcome for people housed in restrictive housing during the reporting period, in total and disaggregated by facility; and
      (5)   Any other information CHA or the Board deems relevant to understanding access to health services in restrictive housing.
   (g)   CHA shall provide the Board with the data used to prepare the report required in 40 RCNY § 6-20(f) and any other information CHA or the Board deems relevant to understanding access to health services in restrictive housing.
   (h)   The Board and CHA shall jointly develop the reporting templates for the public report required by 40 RCNY § 6-20(f), subject to approval by the Board.
(Added City Record 6/9/2021, eff. 7/9/2021; amended City Record 6/28/2024, eff. 7/28/2024)