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What is NYC RCNY § 6-09?

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(a) The following categories of people in custody shall be excluded from restrictive housing: (1) People with a mental disorder that qualifies as a serious mental illness; (2) People diagnosed with an intellectual disability; (3) Pregnant persons, persons within eight (8) weeks of pregnancy outcome, and persons cari

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Effective: 7/9/2021Last amended: 7/28/2024

§ 6-09 Exclusions.

RCNY § 6-09

(a)The following categories of people in custody shall be excluded from restrictive housing: (1) People with a mental disorder that qualifies as a serious mental illness; (2) People diagnosed with an intellectual disability; (3) Pregnant persons, persons within eight (8) weeks of pregnancy outcome, and persons caring for a child in the Department nursery program; (b) CHA shall determine if a person in custody meets one or more of the above exclusionary criteria in 40 RCNY § 6-09(a)(1) through (3).

(c)CHA has the authority to determine if any person, after being placed in restrictive housing, should be removed to a specialized medical or mental health housing unit because the person meets a criterion in 40 RCNY § 6-09(a)(1) through (3) or because the housing is medically contraindicated.

(d)People excluded from restrictive housing at the time of an infraction due to health status pursuant to 40 RCNY § 6-09(a)(1) through (3) shall not be placed in restrictive housing for the same infraction at a later date, regardless of whether their health status has changed. (Added City Record 6/9/2021, eff. 7/9/2021; amended City Record 6/28/2024, eff. 7/28/2024)

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