§ 6-30 Requirements for Medical and Mental Health Housing.
RCNY § 6-30
(a)All housing for medical or mental health support provided to persons recommended to receive such support by CHA, including placement in contagious disease units, housing for people who are transgender or gender non-conforming, housing for voluntary protective custody, and housing for purposes of school attendance, shall comply with the requirements for restrictive housing and general population housing concerning out-of-cell time, programming and services.
(b)For purposes of the prevention of contagious disease, after a referral from health care staff, a person may be held in a medical unit overseen by health care staff, for as limited a time as medically necessary as exclusively determined by health care staff, in the least restrictive environment that is medically appropriate. Individuals in a contagious disease unit must have comparable access as individuals incarcerated in the general population to phone calls, emails, visits, and programming done in a manner consistent with the medical and mental health treatment being received, such as at a physical distance determined appropriate by medical or mental health staff. Such access must be comparable to access provided to persons incarcerated outside of restrictive housing units. (Added City Record 6/28/2024, eff. 7/28/2024)
