§ 17-1805 Communication from correctional health services.
AC § 17-1805
a. Short title. This section shall be known as and may be cited as "The Get Well and Get Out Act". b. Information sharing with attorneys of individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness in the custody of the department of correction. For each incarcerated individual who is not sentenced and who is diagnosed with a serious mental illness, correctional health services shall seek voluntary consent from such individual to share medical information with the attorney of record of such individual within 48 hours of their diagnosis, and provide such information created or obtained pursuant to sections 17-1802 and 17-1804 to the attorney of record for any such individual within five calendar days of obtaining consent from the individual. Correctional health services shall make a good faith effort to ascertain such individual's attorney of record, including but not limited to consulting the website maintained by the New York state unified court system, speaking with the individual, contacting the clerk of the court, or any other reasonable means necessary to identify such individual's attorney. c. Confidential medical condition letter. Within five business days prior to any court date indicated by the New York city department of correction's inmate information system, correctional health services shall provide a confidential medical condition letter to the attorney of record for any incarcerated individual to whom subdivision a of this section applies, as permitted by law. Such letter shall include the following information for each such individual: 1. The psychiatric diagnosis.
2.The type of mental health treatment available in the housing area in which the individual is being housed, including the level of additional support offered in the housing area that facilitates the treatment of the individual's psychiatric condition.
3.The prescribed psychiatric medication regimen.
4.Their record of adherence to such medication regimen, including any factors that may have contributed to their record of adherence.
5.A detailed description of their current condition, including but not limited to any reduction in symptoms and any indication that the individual's condition has improved or diagnosis changed.
6.Any relevant documentation related to referrals made by correctional health services for the purpose of discharge planning, if available. d. Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision c, correctional health services shall not be required to issue a new confidential medical condition letter for a scheduled court appearance within one week of a prior scheduled court appearance. (L.L. 2019/190, 11/17/2019, eff. 3/16/2020)
