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                                  2277--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY, STIRPE, EPSTEIN, REYES, ZEBROWSKI, FERNAN-
   DEZ,  SAYEGH,  TAYLOR,  QUART,  D. ROSENTHAL, FALL, EICHENSTEIN, CRUZ,
   DARLING, NIOU, FRONTUS, HEVESI, DE LA ROSA, WEPRIN, JACOBSON, DICKENS,
   BURGOS,  ANDERSON,   KELLES,   GONZALEZ-ROJAS,   GALLAGHER,   BURDICK,
   MITAYNES, MEEKS, JACKSON, FORREST, MAMDANI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
   of  A.  ABINANTI, BARRETT, BARRON, BENEDETTO, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BRON-
   SON, CAHILL, CARROLL, COLTON, COOK, CUSICK, DAVILA,  DILAN,  DINOWITZ,
   ENGLEBRIGHT,   FAHY,   GALEF,   GLICK,   GOTTFRIED,  HUNTER,  HYNDMAN,
   JEAN-PIERRE,  JOYNER,  KIM,  LAVINE,  LUPARDO,  OTIS,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
   PERRY,  PICHARDO,  PRETLOW,  RAMOS,  RICHARDSON, J. RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ,
   L. ROSENTHAL, ROZIC, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, SOLAGES, STECK, THIELE,  VANEL,
   WALKER,  ZINERMAN  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the Committee on
   Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to restricting  the  use
   of  segregated  confinement  and  creating alternative therapeutic and
   rehabilitative confinement options

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 23 of section 2 of the correction law, as added
 by chapter 1 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   23.  "Segregated  confinement" means the [disciplinary] confinement of
 an inmate in [a special housing unit or in a separate  keeplock  housing
 unit.    Special  housing  units and separate keeplock units are housing
 units that consist of cells grouped so as to provide separation from the
 general population, and may be used to house inmates  confined  pursuant
 to  the  disciplinary  procedures  described in regulations] ANY FORM OF
 CELL CONFINEMENT FOR MORE THAN SEVENTEEN HOURS A DAY  OTHER  THAN  IN  A
 FACILITY-WIDE  EMERGENCY  OR  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF PROVIDING MEDICAL OR
 MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. CELL CONFINEMENT THAT  IS  IMPLEMENTED  DUE  TO
 MEDICAL  OR  MENTAL  HEALTH TREATMENT SHALL BE WITHIN A CLINICAL AREA IN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00393-04-1

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 THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR IN AS  CLOSE  PROXIMITY  TO  A  MEDICAL  OR
 MENTAL HEALTH UNIT AS POSSIBLE.
   §  2.  Section  2  of  the correction law is amended by adding two new
 subdivisions 33 and 34 to read as follows:
   33. "SPECIAL POPULATIONS" MEANS ANY PERSON: (A)  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS  OF
 AGE  OR  YOUNGER; (B) FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; (C) WITH A DISA-
 BILITY AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF  SECTION
 TWO  HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; OR (D) WHO IS PREGNANT, IN
 THE FIRST EIGHT WEEKS OF THE POST-PARTUM RECOVERY  PERIOD  AFTER  GIVING
 BIRTH,  OR  CARING FOR A CHILD IN A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISIONS TWO OR THREE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   34. "RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT" MEANS A  SEPARATE  HOUSING  UNIT
 USED FOR THERAPY, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMMING OF INCARCER-
 ATED  PEOPLE  WHO HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO REQUIRE MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS
 OF SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT PURSUANT TO DEPARTMENT PROCEEDINGS. SUCH UNITS
 SHALL BE THERAPEUTIC AND TRAUMA-INFORMED, AND AIM TO ADDRESS  INDIVIDUAL
 TREATMENT  AND REHABILITATION NEEDS AND UNDERLYING CAUSES OF PROBLEMATIC
 BEHAVIORS.
   § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 137 of  the  correction
 law,  as  amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) The inmate shall be supplied with a sufficient quantity of  whole-
 some and nutritious food[, provided, however, that such food need not be
 the  same  as  the  food  supplied  to  inmates who are participating in
 programs of the facility];
   § 4. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 6 of section 137 of  the  correction
 law,  as  added  by chapter 1 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (d) (i) Except as set forth in clause (E) of subparagraph (ii) of this
 paragraph, the department, in consultation  with  mental  health  clini-
 cians,  shall  divert  or remove inmates with serious mental illness, as
 defined in paragraph (e) of this subdivision, from  segregated  confine-
 ment  OR  CONFINEMENT  IN  A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT, where such
 confinement could potentially be for a period in excess of thirty  days,
 to  a  residential  mental health treatment unit.  Nothing in this para-
 graph shall be deemed to prevent the disciplinary process from  proceed-
 ing in accordance with department rules and regulations for disciplinary
 hearings.
   (ii)  (A) Upon placement of an inmate into segregated confinement OR A
 RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT at a level one or level two facility,  a
 suicide  prevention  screening instrument shall be administered by staff
 from the department or the office of mental health who has been  trained
 for that purpose. If such a screening instrument reveals that the inmate
 is  at risk of suicide, a mental health clinician shall be consulted and
 appropriate safety precautions shall be taken. Additionally, within  one
 business day of the placement of such an inmate into segregated confine-
 ment  at a level one or level two facility, the inmate shall be assessed
 by a mental health clinician.
   (B) Upon placement of an inmate into segregated confinement OR A RESI-
 DENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT at a level three or level four  facility,  a
 suicide  prevention  screening instrument shall be administered by staff
 from the department or the office of mental health who has been  trained
 for that purpose. If such a screening instrument reveals that the inmate
 is  at risk of suicide, a mental health clinician shall be consulted and
 appropriate safety precautions shall be taken.  All  inmates  placed  in
 segregated  confinement  OR A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT at a level

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 three or level four facility shall be assessed by a mental health clini-
 cian, within [fourteen] SEVEN days of  such  placement  into  segregated
 confinement.
   (C)  At  the  initial assessment, if the mental health clinician finds
 that an inmate suffers from a serious mental illness, THAT PERSON  SHALL
 BE  DIVERTED  OR  REMOVED  FROM  SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT OR A RESIDENTIAL
 REHABILITATION UNIT AND a recommendation shall be  made  whether  excep-
 tional  circumstances,  as described in clause (E) of this subparagraph,
 exist. In a facility with a joint case management committee, such recom-
 mendation shall be made by such committee. In a facility without a joint
 case management committee, the recommendation shall be made jointly by a
 committee consisting of the facility's  highest  ranking  mental  health
 clinician, the deputy superintendent for security, and the deputy super-
 intendent for program services, or their equivalents. Any such recommen-
 dation  shall  be reviewed by the joint central office review committee.
 The administrative process described in this clause shall  be  completed
 within  [fourteen]  SEVEN  days  of  the  initial assessment, and if the
 result of such process is that the inmate should be removed from  segre-
 gated  confinement  OR  A  RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT, such removal
 shall occur as soon as practicable, but in no event more  than  seventy-
 two hours from the completion of the administrative process. PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH  (H) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PERMIT
 THE PLACEMENT OF AN INCARCERATED PERSON WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS INTO
 SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT AT ANY TIME, EVEN FOR THE PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT.
   (D) If an inmate with a serious mental  illness  is  not  diverted  or
 removed to a residential mental health treatment unit, such inmate shall
 be  DIVERTED  TO  A  RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT AND reassessed by a
 mental health clinician within fourteen days of the  initial  assessment
 and at least once every fourteen days thereafter.  After each such addi-
 tional  assessment, a recommendation as to whether such inmate should be
 removed from [segregated confinement] A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION  UNIT
 shall  be made and reviewed according to the process set forth in clause
 (C) of this subparagraph.
   (E) A recommendation or determination whether to remove an inmate from
 segregated confinement OR A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT  shall  take
 into  account the assessing mental health clinicians' opinions as to the
 inmate's mental condition and treatment needs, and shall also take  into
 account  any  safety  and  security  concerns that would be posed by the
 inmate's removal, even if additional restrictions  were  placed  on  the
 inmate's  access  to  treatment,  property,  services or privileges in a
 residential mental health treatment unit. A recommendation  or  determi-
 nation  shall direct the inmate's removal from segregated confinement OR
 A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT except in  the  following  exceptional
 circumstances:  (1)  when  the  reviewer finds that removal would pose a
 substantial risk to the safety of the inmate  or  other  persons,  or  a
 substantial  threat  to the security of the facility, even if additional
 restrictions were placed on the inmate's access to treatment,  property,
 services or privileges in a residential mental health treatment unit; or
 (2)  when  the  assessing  mental  health clinician determines that such
 placement is in the inmate's best interests based on his or  her  mental
 condition  and  that removing such inmate to a residential mental health
 treatment unit would be detrimental to his or her mental condition.  Any
 determination  not  to remove an inmate with serious mental illness from
 segregated confinement OR A RESIDENTIAL  REHABILITATION  UNIT  shall  be
 documented in writing and include the reasons for the determination.

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   (iii)  Inmates  with  serious  mental  illness who are not diverted or
 removed from [segregated confinement] A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION  UNIT
 shall  be  offered a heightened level of MENTAL HEALTH care, involving a
 minimum of [two] THREE hours [each day, five  days  a  week,]  DAILY  of
 out-of-cell therapeutic treatment and programming. This heightened level
 of care shall not be offered only in the following circumstances:
   (A)  The  heightened level of care shall not apply when an inmate with
 serious mental illness does not, in the reasonable judgment of a  mental
 health  clinician,  require  the heightened level of care. Such determi-
 nation shall be documented with a written statement of the basis of such
 determination and shall be reviewed by the Central New York  Psychiatric
 Center clinical director or his or her designee. Such a determination is
 subject  to  change  should  the  inmate's  clinical status change. Such
 determination shall be reviewed and documented by a mental health clini-
 cian every thirty days, and in consultation with the  Central  New  York
 Psychiatric  Center  clinical  director  or his or her designee not less
 than every ninety days.
   (B) The heightened level  of  care  shall  not  apply  in  exceptional
 circumstances when providing such care would create an unacceptable risk
 to the safety and security of inmates or staff. Such determination shall
 be  documented  by  security  personnel  together with the basis of such
 determination and shall be reviewed by the facility  superintendent,  in
 consultation  with  a mental health clinician, not less than every seven
 days for as long as the inmate remains  in  [segregated  confinement]  A
 RESIDENTIAL  REHABILITATION UNIT.  The facility shall attempt to resolve
 such exceptional circumstances so that the heightened level of care  may
 be  provided.  If  such  exceptional circumstances remain unresolved for
 thirty days, the matter shall be referred to the  joint  central  office
 review committee for review.
   (iv)  [Inmates  with  serious  mental  illness who are not diverted or
 removed from segregated confinement shall not be placed on a  restricted
 diet,  unless there has been a written determination that the restricted
 diet is necessary for reasons of safety and security.  If  a  restricted
 diet is imposed, it shall be limited to seven days, except in the excep-
 tional  circumstances  where  the joint case management committee deter-
 mines that limiting the restricted diet to  seven  days  would  pose  an
 unacceptable  risk  to  the  safety and security of inmates or staff. In
 such case, the need for a restricted diet shall  be  reassessed  by  the
 joint case management committee every seven days.
   (v)]All  inmates in segregated confinement in a level one or level two
 facility who are not assessed with  a  serious  mental  illness  at  the
 initial assessment shall be offered at least one interview with a mental
 health  clinician  within  [fourteen] SEVEN days of their initial mental
 health assessment, [and additional interviews at least every thirty days
 thereafter,] unless the mental  health  clinician  at  the  most  recent
 interview  recommends an earlier interview or assessment. All inmates in
 [segregated confinement] A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT  in  a  level
 three  or level four facility who are not assessed with a serious mental
 illness at the initial assessment shall be offered at least  one  inter-
 view  with a mental health clinician within thirty days of their initial
 mental health assessment, and additional interviews at least every nine-
 ty days thereafter, unless the  mental  health  clinician  at  the  most
 recent interview recommends an earlier interview or assessment.
   §  5. Subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law is amended by
 adding eight new paragraphs (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n) and (o) to
 read as follows:

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   (H) PERSONS IN A SPECIAL POPULATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  THIRTY-
 THREE  OF  SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL NOT BE PLACED IN SEGREGATED
 CONFINEMENT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, EXCEPT  IN  KEEPLOCK  FOR  A  PERIOD
 PRIOR TO A DISCIPLINARY HEARING PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (L) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION.    INDIVIDUALS IN A SPECIAL POPULATION WHO ARE IN KEEPLOCK PRIOR
 TO A DISCIPLINARY HEARING SHALL BE GIVEN SEVEN HOURS A  DAY  OUT-OF-CELL
 TIME  OR  SHALL  BE  TRANSFERRED TO A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT OR
 RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT UNIT AS EXPEDITIOUSLY  AS  POSSIBLE,
 BUT IN NO CASE LONGER THAN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS FROM THE TIME AN INDIVIDUAL
 IS ADMITTED TO KEEPLOCK.
   (I)  NO PERSON MAY BE PLACED IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT FOR LONGER THAN
 NECESSARY AND NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR TWENTY TOTAL DAYS
 WITHIN ANY SIXTY DAY PERIOD.   AT  THESE  LIMITS,  HE  OR  SHE  MUST  BE
 RELEASED  FROM SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT OR DIVERTED TO A SEPARATE RESIDEN-
 TIAL REHABILITATION UNIT. IF PLACEMENT  OF  SUCH  PERSON  IN  SEGREGATED
 CONFINEMENT  WOULD EXCEED THE TWENTY-DAY LIMIT AND THE DEPARTMENT ESTAB-
 LISHES THAT THE PERSON COMMITTED AN ACT DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II)  OF
 PARAGRAPH  (K)  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE DEPARTMENT MAY PLACE THE PERSON
 IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT UNTIL ADMISSION  TO  A  RESIDENTIAL  REHABILI-
 TATION UNIT CAN BE EFFECTUATED. SUCH ADMISSION TO A RESIDENTIAL REHABIL-
 ITATION  UNIT  SHALL  OCCUR  AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE AND IN NO CASE
 TAKE LONGER THAN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS FROM THE TIME SUCH PERSON  IS  PLACED
 IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT.
   (J)  (I)  ALL  SEGREGATED  CONFINEMENT  AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
 UNITS SHALL CREATE THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT NECESSARY  FOR  THE
 SAFETY OF INCARCERATED PERSONS, STAFF, AND THE SECURITY OF THE FACILITY.
   (II)  PERSONS  IN  SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT SHALL BE OFFERED OUT-OF-CELL
 PROGRAMMING AT LEAST FOUR HOURS PER DAY, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE HOUR FOR
 RECREATION.  PERSONS ADMITTED TO RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS  SHALL
 BE  OFFERED  AT LEAST SIX HOURS OF DAILY OUT-OF-CELL CONGREGATE PROGRAM-
 MING, SERVICES, TREATMENT, AND/OR MEALS, WITH AN ADDITIONAL  MINIMUM  OF
 ONE  HOUR  FOR  RECREATION. RECREATION IN ALL RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
 UNITS SHALL TAKE PLACE  IN  A  CONGREGATE  SETTING,  UNLESS  EXCEPTIONAL
 CIRCUMSTANCES  MEAN DOING SO WOULD CREATE A SIGNIFICANT AND UNREASONABLE
 RISK TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OTHER INCARCERATED PERSONS, STAFF, OR
 THE FACILITY.
   (III) NO LIMITATION ON SERVICES, TREATMENT, OR  BASIC  NEEDS  SUCH  AS
 CLOTHING,  FOOD AND BEDDING SHALL BE IMPOSED AS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT. IF
 PROVISION OF ANY SUCH SERVICES, TREATMENT OR BASIC NEEDS TO AN  INDIVID-
 UAL  WOULD  CREATE A SIGNIFICANT AND UNREASONABLE RISK TO THE SAFETY AND
 SECURITY OF INCARCERATED PERSONS, STAFF, OR THE FACILITY, SUCH SERVICES,
 TREATMENT OR BASIC NEEDS MAY BE WITHHELD  UNTIL  IT  REASONABLY  APPEARS
 THAT  THE  RISK  HAS ENDED.   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT IMPOSE RESTRICTED
 DIETS OR ANY OTHER CHANGE IN DIET AS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT. PERSONS IN  A
 RESIDENTIAL  REHABILITATION  UNIT  SHALL  HAVE  ACCESS  TO  ALL OF THEIR
 PERSONAL PROPERTY UNLESS AN INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION IS MADE THAT HAVING
 A SPECIFIC ITEM WOULD POSE A SIGNIFICANT AND UNREASONABLE  RISK  TO  THE
 SAFETY OF INCARCERATED PERSONS OR STAFF OR THE SECURITY OF THE UNIT.
   (IV)  UPON ADMISSION TO A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT, PROGRAM AND
 MENTAL HEALTH STAFF SHALL ADMINISTER ASSESSMENTS AND DEVELOP AN INDIVID-
 UAL REHABILITATION PLAN IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  RESIDENT,  BASED  UPON
 HIS  OR  HER  MEDICAL,  MENTAL  HEALTH, AND PROGRAMMING NEEDS. SUCH PLAN
 SHALL IDENTIFY SPECIFIC GOALS AND PROGRAMS, TREATMENT, AND  SERVICES  TO
 BE OFFERED, WITH PROJECTED TIME FRAMES FOR COMPLETION AND DISCHARGE FROM
 THE RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT.

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   (V)  AN INCARCERATED PERSON IN A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT SHALL
 HAVE ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND WORK ASSIGNMENTS COMPARABLE TO CORE PROGRAMS
 AND WORK ASSIGNMENTS IN GENERAL POPULATION.  SUCH  INCARCERATED  PERSONS
 SHALL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL OUT-OF-CELL, TRAUMA-INFORMED THERA-
 PEUTIC  PROGRAMMING  AIMED AT PROMOTING PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, ADDRESSING
 UNDERLYING CAUSES OF PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR RESULTING IN  PLACEMENT  IN  A
 RESIDENTIAL  REHABILITATION UNIT, AND HELPING PREPARE FOR DISCHARGE FROM
 THE UNIT AND TO THE COMMUNITY.
   (VI) IF THE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHES THAT  A  PERSON  COMMITTED  AN  ACT
 DEFINED  IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (K) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHILE
 IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT OR A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT AND POSES
 A SIGNIFICANT AND UNREASONABLE RISK TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF  OTHER
 INCARCERATED PERSONS OR STAFF, THE DEPARTMENT MAY RESTRICT SUCH PERSON'S
 PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMMING AND OUT-OF-CELL ACTIVITIES AS NECESSARY FOR
 THE SAFETY OF OTHER INCARCERATED PERSONS AND STAFF. IF SUCH RESTRICTIONS
 ARE IMPOSED, THE DEPARTMENT MUST PROVIDE AT LEAST FOUR HOURS OUT-OF-CELL
 TIME  DAILY, INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO HOURS OF THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMMING AND
 TWO HOURS OF RECREATION, AND MUST MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS  TO  REINSTATE
 ACCESS  TO  PROGRAMMING  AS  SOON  AS  POSSIBLE.  IN  NO  CASE  MAY SUCH
 RESTRICTIONS EXTEND BEYOND FIFTEEN DAYS UNLESS THE PERSON COMMITS A  NEW
 ACT  DEFINED HEREIN JUSTIFYING RESTRICTIONS ON PROGRAM ACCESS, OR IF THE
 COMMISSIONER AND, WHEN APPROPRIATE, THE COMMISSIONER  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH
 PERSONALLY  REASONABLY  DETERMINE THAT THE PERSON POSES AN EXTRAORDINARY
 AND UNACCEPTABLE RISK OF IMMINENT HARM TO  THE  SAFETY  OR  SECURITY  OF
 INCARCERATED  PERSONS  OR STAFF.   ANY EXTENSION OF PROGRAM RESTRICTIONS
 BEYOND FIFTEEN DAYS MUST BE MEANINGFULLY REVIEWED AND APPROVED AT  LEAST
 EVERY  FIFTEEN  DAYS  BY  THE COMMISSIONER AND, WHEN APPROPRIATE, BY THE
 COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH. EACH REVIEW MUST CONSIDER THE  IMPACT  OF
 THERAPEUTIC  PROGRAMMING  PROVIDED  DURING THE FIFTEEN-DAY PERIOD ON THE
 PERSON'S RISK OF IMMINENT HARM AND THE COMMISSIONER MUST  ARTICULATE  IN
 WRITING,  WITH  A COPY PROVIDED TO THE INCARCERATED PERSON, THE SPECIFIC
 REASON WHY THE PERSON CURRENTLY POSES AN EXTRAORDINARY AND  UNACCEPTABLE
 RISK  OF IMMINENT HARM TO THE SAFETY OR SECURITY OF INCARCERATED PERSONS
 OR STAFF. IN NO CASE MAY RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSIONER EXTEND
 BEYOND NINETY DAYS UNLESS THE PERSON COMMITS A NEW  ACT  DEFINED  HEREIN
 JUSTIFYING RESTRICTIONS ON PROGRAM ACCESS.
   (VII)  RESTRAINTS  SHALL  NOT  BE  USED  WHEN INCARCERATED PERSONS ARE
 PARTICIPATING IN OUT-OF-CELL ACTIVITIES WITHIN A  RESIDENTIAL  REHABILI-
 TATION  UNIT UNLESS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT IS MADE THAT RESTRAINTS ARE
 REQUIRED BECAUSE OF A SIGNIFICANT AND UNREASONABLE RISK  TO  THE  SAFETY
 AND SECURITY OF OTHER INCARCERATED PERSONS OR STAFF.
   (K)  (I)  THE  DEPARTMENT MAY PLACE A PERSON IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT
 FOR UP TO THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND NO LONGER  THAN  SIX  DAYS  IN  ANY
 THIRTY  DAY PERIOD IF, PURSUANT TO AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING, IT DETERMINES
 THAT THE PERSON VIOLATED DEPARTMENT RULES  WHICH  PERMIT  A  PENALTY  OF
 SEGREGATED  CONFINEMENT. THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT PLACE A PERSON IN SEGRE-
 GATED CONFINEMENT FOR LONGER THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE  DAYS  OR  SIX  DAYS
 TOTAL  IN A THIRTY DAY PERIOD UNLESS THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II)
 OF THIS PARAGRAPH ARE MET.
   (II) THE DEPARTMENT MAY  PLACE  A  PERSON  IN  SEGREGATED  CONFINEMENT
 BEYOND THE LIMITS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH OR IN A RESIDEN-
 TIAL REHABILITATION UNIT ONLY IF, PURSUANT TO AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING, IT
 DETERMINES  BY  WRITTEN  DECISION  THAT  THE PERSON COMMITTED ONE OF THE
 FOLLOWING ACTS AND IF THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE DETERMINES
 IN WRITING BASED ON SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE CRITERIA THE ACTS WERE SO HEINOUS
 OR DESTRUCTIVE THAT PLACEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL  IN  GENERAL  POPULATION

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 HOUSING  CREATES  A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF IMMINENT SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY
 TO STAFF OR OTHER INCARCERATED PERSONS, AND CREATES AN UNREASONABLE RISK
 TO THE SECURITY OF THE FACILITY:
   (A) CAUSING OR ATTEMPTING TO CAUSE SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OR DEATH TO
 ANOTHER  PERSON  OR  MAKING  AN IMMINENT THREAT OF SUCH SERIOUS PHYSICAL
 INJURY OR DEATH IF THE PERSON HAS A HISTORY  OF  CAUSING  SUCH  PHYSICAL
 INJURY  OR DEATH AND THE COMMISSIONER AND, WHEN APPROPRIATE, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH OR THEIR  DESIGNEES  REASONABLY  DETERMINE  THAT
 THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT THE PERSON WILL CARRY OUT SUCH THREAT.
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  OR  HIS  OR HER DESIGNEE SHALL BE
 INVOLVED IN SUCH DETERMINATION IF THE PERSON  IS  OR  HAS  BEEN  ON  THE
 MENTAL HEALTH CASELOAD OR APPEARS TO REQUIRE PSYCHIATRIC ATTENTION.  THE
 DEPARTMENT  AND  THE  OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND
 REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THIS CLAUSE;
   (B) COMPELLING OR ATTEMPTING TO COMPEL ANOTHER  PERSON,  BY  FORCE  OR
 THREAT OF FORCE, TO ENGAGE IN A SEXUAL ACT;
   (C)  EXTORTING  ANOTHER,  BY FORCE OR THREAT OF FORCE, FOR PROPERTY OR
 MONEY;
   (D) COERCING ANOTHER, BY FORCE OR THREAT  OF  FORCE,  TO  VIOLATE  ANY
 RULE;
   (E)  LEADING,  ORGANIZING,  INCITING,  OR  ATTEMPTING TO CAUSE A RIOT,
 INSURRECTION, OR OTHER SIMILARLY SERIOUS DISTURBANCE THAT RESULTS IN THE
 TAKING OF A HOSTAGE, MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR PHYSICAL HARM TO  ANOTHER
 PERSON;
   (F)  PROCURING DEADLY WEAPONS OR OTHER DANGEROUS CONTRABAND THAT POSES
 A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE SECURITY OF THE INSTITUTION; OR
   (G) ESCAPING, ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE OR FACILITATING AN  ESCAPE  FROM  A
 FACILITY  OR  ESCAPING  OR  ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE WHILE UNDER SUPERVISION
 OUTSIDE SUCH FACILITY.
   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, ATTEMPTING TO CAUSE A  SERIOUS  DISTURB-
 ANCE  OR TO ESCAPE SHALL ONLY BE DETERMINED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THERE IS
 A CLEAR FINDING THAT THE INMATE  HAD  THE  INTENT  TO  CAUSE  A  SERIOUS
 DISTURBANCE  OR  THE INTENT TO ESCAPE AND HAD COMPLETED SIGNIFICANT ACTS
 IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ATTEMPT TO CREATE  A  SERIOUS  DISTURBANCE  OR
 ESCAPE. EVIDENCE OF WITHDRAWAL OR ABANDONMENT OF A PLAN TO CAUSE A SERI-
 OUS DISTURBANCE OR TO ESCAPE SHALL NEGATE A FINDING OF INTENT.
   (III)  NO PERSON MAY BE PLACED IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT OR A RESIDEN-
 TIAL REHABILITATION UNIT BASED ON THE SAME  ACT  OR  INCIDENT  THAT  WAS
 PREVIOUSLY USED AS THE BASIS FOR SUCH PLACEMENT.
   (IV)  NO  PERSON  MAY BE HELD IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT FOR PROTECTIVE
 CUSTODY. ANY UNIT USED  FOR  PROTECTIVE  CUSTODY  MUST,  AT  A  MINIMUM,
 CONFORM TO REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS.
   (L)  ALL HEARINGS TO DETERMINE IF A PERSON MAY BE PLACED IN SEGREGATED
 CONFINEMENT SHALL OCCUR PRIOR TO  PLACEMENT  IN  SEGREGATED  CONFINEMENT
 UNLESS A SECURITY SUPERVISOR, WITH WRITTEN APPROVAL OF A FACILITY SUPER-
 INTENDENT OR DESIGNEE, REASONABLY BELIEVES THE PERSON FITS THE SPECIFIED
 CRITERIA  FOR  SEGREGATED  CONFINEMENT IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH
 (K) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. IF A HEARING  DOES  NOT  TAKE  PLACE  PRIOR  TO
 PLACEMENT,  IT SHALL OCCUR AS SOON AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE AND AT MOST
 WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF SUCH PLACEMENT UNLESS THE  CHARGED  PERSON  SEEKS  A
 POSTPONEMENT OF THE HEARING. PERSONS AT SUCH HEARINGS SHALL BE PERMITTED
 TO BE REPRESENTED BY ANY ATTORNEY OR LAW STUDENT, OR BY ANY PARALEGAL OR
 INCARCERATED PERSON UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT REASONABLY DISAPPROVES OF SUCH
 PARALEGAL  OR  INCARCERATED PERSON BASED UPON OBJECTIVE WRITTEN CRITERIA
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   (M) (I) ANY SANCTION  IMPOSED  ON  AN  INCARCERATED  PERSON  REQUIRING
 SEGREGATED  CONFINEMENT  SHALL  RUN WHILE THE PERSON IS IN A RESIDENTIAL
 REHABILITATION UNIT AND THE PERSON SHALL BE  DISCHARGED  FROM  THE  UNIT
 BEFORE  OR  AT  THE TIME SUCH SANCTION EXPIRES. IF A PERSON SUCCESSFULLY
 COMPLETES  HIS  OR  HER REHABILITATION PLAN BEFORE THE SANCTION EXPIRES,
 THE PERSON SHALL HAVE A RIGHT TO BE DISCHARGED FROM THE UNIT  UPON  SUCH
 COMPLETION.
   (II) IF AN INCARCERATED PERSON HAS NOT BEEN DISCHARGED FROM A RESIDEN-
 TIAL  REHABILITATION UNIT WITHIN ONE YEAR OF INITIAL ADMISSION TO SUCH A
 UNIT OR IS WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF A FIXED OR TENTATIVELY APPROVED DATE FOR
 RELEASE FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HE OR SHE SHALL HAVE A RIGHT TO BE
 DISCHARGED FROM THE UNIT UNLESS HE OR SHE COMMITTED  AN  ACT  LISTED  IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (II) OF PARAGRAPH (K) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WITHIN THE PRIOR
 ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AND HE OR SHE POSES A SIGNIFICANT AND  UNREASON-
 ABLE RISK TO THE SAFETY OR SECURITY OF INCARCERATED PERSONS OR STAFF. IN
 ANY  SUCH  CASE THE DECISION NOT TO DISCHARGE SUCH PERSON SHALL BE IMME-
 DIATELY AND AUTOMATICALLY SUBJECTED TO  AN  INDEPENDENT  REVIEW  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH OR THEIR DESIGNEES. A
 PERSON  MAY  REMAIN IN A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT BEYOND THE TIME
 LIMITS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION IF BOTH COMMISSIONERS OR BOTH  OF  THEIR
 DESIGNEES  APPROVE  THIS  DECISION.  IN  EXTRAORDINARY  CIRCUMSTANCES, A
 PERSON WHO HAS NOT COMMITTED AN ACT LISTED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARA-
 GRAPH (K) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WITHIN THE PRIOR ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY  DAYS,
 MAY  REMAIN  IN A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT BEYOND THE TIME LIMITS
 PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION IF BOTH THE COMMISSIONER AND  THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  PERSONALLY  DETERMINE  THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL POSES AN
 EXTRAORDINARY AND UNACCEPTABLE RISK OF IMMINENT HARM TO  THE  SAFETY  OR
 SECURITY OF INCARCERATED PERSONS OR STAFF.
   (III)  THERE  SHALL  BE  A MEANINGFUL PERIODIC REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF
 EACH INCARCERATED PERSON IN A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT  AT  LEAST
 EVERY  SIXTY  DAYS  TO ASSESS THE PERSON'S PROGRESS AND DETERMINE IF THE
 PERSON SHOULD BE DISCHARGED  FROM  THE  UNIT.  FOLLOWING  SUCH  PERIODIC
 REVIEW,  IF  THE  PERSON  IS  NOT  DISCHARGED FROM THE UNIT, PROGRAM AND
 MENTAL HEALTH STAFF SHALL SPECIFY IN WRITING THE REASONS FOR THE  DETER-
 MINATION  AND  THE PROGRAM, TREATMENT, SERVICE, AND/OR CORRECTIVE ACTION
 REQUIRED BEFORE DISCHARGE. THE INCARCERATED PERSON SHALL BE GIVEN ACCESS
 TO THE PROGRAMS, TREATMENT AND SERVICES  SPECIFIED,  AND  SHALL  HAVE  A
 RIGHT TO BE DISCHARGED FROM THE RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT UPON THE
 SUCCESSFUL FULFILLMENT OF SUCH REQUIREMENTS.
   (IV)  WHEN  AN  INCARCERATED  PERSON  IS DISCHARGED FROM A RESIDENTIAL
 REHABILITATION UNIT, ANY REMAINING  TIME  TO  SERVE  ON  ANY  UNDERLYING
 DISCIPLINARY  SANCTION  SHALL  BE  DISMISSED.  IF AN INCARCERATED PERSON
 SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETES HIS OR HER REHABILITATION PLAN, HE OR SHE  SHALL
 HAVE  ANY  ASSOCIATED LOSS OF GOOD TIME RESTORED UPON DISCHARGE FROM THE
 UNIT.
   (N) ALL SPECIAL HOUSING UNIT, KEEPLOCK UNIT AND RESIDENTIAL  REHABILI-
 TATION UNIT STAFF AND THEIR SUPERVISORS SHALL UNDERGO A MINIMUM OF THIR-
 TY-SEVEN  HOURS  AND  THIRTY  MINUTES OF TRAINING PRIOR TO ASSIGNMENT TO
 SUCH UNIT, AND TWENTY-ONE HOURS OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING  ANNUALLY  THERE-
 AFTER,  ON  SUBSTANTIVE  CONTENT DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH RELEVANT
 EXPERTS, ON TOPICS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PURPOSE AND  GOALS
 OF  THE  NON-PUNITIVE  THERAPEUTIC  ENVIRONMENT,  TRAUMA-INFORMED  CARE,
 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHODS. PRIOR TO  PRESIDING
 OVER ANY HEARINGS, ALL HEARING OFFICERS SHALL UNDERGO A MINIMUM OF THIR-
 TY-SEVEN  HOURS  AND THIRTY MINUTES OF TRAINING, WITH ONE ADDITIONAL DAY
 OF TRAINING ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, ON RELEVANT TOPICS, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT

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 LIMITED  TO,  THE  PHYSICAL  AND  PSYCHOLOGICAL  EFFECTS  OF  SEGREGATED
 CONFINEMENT, PROCEDURAL AND DUE  PROCESS  RIGHTS  OF  THE  ACCUSED,  AND
 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE REMEDIES.
   (O)  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH MONTHLY REPORTS ON ITS WEBSITE, WITH
 SEMI-ANNUAL AND ANNUAL CUMULATIVE REPORTS, OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
 WHO ARE IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
 IN RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS ON THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH.  THE
 REPORTS  SHALL PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN SEGREGATED
 CONFINEMENT AND IN RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS BY:  (I)  AGE;  (II)
 RACE;  (III)  GENDER;  (IV)  MENTAL  HEALTH TREATMENT LEVEL; (V) SPECIAL
 HEALTH ACCOMMODATIONS OR NEEDS;  (VI)  NEED  FOR  AND  PARTICIPATION  IN
 SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  PROGRAMS;  (VII)  PREGNANCY  STATUS; (VIII) CONTINUOUS
 LENGTH OF STAY IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT UNITS AS WELL AS LENGTH OF  STAY
 IN  THE  PAST SIXTY DAYS; (IX) NUMBER OF DAYS IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT;
 (X) A LIST  OF  ALL  INCIDENTS  RESULTING  IN  SANCTIONS  OF  SEGREGATED
 CONFINEMENT  BY  FACILITY  AND  DATE  OF  OCCURRENCE; (XI) THE NUMBER OF
 INCARCERATED PERSONS IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT BY  FACILITY;  AND  (XII)
 THE  NUMBER  OF INCARCERATED PERSONS IN RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS
 BY FACILITY.
   § 6. Section 138 of the correction law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  DE-ESCALATION,  INTERVENTION, INFORMATIONAL REPORTS, AND THE WITH-
 DRAWAL OF INCENTIVES SHALL BE THE PREFERRED  METHODS  OF  RESPONDING  TO
 MISBEHAVIOR  UNLESS  THE  DEPARTMENT  DETERMINES  THAT  NON-DISCIPLINARY
 INTERVENTIONS HAVE FAILED, OR THAT NON-DISCIPLINARY INTERVENTIONS  WOULD
 NOT  SUCCEED  AND THE MISBEHAVIOR INVOLVED AN ACT LISTED IN SUBPARAGRAPH
 (II) OF PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY-
 SEVEN  OF  THIS ARTICLE, IN WHICH CASE, AS A LAST RESORT, THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE MISBEHAVIOR REPORTS, PURSUE  DISCIPLI-
 NARY  CHARGES,  OR IMPOSE NEW OR ADDITIONAL SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT SANC-
 TIONS.
   § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 401 of the correction law, as amended by
 chapter 1 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The commissioner, in cooperation with the commissioner  of  mental
 health,  shall establish programs, including but not limited to residen-
 tial mental health treatment units, in such correctional  facilities  as
 he or she may deem appropriate for the treatment of mentally ill inmates
 confined in state correctional facilities who are in need of psychiatric
 services  but  who  do  not require hospitalization for the treatment of
 mental illness. Inmates with serious mental illness shall receive thera-
 py and programming in settings that are appropriate  to  their  clinical
 needs while maintaining the safety and security of the facility.
   THE  CONDITIONS AND SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH
 TREATMENT UNITS SHALL BE AT LEAST COMPARABLE TO THOSE IN ALL RESIDENTIAL
 REHABILITATION UNITS, AND ALL RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT  UNITS
 SHALL  BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPHS (I), (J), (K),
 AND (L) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER. RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT UNITS THAT ARE EITHER RESI-
 DENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH UNIT MODELS OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT MODELS SHALL
 ALSO  BE  IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (M) OF SUBDIVI-
 SION SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   THE RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT UNITS SHALL ALSO  PROVIDE  THE
 ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, SERVICES, AND PROGRAMMING DELINEATED
 IN  THIS  SECTION.  The  administration and operation of programs estab-
 lished pursuant to this section shall be the joint responsibility of the
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 mental  health  care  personnel,  and  their  administrative and support
 staff, for such programs shall be employees  of  the  office  of  mental
 health. All other personnel shall be employees of the department.
   § 8. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 401
 of  the  correction  law,  as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2008, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (i) In exceptional circumstances, a mental health  clinician,  or  the
 highest  ranking  facility  security  supervisor  in consultation with a
 mental health clinician who has interviewed the  inmate,  may  determine
 that  an  inmate's  access to out-of-cell therapeutic programming and/or
 mental health treatment in a residential mental  health  treatment  unit
 presents  an  unacceptable  risk to the safety of inmates or staff. Such
 determination shall be documented in writing and SUCH  INMATE  SHALL  BE
 REMOVED  TO  A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT THAT IS NOT A RESIDENTIAL
 MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT UNIT WHERE alternative mental  health  treatment
 and/or  other  therapeutic programming, as determined by a mental health
 clinician, shall be provided.
   § 9. Subdivision 5 of section 401 of the correction law, as  added  by
 chapter 1 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  (a)  An inmate in a residential mental health treatment unit shall
 not be sanctioned with segregated  confinement  for  misconduct  on  the
 unit, or removed from the unit and placed in segregated confinement OR A
 RESIDENTIAL  REHABILITATION  UNIT,  except  in exceptional circumstances
 where such inmate's conduct poses a significant and unreasonable risk to
 the safety of inmates or staff, or to the security of the  facility  AND
 HE  OR  SHE  HAS  BEEN FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED AN ACT OR ACTS DEFINED IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER.  Further, in the event that such a
 sanction  is  imposed,  an inmate shall not be required to begin serving
 such sanction until the reviews required by paragraph (b) of this subdi-
 vision have been completed;  provided,  however  that  in  extraordinary
 circumstances  where an inmate's conduct poses an immediate unacceptable
 threat to the safety of inmates or staff, or  to  the  security  of  the
 facility  an inmate may be immediately moved to [segregated confinement]
 A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT.  The determination that an  immediate
 transfer  to  [segregated confinement] A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT
 is necessary shall be made by  the  highest  ranking  facility  security
 supervisor in consultation with a mental health clinician.
   (b)  The joint case management committee shall review any disciplinary
 disposition imposing a sanction of segregated confinement  at  its  next
 scheduled  meeting.  Such  review  shall  take into account the inmate's
 mental condition and  safety  and  security  concerns.  The  joint  case
 management  committee  may  only thereafter recommend the removal of the
 inmate in exceptional circumstances where the inmate COMMITS AN  ACT  OR
 ACTS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND poses a significant
 and  unreasonable risk to the safety of inmates or staff or to the secu-
 rity of the facility. In the event that the inmate was immediately moved
 to segregated confinement,  the  joint  case  management  committee  may
 recommend that the inmate continue to serve such sanction only in excep-
 tional  circumstances where the inmate COMMITS AN ACT OR ACTS DEFINED IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED  THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND poses a significant and unrea-
 sonable risk to the safety of inmates or staff or to the security of the
 facility. If a determination is  made  that  the  inmate  shall  not  be
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 tion, the joint case management committee may instead recommend  that  a
 less restrictive sanction should be imposed. The recommendations made by
 the  joint case management committee under this paragraph shall be docu-
 mented  in  writing and referred to the superintendent for review and if
 the superintendent disagrees, the matter shall be referred to the  joint
 central  office review committee for a final determination. The adminis-
 trative process described in this paragraph shall  be  completed  within
 fourteen  days.  If the result of such process is that an inmate who was
 immediately transferred to [segregated confinement] A RESIDENTIAL  REHA-
 BILITATION  UNIT  should  be  removed from [segregated confinement] SUCH
 UNIT, such removal shall occur as soon as practicable, and in  no  event
 longer  than seventy-two hours from the completion of the administrative
 process.
   § 10. Subdivision 6 of section 401 of the correction law,  as  amended
 by chapter 20 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  The department shall ensure that the curriculum for new correction
 officers, and other new department staff  who  will  regularly  work  in
 programs providing mental health treatment for inmates, shall include at
 least  eight  hours  of  training about the types and symptoms of mental
 illnesses, the goals of  mental  health  treatment,  the  prevention  of
 suicide  and  training  in  how to effectively and safely manage inmates
 with mental illness. Such training may be  provided  by  the  office  of
 mental  health  or  the justice center for the protection of people with
 special needs. All department staff who are transferring into a residen-
 tial mental health treatment unit shall receive a minimum of eight addi-
 tional hours of such training, and eight hours  of  annual  training  as
 long as they work in such a unit. All security, program services, mental
 health and medical staff with direct inmate contact shall receive train-
 ing  each  year  regarding identification of, and care for, inmates with
 mental illnesses. The department shall provide  additional  training  on
 these  topics  on  an  ongoing basis as it deems appropriate.  ALL STAFF
 WORKING IN A RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT UNIT SHALL ALSO RECEIVE
 ALL TRAINING MANDATED IN PARAGRAPH (N) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 11. Section 401-a of the correction law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  THE  JUSTICE  CENTER SHALL ASSESS THE DEPARTMENT'S COMPLIANCE WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTIONS  TWO,  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-SEVEN,  AND  ONE
 HUNDRED  THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER RELATING TO SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT
 AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS AND SHALL ISSUE A PUBLIC REPORT, NO
 LESS THAN ANNUALLY, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT AND  LEGISLA-
 TURE,  REGARDING  ALL  ASPECTS OF SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT AND RESIDENTIAL
 REHABILITATION UNITS IN STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO  POLICIES AND PRACTICES CONCERNING: (A) PLACEMENT OF PERSONS
 IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT  AND  RESIDENTIAL  REHABILITATION  UNITS;  (B)
 SPECIAL  POPULATIONS;  (C) LENGTH OF TIME SPENT IN SUCH UNITS; (D) HEAR-
 INGS AND PROCEDURES; (E) PROGRAMS, TREATMENT AND CONDITIONS OF  CONFINE-
 MENT IN SUCH UNITS; AND (F) ASSESSMENTS AND REHABILITATION PLANS, PROCE-
 DURES AND DISCHARGE DETERMINATIONS.
   §  12.  Section  45  of  the correction law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18. ASSESS COMPLIANCE OF LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE  TERMS
 OF  PARAGRAPHS  (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), (M), (N) AND (O) OF SUBDIVISION
 SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER. THE  COMMISSION
 SHALL ISSUE A PUBLIC REPORT REGARDING ALL ASPECTS OF SEGREGATED CONFINE-
 MENT  AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS AT LEAST ANNUALLY WITH RECOM-

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 MENDATIONS TO LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, THE GOVERNOR, THE  LEGISLA-
 TURE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO POLICIES AND PRACTICES REGARDING: (A)
 PLACEMENT  OF PERSONS; (B) SPECIAL POPULATIONS; (C) LENGTH OF TIME SPENT
 IN  SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT AND RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT UNITS; (D) HEARINGS
 AND PROCEDURES; (E) CONDITIONS, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, CARE, AND TREATMENT;
 AND (F) ASSESSMENTS, REHABILITATION PLANS, AND DISCHARGE PROCEDURES.
   § 13. Section 500-k of the correction law, as amended by chapter 2  of
 the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   § 500-k. Treatment of inmates. 1. Subdivisions five and six of section
 one  hundred thirty-seven of this chapter, except paragraphs (d) and (e)
 of subdivision six of such section, relating to the treatment of inmates
 in state correctional facilities are applicable to inmates  confined  in
 county jails; except that the report required by paragraph (f) of subdi-
 vision  six  of  such  section  shall  be made to a person designated to
 receive such report in the rules and regulations of the state commission
 of correction, or in any county or city where there is a  department  of
 correction, to the head of such department.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SUBDIVI-
 SION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, AND SUBPARAGRAPHS  (I),
 (IV)  AND (V) OF PARAGRAPH (J) AND SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (M) OF
 SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-SEVEN  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
 SHALL  NOT  APPLY TO LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES WITH A TOTAL COMBINED
 CAPACITY OF FIVE HUNDRED INMATES OR FEWER.
   § 14. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.