Section 3335.3 - Correctional Clinical Case Management System Restricted Housing Unit(a) The Correctional Clinical Case Management System Restricted Housing Unit (CCCMS RHU) provides secure housing and enhanced care for inmates with diagnosed psychiatric disorders who do not require Enhanced Outpatient Program (EOP), crisis, or inpatient levels of care, but who require placement in restricted housing.(b) An inmate shall be housed in a CCCMS RHU if they are included in the Mental Health Services Delivery System (MHSDS) at the CCCMS level of care and meet criteria pursuant to section 3335.(c) Inmates assigned to a CCCMS RHU shall be classified pursuant to section 3340. Inmates assigned to a CCCMS RHU with an imposed RHU term shall be classified pursuant to section 3341.(d) An inmate included in the MHSDS at the CCCMS level of care and retained in RHU by an Institution Classification Committee shall be transferred to a designated CCCMS RHU within 30 days of RHU placement. If the inmate's inclusion in the MHSDS at the CCCMS level of care occurs after RHU placement, the inmate shall be transferred within 30 days from the date of the inclusion at the CCCMS level of care. (1) An exception to the 30-day requirement is allowed, and time constraints suspended, in the following circumstances: (A) Healthcare staff determines, based on medical necessity, that a transfer cannot occur and places a medical hold.(B) During a delay resulting from the inmate's refusal to transfer.(C) The inmate is out-to-court.(D) The inmate is placed in a Mental Health Crisis Bed or higher level of care.(2) Upon resolution of the exception, the time constraints will resume.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 15, § 3335.3
Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 2933.6, 5054 and 5068, Penal Code; Madrid v. Gomez (N.D. Cal. 1995) 889 F.Supp. 1146, 1278; Coleman v. Wilson 912 F.Supp. 1282 (E.D. Cal. 1995); and Clark v. California 123 F.3d 1267 (9th Cir. 1997).
1. New section filed 10-24-2023 as an emergency; operative 11/1/2023 (Register 2023, No. 43). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-9-2024 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 4-8-2024 as an emergency; operative 4/11/2024 (Register 2024, No. 15). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-10-2024 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.