Consolidated Amendment "A" to H4011

Consolidated

House, No. 4011 Consolidated Amendment “A”

Amendments: 34, 36, 39, 40, 48, 85, 107, 108, 110, 111, 143, 144, 151, 156, 171, 189, and 191

Mr. Sanchez of Boston moves to amend House 4011, in section 31, in line 574, by inserting after the definition of “Administrator” the following definition:-

“Clinical Standards”, standards which shall be promulgated by the Department of Correction in consultation with the Department of Mental Health.;

And moves to further amend said section 31 by striking out the definitions of “serious mental illness” and “significant history” in lines 616 to 628, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

“Serious mental illness”, a current or recent diagnosis by a qualified mental health professional of 1 or more of the following disorders described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: (i) schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; (ii) major depressive disorders; (iii) all types of bipolar disorders; (iv) a neurodevelopmental disorder, dementia or other cognitive disorder; (v) any disorder commonly characterized by breaks with reality or perceptions of reality; (vi) all types of anxiety disorders; (vii) trauma and stressor related disorders; or (viii) severe personality disorders; or a finding by a qualified mental health professional that the prisoner is at serious risk of substantially deteriorating mentally or emotionally while confined in segregation, or already has so deteriorated while confined in segregation, such that diversion or removal is deemed to be clinically appropriate by a qualified mental health professional.;

And moves to further amend the bill in section 34 by striking out, in lines 670, 673, 751, 754, 846, 850, and  853, the figure “180” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 120;

And moves to further amend the bill in said section 34 by striking (e) of section 41, lines 838 to 844, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof:-

(e) Every correctional institution, shall quarterly submit to the committee,  the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security a report that includes: (1) the age, race, ethnicity, gender, mental health diagnoses, and known disabilities of every prisoner who was placed in administrative or disciplinary segregation during the previous 3 months; (2) the reason segregation was instituted for each instance identified in the report; (3) the dates on which each prisoner was placed in and released from segregation during the previous 3 months; (4) the number of mental health professionals who work directly with prisoners in segregation; (5) the number of transfers to outside hospitals directly from segregation; and (6) the number of suicides and, separately, acts of non-lethal self-harm committed by prisoners held in segregation.