The New York City Council - File #: Int 0482-2018

• File #: Int 0482-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Requiring that the dept of correction establish a crisis intervention program.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Criminal Justice
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring that the department of correction establish a crisis intervention program
• Sponsors: Vanessa L. Gibson
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 482

By Council Member Gibson

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring that the department of correction establish a crisis intervention program
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new section 9-153 to read as follows:
? 9-153 Crisis intervention program.
a. Definitions. When used in this section the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"CIT officer" means a member of the department of correction who has completed crisis intervention training.
"Crisis" means any situation in which an inmate that is or is suspected of being mentally ill creates a disturbance, refuses to follow the instruction of a correction officer, engages in violent or tumultuous activity, or otherwise acts in such a manner that justifies intervention by a correction officer.
"Crisis intervention team" means a unit consisting of at least one CIT officer and one mental health professional.
"Crisis intervention training" means a minimum of forty hours of specialized instruction on responding to crises within a department of correction facility. This training shall encompass issues specific to problems encountered by the mentally ill in a jail environment, crisis resolution skills, and communications skills and de-escalation training specific to addressing the issues of the mentally ill.
"Mental health professional" means an employee or contractor of the department of health and mental hygiene who has received crisis intervention training.
b. The commissioner of correction in conjunction with the department of health and mental hygiene shall establish a crisis intervention program to address crises. Such program shall establish protocols to improve responses to crises, including protocols to utilize crisis intervention teams to address frequent...