Police and Correctional Healthcare Evaluation and Sharing

NYC Admin. Code tit. 17, ch. 18

in effect

NYC Admin. Code § 17-1801 Definitions.

§ 17-1801 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: Arrestee. The term "arrestee" has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision a of section 14-163. Correctional health services. The term "correctional health services" means any health care entity designated by the city of New York as the agency or agencies responsible for health services for incarcerated individuals in the care and custody of the New York city department of correction. When the responsibility is contractually shared with an outside provider, this term shall also apply. Health care provider. The term "health care provider" means any person licensed or certified under federal or New York state law to provide medical services, including but not limited to doctors, nurses and emergency personnel. Health evaluation. The term "health evaluation" means any evaluation of an incarcerated individual's health and mental health upon their admission to the custody of the department of correction pursuant to minimum standards of incarcerated individual care established by the board of correction. Incarcerated Individual. The term "Incarcerated Individual" means any person in the custody of the New York city department of correction. Screened. The term "screened" means evaluated by a health care provider. (L.L. 2016/124, 10/18/2016, eff. 4/18/2017; Am. L.L. 2019/190, 11/17/2019, eff. 3/16/2020; Am. 2021 N.Y. Laws Ch. 322, 8/2/2021, eff. 8/2/2021)

NYC Admin. Code § 17-1802 Arrestee health screening.

§ 17-1802 Arrestee health screening. Every arrestee held at the central booking area of a local criminal court prior to their arraignment at such court shall be screened for medical or mental health conditions that may require immediate attention. The department or its designee shall oversee such screening. (L.L. 2016/124, 10/18/2016, eff. 4/18/2017)

NYC Admin. Code § 17-1803 Health information from screening for incarcerated individuals.

§ 17-1803 Health information from screening for incarcerated individuals. The department or its designee shall establish procedures to make available reports received from the New York city police department pursuant to section 14-163 to any health care provider in a department of correction facility conducting a health evaluation, at such time as a health evaluation is conducted. (L.L. 2016/124, 10/18/2016, eff. 4/18/2017; Am. L.L. 2019/190, 11/17/2019, eff. 3/16/2020)

NYC Admin. Code § 17-1804 Health information exchange for incarcerated individuals.

§ 17-1804 Health information exchange for incarcerated individuals. The department or its designee shall establish procedures to obtain the pre-arraignment screening record created pursuant to section 17-1802 and any medical records created and maintained by any hospital in connection with treatment provided to an arrestee who subsequently enters the custody of the department of correction, at the request of any health care provider conducting a health evaluation of such incarcerated individual. (L.L. 2016/124, 10/18/2016, eff. 4/18/2017; Am. L.L. 2019/190, 11/17/2019, eff. 3/16/2020; Am. 2021 N.Y. Laws Ch. 322, 8/2/2021, eff. 8/2/2021)

NYC Admin. Code § 17-1805 Communication from correctional health services.

§ 17-1805 Communication from correctional health services. 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)

NYC Admin. Code § 17-1806 Communication following a suicide attempt by, hospitalization of or serious injury to an incarcerated individual.

§ 17-1806 Communication following a suicide attempt by, hospitalization of or serious injury to an incarcerated individual. a. Definition. For the purposes of this section, the term “serious injury” means a physical injury that results in a substantial risk of death or disfigurement, loss or impairment of a bodily organ, or post-concussion syndrome, or any injury involving the fracture of a bone that correctional health services determines is serious due to the severity of such injury or risk of permanent harm presented by such injury. b. Correctional health services shall notify the attorney of record of an incarcerated individual, and an emergency contact designated by such incarcerated individual pursuant to paragraph 3 of subdivision c, following a suicide attempt by, hospitalization of, or serious injury to such incarcerated individual, provided that the incarcerated individual has consented, pursuant to subdivision c, to correctional health services providing such notification. c. Correctional health services, as part of an intake screening for health purposes performed for an incarcerated individual at the time of admittance to a facility of the department of correction, shall: 1. Request consent from each such incarcerated individual for correctional health services to provide, pursuant to subdivision b, a notification following: (a) A suicide attempt by such incarcerated individual; (b) Hospitalization of such incarcerated individual; or (c) Serious injury to such incarcerated individual; 2. Make a good faith effort to ascertain the attorney of record of an incarcerated individual who provides such consent; and 3. Request each incarcerated individual who provides such consent to designate no more than 1 natural person to serve as an emergency contact for such individual, for purposes of providing a notification pursuant to subdivision b. d. Correctional health services shall provide a notification required pursuant to subdivision b within 3 hours of correctional health services confirming a suicide attempt by an incarcerated individual, becoming aware of a hospitalization of an incarcerated individual, or making a determination that an injury to an incarcerated individual is a serious injury, except that: 1. Where correctional health services confirms such suicide attempt, becomes aware of such hospitalization, or makes such determination before 9:00 a.m. on any day, correctional health services shall provide such notification no later than 12:00 p.m. on such day; or 2. Where correctional health services confirms such suicide attempt, becomes aware of such hospitalization, or makes such determination after 5:00 p.m. on any day, correctional health services shall provide such notification no later than 12:00 p.m. on the following day. (L.L. 2025/083, 6/27/2025, eff. 9/25/2025)

Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-130173Fetched: 10/24/2026