Beginning July 1, 2022, the bill prohibits a local jail with a bed
capacity of over 400 beds from involuntarily placing an individual in restrictive housing if the individual meets any one of the following conditions:
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The individual is diagnosed with a serious mental health disorder or is exhibiting self-harm, grossly abnormal and
irrational behaviors, or breaks with reality or perceptions of reality indicating the presence of a serious mental health disorder;
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The individual has self-reported a serious mental health disorder;
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The individual has a significant auditory or visual impairment that cannot otherwise be accommodated;
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The individual is pregnant or in the postpartum period;
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The individual is significantly neurocognitively impaired by a condition such as dementia or a traumatic brain injury;
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The individual is under 18 years of age; or
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The individual has an intellectual or developmental disability.
Beginning July 1, 2021, the bill requires each local jail to keep and
maintain a record of certain data regarding each individual placed in restrictive housing and certain data regarding each individual with a mental health condition or substance use condition and those transferred for a mental health hold.
