Sec. 310.1. Establishment of the special housing unit case management committee

(a) There shall be in each correctional facility designated as level 1 by the Office of Mental Health (OMH), a committee to be known as the special housing unit case management committee.

(b) Such committee shall be co-chaired by the first deputy superintendent or deputy superintendent for security or designee and the unit chief or clinical director of the OMH mental health satellite unit or designee.

(c) Each co-chairperson shall select at least two individuals to sit as additional committee members from among the following staff within the facility: facility health services director or designee; deputy superintendent for security (if not a chairperson); OMH clinical staff assigned to the SHU; SHU sergeant; ICP counselor; correction officers assigned to the SHU; SHU guidance counselor, and other OMH or department staff within the facility as may be deemed appropriate. If the OMH co-chairperson is not a clinician, at least one of the additional individuals selected to sit on the committee shall be an OMH clinician. A committee member or other staff will be designated to take summary notes of the committee meetings.