California Code of Regulations
Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections
Division 3 - Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole
Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations of Adult Operations and Programs
Subchapter 4 - General Institution Regulations
Article 7 - Restricted Housing
Section 3335.2 - Enhanced Outpatient Program Restricted Housing Unit
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The Enhanced Outpatient Program Restricted Housing Unit (EOP RHU) provides secure housing and care for incarcerated persons with diagnosed psychiatric disorders who are not able to function in the general population and do not require inpatient hospital care, but who require placement in restricted housing.
(b) An incarcerated person shall be housed in an EOP RHU if they are included in the Mental Health Services Delivery System (MHSDS) at the EOP level of care and meet criteria pursuant to section 3335.
(c) Incarcerated persons assigned to an EOP RHU shall be classified pursuant to section 3340. Incarcerated persons assigned to an EOP RHU with an imposed RHU term shall be classified pursuant to section 3341.
(d) An incarcerated person included in the MHSDS at the EOP level of care and retained in RHU by an Institution Classification Committee shall be transferred to a designated EOP RHU within 30 days of RHU placement. If the incarcerated person's inclusion in the MHSDS at the EOP level of care occurs after RHU placement, the incarcerated person shall be transferred within 30 days from the date of the inclusion at the EOP level of care.
Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 2933.6, 5054 and 5068, Penal Code; Madrid v. Gomez (N.D. Cal. 1995) 889 F.Supp. 1146, 1278; Coleman v. Wilson, 912 F.Supp. 1282 (E.D. Cal. 1995); and Clark v. California, 123 F.3d 1267 (9th Cir. 1997).
