Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 291 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › Division 48 - MENTAL HEALTH SPECIAL HOUSING › Section 291-048-0210 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Behavior Health
			 Services (BHS): A Health Services unit with primary responsibility for the
			 assessment and treatment of inmates with mental illness and developmental
			 disabilities.
(2) Behavioral Health
			 Unit: An intensive behavioral management and skills training unit for inmates
			 with serious mental illness that have committed violent acts or disruptive
			 behavior.
(3) BHS Program Manager:
			 That person who reports to the Behavior Health Services administrator and has
			 responsibility for delivery of program services or coordination of program
			 operations in a mental health special housing unit. Whenever the term "BHS
			 program manager" is used in this rule it means BHS program manager or
			 designee.
(4) Facility: The
			 building and grounds area operated by the Department of Corrections which
			 physically houses inmates.
(5)
			 Functional Unit Manager: Any person within the Department of Corrections who
			 reports to either the Director, Deputy Director, an assistant director, or an
			 administrator and has responsibility for the delivery of program services or
			 coordination of program operations. Whenever the term "functional unit manager"
			 is used in this rule it means functional unit manager or designee. In these
			 rules for mental health special housing, the "functional unit manager" is the
			 superintendent of the institution.
(6) Intermediate Care Housing (ICH): A mental
			 health special housing unit with a therapeutic environment for mental health
			 step down from a Mental Health Infirmary; a stabilization unit for inmates who
			 cycle in and out of a Mental Health Infirmary.
(7) Inmate: Any person under the supervision
			 of the Department of Corrections who is not on parole, post-prison supervision
			 or probation status.
(8) Mental
			 Health Infirmary (MHI): A crisis response unit that provides psychiatric care
			 and a therapeutic environment for inmates that require intensive assessment,
			 care, and stabilization.
(9) Mental
			 Health Specialist: Any person who reports to the BHS administrator and has the
			 responsibility for delivery of mental health program services in a facility.
(10) Mental Health Special
			 Housing: A housing assignment separate and apart from the general population,
			 including facilities, rooms, or cells for inmates that are unable to adjust
			 satisfactorily to the general inmate population because of a serious mental
			 illness. Mental health special housing includes a Mental Health Infirmary,
			 Intermediate Care Housing, and Behavioral Health Unit.
(11) Mental Health Special Housing (MHSH)
			 Custody Manager: That person designated by the functional unit manager who is
			 responsible for security in a mental health special housing unit and for making
			 operational decisions in accordance with policy, rule, or procedure. Whenever
			 the term "mental health special housing custody manager" is used in this rule
			 it means the mental health special housing custody manager or
			 designee.
(12) Mental Health
			 Treatment Team: A team that may consist of the unit program manager(s),
			 psychiatrist or nurse practitioner, nurse, mental health specialist, MHSH
			 custody manager, represented custody staff members and other designated staff.
			 The purpose of this group is to:
(a) Assess
			 the mental condition of inmates assigned to a mental health special housing
			 unit;
(b) Establish and update
			 treatment plans for these inmates, and
(c) Coordinate their discharge and mental
			 health follow-up.