District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session

District Of Columbia Council Bill B26-0028 Compare Versions

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2	2	Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie
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4	4	Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau
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6	6	Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr.
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8	8	Councilmember Anita Bonds
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10	10	Councilmember Janeese Lewis George
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15	15	Councilmember Zachary Parker
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23	23	Councilmember Charles Allen
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33	33	A BILL 7
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37	37	IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
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41	41	To prohibit segregated confinement in jails; to strictly limit the use of safe cells and require that 15
42	42	incarcerated people with mental health emergencies receive the care to which they are 16
43	43	entitled; to require the Department of Corrections to create a plan to eliminate segregated 17
44	44	confinement and report to the Council the impacts of doing so. 18
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46	46	BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 20
47	47	act may be cited as the “ Eliminating Restrictive and Segregated Enclosures (“ERASE”) Solitary 21
48	48	Confinement Act of 2025”. 22
49	49	Sec. 2. Definitions. 23
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53	53	For purposes of this act , the term: 24
54	54	(a) “Appropriate healthcare” means the right to: 25
55	55	(1) Timely, responsive, respectful, and dignified attention to a resident’s 26
56	56	healthcare needs by a qualified health professional; 27
57	57	(2) Assessment, consultation, and provision of health care consistent with the 28
58	58	standard of care expected to be provided by a reasonably prudent qualified health professional in 29
59	59	the professional’s specialty area, and not limited in any way because of status as a detained or 30
60	60	incarcerated person; 31
61	61	(3) Have the qualified health professional respect a resident's privacy and 32
62	62	confidentiality; 33
63	63	(4) Privacy and protection from inquiry by qualified health professionals 34
64	64	regarding a resident’s charges, convictions, or duration of sentences unless expressly pertinent to 35
65	65	the delivery of care; 36
66	66	(5) Freedom from physical restraints while receiving any form of healthcare, 37
67	67	unless the treating qualified health professional requests physical restraints to address a specific 38
68	68	safety concern; 39
69	69	(6) Obtain, at no cost, at the conclusion of a resident’s visit to a qualified health 40
70	70	professional providing services outside of a penal institution, copies of all records of the 41
71	71	resident’s own diagnoses, test results, treatment instructions, recommendations for further 42
72	72	treatment and evaluation, and other documents that a person who is not detained or incarcerated 43
73	73	would have a right to obtain from a qualified health professional; 44
74	74	(7) Obtain, at no cost, full or partial copies of a resident’s own medical records 45
75	75	that are created by or in the possession of either the Department or the entity providing health 46
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79	79	care on behalf of the Department, upon the request of a resident, former resident, or a resident or 47
80	80	former resident’s counsel without having to file a request under the District of Columbia 48
81	81	Freedom of Information Act, D.C. Code § 2- 531; 49
82	82	(8) A reasonable opportunity to discuss with a qualified health professional the 50
83	83	benefits and risks of treatment alternatives, including the risks and benefits of forgoing 51
84	84	treatment, and guidance about different courses of action; 52
85	85	(9) Ask questions about health status or recommended treatment and to have those 53
86	86	questions answered by a qualified health professional; 54
87	87	(10) Make decisions about the care they receive and have those decisions 55
88	88	respected; 56
89	89	(11) Be advised of any conflicts of interest a qualified health professional may 57
90	90	have with respect to a resident’s care; 58
91	91	(12) Obtain a second opinion from a qualified health professional providing 59
92	92	services outside of the penal institution in the same or similar specialty within a reasonable 60
93	93	amount of time in cases involving a serious risk of death or serious bodily injury; 61
94	94	(13) Coordination and integration of the care provided by a resident’s qualified 62
95	95	health professionals, including the timely provision of care by a suitable qualified health 63
96	96	professional outside of the penal institution as necessary; and 64
97	97	(14) Visitation with a resident’s “attorney in fact,” as defined in D.C. Code § 21- 65
98	98	2202.1, for the purpose of healthcare decision making, regardless of any Department policy to 66
99	99	the contrary; 67
100	100	(15) All rights enumerated in the Consumers’ Bill of Rights at D.C. Code § 7- 68
101	101	1231.04; 69
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105	105	(16) Communication pursuant to the DC Language Access Act at D.C. Code § 2 70
106	106	1901 et seq; and 71
107	107	(17) Effective communication pursuant to Title II and Title III of the Americans 72
108	108	with Disabilities Act at 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131- 34 and 12181- 89. 73
109	109	(b) “Chemical restraint” means a medication that is used in addition to or in place of the 74
110	110	resident’s regular, prescribed drug regimen to control extreme behavior during an emergency, 75
111	111	but does not include medications that comprise the resident’s regular, prescribed medical 76
112	112	regimen and that are part of the resident’s treatment, even if the intended purpose is to control 77
113	113	ongoing behavior; 78
114	114	(c) “Department” means the Department of Corrections, as defined in D.C. Code § 24- 79
115	115	211.01; 80
116	116	(d) “Disciplinary housing” means the separation of a resident from other individuals for 81
117	117	the purpose of punishing the resident for a violation of the Department’s or penal institution’s 82
118	118	rules; 83
119	119	(e) “Health care” means any type of care provided by a person licensed under or 84
120	120	permitted to practice a health occupation in the District as defined in D.C. Code § 3- 1201 et seq. 85
121	121	Healthcare includes medical care, dental care, vision care, psychiatric care, psychological or 86
122	122	other treatment for mental or behavioral health conditions, physical therapy, occupational 87
123	123	therapy, chronic care, and the provision of medication or medical supplies; 88
124	124	(f) “Medical isolation” means the isolation of a resident consistent with a finding by a 89
125	125	qualified health professional that the resident has a communicable disease for which the Centers 90
126	126	for Disease Control and Prevention recommends or authorizes isolation or quarantine, and that 91
127	127	isolation is medically necessary for that resident’s treatment or to protect other residents or staff 92
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131	131	from the communicable disease; 93
132	132	(g) “Minimum out- of-cell time” means at least 8 hours daily, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., 94
133	133	during which a resident is not restricted to their cell and has the opportunity to move around a 95
134	134	shared space, interact with other residents in a shared space without barriers or physical or 96
135	135	chemical restraints, participate in programming, shower, or go to the commissary, gym, and 97
136	136	recreation yard, or participate in other activities normally conducted outside of a resident’s cell; 98
137	137	(h) “Penal institution” means any penitentiary, prison, jail, or correctional facility owned, 99
138	138	operated, or controlled by the Department; 100
139	139	(i) “Physical restraint” means any mechanical device, material, or equipment attached or 101
140	140	adjacent to the resident’s body, or any manual method, that the resident cannot easily remove 102
141	141	and which restricts their freedom of movement or normal access to their body; 103
142	142	(j) “Prolonged confinement” means the denial of minimum out-of-cell time, without a 104
143	143	resident’s informed written consent; 105
144	144	(k) “Punitive measures” means the loss of any privilege, including video and phone calls, 106
145	145	recreation, reading materials, mail, or commissary, that is standardly provided to residents; 107
146	146	(l) “Qualified health professional” means a person licensed under or permitted to practice 108
147	147	a health occupation in the District as defined by D.C. Code § 3- 1201.08 who is providing 109
148	148	services or treatment for which the individual is specifically licensed or is permitted to perform 110
149	149	pursuant to D.C. Code § 3- 1201 et seq.; 111
150	150	(m) “Resident” means any individual detained or incarcerated at a penal institution; 112
151	151	(n) “Safe cell” means a suicide-resistant housing cell designed to prevent a resident from 113
152	152	inflicting serious bodily injury upon themselves or used by the Department as a place to hold and 114
153	153	continuously monitor residents placed on suicide watch; 115
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157	157	(o) “Serious bodily injury” means a bodily injury or significant bodily injury that 116
158	158	involves a substantial risk of death, protracted and obvious disfigurement, protracted loss or 117
159	159	impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ, or protracted loss of consciousness; 118
160	160	(p) “Suicide precaution” means a measure used to observe a resident who is assessed by a 119
161	161	qualified health professional and determined to not be actively suicidal, but expresses suicidal 120
162	162	ideation or has a recent prior history of inflicting or attempting to inflict serious bodily injury 121
163	163	upon themselves, or a resident who denies suicidal ideation or does not threaten suicide, but 122
164	164	demonstrates other concerning behavior indicating the potential for inflicting death or serious 123
165	165	bodily injury upon themselves; and 124
166	166	(q) “Suicide watch” means a measure used to observe a resident who is assessed by a 125
167	167	qualified health professional and determined to be actively suicidal, by either threatening or 126
168	168	engaging in inflicting serious bodily injury upon themselves. 127
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170	170	This act shall apply to all residents detained or incarcerated at the Central Detention 129
171	171	Facility, the Correctional Treatment Facility, the Central Cell Block, and any other penal 130
172	172	institution owned, operated, or controlled by the Department. 131
173	173	Sec. 4. Limitations on the Use of Prolonged Confinement. 132
174	174	(a) The Department shall provide appropriate healthcare to all residents, including those 133
175	175	subject to disciplinary housing, medical isolation, suicide precaution, and suicide watch. 134
176	176	(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the Department shall not 135
177	177	use or impose any form of prolonged confinement on any resident for any purpose, including 136
178	178	discipline, safety, security, administrative convenience, placement on a medical or mental health 137
179	179	unit, health care need, or the prevention of suicide or self-harm. 138
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183	183	(c) A resident in medical isolation may be subject to prolonged confinement, but only for 139
184	184	the time necessary to ensure the resident is no longer contagious or transmitting a communicable 140
185	185	disease. 141
186	186	(d) A qualified health professional shall reevaluate whether medical isolation is necessary 142
187	187	at an interval in accordance with guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and 143
188	188	Prevention or, at a minimum, every 24 hours. 144
189	189	(e) When a qualified health professional determines the resident is no longer contagious, 145
190	190	the resident shall be immediately entitled to minimum out- of-cell time, even if they remain 146
191	191	housed in a medical isolation unit. 147
192	192	(f) The removal of personal property items from a resident shall be prohibited absent an 148
193	193	individualized determination by a qualified health professional that the removal of a particular 149
194	194	item is necessary to prevent the transmitting of a communicable disease. 150
195	195	(g) A resident placed on suicide watch may be placed in prolonged confinement, subject 151
196	196	to the provisions of Section 5 of this Chapter. 152
197	197	(h) If the Department takes possession of a resident’s personal property when moving the 153
198	198	resident to or from disciplinary housing, the Department shall return all personal property to the 154
199	199	resident within 6 hours of taking possession of the property, excluding any contraband as defined 155
200	200	in D.C. Code § 22- 2603.02. 156
201	201	(i) Punitive measures may only be applied to a resident in response to a disciplinary 157
202	202	finding. 158
203	203	(j) At intake, and any time a resident is placed in prolonged confinement, medical 159
204	204	isolation, disciplinary housing, or under suicide precaution or suicide watch, the Department 160
205	205	shall provide the resident educational materials on mental health and substance use disorders, the 161
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209	209	stigma around mental health and substance use disorders, the mental health and substance use 162
210	210	disorder treatment options available to residents from the Department, and the law, regulations, 163
211	211	and policy statements governing the use of prolonged confinement, medical isolation, 164
212	212	disciplinary housing, and suicide precaution or suicide watch. The Department shall make these 165
213	213	educational materials available within 2 hours of the intake or placement in written format, both 166
214	214	hard copy and electronic, and in video format. These educational materials must comply with the 167
215	215	DC Language Access Act at D.C. Code § 2-1901 et seq. 168
216	216	(k) The Department shall notify a resident’s counsel of record any time a resident is 169
217	217	placed in prolonged confinement, medical isolation, disciplinary housing, or under suicide 170
218	218	precaution or suicide watch. If the resident does not have a counsel of record, the Department 171
219	219	shall notify the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. 172
220	220	Sec. 5. Limitations on the use of prolonge d confinement. 173
221	221	(a) Department staff shall directly observe a resident on suicide precaution at staggered 174
222	222	intervals not to exceed every 15 minutes and document those observations. 175
223	223	(b) Department staff shall directly observe a resident on suicide watch continuously and 176
224	224	without interruption and document those observations every 15 minutes. 177
225	225	(c) Supervision aids, like cameras, can be utilized as a supplement to, but never as a 178
226	226	substitute for, direct observation by Department staff of a resident on suicide precaution or 179
227	227	suicide watch. 180
228	228	(d) A resident on suicide precaution shall never be placed in a safe cell and shall not be 181
229	229	subject to prolonged confinement or punitive measures. 182
230	230	(e) All residents on suicide precaution or suicide watch shall be entitled to attend all court 183
231	231	or parole hearings unless a qualified health practitioner makes a finding that non- attendance is 184
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235	235	immediately necessary to prevent a risk of death or serious bodily injury to the resident or 185
236	236	another person. 186
237	237	(f) A resident on suicide watch shall reside in the least restrictive setting necessary to 187
238	238	reasonably assure the safety of the resident and others, as determined by a qualified health 188
239	239	professional, including housing in the general population, mental health unit, or medical 189
240	240	infirmary. 190
241	241	(g) A resident on suicide watch may be placed in a safe cell only if it is immediately 191
242	242	necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury. 192
243	243	(h) A qualified health professional shall directly observe any resident in a safe cell a 193
244	244	minimum of every 4 hours and shall formally reassess the resident at least every 24 hours. 194
245	245	(i) Removal of a resident’s clothing shall be prohibited absent an individualized 195
246	246	determination by a qualified health professional that such removal is necessary to prevent death 196
247	247	or serious bodily injury. If the individualized determination to remove a resident’s clothing is 197
248	248	made, the resident shall immediately be provided with alternative safe clothing and blanket, and 198
249	249	a qualified health professional shall reassess the determination at least every 24 hours. A resident 199
250	250	shall never be without the clothing and blankets necessary to provide reasonable privacy and 200
251	251	warmth. 201
252	252	(j) The Department shall transfer a resident from a safe cell to a local hospital or another 202
253	253	appropriate healthcare facility as soon as practicable: 203
254	254	(1) Upon a determination by a qualified health care professional that the 204
255	255	Department cannot provide the resident with appropriate healthcare; 205
256	256	(2) If the resident has been held in a safe cell continuously for 48 hours; or 206
257	257	(3) Upon request of the resident. 207
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261	261	(k) The Department shall examine any incident involving a completed suicide and any 208
262	262	incident involving a suicide attempt requiring hospitalization through a morbidity and mortality 209
263	263	review process, which shall be completed within 30 days of the resident’s death or suicide 210
264	264	attempt. 211
265	265	(l) The review, separate and apart from other formal investigations that may be required 212
266	266	to determine the cause of death, shall include: 213
267	267	(1) Review of the circumstances surrounding the incident; 214
268	268	(2) Review of procedures relevant to the incident; 215
269	269	(3) Review of all relevant training received by involved staff; 216
270	270	(4) Review of pertinent healthcare services reports involving the resident; 217
271	271	(5) Review of any possible precipitating factors that may have caused the resident 218
272	272	to commit suicide or suffer a serious suicide attempt; 219
273	273	(6) Recommendations, if any, for changes in policy, training, physical plant, 220
274	274	healthcare services, and operational procedures; and 221
275	275	(7) A written report detailing the Department’s findings, including whether each 222
276	276	recommendation was accepted or rejected and a corrective action plan specifying responsible 223
277	277	parties and timetables for completion. 224
278	278	(2) Within 5 days of the conclusion of the review process, the Department shall transmit 225
279	279	the report to the Mayor, the D.C. Council, and the Corrections Information Council. 226
280	280	(3) The Department shall publish on its website written updates on the status of the 227
281	281	corrective action plan in 30-day intervals until the plan has been fully implemented. 228
282	282	(4) All staff involved in the incident should be offered critical incident stress debriefing. 229
283	283	Sec. 6. Plan and report on the e limination of prolonge d confinement 230
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287	287	(a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this act, the Department shall transmit to 231
288	288	the Mayor, the Council, and the Corrections Information Council, and publish on its website a 232
289	289	written report of its plans to effectuate this act. 233
290	290	(b) The report published under subsection (a) of this section shall include: 234
291	291	(1) The number of residents who have not received minimum out-of-cell time 235
292	292	over the prior 12 months; and 236
293	293	(2) The number of residents who have been placed in disciplinary housing, 237
294	294	medical isolation, or a safe cell over the prior 12 months. 238
295	295	(c) The report published under subsection (a) of this section shall include the following 239
296	296	deidentified information about each resident: 240
297	297	(1) The cumulative number of days each resident has not received minimum out-241
298	298	of-cell time over the prior 12 months; 242
299	299	(2) The highest consecutive number of days each resident has not received 243
300	300	minimum out- of-cell time over the prior 12 months; 244
301	301	(3) The cumulative number of days each resident has been placed in disciplinary 245
302	302	housing, medical isolation, or a safe cell over the prior 12 months; 246
303	303	(4) The highest consecutive number of days each resident has been placed in 247
304	304	disciplinary housing, medical isolation, or a safe cell over the prior 12 months; 248
305	305	(5) The basis for denying the resident minimum out- out-of-cell time; 249
306	306	(6) The basis for placing the resident in disciplinary housing, medical isolation, or 250
307	307	a safe cell, including: 251
308	308	(A) The communicable disease that is the basis for medical isolation; and 252
309	309	(B) The number of documented assessments made by a qualified health 253
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314	314	(7) The notice and procedures followed before denying the resident minimum out-255
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316	316	(8) The notice and procedures followed before placing the resident in disciplinary 257
317	317	housing, medical isolation, or a safe cell; 258
318	318	(9) The timing and plan for restoring the resident’s out-of-cell time and any 259
319	319	known barriers to that transition; and 260
320	320	(10) The timing and plan for removing the resident from disciplinary housing, 261
321	321	medical isolation, or a safe cell, and any known barriers to that transition. 262
322	322	(d) Within 180 days after the effective date of this act, the Department shall promulgate 263
323	323	regulations and issue policy statements to amend the Department’s processes for and use of 264
324	324	prolonged confinement, medical isolation, and safe cells in accordance with this act; 265
325	325	(e) Within one year after the effective date of this act, and quarterly thereafter, the 266
326	326	Department shall submit to the Mayor, the Council, and the Corrections Information Council, 267
327	327	and make available on the Department’s website a written report of its use of prolonged 268
328	328	confinement, medical isolation, and safe cells. 269
329	329	(f) The reports published under subsection (e) of this section shall include deidentified 270
330	330	data on each resident placed in prolonged confinement, broken down by confinement that is the 271
331	331	result of medical isolation, a safe cell, or any other reason, for any amount of time during the 272
332	332	reporting period. 273
333	333	(g) The reports published under subsection (e) of this section shall include: 274
334	334	(1) Each resident’s age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or other LGBTQ 275
335	335	status, race, religion, and ethnicity; 276
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339	339	(2) Whether or not each resident is diagnosed with a serious mental illness, as that 277
340	340	term is defined in the current edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental 278
341	341	Disorders; 279
342	342	(3) Whether or not each resident is diagnosed with a physical disability, an 280
343	343	intellectual or developmental disability, a traumatic brain injury, or any other disability, as 281
344	344	defined in 42 U.S.C. § 12102; 282
345	345	(4) The location of the prolonged confinement, broken down by unit or type of 283
346	346	unit; 284
347	347	(5) The highest consecutive number of days that each resident was in prolonged 285
348	348	confinement; 286
349	349	(6) The cumulative number of days each resident was in prolonged confinement; 287
350	350	(7) The reasons each resident was subjected to prolonged confinement; 288
351	351	(8) Whether each resident was subject to any type of physical or chemical 289
352	352	restraint while in prolonged confinement; and 290
353	353	(9) Whether each resident remains in prolonged confinement as of the time the 291
354	354	report is finalized. 292
355	355	(h) The reports published under subsection (e) of this section shall include data on the 293
356	356	filing of grievances by people held in prolonged confinement, medical isolation, or a safe cell, 294
357	357	including: 295
358	358	(1) The total number of grievances filed, reported by type of grievance; 296
359	359	(2) The number of grievances closed during the reporting period, including the 297
360	360	reason for closure, and the number of grievances that remain open; and 298
361	361	(3) The average number of days from the filing of a grievance to final resolution, 299
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365	365	broken down by Informal Grievance, Formal Grievance, Level 1 Appeal, Level 2 Appeal and 300
366	366	Prolonged Confinement Grievance. 301
367	367	(i) The reports published under subsection (e) of this section shall include data on assault 302
368	368	and self-harm, including: 303
369	369	(1) The total number of residents in medical isolation who committed self- harm, 304
370	370	attempted or completed suicide, were assaulted by another resident, were subjected to a use of 305
371	371	force by a Department employee, or received an incident report or disciplinary infraction, and the 306
372	372	type of that infraction; and 307
373	373	(2) The total number of residents in a safe cell who committed self-harm, 308
374	374	attempted or completed suicide, were assaulted by another resident, were subjected to a use of 309
375	375	force by a Department employee, or received an incident report or disciplinary infraction, and the 310
376	376	type of that infraction. 311
377	377	Sec. 7. Private r ight of action. 312
378	378	(a) A resident or former resident may bring a civil action in the Superior Court of the 313
379	379	District of Columbia against the District or any agent or employee thereof for violation of this act 314
380	380	or of any regulation promulgated or policy statement issued there under. Relief may include: 315
381	381	(1) Injunctive relief; 316
382	382	(2) Declaratory relief; 317
383	383	(3) Liquidated damages of $1000 per each day a resident is unlawfully held in 318
384	384	prolonged confinement; 319
385	385	(4) Compensatory damages; and 320
386	386	(5) Punitive damages. 321
387	387	(b) A resident or former resident who prevails in an action under this section shall be 322
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391	391	entitled to fees and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable expert fees. 323
392	392	(c) Notwithstanding any D.C. law, regulation, or policy to the contrary: 324
393	393	(1) The requirements of D.C. Code § 12- 309 shall not apply to an action brought 325
394	394	under this act; 326
395	395	(2) The only administrative remedy available to raise questions of compliance 327
396	396	with or treatment under this act shall be filing a Prolonged Confinement Grievance at any time 328
397	397	directly with the Director of the Department, which has 5 calendar days to respond; 329
398	398	(3) The grievance shall be considered exhausted at the time the Director responds 330
399	399	or at the conclusion of 5 calendar days regardless of whether the Director provides a response. 331
400	400	(d) The Department shall provide the resident with a grievance form, writing utensils, and 332
401	401	access to the Inmate Grievance Procedure mailbox. 333
402	402	(e) Failure to provide a resident with a grievance form, writing utensils or access to the 334
403	403	grievance mailbox shall effectively render the grievance process unavailable to the resident. 335
404	404	(f) In an action under this section, a resident or former resident’s sworn statement 336
405	405	including facts that, if true, would be sufficient to show the resident or former resident had either 337
406	406	completed the grievance process or that the grievance process was unavailable to that resident, 338
407	407	shall create a rebuttable presumption that the grievance process was either completed or 339
408	408	unavailable that can only be overcome by clear and convincing evidence. 340
409	409	Sec. 8. Fiscal impact statement. 341
410	410	The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 342
411	411	impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 343
412	412	approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1- 301.47a). 344
413	413	Sec. 9. Effective date. 345
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417	417	This act shall take effect after approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 346
418	418	Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30- day period of congressional review as 347
419	419	provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 348
420	420	24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1- 206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 349
421	421	Columbia Register. 350