Common use of Infirmary Mental Health Care Clause in Contracts

Infirmary Mental Health Care. This includes all behavioral and/or psychiatric emergencies such as management of the suicidal or decompensating inmate. Crisis management may require placement in an infirmary Isolation Management Room (IMR) or other specifically designated safe housing at a permanent institution for rapid assessment, close observation, and institutional based intervention. The lengths of stay in an IMR or alternative housing are specified in FDC’s HSB 15.05.05 and FDC’s Procedure 404.001, Suicide and Self-Injury Protection. The crisis may be appropriately managed at this level or may require referral and subsequent transfer to a Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU). IMR’s and Observation Cells, when indicated, are designed to provide a safe and appropriate setting for initial housing and observation of inmates who present impairment that cannot be managed on an outpatient basis.