Evaluation
A detailed medical examination and mental health screening shall be conducted within seven days for any offender who self-identified as transgender.
Diagnosis
The Psychiatric Provider must confirm the diagnosis.
Medicalization
If an offender who is confirmed as transgender, intersex or gender incongruent is not on cross-gender hormones but requests it, the facility medical provider shall provide them.
If an offender requests surgery for the specific purpose of gender reassignment, he or she must submit the request in writing to the Transgender Health and Wellness Committee.
Requirements for Transfer to Women’s Facility
The Transgender Administrative Committee (TAC) shall make individualized determinations about how to ensure the safety of each offender including considering transfer from one gender specific facility to an opposite gender facility and specifying the gender of staff which will perform searches of the offender.
Limits based on type of crime committed?
Not mentioned
Re-Evaluation required?
A review of each transgender, intersex and gender incongruent offender’s placement and programming assignments shall be conducted by the facility twice annually to review any threats to safety experienced or posed by the offender.
Pronoun requirements?
Determined as part of evaluation
Merging of “transgender” and intersex categories?
Yes
