2023 New York Laws › MHY - Mental Hygiene › Title E - General Provisions › Article 36 - Addiction and Mental Health Services and Supports › 36.04 - Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.

* § 36.04 Certified community behavioral health clinics.
(a)  The  commissioners  are  authorized  to jointly certify community
behavioral health clinics, subject to  the  availability  of  state  and
federal funding.
(b)  Certified  community  behavioral  health  clinics  shall  provide
coordinated, comprehensive  behavioral  health  care,  including  mental
health   and  addiction  services,  primary  care  screening,  and  case
management services, in accordance with certified  community  behavioral
health  clinic  standards established by the United States department of
health and human services substance abuse  and  mental  health  services
administration  and the commissioners of the office of mental health and
the office of addiction services and supports.
(c) The commissioners shall require each proposed certified  community
behavioral  health  clinic  to submit a plan, which shall be approved by
the commissioners prior to the  issuance  of  an  operating  certificate
pursuant to this article. Such plan shall include:
(1)  a description of the clinic's character and competency to provide
certified  community  behavioral  health  clinic  services  across   the
lifespan, including how the clinic will ensure access to crisis services
at all times and accept all patients regardless of ability to pay;
(2) a description of the clinic's catchment area;
(3)  a  statement  indicating  that the clinic has been included in an
approved local services plan developed pursuant to article forty-one  of
this  title  for  each  local  government  located  within  the clinic's
catchment area;
(4) where executed, agreements establishing formal relationships  with
designated  collaborating  organizations  to  provide  certain certified
community behavioral health clinic services,  consistent  with  guidance
issued  by  the  United  States  department of health and human services
substance abuse and mental health services administration and the office
of mental health and the office of addiction services and supports;
(5) a staffing plan driven by local needs assessment,  licensing,  and
training to support service delivery;
(6)  a  description  of  the  clinic's data-driven approach to quality
improvement;
(7) a description of how consumers are represented  in  governance  of
the clinic;
(8)  all  financial information in the form and format required by the
office of mental  health  and  the  office  of  addiction  services  and
supports; and
(9) any other information or agreements required by the commissioners.
(d)  Where  a  certified  community  behavioral health clinic has been
established and is participating on the effective date of  this  section
in   the   federal   certified   community   behavioral   health  clinic
demonstration awarded to the state by the United  States  department  of
health  and  human  services  substance abuse and mental health services
administration, the previously established clinic may be certified where
the clinic demonstrates  compliance  with  the  certification  standards
established pursuant to this article.
(e)   The  commissioners  shall  promulgate  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary to effectuate this section.
* NB Effective November 3, 2023