Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 5 - Services for Behavioral Health Recipients, Seniors, and Persons with a Disability › Chapter 70 - Behavioral Health Services › Article 2 - Behavioral Health Services Provider Qualifications › 7 AAC 70.100 - Qualifications of a community behavioral health services provider receiving money from the department

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To be approved
				  by the department as a community behavioral health services provider listed in
				  7 AAC 70.010(a)(1)(A) and (B), a
				  provider
(1) must be a city, borough, or
				  other political subdivision of the state or a nonprofit corporation;
(2) must be receiving money from the
				  department under
				  AS
				  47.30.475 or
				  47.30.520-47.30.620;
(3) if providing behavioral health clinic
				  services, must have a documented formal agreement with a physician to provide
				  general direction and direct clinical services as needed;
(4) must collect and report the statistics,
				  service data, and other information requested by the department under
				  AS
				  47.30.477,
				  47.30.530,
				  AS
				  47.37.040, or
				  47.37.140;
(5) must participate in the department's
				  service delivery planning as required under
				  AS
				  47.30.540 or
				  AS
				  47.37.140(d);
(6) must maintain a clinical record for each
				  recipient in accordance with the standards used for the Medicaid program under
				  7 AAC 105.230 and
				  7 AAC 135.130;
(7) must have policies and procedures in
				  place that incorporate the recipient's personal financial circumstances when
				  determining the amount a recipient is required to pay for services;
(8) may not deny treatment to an otherwise
				  eligible recipient due to the recipient's inability to pay for the
				  service;
(9) may not supplant local
				  funding available to pay for behavioral health services or programs with money
				  received under
				  AS
				  47.30.475,
				  47.30.520-47.30.620, or AS 47.37;
(10) must be a dual diagnosis capable program
				  or dual diagnosis enhanced program;
(11) if providing withdrawal management
				  services, must meet the additional requirements of
				  7 AAC 70.110;
(12) if providing residential substance use
				  disorder treatment services, must meet the additional requirements of
				  7 AAC 70.120; and
(13) if providing opioid use disorder
				  treatment services, must meet the additional requirements of
				  7 AAC 70.125;
(14) if providing behavioral health services
				  to a recipient referred by the alcohol safety action program under 7 AAC 70.145, must meet the additional requirements of that section;
(15) must ensure that all recipients have
				  given informed consent;
(16) must
				  report to the department any recipient who is missing or deceased;
(17) must comply with the requirements of
				  AS
				  47.05.300 -
				  47.05.390 and
				  7 AAC 10.900 -
				  7 AAC 10.990 as applicable for each individual described
				  in 7 AAC 10.900(b)
				  associated with the provider; and
(18) must submit to the department a record
				  of a criminal history background check for each member of the provider's staff
				  upon request.