Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 82 - DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Chapter 82-8 - EMERGENCY RECEIVING, EVALUATING AND TREATMENT FACILITIES › Subject 82-8-1 - EMERGENCY RECEIVING, EVALUATING AND TREATMENT FACILITIES › Rule 82-8-1-.03 - Designation as Emergency Receiving, Evaluating and Treatment Facilities

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The department may designate as an Emergency Receiving, Evaluating, and/or Treatment Facility any private facility or any such portion of a community mental health and substance abuse program which complies with the standards for a CSU within the State of Georgia at the request of or with the consent of the governing officers of such facility.
(1) A VA hospital may lawfully act as an emergency receiving facility, evaluating facility, or treatment facility pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
									37-3-102(a) without having been designated as such by the department.
(2) Any private facility or any CSU requesting approval and designation as an Emergency Receiving, Evaluating, or Treatment Facility will make application on forms approved by the department.
(3) Any Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU), to be eligible for designation, shall be a part of a comprehensive community mental health and substance abuse program which comprehensive program has been certified by DBHDD, to be in compliance with applicable DBHDD Provider Manuals.
(4) Any private facility seeking designation by the department must attest that it is compliant with, and must maintain compliance with, the requirements pertaining to emergency receiving, evaluation, and treatment facilities set forth in State of Georgia Rules and Regulations for Hospitals (Georgia Comp. R. & Regs §
									111-8-40-.37) and Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities. The private facility must submit its attestation of compliance annually.
(5) The facility designated will provide only those emergency receiving, evaluation and/or treatment services for which it has received prior approval from DBHDD.
(6) If a facility already designated as an Emergency Receiving Facility, an Evaluating Facility, and/or a Treatment Facility wishes to add an additional designation, such additional designation requires approval from DBHDD. (For example, if a facility designated only as an Emergency Receiving Facility wishes also to be designated as an Evaluating Facility, DBHDD must approve and confer such designation.)
(7) If a facility moves to a different location, the facility must submit a new application to DBHDD, which will follow its procedure in designating the new facility location as an Emergency Receiving, Evaluating, and/or Treatment Facility. A facility's designation is not transferrable to another location.
(8) The facility must remain in compliance with the CMS regulations and accrediting body standards.
(a) When the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) or any accrediting body makes any findings related to a designated facility's Emergency Receiving, Evaluation, and/or Treatment services, the facility must provide DBHDD with those findings within 30 days of the date on which the findings are communicated to the facility.
(b) Additionally, a copy of any corrective action plan (including any amended corrective action plan or in-process corrective action plan) developed by the facility in response to such findings must be forwarded to DBHDD by the facility within 30 days of the date on which the facility communicates the corrective action plan to CMS or the accrediting body.