Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 451(t) - Fair Hearing Policy › Section 17a-451(t)-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections
				17a-451(t)
				-1 to 17a-451 (t)-19, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State
				Agencies:
(1) "Client" means a person
			 with a psychiatric disability, a substance use disorder, or both, who has
			 received mental health or substance use disorder services, is receiving mental
			 health or substance use disorder services, or is seeking to receive mental
			 health or substance use disorder services from a covered service
			 provider;
(2) "Client rights
			 officer" means a person designated by a covered service provider to receive and
			 investigate client grievances;
(3)
			 "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and
			 Addiction Services (DMHAS);
(4)
			 "Covered service provider" means any DMHAS program or facility that provides
			 direct mental health services, substance use disorder services or both, and any
			 person or entity that has a contract with DMHAS to provide direct mental
			 health, substance use disorder services or both;
(5) "DMHAS" means the Department of Mental
			 Health and Addiction Services;
(6)
			 "Final decision" means a final decision as defined in section
			 4-166 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(7)
			 "Final determination" means a written decision by an official designated by the
			 Commissioner which constitutes the final administrative action by DMHAS after
			 further review of a grievance filed by a client;
(8) "Further review" means a process,
			 requested by the client or by a person authorized by law to act on behalf of
			 the client, by which an official designated by the Commissioner examines the
			 written decision of the head of the covered service provider on a
			 grievance;
(9) "Grievance" means
			 any client complaint which states that a covered service provider or staff
			 member of a covered service provider has denied, involuntarily reduced or
			 terminated mental health or substance use disorder services, except that
			 sections
			 17a-451(t)
			 -1 to 17a-451 (t)-19, inclusive, do not apply to matters assigned to the
			 exclusive jurisdiction of the Psychiatric Security Review Board;
(10) "Hearing officer" means a person
			 appointed by the Commissioner to preside over a fair hearing and to provide the
			 Commissioner with a proposed decision. Such person may be an employee of
			 DMHAS;
(11) "Mental health service"
			 means any service or treatment provided by a covered service provider to a
			 client for the purpose of arresting, reversing, ameliorating, or stabilizing
			 the client's psychiatric disability, that includes but shall not be limited to:
			 counseling, case management, psychiatric treatment, medication, crisis
			 intervention, vocational services, residential services, peer supports,
			 recovery support services, and recreational and social services, but excludes
			 special education;
(12) "Substance
			 use disorder service" means any service or treatment provided by a covered
			 service provider to a client for the purpose of arresting, reversing,
			 ameliorating or stabilizing the client's substance use disorder, that includes
			 but shall not be limited to: medical, psychiatric and biopsychosocial
			 assessments, detoxification, opioid substitution therapy, individual, group and
			 family counseling; peer counseling; vocational counseling; case management and
			 recovery support services, but excludes special education.