Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 19 - Crisis Services › Rule 24-2-19.3 - Mobile Crisis Response Teams

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Mobile Crisis
				Response Teams provide community -based crisis services that deliver
				solution-focused and recovery-oriented behavioral health assessments and
				stabilization of crisis in the location where the individual is experiencing
				the crisis. Teams consist of mental health professionals who can provide
				support to people experiencing a mental health, alcohol and drug, or
				intellectual and developmental disabilities crisis. The teams ensure an
				individual has a follow-up appointment with their preferred provider and
				monitor the individual until the appointment takes place.
B. Agency providers of Mobile Crisis Response
				Teams must also meet the Standards in Rules
				19.1 -
				19.2.
C. Mobile Crisis Response Services must be
				available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, three hundred
				sixty-five (365) days a year. Mobile Crisis Response Services must have the
				capability to respond to multiple crisis calls at a time.
D. Mobile Crisis Response Services must
				include a single toll-free telephone number which covers the agency provider's
				entire catchment area for crisis calls.
E. Mental Health Professional(s) on the
				Mobile Crisis Response Teams must:
1. Be able
				to respond within one (1) hour of initial time of contact if in an urban
				setting and within two (2) hours of initial time of contact if in a rural
				setting.
2. Designate a strategic,
				publicized location where the person in crisis can meet with a mental health
				professional. The professional is not required to see the person in the
				person's home, but this is permissible and recommended.
3. Complete an assessment of the person's
				risk and acuity using an assessment tool as required by DMH. The assessment
				will include, but not be limited to, current risk level related to
				suicide/homicide, substance use, mental status, current and past mental health
				diagnoses and treatment, coping skills and medical condition.
4. Utilize a team approach to Mobile Crisis
				Response if warranted to adequately address the crisis situation. Law
				enforcement should accompany the Mobile Crisis Response Team member if safety
				is a concern.
5. Work to
				immediately stabilize the person's crisis situation using solution- focused and
				recovery-oriented interventions designed to avoid unnecessary hospitalization,
				incarceration or placement in a more segregated setting.
6. Assess current natural supports and make a
				determination if the person can safely remain in the community.
7. Transport or arrange transportation to the
				most appropriate treatment setting if the person is determined to be a danger
				to self or others.
8. Provide for
				the level of service the person requires, mitigate the crisis situation and if
				known, support his/her long-term recovery goals (Example: Crisis Support Plan,
				Advanced Directive.)