Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 3 › Subtitle 21 - MENTAL HYGIENE REGULATIONS › Chapter 10.21.07 - Therapeutic Group Homes › Section 10.21.07.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				  terms have the meanings stated in COMAR 01.04.04 and in this chapter.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the Mental Hygiene
				  Administration.
(2) "Case
				  coordinator" means the mental health professional or residential care
				  specialist supervised by a mental health professional who coordinates the
				  services, as outlined in a child's TGH individual treatment plan (ITP), to the
				  child.
(3) "Clinical coordinator"
				  means the mental health professional who is responsible for oversight of the
				  clinical services provided to children in a TGH.
(4) "Contact note" means an entry that:
(a) Is made in an individual's medical record
				  by a program staff member; and
(b)
				  Describes face-to-face, written, or telephone contact with or regarding the
				  individual.
(5) "Core
				  service agency (CSA)" means the county or multi-county authority, designated
				  under Health-General Article, Title 10, Subtitle 12, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland, and approved by the Department, that is responsible for planning,
				  managing, and monitoring publicly funded mental health services.
(6) "Department" means the Department of
				  Health and Mental Hygiene.
(7)
				  "Group home" means a private group home, as defined in Health-General Article,
				  §10-514, Annotated Code of Maryland, that provides mental health services
				  in a residential facility.
(8)
				  "Managed care organization (MCO)" means a health care organization, as defined
				  in Health-General Article, §15-101(f), Annotated Code of
				  Maryland.
(9) "Medical record"
				  means a record as defined in Health-General Article, §4-301, Annotated
				  Code of Maryland.
(10) "Mental
				  health professional" means:
(a) A
				  psychiatrist; or
(b) An individual
				  who is authorized by the Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland, to provide the service for which the individual is
				  privileged.
(11) "Office
				  for Children, Youth, and Families (OCYF)" means the office created under
				  Article 49D, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(12) "Primary caretaker" means the:
(a) Child's custodial parent or parents;
				  or
(b) Adult with whom the child
				  currently resides.
(13)
				  "Privileging" means the process by which a program determines that staff
				  members are qualified to perform assigned duties.
(14) "Progress summary note" means an entry
				  by an individual's treatment coordinator in the individual's medical record and
				  that describes the individual's progress toward the goals delineated in the
				  individual's ITP.
(15) "Secretary"
				  means the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, or the Secretary's
				  designee.
(16) "Small private group
				  home" means a residence as defined in Health-General Article,
				  §§10-514(d) and (e) and 10-518(b), Annotated Code of
				  Maryland.
(17) Therapeutic Group
				  Home (TGH).
(a) "Therapeutic group home
				  (TGH)" means a small private group home.
(b) "Therapeutic group home (TGH)" does not
				  include a foster home that is the domicile of the foster parent.
(c) "Therapeutic group home (TGH)" does not
				  include a facility that is:
(i) Owned by or
				  leased to the State or any public agency;
(ii) Regulated by the Department of Juvenile
				  Services, Department of Human Resources, or Developmental Disabilities
				  Administration; or
(iii) Organized
				  wholly or partly to make a profit.
(18) "Therapeutic milieu" means an
				  environment that is clinically structured to provide mental health treatment in
				  a place other than the individual's residence.