Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 8 - Office of Health Policy and Planning › Subpart 90 - Planning and Resource Development › Chapter 03 - Mental Health › Section 15-8-90-03-306 - Certificate of Need Criteria and Standards for Acute Psychiatric, Chemical Dependency, and Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Beds/Services › Section 15-8-90-03-306.03 - Service Specific Certificate of Need Criteria and Standards for Acute Psychiatric, Chemical Dependency, and/or Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Beds/Services › Section 15-8-90-03-306.03.04 - Chemical Dependency Beds for Children and Adolescents

Current through June 25, 2024
Need Criterion 1: Statistical Need for
						  Child/Adolescent Chemical Dependency Beds
MSDH shall base statistical need for child/adolescent
						  chemical dependency beds on a ratio of 0.44 beds per 1,000 population aged five
						  (5) to seventeen (17) for 2025 in the state as a whole as projected by the
						  Division of Health Planning and Resource Development. Table 3-7 presents the
						  statistical need for child/adolescent chemical dependency beds.
Need Criterion 2: Proposed Size of
						  Facility/Unit
The applicant shall provide information regarding the
						  proposed size of the facility/unit. Chemical dependency beds may be located in
						  either freestanding or hospital-based facilities. Because of the unique needs
						  of the child and adolescent population, facilities shall not be larger than
						  sixty (60) beds. Units shall not be larger than twenty (20) beds. The bed count
						  of a facility or unit shall include detoxification beds.
Need Criterion 3: Provision of Home-Like
						  Environment
Facilities or units, whether hospital-based or
						  freestanding, should provide a home-like environment. Ideally, facilities
						  should provide cottage-style living units housing eight (8) to ten (10)
						  patients. Because of the special needs of children and adolescents, facilities
						  or units which are not physically attached to a general hospital are
						  preferred.
Need Criterion 4: Staffing
The applicant shall provide documentation regarding the
						  staffing of the facility. Staff should be specially trained to meet the needs
						  of adolescents and children. Staff should include both psychiatrists and
						  psychologists and should provide a multi-discipline psychosocial medical
						  approach to treatment. The treatment program must involve parents and
						  significant others. Aftercare services must also be provided.
Need Criterion 5: Structural Design of Facility -
						  Separation of Children and Adolescents
The applicant shall describe the structural design of
						  the facility in providing for the separation of children and adolescents. Child
						  and adolescent patients shall be separated from adult patients for treatment
						  and living purposes.
Need Criterion 6: Aftercare/Follow-Up Services
						  Provided
The applicant shall describe the aftercare or follow-up
						  services proposed for individuals leaving the chemical dependency program.
						  Extensive aftercare and follow-up services involving the family and significant
						  others should be provided to clients after discharge from the inpatient
						  program. Chemical dependency facilities and units should provide services to
						  substance abusers as well as alcohol abusers.