Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 8 - Organization and Management › Rule 24-2-8.3 - Regional MH/IDD Commissions

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Regional
				Commissions established must describe in their bylaws and/or policies their
				duties as designated under Section
				41-19-33(a)
				through (w) of the
Mississippi Code
				of 1972, Annotated.
B.
				Regional Commissions must also maintain written documentation of the following:
1. Public education activities
				(presentations, distribution of printed materials, other media) designed to
				promote increased understanding of the problems of mental illness,
				behavioral/emotional disorders of children, intellectual/developmental
				disabilities, alcoholism, developmental and learning disabilities, narcotic
				addiction, drug use and drug dependence and other related problems including
				the problems of the aging and those used to promote increased understanding of
				the purposes and methods of rehabilitation of such illnesses or
				problems;
2. Documentation of
				hazard, casualty or worker's compensation insurance, as well as professional
				liability insurance;
3. Written
				approval of DMH and/or the County Board of Supervisors, depending on the
				original source of funding, prior to the disposal of any real and personal
				property paid for with state and/or county appropriated funds;
4. Authority of the commission to provide and
				finance services through various mechanisms and to borrow money from private
				sources for such, if needed;
5. If
				the Regional Commission has entered into a managed care contract(s) or any such
				arrangement affecting more than one (1) region, written prior approval by DMH
				of such contract/arrangement before its initiation and annually
				thereafter;
6. If the Regional
				Commission provides facilities and services on a discounted or capitated basis,
				when such action affects more than one (1) region, written prior approval by
				DMH of such provision before its initiation and annually thereafter;
7. If the Regional Commission enters into
				contracts, agreements or other arrangements with any person, payer, agency
				provider or other entity, pursuant to which the regional commission assumes
				financial risk for the provision or delivery of any services, when such action
				affects more than one (1) region, written prior approval by DMH of such
				provision before its initiation and annually thereafter;
8. If the Regional Commission provides direct
				or indirect funding, grants, financial support and assistance for any health
				maintenance organization, preferred agency provider organization or other
				managed care entity or contractor (which must be operated on a non-profit
				basis), when such action affects more than one (1) region, written prior
				approval by DMH, of such action before initiation and annually
				thereafter;
9. If the Regional
				Commission forms, establishes, operates and/or is a member of or participant in
				any managed care entity (as defined in Section
				83-41-403(c)
				of the
Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, as Amended
), when
				such action affects more than one (1) region, written prior approval by DMH, of
				such action before initiation and annually thereafter; and,
10. At a minimum, an annual meeting by
				representatives of the Regional Commission and/or Community Mental Health
				Center with the Board of Supervisors of each county in its region for the
				purpose of presenting the region's total annual budget and total services
				system.