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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 37 - Prevention/Early Intervention for Serious Emotional Disturbance › Rule 24-2-37.3 - Documentation

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Records for people provided individualized
				Primary Prevention or Early Intervention/Prevention Services (such as
				home-based individual education, parent or sibling group education,
				screening/assessment or Crisis Intervention Services) must be maintained with
				applicable forms in the DMH Record Guide.
B. Documentation of the provision of general
				or indirect presentations/activities on prevention and/or early intervention
				must include, at a minimum:
1. Topic and
				brief description of the presentation/activity;
2. Group or a person to whom the activity was
				provided;
3. Date of
				activity;
4. Number of
				participants; and,
5. Name and
				title of presenter(s) of activity, with brief description of
				qualifications/experience in the topic presented.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 38 - Family Support and Education Services › Rule 24-2-38.1 - Service Design

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Family Support
				and Education Services provide self-help and mutual support for families of
				children/youth with serious emotional disturbances or mental health challenges.
				This service increases the knowledge, skills and confidence of parents and
				family members in parenting their child/youth and increases understanding of
				family-driven practice.
B. An
				employee with documented training completed at a successful level in a DMH
				approved program in family education and support for families of children/youth
				with behavioral/conduct or emotional disorders must be designated to coordinate
				Family Support and Education Services.
C. The agency provider of Family Support and
				Education Services must maintain policies and procedures for offering and
				implementing appropriate family and education support to families of
				children/youth with behavioral/conduct or emotional disorders that address, at
				a minimum, the following:
1. Description of
				people engaged in family-driven activities;
2. Specific strategies to be used for
				outreach to the target population for Family Support and Education
				Services;
3. Description of
				qualifications and specialized training required for family support and
				education agency providers; and,
4.
				Description of service components of Family Support and Education
				Services.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 39 - Making A Plan (MAP) Teams › Rule 24-2-39.1 - Service Design

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Making A Plan
				Teams address the needs of children/youth, birth up to twenty-one (21) years,
				with serious emotional/behavioral disorders and/or dually diagnosed with
				serious emotional/behavioral disorders and an intellectual disability or
				serious emotional disturbance and alcohol/drug use; who require services from
				multiple agency providers and multiple service systems, and who can be
				successfully diverted from inappropriate institutional placement.
B. Each Making A Plan Team must be comprised
				of at least one (1) child/youth behavioral health representative employed by
				the Community Mental Health Center or DMH/P certified agency provider who has a
				Bachelor's degree. In addition, there must be at least one (1) representative
				from each of the following:
1. Each local
				school district in a county served by a Making A Plan Team;
2. County or Regional Office of the MS
				Department of Child Protection Services;
3. County or Regional Youth Services Division
				of the MS Department of Child Protection Services;
4. County or Regional Office of the MS
				Department of Rehabilitation Services;
5. County or Regional Office of the MS State
				Department of Health;
6. Parent or
				family member with a child/youth who has experienced an emotional and/or
				behavioral disturbance; and,
7.
				Additional members may be added to each team, to include significant
				community-level stakeholders with resources that can benefit the children/youth
				with serious emotional disturbance.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 39 - Making A Plan (MAP) Teams › Rule 24-2-39.2 - Access to Making A Plan Teams

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Each agency
				provider certified as DMH/C must have a written plan that describes how each
				county in its catchment area will develop or have access to a Making A Plan
				Team. The plan must include timelines for ensuring each county has access to or
				has developed a Making A Plan Team. Additionally, the plan must be available
				for DMH Review.
B. Before referring
				a child/youth to a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility, the Community
				Mental Health Center must first have the local Making A Plan Team review the
				situation to ensure all available resources and service options have been
				utilized. This does not include those children/youth who are in immediate need
				of acute hospitalization due to suicidal or homicidal ideations.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 40 - Respite Care for Children/Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance › Rule 24-2-40.1 - Service Design

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Respite is
				short-term planned relief care in the home or community for children/youth with
				serious emotional/behavioral disturbances or mental health challenges. This
				service offers time-out for caregivers and children/youth, helping family
				members to cope with their responsibilities, to rest and regroup, facilitate
				stability, and feel less isolated from the community, family and friends. The
				provision of services is community-based, culturally competent, and
				child-centered with the family participating in all decision-making.
B. A person with, at a minimum, a Master's
				degree in a mental health or closely related field, must be designated to plan
				and supervise respite services. The supervisor can also have administrative or
				other supervisory responsibility for other services or service
				locations.
C. Agency providers of
				Respite Services must maintain documentation of linkages with other health and
				social service agencies, particularly those that serve
				children/youth.
D. Respite Services
				must be available a minimum of once per month for up to the number of hours per
				month determined necessary, based on individual needs of the child/youth and
				his/her family.
E. The service must
				implement behavior management approaches that utilize positive reinforcement of
				appropriate behaviors. Documentation must be maintained that respite service
				agency providers have received all required training for new and/or existing
				employees/volunteers specified in Part 2: Chapter 12.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 40 - Respite Care for Children/Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance › Rule 24-2-40.2 - Policies and Procedures

Current through June 25, 2024
In addition to the requirements in Part 2: Chapter 8, the
				  written policies and procedures manual for the operation of Respite Services
				  must also include the following areas:
A. Written description of responsibilities of
				Respite Service providers;
B.
				Written description of specialized training required for Respite Service
				providers; and,
C. Description of
				procedures for developing and implementing behavior change/management services
				for children/youth served on a regular basis.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 40 - Respite Care for Children/Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance › Rule 24-2-40.3 - Information to Parent(s)/Legal Representative(s)

Current through June 25, 2024
At the time of the initial interview, the agency provider of
				  Respite Services must document that the following information has been provided
				  in writing and explained in a manner easily understood to parent(s)/legal
				  representative(s) and children/youth being served, as part of information
				  provided to children/youth, parent(s)/legal representative(s) prior to or upon
				  provision of Respite Services:
A.
				Employment criteria/credentials of the potential Respite Service
				provider;
B. Respite Service's
				policy concerning behavior management (The service must be very specific in its
				description pertaining to behavior management.);
C. Signed confidentiality statement;
				and,
D. Service Agreement between
				the caregiver, the employee providing respite services, and the agency provider
				clearly stating what each entity agrees to do while services are being
				provided.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 41 - Wraparound Facilitation › Rule 24-2-41.1 - Service Design

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Wraparound
				facilitation is the creation and facilitation of a child/youth and family team
				for the purpose of developing a single plan of care to address the needs of
				children/youth with complex mental health challenges and their
				families.
B. Wraparound
				facilitation is intended to serve:
1.
				Children/youth with serious mental health challenges who exceed the resources
				of a single agency provider or service provider;
2. Children/youth who experience multiple
				acute hospital stays;
3.
				Children/youth who are at risk of out-of-home placement or have been
				recommended for residential care;
4. Children/youth who have had interruptions
				in the delivery of services across a variety of agencies due to frequent moves;
				and,
5. Children/youth who have
				experienced failure to show improvement due to lack of previous coordination by
				agencies providing care, or for reasons unknown, can also be served through
				wraparound facilitation.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 41 - Wraparound Facilitation › Rule 24-2-41.2 - Wraparound Activities

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Wraparound
				facilitation must be provided in accordance with high fidelity and quality
				wraparound practice.
B. Activities
				include:
1. Engaging the family;
2. Assembling the child/youth and family
				team;
3. Facilitating a child/youth
				and family team meeting at a minimum every thirty (30) days;
4. Facilitating the creation of a plan of
				care, which includes a plan for anticipating, preventing and managing crisis,
				within the child/youth and family team meeting;
5. Working with the team in identifying
				agency providers of services and other community resources to meet family and
				child/youth needs;
6. Making
				necessary referrals for children/youth;
7. Documenting and maintaining all
				information regarding the plan of care, including revisions and child/youth and
				family team meetings;
8. Presenting
				the plan of care for approval by the family and team;
9. Providing copies of the plan of care to
				the entire team including the child/youth and parent(s)/legal
				representative(s);
10. Monitoring
				the implementation of the plan of care and revising if necessary to achieve
				outcomes;
11. Maintaining
				communication between all child/youth and family team members;
12. Monitoring the progress toward needs met
				and whether or not the referral behaviors are decreasing;
13. Leading the team to discuss and ensure
				the supports and services the child/youth and family are receiving continue to
				meet the caregiver(s) and child/youth's needs;
14. Educating new team members about the
				wraparound process; and,
15.
				Maintaining team cohesiveness.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 42 - Peer Support Services › Rule 24-2-42.2 - Activities

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Peer Support Services include a wide range
				of structured activities that are provided face-to-face to assist people in
				their recovery/resiliency process. Activities should support goals of the
				person's documented Individual Service Plan and Recovery Support Plan as
				follows:
1. Certified Peer Support Specialist
				Professional - Adult services include a wide range of activities that assist
				adults with mental health and/or substance use challenges in regaining control
				of their lives based on the principles of recovery. Activities may include the
				following:
(a) Relate their own recovery
				stories to inspire hope;
(b) Model
				effective coping techniques and self-help strategies;
(c) Assist in identifying resources in the
				community;
(d) Utilize specific
				interventions necessary to assist peers in meeting their individualized
				goals;
(e) Teach relevant skills
				needed for self-management of symptoms;
(f) Teach peers how to overcome personal
				fears and anxieties;
(g) Assist
				peers in articulating their personal goals and objectives for wellness; and,
(h) Assist peers in creating
				their personal wellness plans (e.g., Wellness Recovery Action Plan, crisis
				plan, etc.).
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 42 - Peer Support Services › Rule 24-2-42.3 - Recovery

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Peer Support Services - Recovery (PSS-R)
				are non-clinical services that are offered before, during, and after any
				services that assist people and families working towards recovery from
				substance use disorders. They incorporate a full range of social, educational,
				employment, and other resources that facilitate recovery and wellness to reduce
				or eliminate environmental or personal barriers to recovery. Peer Support
				Services - Recovery include social supports, linkage to and coordination among
				allied service providers, and other resources to improve quality of life for
				people in and seeking recovery and their families.
1. Peer Support Services - Recovery is
				conducted by a Certified Peer Support Specialist Professional - Recovery with
				first-hand lived experience.
2.
				Peer Support Services - Recovery must be provided to people regardless of where
				or if Primary Treatment Services have been completed.
3. The positions of Certified Peer Support
				Specialist Professional - Recovery must meet the following requirements:
(a) Have a current MS DMH Certified Peer
				Support Specialist Professional - Recovery Credential or
(b) Have a current MS DMH Certified Peer
				Support Specialist Professional Credential and acquire, within twelve (12)
				months of being hired for the Certified Peer Support Specialist Professional -
				Recovery position, the Recovery component of the Certified Peer Support
				Specialist Professional training.
(c) Must be able to adapt too many stages and
				modalities of recovery, as well as, adapt to different service settings and
				organizational contexts.
(d) Must
				have a strong understanding of cultural diversity and inclusion.
People who seek employment as a Certified Peer
				  Support Specialist Professional-Recovery must adhere to the standards set forth
				  for Certified Peer Support Specialist Professionals in the DMH Standards
				  42.1-2.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 44 - ID/DD Waiver Support Coordination and IDD Targeted Case Management Services › Rule 24-2-44.1 - Support Coordination

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Support
				Coordination is responsible for coordinating and monitoring all services a
				person on the ID/DD Waiver receives, regardless of funding source, to ensure
				services are adequate, appropriate, meet individual needs, and ensure the
				person's health and welfare needs are met and addressed.
B. The maximum caseload for a Support
				Coordinator is thirty-two (32) waiver participants.
C. Support Coordinators conduct face-to-face
				visits with each person and/or legal representative(s) at least once every
				three (3) months, rotating service settings and talking to employees. For
				people who receive only day services, at least one (1) visit per year must take
				place in the person's home.
D.
				Support Coordinators cannot supervise, provide or be associated with any other
				ID/DD Waiver service.
E. Support
				Coordination Services must be distinctly separate from other ID/DD Waiver
				service(s) an agency provider provides.
F. Support Coordinators must adhere to the
				requirements in the ID/DD Waiver Support Coordination Manual.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 44 - ID/DD Waiver Support Coordination and IDD Targeted Case Management Services › Rule 24-2-44.2 - Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Targeted Case Management

Current through June 25, 2024
A. IDD Targeted Case Management is
				responsible for coordinating and monitoring all services a person on the IDD
				Community Support Program receives, regardless of funding source, to ensure
				services are adequate, appropriate, meet individual needs, and ensure the
				person's health and welfare needs are met and addressed.
B. The maximum caseload for a Targeted Case
				Manager is thirty-five (35) participants.
C. Targeted Case Managers conduct
				face-to-face visits with each person and/or legal representative(s) at least
				once every three (3) months, rotating service settings to observe each
				community service location during the certification year.
D. Targeted Case Managers cannot supervise,
				provide or be associated with any other IDD service.
E. Targeted Case Management Services must be
				distinctly separate from other IDD service(s) an agency provider
				provides.
F. Targeted Case Managers
				must adhere to the requirements in the IDD Targeted Case Management Manual.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 44 - ID/DD Waiver Support Coordination and IDD Targeted Case Management Services › Rule 24-2-44.3 - Support Coordination/Targeted Case Management Activities

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Coordinating and facilitating the
				development of the Plan of Services and Supports through the person-centered
				planning process.
B.
				Revising/updating each person's Plan of Services and Supports at least annually
				or when changes in the person's circumstances occur or when requests are made
				by the person/legal representative(s).
C. Informing and assisting people/legal
				representative(s) with access of services, both Home and Community-Based
				Services and non-Home and Community-Based Services, from which the person could
				benefit.
D. Informing people /legal
				representative(s) about certified providers for the services on his/her
				approved Plan of Services and Supports initially, annually, if he/she becomes
				dissatisfied with the current agency provider, when a new agency
				provider/service location is certified, or if an agency provider's
				certification status changes.
E.
				Assisting the person/legal representative(s) with meeting/interviewing agency
				provider representatives and/or arranging tours of service locations until the
				person chooses an agency provider.
F. Support Coordinators/Targeted Case
				Managers are responsible for entering required information in The Division of
				Medicaid's LTSS System.
G.
				Notifying each individual of:
1. Initial
				enrollment;
2. Approval/denial of
				requests for additional services;
3. Approval/denial of requests for increases
				in services;
4. Approval for
				requests for recertification for services;
5. Approval for requests for
				readmission;
6. Reduction in
				service(s); and,
7. Termination of
				service(s).
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 45 - ID/DD Waiver In-Home Services › Rule 24-2-45.1 - In-Home Respite Services

Current through June 25, 2024
A. In-Home Respite
				provides temporary, periodic relief to those people normally providing care for
				the eligible person. In-Home Respite personnel provide all the necessary care
				the usual caregiver would provide during the same time period.
B. In-Home Respite is only available to
				people living in a family home and is not permitted for people living
				independently, either with or without a roommate.
C. In-Home Respite is not available for
				people who receive Supported Living, Supervised Living, Shared Supported
				Living, Host Home Services, or who live in any other type of staffed
				residence.
D. In-Home Respite is
				not available to people who are in the hospital, an ICF/IID, nursing home, or
				other type of rehabilitation facility that is billing Medicaid, Medicare,
				and/or private insurance.
E.
				In-Home Respite cannot be provided in the provider's residence.
F. Employees may accompany people on short
				community outings (1-2 hours), but this cannot comprise the entirety of the
				service. Activities are to be based upon the outcomes identified in the Plan of
				Services and Supports and implemented through the Activity Support Plan.
				Allowable activities include:
1. Assistance
				with personal care needs such as bathing, dressing, toileting,
				grooming;
2. Assistance with eating
				and meal preparation for the person receiving services;
3. Assistance with transferring and/or
				mobility; and,
4. Leisure
				activities.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 45 - ID/DD Waiver In-Home Services › Rule 24-2-45.2 - Family Members as Providers of In-Home Respite

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The
				following types of family members are excluded from being providers of In-Home
				Respite:
1. Anyone who lives in the same home
				with the person, regardless of relationship.
2. Parents/step-parents, spouses, or children
				of the person receiving the services.
3. Those who are normally expected to provide
				care for the person receiving the services.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 45 - ID/DD Waiver In-Home Services › Rule 24-2-45.3 - In-Home Nursing Respite

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The standards in
				Rule
				45.1 also apply (Except Rule
				45.1.H).
B. In-Home Nursing Respite is provided by a
				registered or licensed practical nurse. He/she must provide nursing services in
				accordance with the MS Nursing Practice Act and other applicable laws and
				regulations.
C. In-Home Nursing
				Respite is provided for people who require skilled nursing services, as
				prescribed by a physician, in the absence of the primary caregiver. The need
				for administration of medications alone is not a justification for receiving
				In-Home Nursing Respite Services. (Refer to Rule
				13.8 )
D. People must have a statement from their
				physician/nurse practitioner stating:
1. The
				treatment(s) and/or procedure(s) the person needs in order to justify the need
				for a nurse in the absence of the primary caregiver;
2. The amount of time needed to administer
				the treatment(s) and/or procedure(s); and,
3. How long the treatment(s) and/or
				procedure(s) are expected to continue.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 46 - ID/DD Waiver Behavior Support Services › Rule 24-2-46.1 - General

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Behavior Support provides systematic
				behavior assessment, Behavior Support Plan development, consultation,
				restructuring of the environment and training for people whose maladaptive
				behaviors are significantly disrupting their progress in learning,
				self-direction or community participation and/or are threatening to require
				movement to a more restrictive setting or removal from current services. This
				service also includes consultation and training provided to families and
				employees working with the person. The desired outcome of the service is
				long-term behavior change.
B. If at
				any time a person's needs exceed the scope of the services provided through
				Behavior Support, the person will be referred to other appropriate services to
				meet his/her needs.
C. This service
				is not restricted by the age of the person; however, it may not replace
				educationally related services provided to people when the service is available
				under Early Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment, Individuals with
				Disabilities Education Act or other sources such as an Individualized Family
				Service Plan (IFSP) through First Steps or is otherwise available. All other
				sources must be exhausted before waiver services can be approved. This does not
				preclude a Behavior Consultant from observing a person in his/her school
				setting, but direct intervention cannot be reimbursed when it takes place in a
				school setting.
D. Behavior Support
				must be provided on a one (1) employee to one (1) person
				ratio
.
E. Behavior
				Support Services consist of:
1. An on-site
				visit as part of a Functional Behavior Assessment to observe the person to
				determine if the development of a Behavior Support Plan is warranted.
2. Informal training of employees and other
				caregivers regarding basic positive behavior support techniques that could be
				employed if it is determined that a Behavior Support Plan is not warranted
				based on the presenting behavior(s).
3. A Functional Behavior Assessment if
				consultation indicates a need based on the professional judgement of the
				Behavior Consultant.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 46 - ID/DD Waiver Behavior Support Services › Rule 24-2-46.2 - Role of the Behavior Consultants

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Behavior
				Consultants must perform the following activities:
1. Provide consultation as part of the
				Functional Behavior Assessment;
2.
				Conduct Functional Behavior Assessment;
3. Develop Behavior Support Plan;
4. Implement the Behavior Support Plan to the
				degree determined necessary;
5.
				Train the Behavior Interventionist and/or employees and other caregivers in the
				implementation of the Behavior Support Plan;
6. Monitor and review data submitted by the
				Behavior Interventionist to determine progress toward successful implementation
				of the Behavior Support Plan; and,
7. Monitor fidelity of implementation of the
				Behavior Support Plan and reliability of the data.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 46 - ID/DD Waiver Behavior Support Services › Rule 24-2-46.3 - Role of the Behavior Interventionist

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Behavior
				Interventionists are responsible for:
1.
				Participating in the development of the Behavior Support Plan with the Behavior
				Consultant;
2. Implementing the
				Behavior Support Plan;
3.
				Collecting and analyzing data for the effectiveness of the Behavior Support
				Plan;
4. Adjusting or revising the
				strategies identified in the Behavior Support Plan as approved by the Behavior
				Consultant;
5. Providing
				face-to-face training on the Behavior Support Plan and implementation
				strategies to employees and other caregivers. This shall include training for
				meals, hygiene, and/or community activities, and evenings and weekends noted in
				the Behavior Support Plan as particularly challenging;
6. Monitoring agency provider employees and
				other caregivers on the implementation of the Behavior Support Plan;
				and,
7. Submitting documentation to
				the Behavior Consultant as specified in the Behavior Support Plan which
				documents progress toward successful implementation of the Behavior Support
				Plan.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 46 - ID/DD Waiver Behavior Support Services › Rule 24-2-46.4 - Provision of Behavior Support In Conjunction with Other Services

Current through June 25, 2024
A. All providers must allow for
				implementation of the Behavior Support Plan in the service setting regardless
				of if another provider employs the Behavior Support personnel. All appropriate
				employees must receive training from the Behavior Consultant and/or Behavior
				Interventionist from the Behavior Support agency provider.
B. Behavior Support can be provided
				simultaneously with other waiver services if the purpose is to:
1. Conduct a Functional Behavior
				Assessment;
2. Provide direct
				intervention; or,
3. Provide
				training to employees/parents on implementing and maintaining the Behavior
				Support Plan.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 47 - ID/DD Waiver Home and Community Supports (HCS) › Rule 24-2-47.1 - General

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Home and Community Supports are for people
				who live in the family home and provide assistance with activities of daily
				living and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) such as bathing,
				toileting, transferring and mobility, meal preparation (but not the cost of the
				meals), assistance with eating and incidental household cleaning and laundry
				which are essential to the health, safety, and welfare of the person. Other
				activities can include assistance with keeping appointments, use of natural
				supports and other typical community services available to all people, social
				activities and participation in leisure activities.
B. Home and Community Supports may be shared
				by up to three (3) people who have a common direct service provider. People may
				share Home and Community Supports personnel when agreed to by the participants
				and the health and welfare can be assured for each participant.
C. Home and Community Supports cannot be
				provided in a school setting or be used in lieu of school services or other
				available day services.
D. Home and
				Community Supports are not available for people who receive Supported Living,
				Shared Supported Living, Supervised Living, Host Home Services, or who live in
				any other type of staffed residence.
E. Home and Community Supports are not
				available to people who are in the hospital, an ICF/IID, nursing home, or other
				type of rehabilitation facility that is billing Medicaid, Medicare, and/or
				private insurance.
F. Home and
				Community Support providers are responsible for providing transportation to and
				from community outings within the scope of the service. (Refer to Rule
				13.7 )
G. Home and Community Support providers are
				responsible for supervision and monitoring of the person at all times during
				service provision whether in the person's home, during transportation (if
				provided), and during community outings.
H. Home and Community Supports personnel are
				not permitted to provide medical treatment as defined in the MS Nursing
				Practice Act and Rules and Regulations.
I. Home and Community Supports personnel
				cannot accompany a minor on a medical visit without a parent/legal
				representative present.
J. Home and
				Community Supports cannot be provided in a provider's residence.
K. Home and Community Supports personnel may
				assist people with shopping needs and money management, but may not disburse
				funds on the part of a person without written authorization from the legal
				representative(s), if applicable.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 47 - ID/DD Waiver Home and Community Supports (HCS) › Rule 24-2-47.2 - Family Members as Providers of Home and Community Supports

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The following types of family members are
				excluded from being providers of Home and Community Supports:
1. Anyone who lives in the same home with the
				person, regardless of relationship.
2. Parents/step-parents, spouse or children
				of the person receiving the services.
3. Those who are normally expected to provide
				care for the person receiving the services.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 48 - ID/DD Waiver Transition Assistance Services › Rule 24-2-48.1 - General

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Transition Assistance is a one (1) time
				set-up expense for people who transition from institutions (ICF/IID or Title
				XIX nursing home) to the ID/DD Waiver. They may move to a less restrictive
				community living arrangement such as a house or apartment, with ID/DD Waiver
				Supports or home with family and receive ID/DD Waiver Supports.
B. To be eligible for transition assistance
				the following is necessary:
1. The person
				cannot have another source to fund or attain the items or support.
2. The person must be transitioning from a
				setting where these items were provided for him/her and upon leaving the
				setting will no longer be provided.
3. The person must be moving to a residence
				where these items are not normally furnished.
4. The person's ICF/IID or nursing facility
				stay is not acute or for rehabilitative purposes.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 48 - ID/DD Waiver Transition Assistance Services › Rule 24-2-48.2 - Expenditures for Transition Assistance

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Examples of
				expenses that may be covered as Transition Assistance are:
1. Transporting furniture and personal
				possessions to the new living arrangement;
2. Essential furnishing expenses required to
				occupy and use a community domicile;
3. Linens and towels;
4. Cleaning supplies;
5. Security deposits that are required to
				obtain a lease on an apartment or home that does not constitute paying for
				housing rent;
6. Utility set-up
				fees or deposits for utility or service access (e.g., telephone, water,
				electricity, heating, trash removal);
7. Initial stocking of the pantry with basic
				food items for the person not the family;
8. Health and safety assurances such as pest
				eradication, allergen control or one-time cleaning prior to moving;
9. Essential furnishings include items for a
				person to establish his or her basic living arrangements such as a bed, table,
				chairs, window blinds, eating utensils, and food preparation items;
				and,
10. Adaptive
				Equipment.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 49 - All Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Services › Rule 24-2-49.1 - General

Current through June 25, 2024
A. All DMH-certified service providers of
				substance use services must submit the Mississippi Substance Abuse Management
				Information System (MSAMIS) report to DMH by the tenth (10th) working day of
				the month following the reporting period.
B. The Agency Provider must have written
				policies and procedures for the following:
1.
				Successful completion of treatment;
2. Transfer of person to another
				service;
3. Service re-entry after
				any disruption of services; and,
4.
				Person initiated discharges without completion.
(a) When people choose to disregard agency
				provider rules and regulations after the agency provider has documented all
				interventions clinically available to employees.
(b) When people willfully choose to leave the
				service.
5. Employee
				initiated discharges without completion (last resort):
(a) Standard protocol of interventions
				utilized before discharge is initiated.
(b) The required protocol for treatment team
				meetings includes:
(1) Required employee
				present;
(2) Requirement for review
				of all interventions used prior to this staffing; and,
(3) How the treatment team makes the
				discharge decision.
6. Acceptance and accommodation of people
				entering treatment services utilizing medication assisted treatment (MAT) or
				beginning the use of medication assisted treatment after admission to treatment
				services.
7. Discharge from
				services after no therapeutic contact within the last ninety (90)
				days.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 49 - All Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Services › Rule 24-2-49.2 - HIV and TB Risk Assessment and Testing

Current through June 25, 2024
A. All providers
				must provide and document that all people receiving substance use disorder
				treatment services receive a risk assessment for HIV at the time of intake. For
				people determined to be high risk by the HIV assessment, testing options are
				determined by level of care and must be provided as follows:
1. Outpatient Services: People must be
				offered on-site HIV Rapid Testing by the organization or informed of available
				HIV testing resources available within the community.
2. Primary Residential Services: People must
				be offered and encouraged to participate in on-site HIV Rapid Testing. If HIV
				Rapid Testing is not immediately available, then testing must be offered using
				other methodology on-site or the person must be transported to a testing
				location in the community only until such time as a Rapid Testing Program can
				be implemented.
3. Transitional
				Residential and Recovery Support Services: People must be offered and
				encouraged to participate in on-site HIV Rapid Testing unless the service can
				provide documentation that the person received the risk assessment and was
				offered testing within the last six (6) months. If testing was refused, the
				agency provider should encourage further testing. If HIV Rapid Testing is not
				immediately available, then testing must be offered using other methodology on
				site or the person must be transported to a testing location in the community
				only until such time as a Rapid Testing Program can be implemented.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 49 - All Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Services › Rule 24-2-49.3 - Education Regarding HIV, TB, STDs

Current through June 25, 2024
A. All providers
				must provide and document that all people receiving substance use disorder
				treatment services receive a minimum of one (1) hour of educational information
				concerning the following topics in a group and/or individual session:
1. HIV/AIDS
(a) Modes of transmission;
(b) Universal Precautions and other
				preventative measures against contracting/ spreading the virus; and,
(c) Current treatments and how to access
				them.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 49 - All Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Services › Rule 24-2-49.4 - Services to Pregnant Women

Current through June 25, 2024
A. All substance
				use services must document and follow written policies and procedures that
				ensure:
1. Pregnant women are given top
				priority for admission.
2. Pregnant
				women may not be placed on a waiting list. Pregnant women must be admitted into
				a substance use disorder treatment service within forty-eight (48)
				hours.
3. If a service is unable to
				admit a pregnant woman due to being at capacity or any other appropriate
				reason, the service must assess, refer and assist the woman with placement in
				another DMH certified service within forty-eight (48) hours.
4. If a service is unable to admit a pregnant
				woman, the woman must be referred to a local health provider for prenatal care
				until an appropriate placement is made.
5. If unable to complete the entire process
				as outlined, the DMH Office of Consumer Support must be notified immediately by
				fax or email using standardized forms provided by DMH. The time frame for
				notifying DMH of inability to place a pregnant woman cannot exceed forty-eight
				(48) hours from the initial request for treatment from the woman.
6. If an agency provider is at capacity and a
				referral must be made, the pregnant woman must be offered an immediate
				face-to-face assessment at the agency provider or another DMH-certified agency
				provider. If offered at another DMH-certified agency provider, the referring
				agency provider must fully facilitate the appointment at the alternate
				DMH-certified agency provider. The referring agency provider must follow-up
				with the certified agency provider to ensure the woman was placed within
				forty-eight (48) hours.
7. Written
				documentation of placement or assessment and referral of pregnant women must be
				maintained on-site and reported to DMH.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 49 - All Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Services › Rule 24-2-49.5 - Services to People Who Use IV Drugs

Current through June 25, 2024
A. All DMH
				certified substance use services must document and follow written policies and
				procedures that ensure:
1. People who use IV
				drugs are provided priority admission over non-IV drug users.
2. People who use IV drugs are placed in
				treatment services identified as the best modality by the assessment within
				forty-eight (48) hours.
3. If an
				agency provider is unable to admit a person who uses IV drugs due to being at
				capacity or any other appropriate reason, the agency provider must assess,
				refer and place the person in another DMH-certified agency provider within
				forty-eight (48) hours.
4. If
				unable to complete the entire process as outlined, the DMH Office of Consumer
				Support must be notified immediately by fax or email using standardized forms
				provided by DMH. The time frame for notifying DMH of inability to place a
				person who uses IV drugs cannot exceed forty-eight (48) hours from the initial
				request for treatment from the person.
5. If an agency provider is at capacity and a
				referral must be made, the referring provider is responsible for assuring the
				establishment of alternate placement at another DMH-certified agency provider
				within forty-eight (48) hours.
6.
				The referring agency provider is responsible for ensuring the person is placed
				within forty-eight (48) hours.
7.
				In the event there is an IV drug user who is unable to be admitted because of
				insufficient capacity, the following interim services will be provided:
(a) Counseling and education regarding HIV
				and TB, the risks of sharing needles, the risk of transmission to sex partners
				and infants, and the steps to prevent HIV transmission; and,
(b) Referrals for HIV and TB services made
				when necessary.
8.
				Written documentation of placement or assessment and referral of IV drug users
				must be maintained on-site and reported to DMH.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 49 - All Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Services › Rule 24-2-49.6 - DUI Convictions

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Agency providers
				must determine and document, at intake, if the person has been convicted of
				more than one (1) DUI that has resulted in a suspended driver's license. If so,
				the agency provider must explain the DUI assessment and treatment process to
				the person and determine if he/she is interested in participating.
B. An agency provider must disclose if it is
				certified by DMH to conduct DUI assessments. Source: Section
				41-4-7
				of the
Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended