Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 2 › Subtitle 09 - MEDICAL CARE PROGRAMS › Chapter 10.09.16 - Behavioral Health Crisis Services › Section 10.09.16.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this
				  chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administrative Services Organization
				  (ASO)" means the contractor procured by the State to provide the Department
				  with administrative support services to operate the Maryland Public Behavioral
				  Health System.
(2) "Behavioral
				  Health Administration (BHA)" means the administration within the Department
				  that establishes regulatory requirements that behavioral health programs are to
				  maintain in order to become licensed by the Department.
(3) "Core Service Agency" means the local
				  mental health authority responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring
				  public mental health services at the local level.
(4) "Crisis" means the experience of stress,
				  emotional or behavioral symptoms, difficulties with substance use, or a
				  traumatic event that compromises an individual's ability to function within
				  their current family and living situation, school, workplace, or community, as
				  defined by the individual experiencing the crisis.
(5) "Crisis intervention" means the ability
				  to perform or provide crisis assessment, crisis de-escalation, psychoeducation,
				  brief behavioral support, and referral and linkage to appropriate services and
				  supports.
(6) "Department" means
				  the Maryland Department of Health, as defined in COMAR
				  10.09.36.01, or its authorized
				  agents acting on behalf of the Department.
(7) "Licensed mental health professional"
				  means a:
(a) Psychiatrist;
(b) Licensed psychologist;
(c) Psychiatric nurse practitioner
				  (CRNP-PMH);
(d) Clinical nurse
				  specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing (APRN-PMH);
(e) Licensed certified social worker-clinical
				  (LCSW-C);
(f) Licensed clinical
				  alcohol and drug counselor (LCADC);
(g) Licensed clinical marriage and family
				  therapist (LCMFT);
(h) Licensed
				  clinical professional art therapist (LCPAT);
(i) Licensed clinical professional counselor
				  (LCPC); or
(j) Properly supervised:
(i) Licensed master social worker
				  (LMSW);
(ii) Licensed graduate
				  alcohol and drug counselor (LGADC);
(iii) Licensed graduate marriage and family
				  therapist (LGMFT);
(iv) Licensed
				  graduate professional art therapist (LGPAT);
(v) Licensed graduate professional counselor
				  (LGPC);
(vi) Licensed certified
				  social worker (LCSW); or
(vii)
				  Psychology associate.
(8) "Medical Assistance" has the meaning
				  stated in COMAR 10.09.24.02.
(9)
				  "Medically necessary" has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.
(10) "Participant" means an individual who is
				  certified as eligible for, and is receiving, Medical Assistance
				  benefits.
(11) "Program" has the
				  meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.
(12) "Provider" means an organization or an
				  individual practitioner furnishing the services covered under this chapter
				  which, through appropriate agreement with the Department, has been identified
				  as a Program provider by the issuance of a provider account number.