Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 43 - Applied Behavior Analysis › Rule 24-2-43.1 - Applied Behavior Analysis - General

Current through June 25, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish guidelines and
				  incorporate best practices for the application of Applied Behavior Analysis
				  principles and strategies to assist people demonstrating significant deficits
				  or excesses in the areas of communication, activities of daily living and
				  self-help skills, social and behavioral challenges including people with Autism
				  Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Autism Spectrum Disorder includes any of the Pervasive
				  Developmental Disorders in the most recent edition of the International
				  Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD) or Autism Spectrum Disorder in the
				  most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
				  Disorders, or in the editions of the International Statistical Classification
				  of Diseases or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in effect
				  at the time of diagnosis.
A. The
				provider must develop policies and procedures that address all components of
				service provision including identification assessments, treatment plans,
				behavior plans, caregiver involvement, data collection methods, admission,
				coordination of care, and transition and discharge plans including treatment
				follow-up.
B. Documentation of
				consents, assessment procedures and results, baseline behavior measurements and
				recordings, treatment plans, and treatment baseline and outcomes must be
				included in the person's record.
C.
				Eligibility criteria include a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, an
				eligibility determination for Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and
				Treatment, when medically necessary.
It is the intent of this service to alter social and learning
				  environments along with develop functional skills necessary to assist people to
				  thrive in their homes and communities and/or prevent hospitalizations or
				  out-of-home placements. Applied Behavior Analysis Services include
				  empirically-validated methods that are designed to build effective
				  contingencies and support to facilitate optimal functioning for people who
				  receive such services.
All services are provided in accordance with the
MS
				  Division of Medicaid Administrative Code: Part 206: Mental Health Services
				  Chapter 3: Autism Spectrum Disorder Services and the State Plan under Title XIX
				  of the Social Security Act Medical Assistance Program, TN No.
				  16-0020.
D. Services
				must be provided by people licensed in the State of Mississippi (Mississippi
				Code 73-75, 2016) as a Licensed Behavior Analyst or Licensed Assistant Behavior
				Analyst under the supervision of a Licensed Behavior Analyst. Behavior
				Technicians must be certified as Registered Behavior Technicians and listed
				with the State Licensure Board under a supervising Licensed Behavior Analyst.
				Licensed Psychologists whose scope of practice, training, and competence
				include Applied Behavioral Analysis may provide Applied Behavior Analysis
				Services.
E. A personnel record
				must be maintained on all employees and include information as indicated in
				Rule
				11.2. Evidence of continuing education
				hours to maintain current licensing requirements must also be included in the
				personnel record.
F. Applied
				Behavior Analysis Services include:
1.
				Problem-Identification Assessment by licensed personnel including the following
				processes as deemed appropriate by licensed personnel.
(a) Review of file information about the
				person's medical status, prior assessments and prior treatments.
(b) Stakeholder interviews and/or rating
				scales.
(c) Review of assessments
				by other professionals.
(d) Direct
				observation and measurement of the person's behavior in structured and
				unstructured situations.
(e)
				Determination of baseline levels of adaptive and maladaptive
				behaviors.
(f) Functional behavior
				analysis.
(g) Selection of
				treatment targets in collaboration with family members or
				stakeholders.
(h) Development of
				written protocols for treating and measuring all treatment targets.