New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 37 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT › Subchapter 5 - PROGRAM ELEMENT REQUIREMENTS › Section 10:37-5.1 - Funding priorities

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) It is the goal
				of the Division to implement every mental health program cited in N.J.A.C.
				10:37-5, in every Service Area in the State. Minimally, as of July 1, 1981,
				there must be funded Emergency Services (ES) and Outpatient (OPD) programs
				serving every Service Area of the State; they shall meet the requirements cited
				in Articles II and IV of this subchapter.
(b) In order to insure adequate hospital
				liaison activity, designated State-funded outpatient programs, as described in
				section 10:37-5.5, shall allocate a minimum of one full-time equivalent
				(F.T.E.) staff person for every 120 clients admitted to the State and county
				hospitals during the preceding fiscal year from the agency's designated Service
				Area.
(c) In-hospital pre-discharge
				planning and post-discharge service procurement responsibilities must be funded
				through State Grant-in-Aid and local matching funds, Federal CMHC funds, or
				Supplemental State funds, such as those provided to State-funded demonstration
				community mental health facilities. County Care and Title XX contract dollars
				shall not be used for this purpose without written, waiver approval by the
				Division prior to implementation.
(d) All direct service program elements
				(excluding Consultation and Education programs):
1. "Face-to-face" activity: All State-funded
				direct service staff shall spend a minimum of 65 percent of their time in
				"face-to-face" client activity. "Face-to-face" may include: telephone contact
				with clients, transportation time needed to perform home visits/outreach
				services, service procurement and advocacy contacts, made with other staff,
				program elements, or agencies on behalf of the client. "Face-to-face" shall
				not, however, include staff supervision, record-keeping, or report
				writing.
2. Service procurement:
i. Although "Service Procurement" is listed
				as a required service, to be provided in all of the State-funded program
				elements other than Consultation and Education, each mental health agency must
				identify a Primary Service Procurer Coordinator for each client served in a
				State-funded Program Element.
ii.
				In the case of Division of Youth and Family Services' (DYFS) clients, the role
				of Primary Service Coordinator may be shared with the client's DYFS
				worker.
iii. The Primary Service
				Coordinator shall be responsible for monitoring the client's Individual Service
				Plan (ISP) and for coordinating all service procurement and advocacy efforts
				made on behalf of individual clients, internal and external to that agency.
				Activities shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Coordination of needs
				assessments;
(2) Service planning
				and linkage, monitoring; and
(3)
				Follow-up activities that facilitate each client's movement through the
				system.
iv. The Primary
				Service Coordinator may be a direct service provider in any Program Element.
				The Primary Service Coordinator should have thorough knowledge of the service
				system and should be able to consult with other mental health staff involved
				with the client, on a periodic basis and when specific difficulties
				arise.