Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 35 - DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES › Chapter 105 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR LICENSING PROVIDERS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES › Part VI - Additional Requirements for Selected Services › Article 7 - Assertive Community Treatment Services › Section 12VAC35-105-1410 - Service requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
ACT teams shall document that the following services are
						provided consistent with the individual's assessment and ISP.
1. Ongoing assessment to ascertain the needs,
					 strengths, and preferences of the individual;
2. Case management;
3. Nursing;
4. Support for wellness self-management,
					 including the development and implementation of individual recovery plans,
					 symptom assessment, and recovery education;
5. Psychopharmacological treatment,
					 administration, and monitoring;
6.
					 Co-occurring diagnosis substance use disorder services that are
					 nonconfrontational, trauma informed, person-centered, consider interactions of
					 mental illness and substance use, and have goals determined by the
					 individual;
7. Empirically
					 supported interventions and psychotherapy;
8. Psychiatric rehabilitation, which may
					 include skill-building, coaching, and facilitating access to necessary
					 resources to help individuals with personal care, safety skills, money
					 management, grocery shopping, cooking, food safety and storage, purchasing and
					 caring for clothing, household maintenance and cleaning skills, social skills,
					 and use of transportation and other community resources;
9. Work-related services that follow
					 evidence-based supported employment principles, such as direct assistance with
					 job development, locating preferred jobs, assisting the individual through the
					 application process, and communicating with employers;
10. Support for resuming education;
11. Support, education, consultation, and
					 skill-teaching to family members, significant others, and broader natural
					 support systems, which shall be directed exclusively to the well-being and
					 benefit of the individual;
12.
					 Collaboration with families and development of family and other natural
					 supports;
13. Assistance in
					 obtaining and maintaining safe, decent, and affordable housing that follows the
					 individual's preferences in level of independence and location, consistent with
					 an evidence-based supportive housing model;
14. Direct support to help individuals obtain
					 legal and advocacy services, financial support, money-management services,
					 medical and dental services, transportation, and natural supports in the
					 community;
15. Crisis assessment,
					 interventions to prevent or resolve potential crises, and admission to and
					 discharge from psychiatric hospitals;
16. Assistance in developing and maintaining
					 natural supports and social relationships;
17. Medication education, assistance, and
					 support; and
18. Peer support
					 services, such as coaching, mentoring, assistance with self-advocacy and
					 self-direction, and modeling recovery practices.
Statutory Authority: §§ 37.2-302 and 37.2-400
						  of the Code of Virginia.