14 CRR-NY 599.8NY-CRR

STATE COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
TITLE 14. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
CHAPTER XIII. OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
PART 599. CLINIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS
14 CRR-NY 599.8
14 CRR-NY 599.8
599.8 Clinic services.
(a) Eligibility for admission to a clinic treatment program shall be based on a designated mental illness diagnosis.
(b) Clinic treatment programs shall offer each of the following services, to be provided consistent with recipients’ conditions and needs:
(1) initial assessment (including health screening). The health screening documentation may be provided by the recipient or obtained from other sources such as the recipient’s primary care physician, where appropriate;
(2) psychiatric assessment;
(3) crisis intervention. The clinic shall have 24 hour a day/7 day per week availability of crisis intervention services. After hours coverage shall include, at a minimum, the ability to provide brief crisis intervention services and shall be provided pursuant to a plan approved by the local governmental unit or the office. Such services shall be provided either directly or pursuant to a clinical services contract. Such contract shall include, at a minimum, provisions assuring that, in the event of a crisis, the nature of the crisis and any measures taken to address such crisis are communicated to the primary clinician or other designated clinician involved in the individual’s treatment at the clinic, or the individual’s primary care or mental health care provider, if known, on the next business day. At the request of the local governmental unit, State-operated clinics shall consult with the local governmental unit or units in their service area in the development of such clinic’s crisis response plan;
(4) injectable psychotropic medication administration (for clinics serving adults);
(5) injectable psychotropic medication administration with monitoring and education (for clinics serving adults);
(6) psychotropic medication treatment;
(7) psychotherapy services. Such services shall promote community integration and encompass interventions to facilitate readiness for and engagement of the client and family in wellness self management, schools, and employment;
(8) family/collateral psychotherapy;
(9) group psychotherapy; and
(10) complex care management.
(c) Clinics may offer the following optional services:
(1) developmental testing;
(2) psychological testing;
(3) health physicals;
(4) health monitoring;
(5) psychiatric consultation; or
(6) injectable psychotropic medication administration (for clinics serving only children); and
(7) injectable psychotropic medication administration with monitoring and education (for clinics serving only children).
14 CRR-NY 599.8
Current through August 15, 2021
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