SECTION 340:75-16-36. Out-of-state inpatient behavioral health services

(a)   A child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) custody admitted to inpatient behavioral health service facilities out-of-state must meet the same medical necessity criteria for inpatient behavioral health services required in Oklahoma.

(1)   A child in DHS custody is only admitted to a facility that is an Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) approved, Title XIX provider under formal contract with OHCA and Child Welfare Services Specialized Placements and Partnerships Unit.

(2)   Admission of a child in DHS custody to an out-of-state, inpatient behavioral health service facility requires prior approval through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and facilitation via OHCA.

(b)   The assigned child welfare specialist visits a child in an out-of-state behavioral health service facility every six months.

(c)   A child who is admitted to an inpatient behavioral health service facility in Oklahoma by another state does not have to meet Oklahoma Medicaid requirements.

[Source: Added at 19 Ok Reg 2208, eff 6-27-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2643, eff 7-1-03 (emergency); Amended at 21 Ok Reg 246, eff 11-7-03 (emergency); Amended at 21 Ok Reg 880, eff 4-26-04; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1044, eff 6-1-07; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1635, eff 9-15-16]