SECTION 450:16-5-1. Continuity of care agreements, other service providers  


Latest version.
  • (a)   The RCF shall have negotiated formal written agreements with other behavioral health service providers to assure availability of continuous community based services to residents who will potentially need those services. The agreements must define responsibilities of each service entity. The Agreement(s) shall be renewed on an annual basis. If the Agreement is not obtained, the RCF shall show documentation of efforts to obtain the Agreement(s). At a minimum, there shall be agreements in place to sufficiently meet the emergency mental health needs of clients as well as insure continuous access to and collaboration with an array of outpatient behavioral psychiatric and rehabilitation services, including appropriate access to integrated services for individuals with co-occurring substance disorders.
    (b)   To ensure continuity of care with all components of services, these Agreements shall address the roles and responsibilities of the RCF, the local providers of community-based behavioral health services and any other pertinent party. One of the roles and responsibilities addressed shall be to provide access to crisis stabilization and inpatient services.
    (c)   Compliance with 450:16-5-1 shall be determined by a review of documentation, including agreement(s) signed by all necessary parties; or agreement(s) signed by some of the parties with further notes from the RCF stating the date of attempts to have the agreement(s) signed by the other providers.
[Source: Added at 13 Ok Reg 3305, eff 9-1-96; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1479, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2124, eff 7-1-00; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2172, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1379, eff 7-1-02; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1061, eff 7-1-04; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 958, eff 7-1-05; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1421, eff 7-1-07]