SECTION 450:17-3-161. Services to homeless individuals

(a)   CMHCs shall provide the following services to individuals within their service area who are homeless, including those individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and who have a serious mental illness, including co-occurring substance use disorders:

(1)   Linkage and contacts with local emergency services, shelters, state-operated psychiatric inpatient unit, Community Based Structured Crisis Centers, Urgent Recovery Clinics and any other organizations which may be in contact with homeless persons;

(2)   Linkage and contacts with local housing authorities;

(3)   Contact, and work with those who are homeless and who have a serious mental illness, to assist with accessing CMHC services, income benefit programs, and housing programs, among other services; and

(4)   These services shall be addressed in CMHC policy and procedures.

(b)   Compliance with 450:17-3-161 shall be determined by a review of the following: documentation of linkage activities and agreements; clinical records; PICIS reporting data; and, CMHC policy and procedures.

[Source: Added at 13 Ok Reg 2741, eff 7-1-96; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2126, eff 7-1-00; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2333, eff 7-1-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1303, eff 7-1-03; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 960, eff 7-1-05; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 1809, eff 10-1-18]