SECTION 450:17-5-145. Treatment team; adult team

(a)   Each BHH team serving adults shall include the following positions, unless otherwise arranged as permitted in (b) below:

(1)   Health Home Director;

(2)   Nurse Care Manager;

(3)   Consulting Primary Care Physician, Advance Practice Registered Nurse, or Physician Assistant;

(4)   Licensed Psychiatric Consultant;

(5)   Licensed Behavioral Health Professional or Licensure Candidate;

(6)   Certified Behavioral Health Case Manager I or II;

(7)   Hospital Liaison/Health Home Specialist; and

(8)   Wellness Coach credentialed through ODMHSAS.

(b)   Variations from the above staff pattern on a continuous basis, must be approved in advanced by the ODMHSAS Commissioner or a designee.

(c)   If the health team experiences difficulty in recruiting staff to fill any of the above positions, a recruitment and contingency plan to maintain essential services, will be submitted to the ODMHSAS Director of Provider Certification for approval.

(d)   The facility must have written policies and procedures defining the program's plan for staff-to-consumer ratio for each adult BHH team and a plan for how exceptions will be handled.

(e)   Staffing ratios must be regularly monitored and evaluated within the certified facility's performance improvement activities.

(f)   Compliance with this Section will be determined by on-site observation, review of organizational documents, personnel records, staffing schedules, and clinical records.

[Source: Added at 32 Ok Reg 456, eff 1-1-15 (emergency); Added at 32 Ok Reg 2077, eff 9-15-15; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 964, eff 9-1-16]