SECTION 450:27-9-10. Admission

(a)   The facility must determine the extent to which each consumer's needs and preferences can be adequately addressed within the array of required BHH services.

(b)   An integrated screening and assessment approach in accordance with OAC 450:27-7-2 will be used to determine clinical eligibility for BHH services.

(c)   Facility policies and procedures must assure that adults who meet the criteria for a SMI or children who meet the criteria for a SED are eligible for BHH services.

(d)   The facility must obtain informed consent specific to enrollment in the BHH.

(1)   The consent must be specific to the extent that it permits the BHH team members to share information relevant to the delivery of BHH services.

(2)   The process for obtaining consent must educate the consumer of their right to choose among qualified BHHs or to opt out of the BHH service.

(3)   The BHH must obtain consent for a child in state custody from the Child Welfare or Juvenile Justice worker.

(4)   The BHH consent can be integrated into the facility's overall consent to treat as long as the requirements above are met.

(e)   Compliance with this Section will be determined by on-site observation, review of organizational documents, program descriptions, outcome monitoring and other performance improvement activity reports, and clinical records.

[Source: Added at 32 Ok Reg 468, eff 1-1-15 (emergency); Added at 32 Ok Reg 2120, eff 9-15-15; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 1854, eff 10-1-18]