SECTION 450:27-9-19. Health promotion and wellness; consumer self-management

(a)   The BHH must assist members to participate in the implementation of their comprehensive care plan.

(b)   This must include, but not be limited to providing health education specific to a member's chronic conditions; development of self-management plans with the individual; support to improve social networks; and providing health-promoting lifestyle interventions. Health promoting lifestyle interventions include, but are not limited to substance use prevention, smoking prevention and cessation, nutritional counseling, obesity reduction and increasing physical activity; and assisting to understand and self-manage chronic health conditions.

(c)   In addition, BHHs that serve children and adolescents must provide child-specific health promotion activities. These include but are not limited to education regarding the importance of immunizations and screenings, child physical and emotional development; linking each child with screening in accordance with the EPSDT periodicity schedule; monitoring usage of psychotropic medications through report analysis and follow up with outliers; identifying children in need of immediate or intensive care management for physical health needs; and, providing opportunities and activities for promoting wellness and preventing illness, including the prevention of chronic physical health conditions.

(d)   Compliance with this Section will be determined by 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]