SECTION 450:27-9-7. Treatment team; children and adolescent team

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

(1)   Care Coordinator (CM II Wraparound Facilitator);

(2)   Health Home Director;

(3)   Licensed Psychiatric Consultant;

(4)   Licensed Nurse Care Manager (RN or LPN);

(5)   Peer to Peer Family /Youth Support Provider;

(6)   Children's Health Home Specialist; and

(7)   Consulting Primary Care Practitioner.

(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 child and/or adolescent BHH team and a plan for how exceptions will be handled.

(e)   Staffing ratios must be regularly monitored and evaluated within the facilities 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 468, eff 1-1-15 (emergency); Added at 32 Ok Reg 2120, eff 9-15-15; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1012, eff 9-1-16; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 1854, eff 10-1-18]