SECTION 450:55-25-6. Treatment team composition

(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, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; or Physician Assistant;

(4)   Licensed Psychiatric Consultant;

(5)   License Behavioral Health Professional;

(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 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 478, eff 1-1-15 (emergency); Added at 32 Ok Reg 2131, eff 9-15-15; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1021, eff 9-1-16]