Section 440IAC4-3-1. Mandatory services

   (a) The management of services provided by the center shall be so structured as to promote continuity of care to every client. All services of the center must be readily accessible and information easily transferable among service elements. The department and the center shall cooperate in defining and putting into operation policies and procedures that require clinical coordination by the center for patients going into the state hospital and for patients coming from the state hospital to the care of the center.

  (b) In order to be designated as a community mental health center, a provider shall, within its designated service area, provide in the following six (6) areas for the treatment and prevention of mental disorders:

(1) Inpatient services.

(2) Residential services.

(3) Partial hospitalization services.

(4) Outpatient services.

(5) Consultation-education services.

(6) Community support program.

  (c) Centers are expected to stay sensitive to the demographic makeup of their service areas when planning for the provision of service. Care should be taken to provide for the specialized service needs of children, the older adult, and residents previously discharged from inpatient treatment at a mental health facility. Within the identified framework of mandatory services, the following target populations must be addressed:

(1) Seriously mentally ill.

(2) Seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.

(3) Alcohol and other drug abusers.

(4) Older adults.

  (d) In addition to the above required services, the center may provide additional services to the service area if availability of resources can be demonstrated. (Division of Mental Health and Addiction; 440 IAC 4-3-1; filed Jun 29, 1983; 10:31 a.m.: 6 IR 1398; filed Jan 22, 1988, 1:55 p.m.: 11 IR 1777; readopted filed May 10, 2001, 2:30 p.m.: 24 IR 3235; filed Apr 3, 2003, 11:10 a.m.: 26 IR 2616, eff Jul 1, 2003; readopted filed Apr 7, 2008, 3:40 p.m.: 20080507-IR-440070745RFA; readopted filed Aug 11, 2014, 11:21 a.m.: 20140910-IR-440140240RFA)