Section 164.574 - Minimum Treatment Service RequirementsThe Licensed or Approved Provider shall provide directly or through QSOA with Qualified Service Organizations, the following services, as applicable in 105 CMR 164.100 through 164.400: Part Two.
(A) Medications for treatment of addiction, including all FDA-approved medications for addiction treatment;(B) Overdose prevention education as part of evidence-based practices;(C) Substance use disorder therapies;(D) Counseling and education as clinically indicated which conform to accepted standards of care, uses evidence-based practices, and monitors progress and outcomes;(E) HIV education and counseling;(F) TB screening, education and treatment;(G) Tobacco education and counseling;(H) Case management including:(1) directly connecting patients and residents to appropriate providers based on continuum of care, and patient and resident educational, vocational, financial, legal and housing needs;(2) updating the patient or resident's primary care provider on treatment and progress, such as by providing the patient's or resident's record to the primary care provider upon the patient's or resident's documented authorization;(3) documentation of patient or resident consent to provide treatment information to the patient or resident's primary care provider or release information to the receiving provider prior to or upon patient transfer. In the event the patient or resident refuses such consent, the Licensed or Approved Provider shall document such refusal in the patient or resident's record.(I) Mental health services, including screening, crisis intervention, and psychopharmacological services, for individuals with co-occurring disorders;(J) Health services, including primary care, oral health, and family planning services requested by the patient or resident;(K) Services for individuals with compulsive behaviors such as compulsive gambling; (L) Relapse prevention and recovery maintenance counseling and education and shall: (1) include monitoring of the patient's or resident's behavior;(2) address risks specific to the patient or resident, including, where applicable, risk of overdose; and(3) include services intended to maintain the patient or resident in treatment and support recovery;(M) Planning for patient's or resident's completion of treatment, and identification of transitional, discharge and aftercare supports the patient or resident may require; and(N) Family support services, including family therapy, or social or education services.Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1482, eff. 11/11/2022.