Section 11-175-16 - Community-based planning(a) Each service area center in conjunction with its service area board shall seek information, opinions, and recommendations from service area residents through such measures as community forums, public meetings, formal and informal surveys.(b) Each service area center shall identify and evaluate existing public and private mental health facilities, personnel, and services available in its service area, and determine the additional facilities, personnel and services necessary to fill the gaps and meet the mental health needs of its area. This shall include but not be limited to the services listed in section 334-3, HRS.(c) Each service area center shall describe its capacity to provide each mental health and substance abuse service element with respect to the minimum level of services available given its current resources, i.e., staff and budget. The minimum levels of services shall be established by the following process: (1) Establishment of a mechanism whereby residents have input into the planning, development, and review of services to meet their needs; and(2) Assessment of the social network.(d) The service area center plan shall include a prioritized list of the mental health and substance abuse services in each service area.(e) Each service area center shall provide a plan whereby mental health and substance abuse services shall be accessible to residents of the service area.(f) Each service area center plan shall describe the methods by which it will: (1) Identify children and adults from its area who could be discharged to less restrictive settings if such settings were available;(2) Identify the kinds of settings that are required to meet the needs. The plan shall describe the specific actions the center will take to develop these settings, including reallocating existing funds or seeking additional resources if necessary:(3) Provide a time line indicating now many children and adults needing less restrictive settings will be discharged to such settings in each biennium, and when all such individuals can be discharged;(4) Assist the courts, other public agencies, and appropriate private agencies in screening persons being considered for publicly funded inpatient care in mental health facilities to determine if such care is indicated, avoid inappropriate hospitalization, and direct persons to appropriate treatment settings.(g) Each service area center plan shall indicate the number of consumers to be served based on: (1) An estimate of the number of staff required to deliver that service or the amount of money required to purchase that service;(2) An estimate of the number of units of service the average consumer will require annually.[Eff. and comp DEC 30 1988; Comp OCT 19 2007] (Auth: HRS § 334-9) (Imp: HRS § 334-3)