Section He-C 6350.17 - Intensive Treatment Program Requirements In order for a residential treatment program to be certified as an intensive treatment program, it shall comply with the following:
(a) He-C 4001, NH Residential Child Care Licensing Rules, except as described in (d) below regarding staff to child ratios;(b) The program shall have the capacity to provide highly structured services, both on-site and in the community, as needed to directly affect the educational, physical, intellectual, emotional, and social needs of the children and families;(c) The program shall maintain a multi-disciplinary, self-contained means of service delivery to meet the needs identified within the treatment plan, as follows: (1) There shall be a clinical staff to child ratio of one clinical staff to 10 children;(2) Clinical services shall be provided through the residential treatment program's on-site program unless a special circumstance is identified through the treatment plan to support utilizing a community provider;(3) Clinical staff shall provide treatment interventions to meet the individual needs of the children and families served and shall provide a therapeutic group-living experience;(4) Unless otherwise specified in the child's treatment plan, any combination of individual, group, or family counseling services shall be provided to each child or the family a minimum of 3 times a week;(5) The family-centered services component shall operate as described in He-C 6350.10(b) and with staffing in accordance with He-C 6350.11(g) and (h) ; and(6) The residential treatment program shall organize its clinical staff and family workers in a flexible manner so long as families are seen face-to-face no less than one time per week, unless otherwise specified in the child's treatment plan, as follows: a. Technology may be used to supplement clinical services as a part of the child's treatment; andb. The utilization of a video-conferencing technology shall not replace face-to-face contact unless documented in the child's treatment plan with the agreement of the treatment team as identified in He-C 6350.13(g) ; (d) The program shall be staff-secure and be able to serve those children whose needs require a high level of treatment and supervision, as follows: (1) There shall be a minimum staff to child ratio of one staff to 4 children during hours when children are awake; and(2) Except for residential treatment programs that have an independent living component housed in a separate area and have the capability of moving children that need more supervision back to the intensive care level, there shall be an awake staff member in each building housing children;(e) Educational services to children shall comply with RSA 193:1 and Ed 306, as follows: (1) The program shall use public schools per Ed 300, non-public schools per Ed 400, or private providers of special education per Ed 1100 as approved by the NH state board of education; and(2) The agency shall operate and maintain approval as a non-public school per Ed 400 and a private provider of special education per Ed 1100 as approved by the NH state board of education; and(f) When a child is discharged to a family member, the program shall provide transitional and aftercare services for a minimum of 30 days.N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6350.17
#6617, eff 10-25-97; ss by #8453, INTERIM, eff 10-25-05, EXPIRED: 4-23-06
New. #8693, eff 7-27-06
Amended byVolume XXXV Number 06, Filed February 12, 2015, Proposed by #10759, Effective 1/17/2015, Expires1/17/2025.