N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 14 § 587.8

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 587.8 - Clinic treatment programs for adults

(a) A clinic treatment program shall provide treatment designed to reduce symptoms, to improve functioning, and to provide ongoing support.

(b) Eligibility for admission to a clinic treatment program shall be based on a designated mental illness diagnosis.

(c) A clinic treatment program shall provide assessment services to all recipients and, in addition, shall provide health screening services to all recipients receiving medication therapy services. Treatment planning and discharge planning services shall be provided in accordance with section 587.16 of this Part.

(d) A clinic treatment program shall offer each of the following services, to be provided consistent with recipients' conditions and needs:

(1) health screening and referral;

(2) verbal therapy;

(3) medication therapy;

(4) medication education;

(5) symptom management; and

(6) psychiatric rehabilitation readiness determination and referral.

(e) A clinic treatment program satellite located in a local correctional facility shall provide crisis intervention services consistent with the recipients' conditions and needs.

(f) A clinic treatment program may also provide the following additional services:

(1) case management services;

(2) crisis intervention services;

(3) clinical support services; and

(4) family treatment services.

(g) The following services may be provided by other providers of service or by other programs operated by the provider service: case management; crisis intervention services; health screening and referral; psychiatric rehabilitation readiness determination; and clozapine monitoring. Additional services may be provided by other providers of service upon the prior review and approval by the Office of Mental Health.

(h) Any additional types of services provided by the clinic treatment program which are clinically appropriate shall be considered optional services and shall be subject to prior review and written approval by the Office of Mental Health. Electroconvulsive therapy and aversive conditioning therapy shall not be allowed as optional services.

(i) The clinic treatment program shall develop a plan for assuring continuity of care within the mental health system and with other service systems (e.g., social services, health care, local correctional systems). Such plan shall be subject to approval by the Office of Mental Health.

(j) Admission to a clinic treatment program must occur within the first three visits. A screening and admission note shall be written upon decision to admit which shall include the following:

(1) reason for referral;

(2) primary clinical and service-related needs and services to meet those needs; and

(3) admission diagnosis.

(k) When an admission is not indicated notation shall be made of the following:

(1) the reason for no admission;

(2) the disposition of the recipient; and

(3) any referrals made as appropriate.

(l) The provider of service of a clinic treatment program for adults shall develop a plan which will assure an appropriate response to recipients enrolled in the program who need assistance when the program is not in operation. Such plan shall be subject to approval by the Office of Mental Health.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 14 § 587.8

Amended, New York State Register, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, effective 6/4/2014