N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 14 § 819.10

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

Section 819.10 - Additional requirements for community residential services

(a) Admission criteria. In addition to the admission criteria applicable to residential services generally, an individual admitted to community residential services must meet the following criteria:

(1) The individual must be homeless or must have a living environment not conducive to recovery.

(2) The individual must be determined to need outpatient treatment services and/or other support services such as vocational or educational services, in addition to the residential services provided by the community residence.

(b) Clinical services.

(1) In addition to the service elements required of all residential services, community residential services are required specifically to provide a structured therapeutic environment designed to facilitate the individual's progress toward recovery from a substance use disorder(s).

(2) The service shall maintain a focus on the development and improvement of the skills necessary for recovery.

(3) Specific services to be provided shall include the following:

(i) Each community residential service shall ensure that its residents have access to evidence-based, person-centered, and trauma-informed individual, group and family counseling services as needed and appropriate.

(ii) Each community residence shall have written referral agreements with one or more substance use disorder outpatient services to provide outpatient treatment services, as necessary.

(iii) The community residence shall ensure that such services are integrated with the recovery and wellness activities and services provided by the residence and incorporated in the individual's service plan.

(iv) Each community residence shall ensure that a comprehensive and appropriate range of rehabilitative procedures are available to each resident. Such services include but are not limited to:

(a) vocational services such as vocational assessments;

(b) job skills training, and employment readiness training;

(c) educational remediation; and

(d) life, parenting and social skills training.

(4) Rehabilitation services may be provided directly by the service or by referral.

(5) Rehabilitation services shall be identified in the resident's comprehensive treatment/recovery plan.

(6) Personal, social, and community skills training and development. Residents shall receive training in community living skills and adult living skills as needed by each resident. Such skill development shall include, but is not limited to, a program of social interaction and leisure activities.

(c) Treatment/recovery plan review.

(1) Each treatment/recovery plan, once established, must be reviewed completely and revised at least every three months thereafter by the responsible clinical staff member in consultation with the resident and reviewed and signed by the supervisor.

(2) Any resident who is having challenges meeting agreed upon goals defined in the treatment/recovery plan shall be engaged in a case conference with members of the multidisciplinary team who will collaborate with the resident to create revisions to the treatment/recovery plan that meet the resident's treatment needs

(d) Staffing.

(1) Each community residence shall have a full time house manager responsible for the dayto-day operation of the service.

(2) There shall be staff on site twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week.

(3) All community residential services shall have sufficient staff to insure that supportive and rehabilitation services are available and responsive to the needs of each resident. In addition to the twenty-four hours a day coverage, community residential services will have at least one clinical staff member for every fifteen residents.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 14 § 819.10

Amended New York State Register September 14, 2022/Volume XLIV, Issue 37, eff. 10/1/2022