55 Pa. Code § 5310.39

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Section 5310.39 - Service linkages
(a) The community residential rehabilitation service (CRRS) must establish:
(1) Arrangements for emergency psychiatric care for clients, confirmed by a letter of agreement.
(2) Arrangements with the persons or agencies responsible for the client's mental health treatment to ensure ongoing care and coordination between the treatment service and the CRRS.
(3) Arrangements for emergency medical care for clients.
(b) The CRRS must make arrangements with individual practitioners or health care services to ensure ongoing medical and dental care for each client.
(c) All CRRS's must participate in the overall system of mental health care as defined in the County Mental Health/Mental Retardation (MH/MR) Plan. The CRRS must have a written agreement with the County MH/MR program which:
(1) Specifies the relationship of the CRRS with the county program case management system.
(2) Provides the continuity of care and information exchange.
(3) Indicates the procedure for reporting by the CRRS to the County program of the following:
(i) Client deaths.
(ii) Fire or other disaster rendering a CRRS site uninhabitable.
(iii) Program closure.
(iv) Reported instances of violations of clients' rights in the CRRS.

55 Pa. Code § 5310.39

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 5310.91 (relating to special requirements for community residential rehabilitation service (CRRS) serving children); and 55 Pa. Code § 5310.128 (relating to service linkage).