This regulation establishes requirements for crisis assistance services for children, including crisis placement and crisis respite care. Providers must coordinate these services with (but not duplicate) emergency services as defined under Minnesota Statutes, and must help children and their parents or legal representatives locate and access appropriate crisis settings. Crisis respite care must be designed to provide temporary or periodic care and supervision to relieve the child's caregiver, and may be delivered in or outside the child's home.
View official source9535.4035 CRISIS ASSISTANCE SERVICES. § Subpart 1. Crisis assistance services, including crisis placement and crisis respite care. Crisis assistance services for a child, including crisis placement and crisis respite care, must be coordinated with, but must not duplicate, emergency services as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871 , subdivision 14. The crisis assistance services must meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4871 , subdivision 9a. § Subp. 2. Crisis assistance placement. When the child is in crisis and needs care outside of the child's home and the child or the child's parent or legal representative as described in part 9535.4023 requests crisis assistance, the provider of crisis assistance services shall help the child and the child's parent or legal representative to locate and access a crisis setting appropriate to the child's needs. § Subp. 3. Crisis respite care services. Crisis respite care services shall be designed to provide temporary or periodic care and supervision of a child for the purpose of providing relief to the child's caregiver. The crisis respite care service may be provided in the child's home or in a setting other than the child's home.