This regulation establishes requirements for professional home-based family treatment services for children at risk of or returning from out-of-home placement due to emotional disturbance. Services must serve as an alternative to residential treatment, providing intensive, time-limited intervention to help children and families develop skills to keep the child in the home and community. Providers must follow the standards in Minn. Stat. § 245.4884, subd. 3, and if the child is eligible for medical assistance, must also comply with Minn. R. 9505.0324.
View official source9535.4059 PROFESSIONAL HOME-BASED FAMILY TREATMENT. Professional home-based family treatment services must be available to a child who is at risk of out-of-home placement, who is in out-of-home placement due to the child's emotional disturbance, or who is returning to the home from out-of-home placement. The services must be an appropriate alternative to residential treatment and must provide intensive, time-limited intervention to help the child and the child's family learn the skills necessary to keep the child within the home and community. The professional home-based family treatment services must be provided as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 245.4884 , subdivision 3. Additionally, if the child receiving the professional home-based mental health services is eligible for medical assistance, the services must comply with the requirements of part 9505.0324 .