Pa. Code 5310.21

This section defines the client eligibility criteria for placement in a Community Residential Rehabilitation Service (CRRS) under Pennsylvania's mental health residential program. Clients must generally be 18 or older (or emancipated minors), psychiatrically disabled, and demonstrate social maladjustment or reduced capacity for independent living. Clients may have additional handicaps or need medication/diet supervision, but must not require 24-hour nursing or medical care. Facility operators must screen and document that each admitted client meets these characteristics prior to placement.

55 Pa. Code § 5310.21 - Client characteristics 

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(a)
 A
 client placed in community residential rehabilitation service (CRRS) must: 
 
(1)
 Be 18 years or older, or be an
 emancipated minor, unless the CRRS is operated under Subchapter C (relating to
 children services).

(2)
 Be
 psychiatrically disabled; as specified in §
 
5310.32
(c)(1) 

 (relating to intake).

(3)
 Have
 demonstrated, over a period of time, social maladjustment which prevents the
 client from living independently in the community.

(4)
 Have difficulties in social or personal
 adjustment associated with psychiatric disability, as demonstrated in reduced,
 lost or underdeveloped capacity for establishing and sustaining appropriate
 interpersonal relationships or for making and implementing decisions necessary
 for self-care and independent living.

(5)
 Be capable of self-preservation,
 according to the criteria established in §
 
5310.32
(e)
.

(b)
 A client placed in CRRS may: 
 
(1)
 Have additional handicaps provided the
 individual meets one of the criteria for self-preservation established in §
 
5310.32
(e) 

 (relating to intake).

(2)
 Need
 special diet or medication supervision, provided that the client does not need
 24-hour nursing or medical care.

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55

 Pa. Code §
 
5310.21

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 §§
 
5310.111
 (relating to client
 characteristics).

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