Pa. Code 5310.2

Policy

This section establishes the policy framework for Community Residential Rehabilitation Services (CRRS) in Pennsylvania, which are certified residential programs designed to help persons with chronic psychiatric disability develop independent living skills and community participation. CRRS must operate within a broader service system, cooperating with other agencies to provide coordinated care. The chapter prescribes certification standards for operating these Mental Health Community Residential Rehabilitation Services, and certification is a condition of eligibility for County MH/MR funding.

55 Pa. Code § 5310.2 - Policy 

 State Regulations 

 Compare

(a)
 Community
 Residential Rehabilitation Services (CRRS) are specifically designed and
 operated to assist persons with chronic psychiatric disability to live as
 independently as possible through the provision of training and assistance in
 the skills of community living and by serving as an integrating focus for the
 person's rehabilitation. CRRS are defined, regulated and operated to implement
 the principle of least restrictive service alternative. An individual shall be
 served by CRRS only for so long as the services are consistent with his need
 for services.

(b)
 The CRRS can exist
 only in a system of services for their clientele and cannot function without
 ties to other service providers. Rehabilitation of severely psychiatrically
 disabled individuals requires many and diverse services: CRRS have as their
 part in the process the development of the clients' skills for independent
 living and for community participation while more general social and vocational
 skills are developed and treatment occurs. CRRS' have an obligation to work
 cooperatively with other service agencies and with local coordinating and
 planning groups toward the development and operation of a comprehensive service
 system which can meet the needs of chronically mentally ill persons in a
 continuous, timely and coordinated manner.

(c)
 The CRRS have the following essential
 characteristics: 
(1)
 A homelike,
 noninstitutional environment providing maximum opportunity to learn the skills
 necessary for more independent living.

(2)
 A residential setting providing each
 client with maximum possible autonomy, independence and
 self-determination.

(3)
 A program
 which constantly strives to enable clients to move to less restrictive living
 settings.

(4)
 Responsible staff to
 support and assist the client as needed in his movement to
 independence.

(5)
 Well-developed
 cooperative efforts with other agencies in the service delivery system to
 ensure coordinated, continuous and effective services for the rehabilitation of
 clients.

(d)
 This chapter
 prescribes standards for certification to operate Mental Health Community
 Residential Rehabilitation Services in this Commonwealth. Funding through the
 County Mental Health/Mental Retardation (MH/MR) program may be provided for the
 establishment and operation of CRRS. This chapter is not intended to confer
 eligibility for County MH/MR funding although the issuance of a certificate of
 compliance under this chapter and Chapter 20 (relating to licensure or approval
 of facilities and agencies) does constitute one condition of eligibility for
 the funding.

Notes

55

 Pa. Code §
 
5310.2

State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available.
 Below is a 
comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release.

 More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.

 No prior version found.

 State Regulations Toolbox