Pa. Code 5240.31

Discharge

This regulation governs discharge procedures for Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) agencies serving children, youth, and young adults. It specifies the permissible grounds for discharge—such as goal completion, lack of progress, need for more restrictive services, or extended non-attendance—and requires the agency to make contact attempts before discharging for non-attendance. Upon discharge, the agency must provide referral contact information and local crisis intervention service details to the youth, young adult, or parent/guardian.

55 Pa. Code § 5240.31 - Discharge 

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(a)
 An IBHS agency
 may discharge a child, youth or young adult when one of the following occurs: 
 
(1)
 The child, youth or young adult has
 completed the goals and objectives in the ITP and no new goals or objectives
 have been identified.

(2)
 The
 child, youth or young adult is not progressing towards the goals identified in
 the ITP within 180 days from the initiation of service and other clinical
 services are in place.

(3)
 The
 child, youth or young adult requires a more restrictive service to meet the
 child's, youth's or young adult's needs and other clinical services are in
 place.

(4)
 The parent or legal
 guardian of a child or youth who provided consent to receive services agrees
 services should be discontinued.

(5)
 The youth or young adult agrees services
 should be discontinued.

(6)
 The
 child, youth or young adult failed to attend scheduled IBHS for 45 consecutive
 days without any notification from the youth, young adult or the parent, legal
 guardian or caregiver of the child or youth. Prior to discharge, the IBHS
 agency made at least three attempts to contact the youth, young adult or the
 parent, legal guardian or caregiver to discuss past attendance, ways to
 facilitate attendance in the future and the potential discharge of the child,
 youth or young adult for lack of attendance.

(b)
 An IBHS agency shall provide the
 following information to the youth, young adult or parent, legal guardian or
 caregiver of the child upon discharge: 
(1)
 If
 the child, youth or young adult has been referred to other services, contact
 information for each service.

(2)

 Contact information for the local crisis intervention service.

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 Pa. Code §
 
5240.31

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