This section establishes the goal and objectives of partial hospitalization programs in Pennsylvania, which aim to increase patient functioning for individuals with chronic or acute mental disorders. Objectives include diverting patients from inpatient psychiatric units, shortening inpatient stays, providing crisis stabilization for chronically ill patients needing more intensive services than outpatient care, and facilitating community reintegration for intermediate or long-term patients. Facility operators must ensure their partial hospitalization programs are structured and operated in alignment with these stated goals.
View official source55 Pa. Code § 5210.6 - Goal and objectives State Regulations Compare The goal of partial hospitalization is to increase the level of patient functioning. The service may be provided to clients with chronic or acute mental disorders who require active treatment. Its objectives include the following: (1) The diversion of patients from acute psychiatric inpatient units or to shorten the length of stay. (2) Crisis stabilization and treatment of chronically ill patients currently in treatment who require more intensive service for some period of time than is provided in outpatient or aftercare programs. (3) The return to the community of intermediate or long-term patients. Notes 55 Pa. Code § 5210.6 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