Pa. Code 5200.51

Provider service description

This regulation requires psychiatric outpatient clinics providing Mobile Mental Health Treatment (MMHT) services to submit a Department-approved service description before delivering those services. The service description must detail the population to be served, staffing patterns and qualifications, and policies for supervision, staff support, and care coordination with physical health services. Clinics must submit a revised description whenever any of this information changes, and may only provide MMHT services as outlined in their approved description.

55 Pa. Code § 5200.51 - Provider service description 

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(a)

 Prior to the delivery of MMHT services, a psychiatric outpatient clinic shall
 submit to the Department for approval a MMHT service description that includes
 the information required under subsection (b). A psychiatric outpatient clinic
 shall submit a revised service description to the Department if there are
 changes to the information required under subsection (b).

(b)
 A service description must include all of
 the following: 
(1)
 The population to be
 served, including all of the following:
(i)

 Expected number of individuals to be served.

(ii)
 The age ranges of the individuals to be
 served.

(iii)
 The presenting
 problems and other characteristics supporting the need for MMHT
 services.

(iv)
 The location of the
 provision of the services, whether in the home or community or both.

(v)
 The goals, objectives and expected
 outcomes of the MMHT services.

(2)
 Staffing pattern, including all of the
 following: 
(i)
 Number of mental health
 professionals, licensed clinical psychologists, and psychiatrists providing
 MMHT services.

(ii)
 The
 qualifications of a staff person providing a MMHT service.

(iii)
 The specific clinical services to be
 provided by each staff.

(3)
 The policies and procedures for all of
 the following:
(i)
 The supervision of MMHT
 services.

(ii)
 Staff support in the
 provision of MMHT services.

(iii)

 Coordination of care with physical health services.

(c)
 A psychiatric outpatient clinic
 shall provide MMHT services only as set forth in its approved service
 description.

Notes

55

 Pa. Code §
 
5200.51

The
 provisions of this § 5200.51 adopted October 11, 2019, effective
 
10/12/2019
, 49 Pa.B.
 5943.

The provisions of this § 5200.51 adopted under sections
 201(2) and 1021 of the Human Services Code (
62 P.S. §§
 
201(2)
 and
 
1021
); sections 105 and 112
 of the Mental Health Procedures Act (
50 P.S. §§
 
7105
 and
 
7112
); section 201(2) of the
 Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966 (
50 P.S. §
 
4201(2)
); and section 4 of
 the Outpatient Psychiatric Oversight Act (Act of May 31, 2018) (P.L. 123, No.
 25).

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
 
1153.41
 (relating to participation
 requirements).

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