This regulation defines Crisis Intervention as an immediate, short-term treatment service delivered in 15-minute billable units to individuals experiencing an acute personal crisis. Services must be provided in a home, community setting, or at a DBH-certified ASURS (Adult Substance Use Recovery Services) provider site, and must comply with the standards set forth in Chapter 63 of Title 22-A DCMR. Operators must ensure billing and delivery align with these unit and setting requirements.
View official source9102 CRISIS INTERVENTION 9102.1 Crisis Intervention is an immediate short-term treatment intervention, which assists an individual to resolve an acute personal crisis that jeopardizes the individual’s treatment, recovery progress, health or safety. 9102.2 Crisis Intervention shall: (a) Be provided and billed in fifteen (15) minute units; (b) Be provided in a home or community setting, or a DBH-certified ASURS provider’s service site. 9102.3 Crisis intervention shall be delivered in accordance with the requirements set forth in Chapter 63 of Title 22-A DCMR. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 11144 (September 28, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 11655 (September 23, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 013719 (December 5, 2025). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Public Welfare 29 DCMR § 9102