Ala. Admin. Code r. 580-1-2-.05

Role And Function

This regulation defines the role and function of certified 310 Boards (Comprehensive and Specialty) operating in conjunction with the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (DMH/MR). These boards must plan and coordinate community and state action to address mental illness, mental retardation, substance abuse, alcoholism, drug addiction, and epilepsy. They are required to assess needs, develop service plans, coordinate local activities, and may provide a range of services including inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, emergency care, residential care, and rehabilitation/habilitation. The boards also serve as the local single point of intake for coordinating and planning DMH/MR services.

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(1)
 The
 certified Comprehensive 310 Board, in conjunction with the DMH/MR, must plan
 and take steps which lead to comprehensive state and community action to combat
 all forms of mental or emotional illness or debility, including but not limited
 to, alcoholism, drug addiction, epilepsy and mental retardation. The certified
 310 Specialty Boards, in conjunction with the DMH/MR, must plan and take steps
 which lead to comprehensive, state, and community action to combat either
 mental illness, mental retardation or substance abuse (the program(s) for which
 it is incorporated).

(2)
 The
 certified 310 Board, in coordination with the DMH/MR and local service
 providers, must develop a plan which specifies strategies to meet the area
 needs. Plans must be based upon assessed needs of identified individuals and/or
 based upon statistically sound projections of need and submitted through the
 Department's existing planning structure.

(3)
 The certified 310 Board (Comprehensive or
 Specialty), in conjunction with the DMH/MR, shall do studies of the needs and
 available resources of the state in relation to the above. They shall, in
 conjunction with the DMH/MR, develop public awareness of said disabilities and
 the need for combating them and they shall coordinate state and local
 activities relating to the various aspects of either mental illness, mental
 retardation and/or substance abuse and their prevention, treatment, or
 amelioration.

(4)
 The certified 310
 Board, in conjunction with the DMH/MR, will develop services within resource
 availability, activate relevant available services, refer to other appropriate
 services without bias to any particular provider and submit proposals to
 DMH/MR, and seek other funding sources. The certified 310 Board, in conjunction
 with the DMH/MR, will coordinate the planning and development of resources for
 community services and support, including residential placements for
 individuals eligible for DMH/MR services.

(5)
 The certified 310 Board shall provide any
 one or more of the following services: 
(a)

 Inpatient

(b)
 Outpatient/Therapy
 Services/Case Management

(c)

 Partial Hospitalization

(d)

 Emergency Care

(e)
 Community
 Education and Consultation

(f)

 Diagnosis

(g)
 Evaluation

(h)
 Rehabilitation/Habilitation

(i)
 PreCare

(j)
 Residential Care/Respite Care

(k)
 Aftercare and

(l)
 The prevention of all forms of mental or
 emotional illness, including, but not limited to, alcoholism, drug addiction,
 epilepsy, or mental retardation.
1.
 The
 certified 310 Board for a county for a designated service population shall
 serve as the local single point of intake for the purposes of coordinating and
 planning of DMH/MR services. If there is no certified 310 Board for a
 designated county, the DMH/MR Commissioner may designate an entity.

2.
 DMH/MR shall maintain authority for
 confirmation, enrollment, and establishment of eligibility for individuals for
 services under contract with DMH/MR. 
 
Author:
 Department of Mental Health and Mental
 Retardation

Notes

Ala. Admin. Code
 r. 
580-1-2-.05

New Rule: Filed October 1,
 2001; effective November 5, 2001.

Statutory Authority:

Code of Ala.
 1975
, §§
 
22-50-11
.

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