SECTION 303.901. Description of MI Specialized Services

(a) The LMHA or LBHA staff must conduct the uniform assessment to determine which level of care the resident with MI will receive.

(b) The following MI specialized services are available to a resident with MI.

(1) Crisis intervention services. Interventions provided in response to a crisis in order to reduce or manage symptoms of MI and to prevent admission of a resident with MI to a more restrictive environment.

(2) Day programs for acute needs. Short term, intensive treatment to a resident with MI who requires multidisciplinary treatment in order to stabilize acute psychiatric symptoms or prevent admission to a more restrictive setting.

(3) Medication training and support services. Education and guidance provided to a resident with MI and family members about the resident with MI's medications and their possible side effects as described in §306.315 of this title (relating to Medication Training and Support Services).

(4) Psychiatric diagnostic interview examination. An assessment of a resident with MI that includes relevant past and current medical and psychiatric information and a documented diagnosis by a licensed professional practicing within the scope of his or her license.

(5) Psychosocial rehabilitation services. Social, educational, vocational, behavioral, and cognitive interventions provided by members of a resident with MI's therapeutic team that address deficits in the resident with MI's ability to develop and maintain social relationships, occupational or educational achievement, independent living skills, or housing. Psychosocial rehabilitative services include the following component services:

(A) coordination services;

(B) crisis related services;

(C) employment related services;

(D) housing related services;

(E) independent living services; and

(F) medication related services.

(6) Routine case management. A primarily site-based service to assist a resident with MI or LAR in gaining and coordinating access to necessary care and services appropriate to the resident with MI's needs.

(7) Skills training and development. Training provided to a resident with MI that:

(A) addresses the severe and persistent MI and symptom-related problems that interfere with the resident with MI's functioning;

(B) provides opportunities for the resident with MI to acquire and improve skills needed to function as appropriately and independently as possible in the community; and

(C) facilitates the resident with MI's community integration and increases the resident with MI's length of community residency.

Source Note: The provisions of this §303.901 adopted to be effective September 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 5419