24 Miss. Code. R. 2-32.13 - [Effective until 11/1/2024] Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Team's Contacts

A. The Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Team must have seventy-five to eighty-five percent (75-85%) of Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery work and contact time in a community setting. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery is for people with intensive needs that traditional outpatient clinic services have not been successful in treating.

B. People served in Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery must be in the community (non-office based or non-facility-based settings). People that can make and maintain appointments at a clinic should not qualify for Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Services.

C. The Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Team must have the capacity to rapidly increase service intensity to a person when his or her status requires it or a person requests it.

D. Each person can receive services as often as necessary but at a minimum they must be seen two (2) times a week at a minimum of two (2) hours (total).

E. Each employee must provide services to each person as often as therapeutically necessary but at a minimum, each individual must be seen by Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Team personnel one (1) time a week.

F. Each person must receive services from a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner as often as necessary but at a minimum of one (1) time per every thirty (30) days. These services can be provided in an office or community setting. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery personnel must facilitate and provide transportation (if necessary) to the appointment.

G. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery will provide Peer Support Services, individual mental health therapy, medication administration/monitoring, general healthcare monitoring/treatment, supportive counseling, social/hygiene skills training, recovery/resiliency support, symptom management, budgeting skills, and leisure time activities.

Notes

24 Miss. Code. R. 2-32.13

Section 41-4-7 of the Mississippi Code, 1972, as Amended

Adopted 9/1/2020