Section 7 AAC 139.150 - Home-based family treatment services(a) The department will pay for home-based family treatment services according to the following criteria to prevent inpatient hospitalization and residential services for an individual under 21 years of age listed in 7 AAC 139.010(1) if a combination of less intensive outpatient services under 7 AAC 135 has not been effective or is determined likely to not be effective: (1) level 1: for an individual at risk of out-of-home placement or diagnosed with or at risk to develop a mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder or substance use disorder as determined by a screening conducted under 7 AAC 135.100;(2) level 2: for an individual at high risk of out-of-home placement;(3) level 3: for an individual who is at imminent risk of out-of-home placement or who has been discharged from a residential treatment program, psychiatric hospital, or juvenile detention facility.(b) A provider may only provide level 1 home-based family treatment services if the screening is conducted under 7 AAC 135.100 using a screening tool listed in the Alaska Behavioral Health Provider Services Standards & Administrative Procedures for Behavioral Health Provider Services, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900, that is designed to identify recipient problems with one or more social determinants of health.(c) A provider must provide level 1 home-based family treatment services according to a family services plan developed by the provider in collaboration with the family.(d) A provider may only provide level 2 and level 3 home-based family treatment services if the assessment is conducted under 7 AAC 139.100 and also addresses how family relationships and family dynamics affect the recipient's identified problems.(e) All levels of home-based family treatment services must include direct access to the component services described in the Alaska Behavioral Health Providers Services Standards & Administrative Procedures for Behavioral Health Provider Services, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900. A provider that cannot provide one or more of the component services under this subsection must arrange for another provider to provide those services.(f) In this section, (1) "high risk" means a person who may have at least one or more adverse childhood experiences based on the clinical assessment;(2) "imminent risk" means a person who has been out of home placement, or is at risk of being out of home placement in state or tribal custody for issues that could lead to out of home placement.Eff. 5/21/2020, Register 234; am 10/4/2020, Register 236; am 2/2/2024, Register 249, April 2024Authority:AS 47.05.010
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