Section 17b-262-506 - Individual plan of care requirements for inpatient psychiatric services for a client under age twenty-one in a psychiatric hospital(a) Inpatient psychiatric services for clients under age twenty-one shall constitute active treatment, as documented in the professionally developed and supervised individual plan of care.(b) Before admission or before authorization for payment, the interdisciplinary team shall establish a written plan of care for each applicant or client, designed to achieve the client's discharge from inpatient status at the earliest possible time. This plan shall:(1) be based on a diagnostic evaluation that includes examinations of the medical, psychological, social, behavioral, and developmental aspects of the client's situation and thereby reflect the need for inpatient psychiatric care;(2) be developed by the interdisciplinary team of professionals in consultation with the client, and his or her parents, legal guardian, or others into whose care he or she will be released after discharge;(3) state the treatment objective;(4) prescribe an integrated program of therapies, activities, and experiences designed to meet the treatment objectives;(5) include, at an appropriate time, post-discharge plans and coordination of inpatient services with partial discharge plans and related community services to ensure continuity of care with the client's family, school, and community upon discharge; and(6) be a recorded document which is maintained in the client's medical record.(c) In addition, the individual plan of care shall be reviewed every thirty days by the interdisciplinary team, starting at the date of admission. The purpose of the review is to determine that services being provided are currently required or were required on an inpatient basis, and to recommend any changes to the plan that are indicated by the client's overall progress towards the treatment goals.(d) The development and review of the plan of care shall satisfy the utilization control requirements for recertification and the establishment and periodic review of the plan of care.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 17b-262-506
Adopted effective March 6, 1998