N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6344.04

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section He-C 6344.04 - Categories and Descriptions of Community-Based Behavioral Health Services

(a) Behavioral health providers shall include:

(1) Private providers of behavioral health services; and

(2) CMHP.

(b) All behavioral health services shall include clinical assessments, diagnostic evaluations, and treatments which derive from attachment and trauma theory and which are evidence- informed practices.

(c) The evaluator shall determine a child and family's level of functioning and recommend the appropriate clinical interventions.

(d) Diagnostic evaluations and assessments shall include:

(1) Mental status exam;

(2) Current developmental status;

(3) Impact of trauma on current level of functioning;

(4) Identifying strengths and risk factors;

(5) Assessment of capacity for healthy attachment;

(6) Any appropriate standardized psychological or neuropsychological tests; and

(7) A detailed report submitted to the CPSW or JPPO.

(e) Therapeutic intervention services shall include:

(1) Individual intervention based on evidence-informed treatments.

(2) Family intervention based on evidence-informed treatment models of family therapy; or

(3) Group interventions based on evidence-informed treatment interventions involving 2 to 10 individuals and a therapist when the focus of the group is ameliorating conditions that impair functioning; especially as a result of trauma and attachment issues or exposure to family or domestic violence.

(f) Certification of providers shall be determined by reviewing the documentation provided in He-C 6344.07 through He-C 6344.10 and a review of training and experience in the following services:

(1) Diagnostic evaluations which shall include:

a. Behavioral consultation;

b. Child psychiatry evaluation;

c. Competency evaluation;

d. Developmental evaluation;

e. Domestic or family violence evaluation;

f. Dual diagnosis of:

1. Mental health and substance use; or

2. Behavioral health and developmental challenges;

g. Fire-setting evaluation;

h. Neuropsychiatry evaluation;

i. Neuropsychological evaluation;

j. Psychological evaluation;

k. Psycho-sexual risk evaluation;

l. Sexual abuse victim or perpetrator evaluation; and

m. Forensic evaluation;

(2) Family therapy;

(3) Group outpatient therapy; and

(4) Individual outpatient therapy.

(g) Comprehensive assessments or evaluations for substance use disorders and treatment shall include:

(1) Individual interventions based on evidence-informed treatment models of age-appropriate treatment for substance use disorders;

(2) Family interventions based on evidence-informed models of family interventions for substance use disorders;

(3) Group interventions based on evidence-informed interventions involving 2 or more individuals and a therapist when the focus of the group is treating substance use disorders or enhancing recovery; and

(4) Crisis intervention services.

N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6344.04

(See Revision Note at part heading for He-C 6344) #9311, eff 11-5-08

Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 28, Filed July 13, 2017, Proposed by #12206, Effective 6/10/2017, Expires 6/10/2027.