Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024
Section 340:75-16-36 - Out-of-state inpatient behavioral health services(a) A child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) custody admitted to inpatient behavioral health service facilities out-of-state must meet the same medical necessity criteria for inpatient behavioral health services required in Oklahoma. (1) A child in DHS custody is only admitted to a facility that is an Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) approved, Title XIX provider under formal contract with OHCA and Child Welfare Services Specialized Placements and Partnerships Unit.(2) Admission of a child in DHS custody to an out-of-state, inpatient behavioral health service facility requires prior approval through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and facilitation via OHCA.(b) The assigned child welfare specialist visits a child in an out-of-state behavioral health service facility every six months.(c) A child who is admitted to an inpatient behavioral health service facility in Oklahoma by another state does not have to meet Oklahoma Medicaid requirements.Okla. Admin. Code § 340:75-16-36
Added at 19 Ok Reg 2208, eff 6-27-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2643, eff 7-1-03 (emergency); Amended at 21 Ok Reg 246, eff 11-7-03 (emergency); Amended at 21 Ok Reg 880, eff 4-26-04; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1044, eff 6-1-07Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 33, Issue 24, September 1, 2016, eff. 9/15/2016