S.D. Admin. R. 67:62:12:01

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 57, November 12, 2024

Section 67:62:12:01 - Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for comprehensive assistance with recovery and empowerment services, a client must be eighteen years of age or older and:

(1) The client must have one of the following:

(a) Undergone psychiatric treatment more intensive than outpatient care and more than once in the client's lifetime;

(b) Experienced a single episode of psychiatric hospitalization with a diagnosis of a major mental disorder;

(c) Been treated with psychotropic medication for at least one year; or

(d) Had frequent crisis contact with a community mental health center, or another mental health provider, for more than six months as a result of a mental illness; and

(2) Meet three of the following:

(a) The client must be unemployed or have markedly limited job skills or poor work history;

(b) The client must exhibit inappropriate social behavior that results in concern by the community or requests for mental health or legal intervention;

(c) The client must be unable to obtain public services without assistance;

(d) The client must require public financial assistance for out-of-hospital maintenance, must have difficulty budgeting public financial assistance, or must require ongoing training in budgeting skills or require a payee;

(e) The client must lack social support systems in a natural environment, live alone or be isolated; or

(f) The client must be unable to perform basic daily living skills without assistance.

S.D. Admin. R. 67:62:12:01

43 SDR 80, effective 12/5/2016; 50 SDR 063, effective 11/27/2023

General Authority: SDCL 27A-5-1.

Law Implemented: SDCL 27A-3-1, 27A-5-1(3).