S.D. Admin. R. 67:62:13:01

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 67:62:13:01 - Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for individualized and mobile program of assertive community treatment services, a client must be eighteen years of age or older, meet the serious mental illness criteria pursuant to § 67:62:12:01, and the following:

(1) The client must have a medical necessity to receive individualized and mobile program of assertive community treatment services, as determined by a clinical supervisor;

(2) The client must be approved by the department to receive individualized and mobile program of assertive community treatment services;

(3) The client must understand the individualized and mobile program of assertive community treatment model and voluntarily consent to receive individualized and mobile program of assertive community treatment services or, must be under transfer of commitment from the Human Services Center;

(4) No other appropriate community-based mental health service is available for the client; and

(5) The client must meet four of the following:

(a) Have persistent or recurrent difficulty performing daily living tasks, except with significant support or assistance from friends, family, relatives, community mental health providers, or others;

(b) Have frequent psychiatric inpatient hospitalizations within the past year;

(c) Have constant or cyclical turmoil with family, social, or legal systems or inability to integrate successfully into the community;

(d) Reside in an inpatient facility, jail, prison, or residential facility and be clinically assessed as able to live in a more independent living situation, if intensive services are provided;

(e) Have an imminent threat of losing housing or becoming homeless; or

(f) Be likely to need residential or institutional placement if more intensive community-based services are not provided.

S.D. Admin. R. 67:62:13:01

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).