HF 2011 Summary

• Expands eligible age range for intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services from ages 16-20 to ages 8-25, with treatment teams specialized for either ages 8-15 or ages 14-25.

• Modifies client eligibility to require a level-of-care determination using a commissioner-approved instrument that demonstrates need for intensive integrated intervention without 24-hour medical monitoring.

• Requires treatment teams to serve no more than 80 clients at any one time with a staffing ratio not exceeding 10 clients per full-time equivalent position, and establishes team composition requirements including a licensed mental health professional leader, psychiatric nurse or child psychiatrist, alcohol and drug counselor, and peer specialist.

• Mandates individual treatment plans be developed through child-centered, family-driven, culturally appropriate planning processes with parent and guardian participation and consultation with current therapists to ensure therapeutic continuity.

• Requires treatment teams to participate in assertive community treatment for youth (Youth ACT) model evaluation as conducted by the commissioner and report data and performance measures by contract.