Section 7 AAC 135.170 - Short-term crisis stabilization services(a) The department will pay a community behavioral health services provider for short-term crisis stabilization services, provided by a substance use disorder counselor or a behavioral health clinical associate to a recipient, if that substance use disorder counselor or behavioral health clinical associate (1) provides an initial assessment of the recipient's overall functioning in relation to the short-term crisis;(2) develops a short-term crisis stabilization plan; and(3) documents, on a form provided by the department, the assessment, a short-term crisis stabilization plan, and the services that are provided.(b) The substance use disorder counselor or behavioral health clinical associate may provide, as part of the short-term crisis stabilization plan, any medically necessary and clinically appropriate behavioral health rehabilitation services necessary to return the recipient to the recipient's mental, emotional, and behavioral level of functioning before the short-term crisis occurred.(c) Short-term crisis stabilization includes the following treatment and supports: (1) individual or family counseling needed in response to the short-term crisis;(2) individual or family training and education related to resolving the existing short-term crisis and preventing a future crisis;(3) monitoring the recipient for safety purposes;(4) any behavioral health rehabilitation services.(d) Notwithstanding any behavioral health treatment plan in effect for the recipient at the onset of a short-term crisis, if a recipient is receiving short-term crisis stabilization services, the department will only pay for the behavioral health services identified in the short-term crisis stabilization plan for the duration of the short-term crisis stabilization.(e) Short-term crisis stabilization must be documented in a progress note in accordance with 7 AAC 105.230 and include an evidence-based risk assessment and follow-up disposition. Documentation under this section must be filed in the recipient's clinical record.(f) If the substance use disorder counselor or behavioral health clinical associate is unable to resolve the short-term crisis, a mental health professional clinician may assume responsibility for the case and begin providing short-term crisis intervention services under 7 AAC 135.160.(g) Short-term crisis stabilization services may be provided in any appropriate outpatient or community setting, including (1) the premises of the community behavioral health services provider;(2) a facility designated for crisis respite purposes; and(3) the recipient's place of residence, workplace, or school.Eff. 10/1/2011, Register 199; am 12/23/2022, Register 244, January 2023; am 2/2/2024, Register 249, April 2024Authority:AS 47.05.010
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