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(a) The individual plan of care established by the inpatient interdisciplinary team in accordance with 7 AAC 43.552(b) (4) must
(1) be comprehensive and in writing;
(2) set out treatment objectives and prescribe an integrated program of appropriate therapies, activities, and experiences designed to develop the recipient's ability to function independently in the recipient's own environment;
(3) be formulated in consultation with the recipient and the recipient's family, guardian, or other individual to whose care or custody the recipient will be released following discharge;
(4) be developed based upon a diagnostic evaluation as required in 7 AAC 43.552(b) (1);
(5) include appropriate treatments that are reasonably expected to improve the recipient's condition to the extent that inpatient psychiatric services will become unnecessary; and
(6) include a discharge plan prepared at the time of admission and updated during the recipient's inpatient stay as the recipient's mental health service needs change, that specifies the approximate date for discharge, the recipient's anticipated post-discharge service needs, the recipient's prospective service providers, and other provisions necessary for the transition to a less restrictive environment.
(b) The division will review a recipient's plan of care to determine whether the inpatient psychiatric services provided are or were required. The division may make recommendations as to necessary adjustments in a plan of care based on the recipient's response to treatment. The division will do a review at least
(1) every 30 days for a recipient who receives services in an inpatient psychiatric hospital facility; or
(2) every 60 days for a recipient who receives services in a residential psychiatric treatment center.
History: Eff. 8/18/79, Register 71; am 1/8/93, Register 125; em am 1/8/93 - 5/7/93, Register 125; am 6/5/93, Register 126; readopt 8/7/96, Register 139; am 4/19/2001, Register 158
Authority: AS 47.05.010
Editor's note: Effective 8/7/96, Register 139, the Department of Health and Social Services readopted 7 AAC 43.555 in its entirety, without change, under AS 47.05 and AS 47.07. Executive Order No. 72 transferred certain rate-setting authority to the department.
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