Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 139 - Behavioral Health 1115 Waiver Services.
Article 2 - Medicaid Behavioral Health 1115 Waiver Services
7 AAC 139.325 - Children's residential treatment

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 139.325

Current through November 28, 2024

(a) Children's residential treatment in this section must be provided in a facility approved by the department and that maintains a therapeutically structured and supervised environment according to the criteria listed in the Alaska Behavioral Health Providers Services Standards & Administrative Procedures for Behavioral Health Provider Services, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900.

(b) Children's residential treatment must be provided by an interdisciplinary treatment team for an individual under 7 AAC 139.010(1) according to the following criteria:

(1) level 1: for children and adolescents in need of stabilization and assessment who do not require the intensive services of medical personnel and who have
(A) not responded to outpatient treatment; and

(B) treatment needs that cannot be met in a less restrictive setting;

(2) level 2: for children and adolescents who need intensive treatment and recovery services, and who have
(A) treatment needs that cannot be met in a less restrictive setting;

(B) demonstrated an inability to adjust and progress in a family setting, therapeutic treatment home, or outpatient or other structured treatment placement in the past 12-month period; or

(C) completed a higher level of care and require a step-down level of care before returning to a community setting.

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.05.270

AS 47.07.030

AS 47.07.036

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