Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of
Rule 16.07.37 - CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ALTERNATE CARE PLACEMENT
Section 16.07.37.700 - RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
Current through September 2, 2024
Residential care facilities provide a more intensive setting than treatment foster care. Residential care facilities in Idaho are licensed under IDAPA 16.06.02, "Child Care Licensing" to provide residential care for children and staffed by employees who cover assigned shifts. Children placed in residential care facilities receive services that may include the following: assessment, supervision, treatment plan development and implementation, documentation, behaviorally focused skill building, service coordination or clinical case management, consultation, psychotherapy, psychiatric care, and twenty-four (24) hour crisis intervention. Placement into a residential care facility for children eligible for services under Section 107 of these rules is based on the documented needs of the child and the inability of less restrictive settings to meet the child's needs.
01. Prior Authorization. Prior authorization must be obtained from an authorized representative in the Department's Division of Behavioral Health for placement of a child in a residential care facility where the Division of Behavioral Health is making full or partial payment.
02. Payment. When care is purchased from private providers, payment will be made in accordance with a contract authorized by the Department, based on the needs of each child being placed and the services to be provided.
Effective March 17, 2022
