Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart
1.
Assessment responsibility.
The placing authority must provide assessment services for
clients without regard to national origin, marital status, race, color,
religion, creed, disability, sex, or sexual orientation according to Minnesota
Statutes, section
363A.11.
The assessment must be done in a language the client understands. The
requirements in items A to C apply to the placing authority.
A. The county shall provide a chemical use
assessment as provided in part
9530.6615 for all clients who do
not have an assessment available to them from a tribal governing board or
prepaid health plan. If the county of financial responsibility does not arrange
for or provide the service, the county where the client requested the service
must provide the service, and then follow the procedures in Minnesota Statutes,
section
256G.09,
to resolve any dispute between counties.
B. A tribal governing board that contracts
with the department to provide chemical use assessments and that authorizes
payment for chemical dependency treatment under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
254B, must provide a chemical use assessment for a person residing on a
reservation who seeks assessment or treatment or for whom treatment is sought,
as provided in part
9530.6615, if the person is:
(1) recognized as an American Indian;
or
(2) a relative of a person who
is recognized as an American Indian. For purposes of this subpart, a "relative"
means a person who is related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or is an
important friend who resides with a person recognized as an American Indian on
a reservation.
C.
Organizations contracting with the department to provide a prepaid health plan
that includes the provision of chemical dependency services to enrollees, and
that utilizes funds authorized under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 256B and
256D, shall provide a chemical use assessment for enrollees who seek treatment
or for whom treatment is sought as provided in part
9530.6615, and shall place
enrollees in accordance with the contract that is currently in force with the
department.
Subp. 2.
Placing authority records.
The placing authority must:
A. maintain records that demonstrate
compliance with parts
9530.6600 to
9530.6660 for at least three
years, except that records pertaining to individual client services must be
maintained for at least four years; and
B. provide documentation of the
qualifications of assessors according to the standards established under part
9530.6615, subpart
2.
Subp. 3.
County designee.
The county may designate public, nonprofit, or proprietary
agencies or individuals to provide assessments according to part
9530.6615 by a qualified assessor.
An assessor designated by the county shall have no direct shared financial
interest or referral relationship resulting in shared financial gain with a
treatment provider, unless the county documents that either of the exceptions
in item A or B exists:
A. the
treatment provider is a culturally specific service provider or a service
provider with a program designed to treat persons of a specific age, sex, or
sexual orientation and is available in the county and the service provider
employs a qualified assessor;
B.
the county does not employ a sufficient number of qualified assessors and the
only qualified assessors available in the county have a direct shared financial
interest or a referral relationship resulting in shared financial gain with a
treatment provider; or
C. the
county social service agency has an existing relationship with an assessor or
service provider and elects to enter into a contract with that assessor to
provide both assessment and treatment under the circumstances specified in the
county contract and the county retains responsibility for making placement
decisions.
Documentation of the exceptions in items A and B must be
maintained at the county's office and be current within the last two years. The
placing authority's assessment designee shall provide assessments and required
documentation to the placing authority according to parts
9530.6600 to
9530.6660.
The placing authority is responsible for and cannot delegate
making appropriate treatment planning decisions and placement
authorizations.
Subp.
4. [Repealed, 32 SR 2268]
Subp.
5. [Repealed, 20 SR 2474]
Subp.
5.
Information release.
The placing authority shall, with proper releases of
information, provide a copy of the assessment to the treatment provider who is
authorized to provide services to the client. The placing authority shall
provide the assessment to the treatment provider within seven days of the date
of placement determination.
Statutory Authority: MS s 241.021;
245A.03;
245A.09;
254A.03;
254B.03;
254B.04;
256E.05
