New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 31 - SCREENING AND SCREENING OUTREACH PROGRAM
Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Section 10:31-2.2 - Functions of an affiliated emergency service (AES)
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:31-2.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) In addition to the screening service, a geographic area may include one or more affiliated emergency services (AESs). All AESs shall be affiliated by written agreement with the geographic area's screening service. All AESs shall operate in accordance with contractual agreements with the Division and affiliation agreements with the designated screening service. Each AES shall provide all of the following services:
1. Crisis
intervention counseling for consumers, family members and/or significant
others;
2. Provision of or
arrangement for appropriate medical services for consumers receiving care at
the AES;
3. Provision and
monitoring of medication for the purpose of crisis stabilization and provision
for medication until this responsibility is transferred to another agency or
service. Medication shall be administered in accordance with 30:4-27.1 1e.a(1)
and shall not be given to consumers in non-emergency situations without their
consent;
4. Assessment, referral,
linkage, and follow-up, which shall include maintenance of contact with all
consumers until they are engaged in another service or the crisis has been
resolved. The AES shall also:
i. Refer the
individual to the most appropriate and least restrictive treatment setting,
licensed by the appropriate authority, where applicable, in the consumer's
county of residence unless contraindicated. The AES records shall document
these efforts;
ii. Facilitate
linkage to services in the acute care system; and
iii. Provide linkage to, and necessary
follow-up regarding, other mental health and non-mental health services;
5. When an AES believes
that a consumer might be in need of involuntary commitment, arrange for
screening of the consumer as set forth at N.J.A.C.
10:31-2.3(m);
and
6. A hotline, answered directly
by clinical staff during peak hours, and forwarded to the designated screening
service at other times.
(b) The following services may also be directly provided by the affiliated emergency service:
1. Extended crisis evaluation beds with
24-hour capacity;
2. Follow-up
visits to ensure stabilization;
3.
Crisis intervention outreach; and
4. Follow-up visits off-site.
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