New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XIII - Office of Mental Health
Part 583 - Residential Treatment Facilities For Children And Youth; Eligibility
Section 583.1 - Background and intent
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Chapter 947 of the Laws of 1981 authorized the establishment of residential treatment facilities for children and youth.
(b) The purpose of residential treatment facilities for children and youth (RTF) is to provide comprehensive and intensive mental health services under the supervision of a physician for children and youth who have attained their 5th birthday and have not, in most cases, attained their 21st birthday and who are in need of inpatient treatment in a residential setting. Such RTF shall be consistent with the federal conditions of participation with Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF)
(c) The purpose of these regulations is to provide for the establishment of procedures for accessing residential treatment facility services, a Medicaid eligible service; to articulate the criteria for determining eligibility of an individual to apply for admission or transfer to a specific residential treatment facility for children and youth; and to specify the procedures to be used in determining eligibility and priority for admission or transfer to a residential treatment facility for children and youth.
(d) The purpose of the procedures for accessing residential treatment facility services is to ensure uniform access to residential treatment facilities for children and youth regardless of the current setting or source of referral of a child.
