New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XXI - OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
Part 819 - Chemical Dependence Residential Services
Section 819.10 - Additional requirements for community residential services
Universal Citation: 14 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 819.10
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Admission criteria. In addition to the admission criteria applicable to residential services generally, an individual admitted to community residential services must meet the following criteria:
(1) The
individual must be homeless or must have a living environment not conducive to
recovery.
(2) The individual must
be determined to need outpatient treatment services and/or other support
services such as vocational or educational services, in addition to the
residential services provided by the community residence.
(b) Clinical services.
(1) In addition to the service elements
required of all residential services, community residential services are
required specifically to provide a structured therapeutic environment designed
to facilitate the individual's progress toward recovery from a substance use
disorder(s).
(2) The service shall
maintain a focus on the development and improvement of the skills necessary for
recovery.
(3) Specific services to
be provided shall include the following:
(i)
Each community residential service shall ensure that its residents have access
to evidence-based, person-centered, and trauma-informed individual, group and
family counseling services as needed and appropriate.
(ii) Each community residence shall have
written referral agreements with one or more substance use disorder outpatient
services to provide outpatient treatment services, as necessary.
(iii) The community residence shall ensure
that such services are integrated with the recovery and wellness activities and
services provided by the residence and incorporated in the individual's service
plan.
(iv) Each community residence
shall ensure that a comprehensive and appropriate range of rehabilitative
procedures are available to each resident. Such services include but are not
limited to:
(a) vocational services such as
vocational assessments;
(b) job
skills training, and employment readiness training;
(c) educational remediation; and
(d) life, parenting and social skills
training.
(4)
Rehabilitation services may be provided directly by the service or by
referral.
(5) Rehabilitation
services shall be identified in the resident's comprehensive treatment/recovery
plan.
(6) Personal, social, and
community skills training and development. Residents shall receive training in
community living skills and adult living skills as needed by each resident.
Such skill development shall include, but is not limited to, a program of
social interaction and leisure activities.
(c) Treatment/recovery plan review.
(1) Each treatment/recovery plan, once
established, must be reviewed completely and revised at least every three
months thereafter by the responsible clinical staff member in consultation with
the resident and reviewed and signed by the supervisor.
(2) Any resident who is having challenges
meeting agreed upon goals defined in the treatment/recovery plan shall be
engaged in a case conference with members of the multidisciplinary team who
will collaborate with the resident to create revisions to the
treatment/recovery plan that meet the resident's treatment
needs
(d) Staffing.
(1) Each community residence shall have a
full time house manager responsible for the dayto-day operation of the
service.
(2) There shall be staff
on site twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week.
(3) All community residential services shall
have sufficient staff to insure that supportive and rehabilitation services are
available and responsive to the needs of each resident. In addition to the
twenty-four hours a day coverage, community residential services will have at
least one clinical staff member for every fifteen
residents.
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