Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Intent: Open access services (OAS)
facilitate on demand access to addiction treatment services. All OAS designated
providers offer immediate peer services, clinical assessments, connection to
appropriate level of care, and rapid access to approved medication(s) for
addiction treatment for substance use disorder.
(b) Application for designation.
(1) Programs certified pursuant to Part 822
of this Title seeking to implement open access services in accordance with the
Standards for Open Access Services for OASAS Designated Providers
(hereinafter the OAS Standards), incorporated by reference in this
Title, are eligible to apply for an OAS designation.
(2) Requests for the OAS designation shall be
in the form of submission of an application, operational plan and evidence of
provider referral agreements as set forth in the OAS Standards posted on the
agency website, and submitted by a certified outpatient program to the Office
Bureau of Certification and the Regional Office serving the area in which the
applicant site is located. OASAS staff from the Bureau for Addiction Treatment
and Recovery and the Regional Office may make an on-site visit prior to final
approval and designation which will be issued by the Bureau of
Certification.
(3) Office approval
and operating certificate designation will be based on a review of the
application, operational plan, and evidence of referral
agreements.
(c)
Operational plan. Consistent with the OAS Standards, providers
shall submit an operational plan addressing, at minimum:
(1) Immediate access: The provision of
immediate access to services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a
year.
(2) Screening, assessment and
connection to care: the process for determining an individual's immediate needs
and connecting them to the appropriate level of care.
(3) Medication for Addiction Treatment:
Immediate access to approved medication(s) for addiction treatment for
substance use disorder.
(4)
Staffing: Staffing patterns to provide an immediate response, including the
provision of peer services for immediate engagement and
follow-up.
(d) Linkage
agreements. OAS designated providers shall have extensive linkage agreements
with community-based providers to ensure immediate access to services and
linkage with the appropriate level of care. Evidence of such agreement shall be
submitted with the application for designation.
