Sec. 7. (a) The division may grant a waiver of any staffing requirements to a community mental health center applicant that is unable to meet any staffing ratio requirements the division has for community mental health centers. (b) A licensed clinical addiction counselor shall be counted by the division in determining whether a community mental health center applicant meets the direct care full-time equivalent staffing requirements for community mental health center certification. (c) Any licensed prescriber with prescriptive authority shall be counted by the division when determining whether a community mental health center applicant meets the psychiatric staffing requirements for community mental health center certification. As added by P.L.127-2020, SEC.5.
IC 12-21-5-8 Development and administration of certified community behavioral health clinics plan Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "certified community behavioral health clinic" refers to a community behavioral health clinic that has been certified according to criteria established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services under Section 223 of the federal Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-93). (b) Not later than November 1, 2022, the division shall establish a plan to expand the use of certified community behavioral health clinics in Indiana. (c) The division shall, in preparing the plan required under subsection (b), consider the following: (1) Use of crisis response centers and mobile crisis teams, as described in IC 12-21-8. (2) Use of the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants. (3) Potential expansion of Medicaid certified community behavioral health clinics under Section 223 of the federal Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-93). (4) Restructuring state funding for behavioral health services through prospective payment or another financing model. As added by P.L.74-2022, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.162-2023, SEC.9.