Mental Health

A. Medical Supervised Living is not a separate service from Supervised Living Services but allows an increased reimbursement rate for persons enrolled in ID/DD Waiver with significant medical needs. Additional eligibility requirements for persons who receive this level of support…

Providers of Supervised Living Services for Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities must adhere to all applicable Health, Environment, and Safety rules and regulations in Chapter 13. Notes 24 Miss. Code. R. 2-30.4 Miss. Code Ann. § 41-4-7 Amended 7/1/2016 Amended 9/1/2020 Amended…

A. Host Homes are private homes where no more than one (1) person who is at least five (5) years of age lives with a family and receives personal care and supportive services. If the person requesting this service is under five (5) years of age, admission must receive prior appro…

A. Supported Living Services are provided to people who reside in their own residences (either owned or leased by themselves or an agency provider) for the purposes of increasing and enhancing independent living in the community. Supported Living Services are for people who need …

Providers of Supported Living Services for Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities must adhere to all applicable Health, Environment, and Safety rules and regulations in Chapter 13. Notes 24 Miss. Code. R. 2-30.7 Miss. Code Ann. § 41-4-7 Adopted 7/1/2016 Amended 9/1/2020 Amended …

A. Shared Supported Living Services are for people age 18 and older who have an intellectual/developmental disability and are provided in compact geographical areas (e.g., an apartment complex) in residences either owned or leased by themselves or an agency provider. Employee sup…

Providers of Shared Supported Living Services for Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities must adhere to all applicable Health, Environment, and Safety rules and regulations in Chapter 13. Notes 24 Miss. Code. R. 2-30.9 Miss. Code Ann. § 41-4-7 Adopted 9/1/2020 Amended 11/1/2024…

A. Substance Use Disorder Residential Treatment Services support people as they develop the skills and abilities necessary to improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential in a life of recovery. Services are offered in a com…

A. In addition to information contained in the agency provider's policies and procedures manual, agency providers of Substance Use Disorder Residential Treatment Services must develop a handbook which includes all applicable policies and procedures. Handbooks are to be provided t…

Providers of Substance Use Disorder Residential Services must comply with all applicable Health, Environment, and Safety rules and requirements, including animals/pets on the premises, as outlined in Chapter 13. Notes 24 Miss. Code. R. 2-31.3 Miss. Code Ann. § 41-4-7 Adopted 7/1/…

Rules in this section are based on the ASAM's established criteria for Level 3.1 Clinically Managed Low-Intensity Residential Services. A. Level 3 Clinically Managed Low-Intensity Residential Services are provided in a safe and stable group living environment which promotes recov…

Rules in this section are based on the ASAM's established criteria for Level 3.3 Clinically Managed Population-Specific High-Intensity Residential Services. A. Twenty-four (24) hour support setting to meet the needs of people with cognitive difficulties, who need specialized indi…

A. Level 3.5 Clinically Managed High-Intensity Residential Service is the highest community-based level of care for the treatment of substance use disorders. This level of treatment provides a safe and stable group living environment where the person can develop, practice, and de…

Rules in this section are based on the ASAM's established criteria for Level 3.5 Clinically Managed Medium-Intensity Residential Services (Adolescents). A. Clinically Managed Medium-Intensity Residential Services (Adolescents) is the highest community-based level of care for the …

Rules in this section are based on the ASAM's established criteria for Level 3.7 Medically Monitored Intensive Inpatient Services. A. Level 3.7 Medically Monitored Intensive Inpatient Services: This level of care provides services for people with subacute medical problems needing…

A. A Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) is a person-centered, recovery-oriented mental health service delivery model for facilitating community living, psychological rehabilitation, and recovery for people who have the most severe and persistent mental illnesses, hav…

A. Each ICORT of three (3) will serve a maximum of 45 people with a ratio of one-to-fifteen (1:15). B. Each ICORT must have sufficient number of employees (three [3]) to provide treatment rehabilitation and support services 24 hours per day, seven (7) days per week (after normal …

A. In order to be admitted into Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Services, people must meet the criteria outlined in this rule. B. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Teams only serves people with severe and persistent mental illness, as listed in the most current …

A. The ICORT must have seventy-five to eighty-five percent (75-85%) of Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery work and contact time in a community setting. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery is for people with intensive needs that traditional outpatient clinic services …

A. The ICORT is a resiliency oriented, intensive, community-based rehabilitation service for children and youth with serious emotional/behavioral disturbance. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Services support the entire family lacking access to office-based services, and…

A. Each ICORT of three (3) will serve a maximum of 45 children and/or youth with a ratio of one to fifteen (1:15). B. Each ICORT must have a sufficient number of employees (three [3]) to provide treatment rehabilitation and support services 24 hours per day, seven (7) days per we…

A. In order to be admitted into Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Services, children and youth must meet the criteria outlined in this rule. B. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Teams serve children and youth with a serious emotional/behavioral disturbance, as lis…

A. The ICORT must have seventy-five to eighty-five percent (75-85%) of Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery work and contact time in a community setting. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery is for children and youth with intensive needs that traditional outpatient serv…

A. Intensive Community Support Services (ICSS) are designed to be a key part of the continuum of mental health services and supports for people (adults and children/youth) with serious mental illness or emotional disturbance. B. ICSS must promote independence and quality of life …

A. Service Components 1. Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC) services are defined as treatment provided in the home and/or community to children and youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) from birth up to the age of 21 years. The ultimate goal is to stabil…

A. Each PACT Team must have the organizational capacity to provide a minimum employee person ratio of at least one (1) full-time equivalent employee for every 10 people (this ratio does not include the psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner or the service assistant). B. E…

A. In order to be admitted into PACT Services, people must meet the criteria outlined in this rule. B. PACT Teams serve people with severe and persistent mental illness, as listed in the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, that serio…

A. The PACT Team must conduct daily organizational meetings at regularly scheduled times per a schedule established by the team leader. These meetings will be conducted in accordance with the following procedures:1. The PACT Team must maintain a written daily log. The daily log p…

A. PACT services must be provided in accordance with PACT fidelity measures, as determined by DMH. B. DMH utilizes the Dartmouth Assertive Community Treatment Scale (DACTS) for PACT fidelity reviews. Notes 24 Miss. Code. R. 2-32.5 Miss. Code Ann. § 41-4-7 Adopted 7/1/2016 Amended…

A. Operating as a continuous treatment service, the PACT Team must have the capability to provide comprehensive treatment, rehabilitation, and support services as a self-contained service unit. Services must minimally include the following: 1. Service Coordination/Individual Trea…

A. The PACT Team must have the capacity to provide multiple contacts during a week with people experiencing severe symptoms, trying a new medication, experiencing a health problem or serious life event, trying to go back to school or starting a new job, making changes in their li…

New Programs of Assertive Community Treatment should utilize the SAMHSA Toolkit as a resource when initiating a PACT Team. Notes 24 Miss. Code. R. 2-32.8 Miss. Code Ann. § 41-4-7 Adopted 7/1/2016 Amended 9/1/2020 Amended 11/1/2024

A. The Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Team (ICORT) is a recovery and resiliency oriented, intensive, community-based rehabilitation and outreach service for adults with a severe and persistent mental illness. It is a team-oriented approach to mental health rehabilitati…

A. Adult Making A Plan (AMAP) Teams address the needs of adults, 18 years and above, with serious mental illness or dually diagnosed (SMI/IDD or SMI/SUD) who have frequent/multiple placements or are at risk of inpatient psychiatric services, which could possibly be prevented with…

A. All agency providers certified as DMH/Cs must have a minimum of one (1) AMAP Team Coordinator. B. The AMAP Team Coordinator must provide information about the AMAP Team to all Chancery Clerks and sheriff's departments of every county in the CMHC's catchment area. C. AMAP Team …

A. All agency providers certified as DMH/C or DMH/P must provide access to inpatient services in the person's locale when appropriate. B. The agency provider must have written policies and procedures for referral to inpatient services in the community, should a person require suc…

A. Pre-affidavit Screening and a Civil Commitment Examination are two (2) separate events which include screening and examinations, inclusive of other services, to determine the need for civil commitment and/or other mental health services, including outpatient or inpatient commi…

A. Designated Mental Health Holding Facilities are facilities utilized to hold people who have been involuntarily civilly committed and are awaiting transportation and admission to a treatment facility. Designated Mental Health Holding Facilities provide housing, maintenance, and…

A. Each holding facility must have a manual that includes the written policies and procedures for operating and maintaining the facility holding people involved in the civil commitment process or those awaiting transportation to a certified/licensed mental health facility. Writte…

A. Supervisory and direct service employees who work with people being held in the holding facility as part of the civil commitment process must participate in training opportunities and other meetings, as specified, and required by DMH. B. Documentation of training of individual…

A. If the holding facility is being used for civil commitment purposes and is part of a correctional facility or jail, the people awaiting transfer related to civil commitment proceedings (or just people detained as part of the civil commitment process) must be held separately fr…

A. Each holding facility must have written procedures and documentation for clinical management of people who are involved in or have been involuntarily civilly committed and awaiting transportation. These procedures shall include, but not be limited to, the following:1. Immediat…

A. To ensure the dignity and rights of people being held in a holding facility for reasons of psychiatric crisis or civil commitment, reasonable access to the following must be allowed:1. Protection and advocacy services/information, such as Disability Rights Mississippi; 2. Depa…

A. The agency provider of the Consultation and Education Services must develop and implement a written plan to provide these services. The plan must include a range of activities for:1. Developing and coordinating effective mental health and substance use education, consultation,…

A. The Consultation and Education Services must be designed to specifically meet the needs of the target populations of:1. Children/youth; 2. Elderly people; 3. Pregnant and Parenting Women with a substance use disorder; 4. People who use intravenous drugs; 5. People infected wit…

A. Prevention/Early Intervention Services include preventive mental health services targeting vulnerable at-risk groups with the intent to prevent the occurrence of mental and/or emotional problems and services designed to intervene as early as possible following the identificati…

A. All Prevention/Early Intervention Services must maintain documentation that services include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Informational activities designed to provide accurate and current information about emotional disturbance and mental illness in children/yout…