Mental Health

A. Each agency provider certified as DMH/C must have a written plan that describes how each county in its catchment area will develop or have access to a MAP Team. The plan must include timelines for ensuring each county has access to or has developed a MAP Team. Additionally, th…

A. All certified agency providers, services, and service locations must have a current copy of the DMH Certificate of Operation. B. The following apply to a Certificate of Operation:1. The valid dates of certification, service(s), or service location(s) certified; site capacity o…

A. Initial certification is not renewable. Rather, initially certified providers must meet the timelines outlined in Chapter 2 to migrate to full certification. Otherwise, the initial certification expires. B. Certificates issued by DMH reflecting full certification are valid for…

A. Upon request, the Division of Certification may report specific information about DMH-certified providers. The fields of information which may be shared with the public are: 1. Provider Name; 2. Type of certification (Initial, Full, or Provider Designation Type); 3. Services/s…

A. Respite is short-term planned relief care in the home or community for children/youth with serious emotional/behavioral disturbances or mental health challenges. This service offers respite for caregivers and children/youth, helping family members to cope with their responsibi…

In addition to the requirements in Chapter 8, the written policies and procedures manual for the operation of Respite Services must also include the following areas: A. Written description of responsibilities of Respite Service providers/workers/mentors/volunteers. Documentation …

At the time of the initial interview, the agency provider of Respite Services must document that the following information has been provided in writing and explained in a manner easily understood to parent(s)/legal representative(s) and children/youth being served, as part of inf…

Agency providers of Respite Services must maintain case records on the children and youth served that include the following: A. A DMH Individual Crisis Support Plan; and B. Other forms, as required by DMH. Notes 24 Miss. Code. R. 2-40.4 Miss. Code Ann. § 41-4-7 Adopted 11/1/2024…

A. Wraparound Care Coordination is the creation and facilitation of a Wraparound Team for the purpose of developing a single plan of care to address the needs of children/youth with complex mental health challenges and their families. Wraparound Care Coordination is an approach t…

A. Wraparound Care Coordination must be provided in accordance with high fidelity and quality wraparound practice. Wraparound is evaluated through fidelity measures, as determined by DMH. B. Activities include:1. Engaging the family; 2. Assembling the Wraparound Team; 3. Facilita…

A. Peer Support Services are provided by Certified Peer Support Specialist Professionals (CPSSPs) who are people who self-identify as peers and have been successful in the recovery process from a behavioral health condition (mental health or substance use). CPSSPs use their lived…

A. Peer Support Services include a wide range of structured activities that are provided face-to-face or remotely to assist people in their recovery/resiliency process and are based on Peer Support Services Core Competencies, Principles, and Values for peer workers identified by …

The purpose of this chapter is to establish guidelines and incorporate best practices for the application of Applied Behavior Analysis principles and strategies to assist people demonstrating significant deficits or excesses in the areas of communication, activities of daily livi…

A. Agency providers of Support Coordination for the ID/DD Waiver and/or Targeted Case Management for the IDD Community Support Program are required to provide Support Coordination and/or Targeted Case Management statewide. B. Policies and procedures must outline the infrastructur…

A. Support Coordinators (SC) and Targeted Case Managers (TCM) are responsible for coordinating and monitoring all services a person receives, regardless of funding source, to ensure services are adequate, appropriate, meet individual needs, and ensure the person's health and welf…

A. In-Home Respite (IHR) provides temporary, periodic relief to those people normally providing care for the eligible person. In-Home Respite is provided in the home of the person receiving services. In-Home Respite personnel provide all the necessary care the usual caregiver wou…

A. Legally responsible relatives are not allowed to provide In-Home Respite. This includes legal guardians or legal representatives, including but not limited to spouses, parents/stepparents of minor children, conservators, guardians, people who hold the participant's power of at…

A. The standards in Rule 45.1 also apply (Except Rule 45.1.I). B. In-Home Nursing Respite is provided by a RN or LPN. The nurse must provide nursing services in accordance with the Mississippi Nursing Practice Act and other applicable laws and regulations. C. In-Home Nursing Resp…

A. Behavior Support provides systematic behavior assessment, Behavior Support Plan development, consultation, restructuring of the environment and training for people whose maladaptive behaviors are significantly disrupting their progress in learning, self-direction, or community…

A. Behavior Consultants must perform the following activities: 1. Provide consultation as part of the Functional Behavior Assessment; 2. Conduct Functional Behavior Assessment; 3. Develop Behavior Support Plan; 4. Implement the Behavior Support Plan to the degree determined neces…

A. Behavior Specialists are responsible for:1. Participating in the development of the Behavior Support Plan with the Behavior Consultant; 2. Continued implementation of the Behavior Support Plan; 3. Collecting and analyzing data for the effectiveness of the Behavior Support Plan…

A. All providers must allow for implementation of the Behavior Support Plan in the service setting regardless of if another provider employs the Behavior Support personnel. All appropriate employees must receive training from the Behavior Consultant and/or Behavior Specialists fr…

A. Home and Community Supports (HCS) are for people who live in the family home and provide assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) such as bathing, toileting, transferring and mobility, meal preparation (but not the c…

A. Legally responsible relatives are not allowed to provide Home and Community Supports (HCS). This includes legal guardians or legal representatives, including, but not limited to, spouses, parents/stepparents of minor children, conservators, guardians, people who hold the parti…

A. Transition Assistance is a one (1) time set-up expense for people who transition from institutions (ICF/IID or Title XIX nursing home) to the ID/DD Waiver. They may move to a less restrictive community living arrangement such as a house or apartment, with ID/DD Waiver Supports…

A. Examples of expenses that may be covered as Transition Assistance are: 1. Transporting furniture and personal possessions to the new living arrangement; 2. Essential furnishing expenses required to occupy and use a community domicile; 3. Linens and towels; 4. Cleaning supplies…

A. All DMH-certified service providers of substance use services must submit the Mississippi Substance Abuse Management Information System (MSAMIS) report to DMH by the 10th working day of the month following the reporting period. B. The Agency Provider must have written policies…

A. All DMH-certified substance use services must document and follow written policies and procedures that ensure: 1. People who are infected with HIV or TB are provided priority admission. 2. People who are infected with HIV or TB are placed in treatment services identified as th…

A. All providers must provide and document that all people receiving substance use disorder treatment services receive a minimum of one (1) hour of educational information concerning the following topics in a group and/or individual session: 1. HIV/AIDS (a) Modes of transmission;…

A. All substance use services must document and follow written policies and procedures that ensure:1. Pregnant women are given top priority for admission. 2. Pregnant women may not be placed on a waiting list. Pregnant women must be admitted into a substance use disorder treatmen…

A. Providers must ensure that, where appropriate, the family is treated as a unit, and both women and/or men, along with dependent children (aged five [5] and under) are admitted to treatment. Such admission may not be appropriate if, for example, the provider does not offer serv…

A. All DMH-certified substance use services must document and follow written policies and procedures that ensure: 1. People who use IV drugs are provided priority admission over non-IV drug users. 2. People who use IV drugs are placed in treatment services identified as the best …

A. Agency providers must determine and document, at intake, if the person has been convicted of more than one (1) DUI that has resulted in a suspended driver's license. If so, the agency provider must explain the DUI assessment and treatment process to the person and determine if…

A. A waiver of a specific standard may only be requested by a DMH fully certified provider. B. Approved waivers are typically granted for a maximum one (1) year period. The expectation is that the provider will be able to comply with the rule on or before the expiration of the gr…

A. The issuance of a time-limited waiver by DMH should, in no way, create an expectation of (or be construed as) a guarantee of acceptance of any third-party payer reimbursement in relation to the issued waiver and in no way relate to any professional credentialing requirements. …

A. The Withdrawal Management rules in this section are based on the American Society of Addiction Medicine's established criteria for Level 2-WM: Ambulatory Withdrawal Management, 3.2-WM: Clinically Managed Residential Withdrawal Management (sometimes referred to as "social detox…

A. Agency providers providing Level 2-WM: Ambulatory Withdrawal Management with Extended On-Site Monitoring is withdrawal management combined with a PHP program in which the person must first be evaluated by a physician before admission. The physician creates a set of standing or…

A. Prevention Services are designed to reduce the risk factors and increase the protective factors linked to substance use disorder and related problem behaviors to provide immediate and long-term positive results. The process begins prior to the onset of a disorder. These interv…

A. Each agency provider must develop and implement comprehensive Prevention Services which include a broad array of Prevention Strategies directed at people not identified to be in need of treatment. The comprehensive service must be provided either directly or through one (1) or…

A. The DUI Diagnostic Assessment is a process by which a diagnostic assessment (such as, Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory, or other DMH-approved tool) is administered and the result is combined with other required information to determine the offender's appropriate trea…

A. DMH will serve as the State Authority for Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP) under the authority provided under state statute (Miss. Code Ann. § 41-4-7). Such OTPs shall provide withdrawal management services to people suffering from chronic addiction to opioids/opioid derivative…

A. Licensed physician must have completed the eight (8)-hour training course approved by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and obtained a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for OUD from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). B. Licensed Nur…

A. Office Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) Services must meet the following requirements: 1. Individualized, patient-centered assessment and treatment. 2. Assessing, ordering, administering, reassessing, and regulating medication and dose levels appropriate to the person; supervisin…

A. The Substance Use Care Coordinator Provider must meet the following qualifications: 1. At least a bachelor's degree in one (1) of the following fields (social work, psychology, psychiatric rehabilitation, sociology, counseling, vocational rehabilitation, human services counsel…

A. An OTP must employ sufficient and qualified employees to meet the treatment and support needs of the population served. Services must be provided by an interdisciplinary team, all of whom are properly licensed, registered, or certified by the appropriate authority in accordanc…

A. The OTP must have written policies and procedures to describe the total process utilized for admission to the service and must at a minimum include: 1. A face-to-face with each person requesting treatment services. 2. Documentation and identification of the person's immediate/…

A. Medical Services must be provided and/or managed by the Medical Director of the program. The Medical Director must:1. Be a physician licensed under Mississippi law who has been designated to oversee all medical services of an agency provider and has been given the authority an…