Chapter
06-001
2006 -- H 6761
Enacted 01/25/06
A N A C T
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN,
YOUTH AND FAMILIES
Introduced By:
Representatives Costantino, and Naughton
Date Introduced: January 10, 2006
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 42-72-5.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-72 entitled
"Children,
Youth,
and Families Department" is hereby amended to read as follows:
42-72-5.2.
Development of a continuum of children's behavioral health programs. --
The
departments of children, youth and families (DCYF) and human services (DHS)
shall
cooperate
to develop a design of a continuum of care for children's behavioral health
services that
encourages
the use of alternative psychiatric and other services to hospitalization and
reviews the
utilization
of each service in order to better match services and programs to the needs of
the
children
and families as well as continuously improve the quality of and access to
services. The
departments
of children, youth and families and human services shall present a report to
the
governor
and the general assembly no later than January 1, 2006 February 1,
2006 that fully
described
this continuum of services and outlines a detailed plan for its implementation,
including
resource
requirements, responsibilities, milestones, and time frames, as well as a set
of indicators
and
program metrics that will be employed to evaluate its clinical and fiscal
effectiveness over
time.
The report shall also describe any and all changes proposed in program
oversight or
budgetary
responsibility for specific services. An important step towards the development
of such
continuum
of care is to assure the appropriate management of psychiatric
hospitalizations. To that
end the
state shall:
(1) Amend contractual agreements with RIte Care health plans to reflect
complete
responsibility
for the management of psychiatric hospitalizations, specifically the
development of
hospital
diversion and post discharge services; and the utilization of crisis
intervention services as
a
requirement for authorization of a psychiatric admission for all children
enrolled in RIte Care;
and
(2) Issue a request for proposals to identify a contracted entity to reflect
complete
responsibility
for the management of psychiatric hospitalizations, specifically the
development of
hospital
diversion and post discharge services for crisis intervention services as a
requirement for
authorization
of a psychiatric admission for all Medicaid-eligible children not enrolled in
RIte
Care.
The request for proposals shall include a dispute resolution process.
SECTION 2. This act
shall take effect upon passage.
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