Action | Amendments to align with enhanced behavioral health services |
Stage | Emergency/NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 3/3/2021 |
General, Top Three Concerns:
Crisis Response:
D. The ICT or PACT ACT team shall make crisis services directly available 24 hours a day but may arrange coverage through another crisis services provider if the team coordinates with the crisis services provider daily.
This can also be construed to mean ACT teams need pre-screeners to do and appropriate crisis evaluation. Adding a crisis evaluator pre-screeners to ACT, would not cover 24/7 and may result in higher hospitalization rates. New Mobile Crisis services may be better suited to stabilize a crisis without hospitalization and coordinate with ACT.
E. The PACT ACT team shall operate an after-hours on-call system and shall be available to individuals by telephone or in person have 24-hour responsibility for directly responding to psychiatric crises, including meeting the following criteria:
1. The team shall be available to individuals in crisis 24 hours per day, seven days per week, including in person when needed as determined by the team;
2. The team shall be the first-line crisis evaluator and responder for individuals served by the team; and
3. The team shall have access to the practical, individualized crisis plans developed to help them address crises for each individual receiving services.