Action | Streamlining and updating admissions regulations for DBHDS training centers. |
Stage | Fast-Track |
Comment Period | Ends 11/20/2024 |
Please consider requiring an RST Meeting to occur within 2 business days of receiving the emergency meeting request when an emergency admission to a training facility is requested. The draft currently does not set a requirement for how long this step in the process could take.
Recommend making RST recommendations be provided in writing within 1 business day of the emergency RST meeting taking place.
"In the event that admission is still necessary, the CSB shall consult with the department..." Recommend putting a position title here so that the CSB knows from whom specifically they are to request consultation with at the department, for both types of admission requests - voluntary and involuntary.
Recommend that Admission decisions be required to be made for emergency admission requests within 5 business days, rather than 10; same with reconsideration request reviews / responses by the Commissioner. Emergency situations where a fragile person is unable to be maintained safely in the community are unable to wait weeks upon weeks.