Common use of Crisis Services Clause in Contracts

Crisis Services. a. The State shall require that each PIHP and/or LME develops a crisis service system that includes crisis services sufficient to offer timely and accessible services and supports to individuals with SMI experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The services will include mobile crisis teams, walk-in crisis clinics, community hospital beds, and 24-hour-per-day/7- day-per-week crisis telephone lines. b. The State will monitor crisis services and identify service gaps. The State will develop and implement effective measures to address any gaps or weaknesses identified. c. Crisis services shall be provided in the least restrictive setting (including at the individual’s residence whenever practicable), consistent with an already developed individual community-based crisis plan or in a manner that develops such a plan as a result of a crisis situation, and in a manner that prevents unnecessary hospitalization, incarceration or institutionalization.