CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES Sample Clauses

CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES. (A) The CONTRACTOR shall develop and implement a Cultural Competency/Sensitivity Plan through which the CONTRACTOR shall ensure that it provides, both directly and through its Network Providers and subcontractors, culturally competent services to its Members. The CONTRACTOR shall participate with HSD’s efforts to promote the delivery of Covered Services in a culturally competent manner to all CoLTS Members, including those with limited English proficiency and diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The CONTRACTOR shall: (1) develop a Cultural Competency Plan that describes how the CONTRACTOR shall ensure that Covered Services provided to Members are culturally competent and shall submit the plan to HSD on an annual basis for approval; (2) develop written policies and procedures that implement the Cultural Competency Plan; (3) target cultural competency training to PCP, Service Coordinators, home health care staff and ensure that staff at all levels receive on-going education and training in culturally and linguistically appropriate service delivery; (4) develop and implement a plan for interpretive services including oral translation services and written materials to meet the needs of Members, potential Members, and their decision-makers whose primary language is not English, using qualified medical interpreters, if available, and make available easily understood Member-oriented materials and post signage in the languages of the commonly encountered group and/or groups represented in the service area; (5) identify community advocates and agencies that could assist non-English and limited-English speaking individuals and/or that provide other culturally appropriate and competent services, which include methods of outreach and referral; (6) incorporate cultural competence into utilization management, quality improvement and planning for the course of treatment; (7) identify resources and interventions for high-risk health conditions found in certain cultural groups; (8) develop and incorporate contract language to cultural competency requirements for inclusion in contracts between the CONTRACTOR and its Network Providers and subcontractors; (9) recruit and train a diverse staff and leadership that are representative of the demographic characteristics of the CONTRACTOR’s service area; and (10) ensure that new Member assessment forms contain questions related to primary language preference and cultural expectations and that information received is maintained ...
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CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES. (1) The CONTRACTOR shall develop and implement a Cultural Competency/Sensitivity Plan, through which the CONTRACTOR shall ensure that it provides, both directly and through its health care providers and subcontractors, culturally competent services to its SALUD! members. (2) The CONTRACTOR shall phase-in the cultural competency plan over the first two years of the contract according to the following process: A. Year 1, and no later than July 1, 2002 The CONTRACTOR shall: i. Develop a Cultural Competency Plan that describes how the CONTRACTOR shall ensure that services provided are culturally competent. ii. Develop written policies and procedures that implement the Cultural Competency Plan and ensure that culturally competent services are provided by the CONTRACTOR both directly and through its health care providers and subcontractors. iii. Target cultural competency training to primary care providers, care coordinators/case mangers, home health care staff and licensed masters and doctoral level mental health and substance abuse professionals. iv. Develop and implement a plan for interpretive services and written materials to meet the needs of consumers and their decision-makers whose primary language is not English, using qualified medical interpreters, if available. v. Identify community advocates and agencies that could assist non-English and limited-English speaking individuals and/or that provider other culturally appropriate and competent services, which include methods for outreach and referral. B. Year 2, and no later than July 1, 2003 The CONTRACTOR shall: i. Incorporate cultural competence into treatment planning, utilization management and quality improvement. ii. Identify resources and interventions for high risk health conditions found in certain cultural groups. iii. Develop and incorporate contract language specific to cultural competency requirements for inclusion in contracts between the CONTRACTOR and providers and subcontractors.
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CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES. Cultural competency within an organization and the services that it provides includes a defined set of values and principles, and demonstrated behaviors, attitudes, policies and structures that enable the organization to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. The three following components shall exist: a. Accessibility: the agency evaluates and modifies the way in which its services are accessible (language, location, delivery style) to populations whose modes of engagement are different from the majority population. b. Relevance: the agency identifies specific culturally based needs of populations and modifies the services delivered in order to meet those needs, including acquiring and institutionalizing cultural knowledge.
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