General Policies and Considerations. The following time frames shall be used for placing an individual on the wait list:
General Policies and Considerations. The following time frames shall be used for placing an individual on the wait list:
1. Any individual waiting longer than four (4) days for a residential bed for either mental health or substance abuse shall go on a wait list.
2. Any individual waiting longer than four (4) days for a bed in Detox shall go on a wait list.
3. Any individual waiting longer than fourteen (14) days for outpatient services (both mental health and substance abuse), intervention (substance abuse only), or methadone services, shall go on a wait list.
4. Any individual waiting longer than fourteen (14) days for a non-mental health funded service shall go on a wait list.
5. Any individual referred to a state treatment facility shall go on a wait list once the packet is considered complete.
1. Any individual who has been screened and is in need of substance abuse treatment shall go on a wait list. This applies only to an in-person screening for services.
2. In order for the individual to remain on the wait list, an in-person meeting, telephone contact or other documented contact must have taken place at least within 30 days of the initial contact and at least every thirty (30) days thereafter. The contacts should be more frequent than every thirty (30) days, however, the individual must be contacted within the thirty (30)-day time period.
3. Individuals in treatment, but waiting for the appropriate level of service, should be counted as waiting for the appropriate level of service. For example, an individual receiving one hour of outpatient treatment once a week while waiting to enter a residential program should be counted on a wait list for residential treatment.
4. Each individual counted on a wait list must have supporting documentation, i.e., the Wait List Documentation Form, maintained in a file separate from the client’s clinical record. The information on this form shall be used to verify what
5. Wait list information must be updated on a monthly basis. Any individual who has not had an in-person, telephone or other documented contact in the last thirty (30) days should be removed from the wait list.
6. Incarcerated individuals are not counted as waiting for treatment. Exceptions apply when an incarcerated individual’s only condition for being released is admission into a substance abuse treatment program. In this case, the incarcerated individual shall be counted on a wait list.
