UA Requirements. (1) System Agency-approved UA for children and youth includes the following instruments: (a) Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Assessment (CANS); (b) Community Data; (c) Deviation Reason Required; and (d) Authorized LOC. (2) The above instruments are required to be completed once an individual has been screened and determined in need of assessment from Contractor. The initial assessment is the clinical process of obtaining and evaluating historical, familial, educational, social, functional, psychiatric, and developmental systems involved, or other information from the individual seeking services, in order to determine specific treatment and support needs. (3) Staff administering the instruments shall be a Qualified Mental Health Professional - Community Services (QMHP-CS) and have documented training in the use of the instruments. Staff administering the instruments must have documentation of current certification in the CANS. Certification must be updated annually through a System Agency-approved entity. (4) The UA shall be administered according to the timeframes delineated in Information Item C located at: xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/doing-business- hhs/provider-portals/behavioral-health-services-providers/behavioral-health- provider-resources/community-mental-health-contracts (Child and Adolescent Uniform Assessment).
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Samples: Local Mental Health Authority Performance Agreement, Local Mental Health Authority Performance Agreement, Local Mental Health Authority Performance Agreement
