Specifications include, but are not limited to: Responders must be able to: 1. Provide the service of Intensive Rehabilitative Mental Health Services in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0947. 2. Maintain compliance with all requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 256B.0947, including providing all medically necessary service components and service standards below: Individual family and group psychotherapy, Individual, family, and group skills training, Crisis intervention, with 24/7 availability including holidays, Medication management, Mental health case management, Medication education, Care coordination, Psychoeducation to, and consultation and coordination with, the client’s support network, Clinical consultation to the client’s employer or school, Coordination with, or performance of, crisis intervention and stabilization services, Assessment of client’s treatment progress and effectiveness of services using outcome measurements, Transition services, Integrated dual disorders treatment, and, Housing access support. 3. Provide all services in a culturally competent manner, and to the extent possible, incorporate relevant cultural or ethnic practices of clients and their families into treatment. Provide translation services for clients and their families with limited English proficiency to facilitate complete and timely access to IRMHS/Youth ACT services. 4. Maintain core treatment team staffing requirements of 4 FTE, including a licensed mental health professional, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor, a mental health peer support specialist, and either an advance practice nurse or a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, who must be credentialed to prescribe medications. 5. Develop and maintain specialized skills and knowledge, including of developmental stages and issues; and mental health diagnosis, symptomology and treatment modalities specific to the age group served. 6. Maintain a memorandum or letter of understanding with each proposed county of service. 7. Maintain enrollment as a Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) provider. 8. Cooperate with all program reviews, performance evaluations, and requests from the STATE’s authorized representative for program outcome data to allow for determination as to whether program standards and criteria have been met and maintained.
