440 IAC 9-2-3 Individualized treatment planning to increase patient coping skills and symptom management

Sec. 3. (a) Managed care providers and community mental health centers shall provide individualized treatment planning according to the standards set out in this section. Managed care providers and community mental health centers shall ensure that their subcontractors who provide individualized treatment planning also meet the same standards. (b) Treatment plans shall be designed around individual consumers. The goals and services reflected in a sample of treatment plans must be sufficiently different to indicate individualized service planning. (c) Consumers shall be involved in the treatment planning process. (1) If a consumer chooses not to participate in the treatment planning process, it shall be documented in the clinical record. (2) Consumers shall participate in the development and review of their own treatment plans, indicated by the consumer's signature on the treatment planning document. (d) There shall be a single coordinated service plan maintained for each consumer in service, across all services within the continuum of care. (1) A single individual must be responsible for coordinating and negotiating the plan with the consumer. (2) The agency must have policies that reflect the maintenance of a single coordinated service plan for each consumer and the appointment of an individual clinician per consumer who coordinates all aspects of the service plan.