LAC 48:I.5689. Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment

A. The provider that provides community psychiatric support and treatment (CPST) services shall: 1. provide services in community locations where the client lives, works, attends school and/or socializes in addition to or instead of at the licensed entity; 2. provide CPST services with the client present; 3. provide services to minimize the negative effects of the symptoms, emotional disturbances or associated environmental stressors which interfere with the client’s daily living; 4. provide counseling, solution-focused interventions, emotional and behavioral management and problem behavior analysis with the client; and 5. participate in and utilize strengths-based planning and treatments, that includes identifying strengths and needs, resources, natural supports and developing goals and objectives to address functional deficits associated with the client’s mental illness. B. Staffing Requirements 1. Professionals Providing CPST Services a. The program’s professionals that provide CPST shall be one of the following: i. licensed mental health professional (LMHP); ii. provisionally licensed professional counselor (PLPC); iii. provisionally licensed marriage and family therapist (PLMFT); iv. licensed master social worker (LMSW); v. certified social worker (CSW); or vi. psychology intern from an American Psychological Association approved internship program. b. The responsibilities of any professionals providing CPST services include: i. assisting the client with effectively responding to or avoiding identified precursors or triggers that would risk the client remaining in a natural community location; and ii. assisting the client and family members to identify strategies or treatment options associated with the client’s mental illness. 2. Licensed Mental Health Professionals a. The LMHP is responsible for providing clinical supervision of the CPST staff. b. The LMHP is responsible for rendering the assessment and treatment planning components of CPST. 3. The provider shall ensure that the direct care staff’s caseload size: a. is based on the needs of the clients and their families with emphasis on successful outcomes and individual satisfaction; and b. meets the needs identified in the individual treatment plan.