24 MAC Pt. 2, R. 54.16
Program Requirement Four (4): Scope of Services – General Service
Cite as 24 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, R. 54.16
Program Requirement Four (4): Scope of Services – General Service
Provisions
A. Whether delivered directly or through a DCO agreement, the CCBHC is responsible for
ensuring access to all care specified in PAMA. This includes, as more explicitly provided
and more clearly defined below in the following required services: crisis services;
screening, assessment and diagnosis; person-centered and family-centered treatment
planning; outpatient behavioral health services; outpatient primary care screening and
monitoring; targeted case management; psychiatric rehabilitation; peer and family
supports; and intensive community-based outpatient behavioral health care for members of
the U.S. Armed Forces and veterans. The CCBHC organization will directly deliver the
majority (51% or more) of encounters across the required services (excluding Crisis
Services) rather than through DCOs.
B. The CCBHC ensures all CCBHC services, if not available directly through the CCBHC,
are provided through a DCO, consistent with the freedom of the person receiving services
to choose providers within the CCBHC and its DCOs. This requirement does not preclude
the use of referrals outside the CCBHC or DCO if a needed specialty service is unavailable
through the CCBHC or DCO entities.
C. Regarding either CCBHC or DCO services, people receiving services will be informed of
and have access to the CCBHC’s existing grievance procedures, which must satisfy the
minimum requirements of Medicaid and other grievance requirements such as those that
may be mandated by relevant accrediting entities or state authorities.
D. DCO-provided services for people receiving CCBHC services must meet the same quality
standards as those provided by the CCBHC. The entities with which the CCBHC
coordinates care and all DCOs, taken in conjunction with the CCBHC itself, satisfy the
mandatory aspects of these criteria.