ARSD 67:62:13:01. Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for individualized and mobile program of assertive community treatment (IMPACT) services, a client must be eighteen years of age or older, meet the serious mental illness criteria pursuant to § 67:62:12:01, and the following: (1) The client must have a medical necessity to receive IMPACT services, as determined by a clinical supervisor; (2) The client must be approved by the department to receive IMPACT services; (3) The client must understand the IMPACT model and voluntarily consent to receive IMPACT services or, must be under a transfer of commitment from the Human Services Center; (4) No other appropriate community-based mental health service is available for the client; and (5) The client must meet four of the following: (a) Have persistent or recurrent difficulty performing daily living tasks, except with significant support or assistance from friends, family, relatives, community mental health providers, or others; (b) Have frequent psychiatric inpatient hospitalizations within the past year; (c) Have constant or cyclical turmoil with family, social, or legal systems or inability to integrate successfully into the community; (d) Reside in an inpatient facility, jail, prison, or residential facility and be clinically assessed as able to live in a more independent living situation, if intensive services are provided; (e) Have an imminent threat of losing housing or becoming homeless; or (f) Be likely to need residential or institutional placement if more intensive community-based services are not provided.