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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 230. State Medical Facilities Plan
12/11/2024

12VAC5-230-860. Need for new service.

A. The combined number of acute psychiatric and acute substance abuse disorder treatment beds needed in a health planning district with existing acute psychiatric or acute substance abuse disorder treatment beds or both will be determined as follows:

((UR x PROPOP)/365)/.75

Where:

UR = the use rate of the health planning district expressed as the average acute psychiatric and acute substance abuse disorder treatment patient days per population reported for the most recent five-year period; and

PROPOP = the projected population of the health planning district five years from the current year as reported in the most recent published projections by a demographic entity as determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services.

For purposes of this methodology, no beds shall be included in the inventory of psychiatric or substance abuse disorder beds when these beds (i) are in facilities operated by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services; (ii) have been converted to other uses; (iii) have been vacant for six months or more; or (iv) are not currently staffed and cannot be staffed for acute psychiatric or substance abuse disorder patient admissions within 24 hours.

B. Subject to the provisions of 12VAC5-230-70, no additional acute psychiatric or acute substance abuse disorder treatment beds should be authorized for a health planning district with existing acute psychiatric or acute substance abuse disorder treatment beds or both if the existing inventory of such beds is greater than the need identified using the above methodology.

Preference may also be given to the addition of acute psychiatric or acute substance abuse beds dedicated for the treatment of geriatric patients in health planning districts with an excess supply of beds when such additions are justified on the basis of the specialized treatment needs of geriatric patients.

C. No existing acute psychiatric or acute substance disorder abuse treatment beds should be relocated unless it can be reasonably projected that the relocation will not have a negative impact on the ability of existing acute psychiatric or substance abuse disorder treatment providers or both to continue to provide historic levels of service to Medicaid or other indigent patients.

D. The combined number of acute psychiatric and acute substance abuse disorder treatment beds needed in a health planning district without existing acute psychiatric or acute substance abuse disorder treatment beds will be determined as follows:

((UR x PROPOP)/365)/.75

Where:

UR = the use rate of the health planning region in which the health planning district is located expressed as the average acute psychiatric and acute substance abuse disorder treatment patient days per population reported for the most recent five-year period;

PROPOP = the projected population of the health planning district five years from the current year as reported in the most recent published projections by a demographic entity as determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services.

E. Preference may be given to the development of needed acute psychiatric beds through the conversion of unused general hospital beds. Preference will also be given to proposals for acute psychiatric and substance abuse beds demonstrating a willingness to accept persons under temporary detention orders (TDO) and that have contractual agreements to serve populations served by community services boards, whether through conversion of underutilized general hospital beds or development of new beds.

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.

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