Article 5. Clinically Managed Low-Intensity Residential Services Level of Care 3.1
12VAC35-105-1630. Clinically managed low-intensity residential services Level of care 3.1 staff criteria.
A clinically managed low-intensity residential services program shall meet the following staff requirements. The program shall:
1. Offer telephone or in-person consultation with a physician in case of emergency related to an individual's substance use disorder, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The program shall also provide allied health professional staff onsite 24 hours a day;
2. Have clinical staff who are knowledgeable about the biological and psychosocial dimensions of substance use disorder and their treatment and are able to identify the signs and symptoms of acute psychiatric conditions;
3. Have a team comprised of appropriately trained and credentialed medical, addiction, and mental health professionals; and
4. Ensure all clinical staff are qualified by training and experience and appropriately licensed, certified, or registered by the appropriate health regulatory board to serve individuals admitted to the service.
Statutory Authority
§§ 37.2-302 and 37.2-400 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 11, eff. February 17, 2023.
12VAC35-105-1640. Clinically managed low-intensity residential services Level of care 3.1 program criteria.
A clinically managed low-intensity residential services program shall meet the following programmatic requirements. The program shall:
1. Offer a minimum of five hours a week of professionally directed treatment in addition to other treatment services offered to individuals, such as partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient treatment the focus of which is stabilizing the individual's substance use disorder. Services shall be designed to improve the individual's ability to structure and organize the tasks of daily living and recovery;
2. Ensure collaboration with care providers to develop an individual treatment plan for each individual with time-specific goals and objectives;
3. Provide counseling and clinical monitoring to support successful initial involvement in regular, productive daily activity;
4. Provide case management services;
5. Provide motivational interventions appropriate to the individual's stage of readiness to change and level of comprehension;
6. Have direct affiliations with other easily accessible levels of care or coordinate through referral to more or less intensive levels of care and other services;
7. Include the ability to arrange for needed procedures as appropriate to the severity and urgency of the individual's condition;
8. Provide family and caregiver treatment and peer recovery support services as deemed appropriate by a licensed professional and included in an assessment and treatment plan;
9. Provide addiction pharmacotherapy and the ability to arrange for pharmacotherapy for psychiatric medications;
10. Utilize random drug screening to monitor progress and reinforce treatment gains;
11. Make a substance abuse treatment program available to all individuals; and
12. Make MAT available for all individuals with opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder. Medication assisted treatment may be provided by facility staff or coordinated through alternative resources.
Statutory Authority
§§ 37.2-302 and 37.2-400 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 11, eff. February 17, 2023.
12VAC35-105-1650. Clinically managed low-intensity residential services Level of care 3.1 admission criteria.
Before a clinically managed low-intensity residential service program may admit an individual, the individual shall meet the criteria for admission as defined by the provider's policies. The provider's policy regarding admission shall at a minimum require the individual to:
1. Meet diagnostic criteria for a moderate or severe substance use or addictive disorder as defined by the DSM; and
2. Meet the admission criteria of Level 3.1 of ASAM.
Statutory Authority
§§ 37.2-302 and 37.2-400 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 11, eff. February 17, 2023.
12VAC35-105-1660. Clinically managed low-intensity residential services Level of care 3.1 discharge criteria.
Before a clinically managed low-intensity residential services program may discharge or transfer an individual, the individual shall meet the criteria for discharge or transfer as defined by the provider's policies, which shall include provisions for the discharge or transfer of individuals who have:
1. Achieved the goals of the treatment services and no longer require ASAM 3.1 level of care;
2. Been unable to achieve the goals of the individual's treatment but could achieve the individual's goals with a different type of treatment; or
3. Achieved the individual's original treatment goals but have developed new treatment challenges that can only be adequately addressed in a different type of treatment.
Statutory Authority
§§ 37.2-302 and 37.2-400 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 11, eff. February 17, 2023.
12VAC35-105-1670. Clinically managed low-intensity residential services Level of care 3.1 co-occurring enhanced programs.
A. Clinically managed low-intensity residential services co-occurring enhanced programs shall offer psychiatric services, including medication evaluation and laboratory services. Such services shall be provided onsite or closely coordinated offsite, as appropriate to the severity and urgency of the individual's mental condition.
B. Clinically managed low-intensity residential services co-occurring enhanced programs shall be staffed by appropriately credentialed licensed mental health professionals who are able to assess and treat co-occurring disorders with the capacity to involve addiction-trained psychiatrists. All clinical staff shall be qualified by training and experience and appropriately licensed, certified, or registered by the appropriate health regulatory board to serve individuals admitted to the service.
C. Clinically managed low-intensity residential services co-occurring enhanced programs shall offer planned clinical activities that are designed to stabilize the individual's mental health problems and psychiatric symptoms and to maintain such stabilization, including medication education and management and motivational and engagement strategies. Goals of therapy shall apply to both the substance use disorder and any co-occurring mental disorder.
Statutory Authority
§§ 37.2-302 and 37.2-400 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 11, eff. February 17, 2023.