Article 6. Partial Hospitalization Level of Care 2.5
12VAC35-105-1680. Substance abuse partial hospitalization services Level of care 2.5 staff criteria.
A substance abuse partial hospitalization program shall meet the following staff requirements. The program shall:
1. Have an interdisciplinary team of addiction treatment professionals, which may include counselors, psychologists, social workers, and addiction-credentialed physicians. Physicians treating individuals in this level shall have specialty training or experience in addiction medicine;
2. Have staff able to obtain and interpret information regarding the individual's biopsychosocial needs;
3. Have staff trained to understand the signs and symptoms of mental disorders and to understand and be able to explain the uses of psychotropic medications and their interactions with substance-related disorders; 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.
12VAC35-105-1690. Substance abuse partial hospitalization services Level of care 2.5 program criteria.
A substance abuse partial hospitalization program shall meet the following programmatic requirements. The program shall:
1. Offer no fewer than 20 hours of skilled treatment services per week in a structured program. Services may include individual and group counseling, medication management, family therapy, peer recovery support services, educational groups, or occupational and recreational therapy;
2. Provide a combination of individual and group therapy as deemed appropriate by a licensed professional and included in an assessment and treatment plan;
3. Provide medical and nursing services as deemed appropriate by a licensed professional and included in an assessment and treatment plan;
4. Provide motivational enhancement and engagement strategies appropriate to an individual's stage of readiness to change and level of comprehension;
5. 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;
6. Provide family and caregiver treatment services as deemed appropriate by a licensed professional and included in an assessment and treatment plan;
7. Provide educational and informational programming adaptable to individual needs;
8. Ensure and document that the length of service shall be determined by the individual's condition and functioning;
9. Make emergency services available by telephone 24 hours a day, seven days a week when the program is not in session; and
10. Make MAT available for all individuals with opioid use disorder or alcohol use disorder. MAT 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.
12VAC35-105-1700. Substance abuse partial hospitalization Level of care 2.5 admission criteria.
Before a substance abuse partial hospitalization 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 substance use disorder or addictive disorder as defined by the DSM; and
2. Meet the admission criteria of Level 2.5 of ASAM, including the specific criteria for adult and adolescent populations.
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.
12VAC35-105-1710. Substance abuse partial hospitalization Level of care 2.5 discharge criteria.
Before a substance abuse partial hospitalization 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 2.5 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.
12VAC35-105-1720. Substance abuse partial hospitalization Level of care 2.5 co-occurring enhanced programs.
A. Substance abuse partial hospitalization co-occurring enhanced programs shall offer psychiatric services appropriate to the individual's mental health condition. Such services shall be available by telephone and onsite or closely coordinated offsite, within a shorter time than in a co-occurring capable program.
B. Substance abuse partial hospitalization co-occurring enhanced programs shall be staffed by appropriately credentialed mental health professionals who assess and treat co-occurring mental disorders. Intensive case management shall be delivered by cross-trained, interdisciplinary staff through mobile outreach and shall involve engagement-oriented addiction treatment and psychiatric programming. 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. Substance abuse partial hospitalization co-occurring enhanced programs shall offer intensive case management, assertive community treatment, medication management, and psychotherapy.
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.