Part XII. Mental Health Services
Article 1
Acute Psychiatric and Acute Substance Abuse Disorder Treatment Services
12VAC5-230-840. Travel time.
Article 1
Acute Psychiatric and Acute Substance Abuse Disorder Treatment Services
Acute psychiatric and acute substance abuse disorder treatment services should be available within 60 minutes driving time one way under normal conditions of 95% of the population using mapping software as determined by the commissioner.
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.
12VAC5-230-850. Continuity; integration.
A. Existing and proposed acute psychiatric and acute substance abuse disorder treatment providers shall have established plans for the provision of services to indigent patients that include:
1. The minimum number of unreimbursed patient days to be provided to indigent patients who are not Medicaid recipients;
2. The minimum number of Medicaid-reimbursed patient days to be provided, unless the existing or proposed facility is ineligible for Medicaid participation;
3. The minimum number of unreimbursed patient days to be provided to local community services boards; and
4. A description of the methods to be utilized in implementing the indigent patient service plan and assuring the provision of the projected levels of unreimbursed and Medicaid-reimbursed patient days.
B. Proposed acute psychiatric and acute substance abuse disorder treatment providers shall have formal agreements with the appropriate local community services boards or behavioral health authority that:
1. Specify the number of patient days that will be provided to the community service board;
2. Describe the mechanisms to monitor compliance with charity care provisions;
3. Provide for effective discharge planning for all patients, including return to the patient's place of origin or home state if not Virginia; and
4. Consider admission priorities based on relative medical necessity.
C. Providers of acute psychiatric and acute substance abuse disorder treatment serving large geographic areas should establish satellite outpatient facilities to improve patient access where appropriate and feasible.
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.
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.
Article 2
Mental Retardation
12VAC5-230-870. Need for new service.
Article 2
Mental Retardation
The establishment of new ICF/MR facilities with more than 12 beds shall not be authorized unless the following conditions are met:
1. Alternatives to the proposed service are not available in the area to be served by the new facility;
2. There is a documented source of referrals for the proposed new facility;
3. The manner in which the proposed new facility fits into the continuum of care for the mentally retarded is identified;
4. There are distinct and unique geographic, socioeconomic, cultural, transportation, or other factors affecting access to care that require development of a new ICF/MR;
5. Alternatives to the development of a new ICF/MR consistent with the Medicaid waiver program have been considered and can be reasonably discounted in evaluating the need for the new facility;
6. The proposed new facility will have a maximum of 20 beds and is consistent with any plan of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services and the mental retardation service priorities for the catchment area identified in the plan;
7. Ancillary and supportive services needed for the new facility are available; and
8. Service alternatives for residents of the proposed new facility who are ready for discharge from the ICF/MR setting are available.
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; Errata, 25:11 VA.R. 2018 February 2, 2009.
12VAC5-230-880. Continuity; integration.
Each facility should have a written transfer agreement with one or more hospitals for the transfer of emergency cases if such hospitalization becomes necessary.
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.
12VAC5-230-890. Compliance with licensure standards.
Mental retardation facilities should meet all applicable licensure standards as specified in 12VAC35-105, Rules and Regulations for the Licensing of Providers of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services.
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.