§ 7252. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Adult outpatient services” means flexible services responsive to individuals’ preferences,
needs, and values that are necessary to stabilize, restore, or improve the level of
social functioning and well-being of individuals with a mental condition, including
individual and group treatment, medication management, psychosocial rehabilitation,
and case management services.
(2) “Designated agency” means a designated community mental health and developmental disability
agency as described in subsection 8907(a) of this title.
(3) “Designated area” means the counties, cities, or towns identified by the Department
of Mental Health that are served by a designated agency.
(4) “Enhanced programming” means targeted, structured, and specific intensive mental health
treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation services for individuals in individualized
or group settings.
(5) “Intensive residential recovery facility” means a licensed program under contract
with the Department of Mental Health that provides a safe, therapeutic, recovery-oriented
residential environment to care for individuals with one or more mental conditions
or psychiatric disabilities who need intensive clinical interventions to facilitate
recovery in anticipation of returning to the community. This facility shall be for
individuals not in need of acute inpatient care and for whom the facility is the least
restrictive and most integrated setting.
(6) “Mobile support team” means professional and peer support providers who are able to
respond to an individual where he or she is located during a crisis situation.
(7) “Noncategorical case management” means service planning and support activities provided
for adults by a qualified mental health provider, regardless of program eligibility
criteria or insurance limitations.
(8) “No refusal system” means a system of hospitals and intensive residential recovery
facilities under contract with the Department of Mental Health that provides high-intensity
services, in which the facilities shall admit any individual for care if the individual
meets the eligibility criteria established by the Commissioner in contract.
(9) “Participating hospital” means a hospital under contract with the Department of Mental
Health to participate in the no refusal system.
(10), (11) [Repealed.]
(12) “Psychosocial rehabilitation” means a range of social, educational, occupational,
behavioral, and cognitive interventions for increasing the role performance and enhancing
the recovery of individuals with a serious mental condition or psychiatric disability,
including services that foster long-term recovery and self-sufficiency.
(13) “Recovery-oriented” means a system or services that emphasize the process of change
through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed
life, and strive to reach their full potential.
(14) “Serious bodily injury” means the same as in section 1912 of this title.
(15) “Warm line” means a nonemergency telephone response line operated by trained peers
for the purpose of active listening and assistance with problem-solving for persons
in need of such support. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 101; 2013, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a.)