Section 388-877A-0130. Outpatient mental health services—Assessment standards.

In addition to the assessment requirements in WAC 388-877-0610, an agency providing any outpatient mental health service must ensure the clinical mental health components of the assessment:

(1) Are provided by a mental health professional.

(2) Are initiated within ten working days from the date on which the individual or the individual's parent or legal representative requests services, and completed within thirty working days of the initial assessment.

(3) Gather sufficient information to determine if a mental illness exists, and if there are services available within the agency to address the individual's needs.

(4) Document presenting problem(s) as described by the individual. The agency may contact the person(s) who provide active support to the individual in order to validate and/or obtain further information regarding the individual's presenting problem:

(a) Only at the request of the individual, if the individual is thirteen years of age or older; or

(b) At the agency's discretion, if the individual is twelve years of age or younger.

(5) Contain sufficient clinical information, including a review of any documentation of a mental health condition provided by the individual, to justify the diagnosis using criteria in the:

(a) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM IV TR, 2000) as it existed on the effective date of this section; then

(b) DSM-5 as it exists when published and released in 2013, consistent with the purposes of this section. Information regarding the publication date and release of the DSM-5 is posted on the American Psychiatric Association's public website at www.DSM5.org.

(6) Contain a developmental history if the individual is a child.

(7) Are culturally and age relevant.

[Statutory Authority: Chapters 70.02, 70.96A, 71.05, 71.24, 71.34, 74.50 RCW, RCW 74.08.090, 43.20A.890, and 42 C.F.R. Part 8. WSR 13-12-053, § 388-877A-0130, filed 5/31/13, effective 7/1/13.]

Chapters 70.02, 70.96A, 71.05, 71.24, 71.34, 74.50 RCW, RCW 74.08.090, 43.20A.890, and 42 C.F.R. Part 8. WSR 13-12-053, § 388-877A-0130, filed 5/31/13, effective 7/1/13.

Rules

388-877-0610,