Summary
Provide operate on a 24/7/365 basis, with awake staff at night and at least two (2) staff within the facility at all times. Accept referrals, complete screening, and be prepared to admit individuals on a 24/7 basis; establish screening, triage, and prioritization standards that reflect the urgency of timely disposition for individuals in crisis and referring parties, and that consider basic eligibility, clinical status, and level of risk of institutionalization; hold open at all times one (1) county-funded bed for rapid-access referrals from the following sources: journey mental health center emergency services unit (esu), the cares program, law enforcement, and/or same-day referrals of individuals discharging from a state mental health institute on short notice. Transition clients placed into the rapid-access bed into the next general bed that opens. See attached file.