Section 3710 - Early Intervention Program(a) The County shall offer at least one Early Intervention Program as defined in this section.(b) "Early Intervention Program" means treatment and other services and interventions, including relapse prevention, to address and promote recovery and related functional outcomes for a mental illness early in its emergence, including the applicable negative outcomes listed in Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5840, subdivision (d) that may result from untreated mental illness.(c) Early Intervention Program services shall not exceed eighteen months, unless the individual receiving the service is identified as experiencing first onset of a serious mental illness or emotional disturbance with psychotic features, in which case early intervention services shall not exceed four years.(1) For purpose of this section, "serious mental illness or emotional disturbance with psychotic features" means, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders including schizophrenia, other psychotic disorders, disorders with psychotic features, and schizotypal (personality) disorder). These disorders include abnormalities in one or more of the following five domains: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking (speech), grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior (including catatonia), and negative symptoms.(d) Early Intervention Program services may include services to parents, caregivers, and other family members of the person with early onset of a mental illness, as applicable.(e) The County may combine an Early Intervention Program with a Prevention Program, as long as the requirements in Section 3710 and Section 3720 are met(f) The County shall include all of the Strategies in each Early Intervention Program as referenced in Section 3735Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 3710
1. New section filed 10-7-2015; operative 10-7-2015 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2015, No. 41). Note: Authority cited: Section 5846, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 5840, Welfare and Institutions Code.
1. New section filed 10-7-2015; operative 10/7/2015 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2015, No. 41).