La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-6201

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-6201 - Introduction

A. The purpose of this Chapter is to provide for the development, establishment and enforcement of statewide licensing standards for the care of clients in therapeutic group homes (TGHs), to ensure the maintenance of these standards, and to regulate conditions in these facilities through a program of licensure which shall promote safe and adequate treatment of clients of TGHs.

B. Therapeutic group homes provide a 24 hours per day, seven days per week, structured and supportive living environment. The purpose of a TGH is to provide community-based services in a secured, homelike environment to clients under the age of 21 who are determined to need psychiatric or psychological services.

C. Each TGH shall deliver an array of clinical treatment and related services, including psychiatric supports, integration with community resources, and skill building taught within the context of a safe home-like setting under the supervision of a professional staff person.

D. The goal of a TGH is to maintain the client's connections to their community, yet receive and participate in a more intensive level of treatment in which the client lives safely in a 24-hour setting.

1. Community reintegration may be progressive and with individual consideration of the clients safety, prior involvement in and potential for aberrant and criminal activity, mental health status, and elopement consideration.

E. The care and services rendered by a TGH shall include, but not be limited to:

1. behavioral health services;

2. medication management;

3. assistance with independent living skills;

4. recreational services;

5. rehabilitative services; and

6. transportation services.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-6201

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 38:401 (February 2012), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 44773 (4/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2009.