Section 1250.2320  Availability

a)         Criteria #1: All persons requiring treatment for Chronic Mental Illness (M.I.) should be referred to facilities and/or community based programs providing the appropriate intensity of medical/psychiatric treatment, supervision, rehabilitation and other necessary services in the least restrictive setting.

b)         Standard #1:  A full range of services for treatment of Chronic Mental Illness (M.I.) should exist within each Health Service Area, including facilities and community-based programs such as nursing homes (which will admit Chronic Mental Illness residents) and non-licensed sheltered settings and residential alternatives to hospitalization.

c)         Data Factors:

1)         A listing of all facilities providing Chronic Mental Illness (M.I.) Treatment Services by HSA.

2)         A listing of all long-term care facilities within each HSA which will accept residents requiring continuing care for the Chronic Mentally Ill.

3)         A listing of all other non-licensed sheltered settings for residents requiring continuing care for Chronic Mental Illness within each HSA.

d)         Criteria #2:  Psycho-social rehabilitative services, such as living skills training, sheltered employment, etc., should be available for residents requiring Chronic Mental Illness (M.I.) Treatment Services in a recognized unit or facility.

e)         Standard #1:  All facilities providing care for the Chronic Mentally Ill should have formal procedures for providing psycho-social rehabilitation opportunities to clients, either in the facility or, preferably, in a community setting.

f)          Data Factors:  Each provider shall provide written program descriptions of facility-based psycho-social rehabilitation services and/or linkage agreements with other agencies or facilities providing these services.

(Source:  Added at 5 Ill. Reg. 3214, effective March 18, 1981)