La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § 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.
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