24 Miss. Code. R. 2-32.12 - Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Team's Contacts

A. The ICORT must have seventy-five to eighty-five percent (75-85%) of Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery work and contact time in a community setting. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery is for people with intensive needs that traditional outpatient clinic services have not been successful in treating.

B. People served in Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery must be in the community (non-office based or non-facility-based settings). People that can make and maintain appointments at a clinic are not appropriate for Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery Services.

C. The ICORT must have the capacity to increase rapidly service intensity to a person when their status requires it, or a person requests it.

D. Each person can receive services as often as necessary but at a minimum they must be seen two (2) times a week at a minimum of two (2) hours (total).

E. Each team member must provide services to each person as often as therapeutically necessary, but at a minimum, each person must be seen by ICORT personnel two (2) times a month.

F. Each person must receive services from a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner as often as necessary, but at a minimum of one (1) time per every 30 days. These services can be provided in an office or community setting. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery personnel must facilitate and provide transportation (if necessary) to the appointment.

G. Intensive Community Outreach and Recovery will provide Peer Support Services, individual mental health therapy, medication administration/monitoring, general healthcare monitoring/treatment, supportive counseling, social/hygiene skills training, recovery/resiliency support, symptom management, budgeting skills, and leisure time activities.

Notes

24 Miss. Code. R. 2-32.12

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-4-7

Adopted 9/1/2020 Amended 11/1/2024