N.M. Admin. Code § 8.321.10.25 - COUNSELING AND MEDICAL SERVICES
The
A. substance abuse counseling and behavioral
health treatment planning is provided by a practitioner licensed in the state
of New Mexico to provide behavioral health treatment services to each patient
based upon the patient's individual needs, treatment plan and stage of
readiness to change behavior;
B.
the program has substance abuse counselors in a number sufficient:
(1) to ensure that patients have access to
counselors;
(2) to provide the
treatment in patients' treatment plans; and
(3) to provide unscheduled treatment or
counseling to patients;
C. each patient seeking opioid treatment is
screened for the presence of a co-occurring mental health disorder by means
approved by the HCA, and if indicated, referred for assessment and possible
treatment if the program is not able to provide mental health services; an OTP
referring a patient to another provider for mental health assessment shall make
and document its good faith efforts to follow up with that provider on the
results of the referral, and to co-ordinate its treatment with any subsequent
treatment by other providers, within the limits of all applicable laws and
regulations pertaining to release of patient information and
confidentiality;
D. a program
sponsor shall ensure that a patient is offered medical, psychiatric and
psychological services, if needed, either at its program or through referral:
(1) if a patient receives medical,
psychiatric or psychological services, from provider(s) not affiliated with the
program, program staff members shall make a good faith effort to communicate
and coordinate its treatment services with such provider, including monitoring
and evaluating interactions between the patient's opioid treatment medication
and medications used to treat the patient's mental disorder, if any;
(2) the OTP shall have a procedure to ensure
that such good faith coordination efforts are made, in accordance with all
state and federal laws and regulations for the release of patient records or
information;
E. a
program sponsor shall make good faith efforts to establish effective working
relationships with the relevant behavioral health treatment providers in its
patient catchment area in order to facilitate patient access to the services
available through those providers;
F. a program sponsor shall ensure that a
patient has access to a self-help group or support group, such as narcotics
anonymous, either at the agency or through referral to a community
group;
G. treatment services are
provided by appropriately licensed staff.
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The program sponsor shall ensure that:
A. substance abuse counseling and behavioral health treatment planning is provided by a practitioner licensed in the state of New Mexico to provide behavioral health treatment services to each patient based upon the patient's individual needs, treatment plan and stage of readiness to change behavior;
B. the program has substance abuse counselors in a number sufficient:
(1) to ensure that patients have access to counselors;
(2) to provide the treatment in patients' treatment plans; and
(3) to provide unscheduled treatment or counseling to patients;
C. each patient seeking opioid treatment is screened for the presence of a co-occurring mental health disorder by means approved by the HCA, and if indicated, referred for assessment and possible treatment if the program is not able to provide mental health services; an OTP referring a patient to another provider for mental health assessment shall make and document its good faith efforts to follow up with that provider on the results of the referral, and to co-ordinate its treatment with any subsequent treatment by other providers, within the limits of all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to release of patient information and confidentiality;
D. a program sponsor shall ensure that a patient is offered medical, psychiatric and psychological services, if needed, either at its program or through referral:
(1) if a patient receives medical, psychiatric or psychological services, from provider(s) not affiliated with the program, program staff members shall make a good faith effort to communicate and coordinate its treatment services with such provider, including monitoring and evaluating interactions between the patient's opioid treatment medication and medications used to treat the patient's mental disorder, if any;
(2) the OTP shall have a procedure to ensure that such good faith coordination efforts are made, in accordance with all state and federal laws and regulations for the release of patient records or information;
E. a program sponsor shall make good faith efforts to establish effective working relationships with the relevant behavioral health treatment providers in its patient catchment area in order to facilitate patient access to the services available through those providers;
F. a program sponsor shall ensure that a patient has access to a self-help group or support group, such as narcotics anonymous, either at the agency or through referral to a community group;
G. treatment services are provided by appropriately licensed staff.