DHS 63.06(4)(a)9.
9. A mental health technician shall be a paraprofessional who is employed on the basis of personal aptitude. A mental health technician shall have a suitable period of orientation and in-service training and shall work under the supervision of a clinical coordinator under sub.
(2) (c).
DHS 63.06(4)(b)
(b) When volunteers are used, they shall be supervised by professional staff under par.
(a) 1. to
8. The CSP shall have written procedures for the selection, orientation and inservice training of volunteers.
DHS 63.06(5)(a)
(a) Each CSP shall develop and implement a written policy for clinical supervision of all staff who provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services to CSP clients.
DHS 63.06(5)(b)
(b) Clinical supervision of individual CSP staff shall include direct clinical review, assessment and feedback regarding their delivery of treatment, rehabilitation and support services to individual CSP clients and teaching and monitoring of the application of CSP principles and practices.
DHS 63.06(5)(c)
(c) Clinical supervision shall be provided by a clinical coordinator meeting the qualifications under s.
DHS 63.06 (2) (c) or by staff who meet the qualifications under s.
DHS 63.06 (2) (c) and who are designated by the clinical coordinator to provide clinical supervision.
DHS 63.06(5)(d)
(d) Clinical supervision shall be accomplished by one or more of the following means:
DHS 63.06(5)(d)1.
1. Individual sessions with staff to review cases, assess performance and give feedback;
DHS 63.06(5)(d)2.
2. Individual sessions in which the supervisor accompanies an individual staff member to meet with individual clients in regularly scheduled sessions or crisis situations and in which the supervisor assesses, teaches and gives feedback regarding the staff member's performance regarding the particular client;
DHS 63.06(5)(d)2m.
2m. Any other form of professionally recognized method of supervision designed to provide sufficient guidance to assure the delivery of effective services to consumers by the staff member;
DHS 63.06(5)(d)3.
3. Regular client report or review staff meetings and treatment planning staff meetings to review and assess staff performance and provide staff direction regarding individual cases.
DHS 63.06(5)(e)
(e) For every 20 clients or every 40 hours of direct service in the CSP, the clinical supervisor shall spend at least 4 hours a week providing supervision.
DHS 63.06(5)(f)
(f) Clinical supervision provided to individual CSP staff shall be documented in writing.
DHS 63.06(6)(a)
(a) Each CSP shall develop and implement an orientation and training program which all new staff and regularly scheduled volunteers shall complete. The orientation shall include:
DHS 63.06(6)(a)3.
3. Review of job responsibilities specified in the job description.
DHS 63.06(6)(a)6.
6. Review of agency's use of telehealth, including when telehealth can be used and by whom, privacy and security considerations, and the right to decline services provided via telehealth.
DHS 63.06(6)(b)
(b) Each CSP shall develop and implement a training plan for all staff, including:
DHS 63.06(6)(b)4.
4. Discussion and presentation of current principles and methods of treatment, rehabilitation and support services for chronically mentally ill persons.
DHS 63.06 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1989, No. 400, eff. 5-1-89;
correction in (6) (a) 4. made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register December 2004 No. 588; corrections in (6) (a) 4. and 5. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register November 2008 No. 635;
CR 20-068: am. (1) (a)
Register December 2021 No. 792, eff. 1-1-22;
CR 23-053: am. (5) (d) 1., 2., cr. (5) (d) 2m., am. (6) (a) 1. to 4., cr. (6) (a) 6., am. (6) (b) 1. to 3.
Register September 2023 No. 813, eff. 10-1-23.
DHS 63.07
DHS 63.07
Outreach and screening. A CSP shall have written procedures for contacting and identifying persons with chronic mental illness and for having those persons referred to the CSP. The procedures shall include:
DHS 63.07(1)
(1) Outreach activities and direct contact with potential CSP clients;
DHS 63.07(2)
(2) Outreach referral agreements with psychiatric inpatient units, outpatient units and community service providers; and
DHS 63.07(3)
(3) Screening by a clinical coordinator of each person referred to the CSP under sub.
(2) to determine whether the person meets the admission criteria in s.
DHS 63.08.
DHS 63.07 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1989, No. 400, eff. 5-1-89.
DHS 63.08(1)(1)
Criteria. Admission to a CSP shall be limited to an individual who has chronic mental illness which by history or prognosis requires repeated acute treatment or prolonged periods of institutional care and who exhibits persistent disability or impairment in major areas of community living as evidenced by:
DHS 63.08(1)(a)1.1. A condition of chronic mental illness and a diagnosis listed in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R) within one of the following classification codes:
DHS 63.08(1)(a)2.
2. A significant risk of either continuing in a pattern of institutionalization or living in a severely dysfunctional way if CSP services are not provided; and
DHS 63.08(1)(b)1.1. A condition of chronic mental illness with another diagnosis listed in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R), provided that documentation in the client record shows that:
DHS 63.08(1)(b)1.a.
a. There have been consistent and extensive efforts to treat the client, such as use of special structured housing, more frequent outpatient appointments combined with proactive efforts such as home visiting when the client does not come in for appointments, cooperative efforts by various outpatient, housing, vocational and crisis agencies to coordinate and plan treatment and face-to-face crisis intervention services on a regular basis, with or without crisis housing. The efforts have persisted for at least a year, except in unusual circumstances such as a serious and sudden onset of dysfunction, causing the client's condition to move beyond basic outpatient clinical standards of practice; and
DHS 63.08(1)(b)2.
2. A significant risk of either continuing in a pattern of institutionalization or living in a severely dysfunctional way if CSP services are not provided; and
DHS 63.08(2)
(2) Areas of functional impairment. The functional areas in which individuals admitted to a CSP may show impairment are as follows:
DHS 63.08(2)(a)1.1. Impairment in vocational functioning is manifested by an inability to be consistently employed at a self-sustaining level or an ability to be employed only with extensive supports, except that a person who is able to earn sustaining income but is recurrently unemployed because of acute episodes of mental illness shall be considered vocationally impaired;
DHS 63.08 Note
Note: The following are examples of persons who function at a fairly high level in general terms but still manifest vocational impairment:
DHS 63.08 Note
A person who works 30 hours a week for years at a sheltered workshop at minimum wage, enough to sustain himself or herself, but who has shown repeated inability to work in competitive job sites because of loss of support and of the structure of sheltered work; and
DHS 63.08 Note
A person who works 40 hours a week at a wage that may be somewhat more than minimum without extensive supports but who is unemployed 2 to 4 months of most years because of acute psychosis and loses his or her job when psychotic.
DHS 63.08(2)(a)2.
2. Impairment in educational functioning is manifested by an inability to establish and pursue educational goals within a normal time frame or without extensive supports;
DHS 63.08 Note
Note: As an example, protracted part-time or intermittent full-time courses of study indicate impairment when goals are not being met or repeated class failure or frequent changes in major areas of study manifest an impairment in educational functioning.
DHS 63.08(2)(a)3.
3. Impairment in homemaker functioning is manifested by an inability to consistently and independently carry out home management tasks, including household meal preparation, washing clothes, budgeting and child care tasks and responsibilities; and
DHS 63.08(2)(a)4.
4. When part-time homemaker and educational or vocational roles coexist, the functional level of the combined roles shall be assessed according to existing community norms;
DHS 63.08(2)(b)1.1. Impairment in social or interpersonal functioning is manifested by a person's inability to independently develop or maintain adult social relationships or to independently participate in adult social or recreational activities and is evidenced by:
DHS 63.08(2)(b)1.a.
a. Repeated inappropriate or inadequate social behavior or an ability to behave appropriately or adequately only with extensive or consistent support or coaching or only in special contexts or situations, such as social groups organized by treatment staff; or
DHS 63.08(2)(b)1.b.
b. Consistent participation in adult activities only with extensive support or coaching and when involvement is mostly limited to special activities established for the mentally ill or other persons with interpersonal impairments;
DHS 63.08(2)(b)2.
2. Impairment in community functioning is manifested by a pattern of significant community disruption, including family disruption or social unacceptability or inappropriateness, that may not recur often but is of such magnitude that it results in severe consequences, including exclusion from the person's primary social group or incarceration, or in severe impediments to securing basic needs such as housing; and
DHS 63.08 Note
Note: The following are examples of higher functioning persons who still manifest the impairments under par. (b):
DHS 63.08 Note
A person who socialized appropriately and effectively in one-to-one contacts with staff or in social groups organized by a CSP but is very isolative otherwise and does not socialize on his or her own;
DHS 63.08 Note
A person who anxiously participates in a community group or activity only with much weekly coaching by and frequent accompaniment of treatment staff, but who does not reach the point of going to this activity on his or her own or with only minimal coaching;
DHS 63.08 Note
A person who socializes on his or her own in relationships and groups, but who, after a period of time, drives away many friends because of inappropriate or ineffective behavior and therefore is recurrently lonely; and
DHS 63.08 Note
A divorced woman's periodic threats to “steal" her children (who are in the custody of her ex-husband) from their day care center that lead to loss of visiting privileges with the children and therefore loss of the emotional sustenance the children bring.
DHS 63.08(2)(c)
(c) Self-care or independent living. Impairment in self-care or independent living is manifested by:
DHS 63.08(2)(c)1.
1. A person's inability to consistently perform the range of practical daily living tasks required for basic adult functioning in the community, including:
DHS 63.08(2)(c)1.e.
e. Recognition and avoidance of common dangers or hazards to self and possessions; or
DHS 63.08(2)(c)2.
2. A person's persistent or recurrent failure to perform daily living tasks specified in subd.
1., except with significant support or assistance by others such as friends, family or relatives.
DHS 63.08 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1989, No. 400, eff. 5-1-89.
DHS 63.09(1)(1)
A CSP may not deny admission to an applicant solely on the basis of the number of previous admissions to any program or service provider.
DHS 63.09(2)
(2) A CSP shall have written policies and procedures governing the admissions process. The policies and procedures shall include:
DHS 63.09(2)(b)
(b) The types of information to be obtained on all applicants prior to admission;
DHS 63.09(2)(c)
(c) The procedures to be followed when accepting referrals from outside agencies; and
DHS 63.09(2)(d)
(d) The procedures to be followed in referring an applicant to other service providers when the applicant is found ineligible for admission. The reason for nonadmission shall be recorded in CSP records.
DHS 63.09(3)
(3) During the admissions process, unless an emergency situation is documented, each applicant and guardian, if any, shall be informed of the following:
DHS 63.09(3)(b)
(b) Program regulations governing client conduct, the types of infractions that may lead to corrective action or discharge from the program and the process for review and appeal;
DHS 63.09(3)(d)
(d) The service costs that may be billed to the client, if any;
