Chapter DHS 36
COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL
DISORDERS AND SUBSTANCE-USE DISORDERS
Subchapter I — General Provisions
DHS 36.01 Authority and purpose. Subchapter II — Certification
DHS 36.04 Certification requirements. DHS 36.05 Certification process. DHS 36.06 Enforcement actions. DHS 36.065 Waivers and variances. Subchapter III — Comprehensive Community Services Program
DHS 36.07 Comprehensive community services plan. DHS 36.08 Quality improvement. DHS 36.09 CCS coordination committee. Subchapter IV — Personnel
DHS 36.10 Personnel policies. DHS 36.11 Supervision and clinical collaboration. DHS 36.12 Orientation and training. Subchapter V — Consumer Services
DHS 36.13 Consumer application. DHS 36.14 Criteria for determining the need for psychosocial rehabilitation services. DHS 36.15 Authorization of services. DHS 36.16 Assessment process. DHS 36.17 Service planning and delivery processes. DHS 36.18 Consumer service records. DHS 36.19 Consumer rights. Ch. DHS 36 NoteNote: Chapter HFS 36 was created as an emergency rule effective July 1, 2004. Chapter HFS 36 was renumbered to chapter DHS 36 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635. Chapter DHS 36 was reprinted Register December 2010 No. 660 to reflect Note revisions. DHS 36.01DHS 36.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 49.45 (30e) (b) and 51.42 (7) (b), Stats., to establish the scope of psychosocial service programs, standards for certification and criteria for determining the need for psychosocial rehabilitation services, and other conditions of coverage of community based psychosocial services under the medical assistance program pursuant to ss. 49.45 (30e) and 49.46 (2) (b) 6. Lm., Stats. DHS 36.01 HistoryHistory: CR 04-025: cr. Register October 2004 No. 586, eff. 11-1-04. DHS 36.02(1)(1) This chapter applies to the department and to county departments and tribes that apply for certification or are certified to provide comprehensive community services under ss. 49.45 (30e) and 51.42 (7) (b), Stats. DHS 36.02(2)(2) Programs operating under this chapter shall do business as comprehensive community services programs. DHS 36.02(3)(3) This chapter regulates only comprehensive community services programs. This chapter is not intended to regulate other mental health or substance-use disorder programs. DHS 36.02(4)(4) Persons covered under the comprehensive-community services programs include children and adults, including elders, with mental disorders or substance-use disorders. DHS 36.02 HistoryHistory: CR 04-025: cr. Register October 2004 No. 586, eff. 11-1-04. DHS 36.03DHS 36.03 Definitions. In this chapter: DHS 36.03(1)(1) “Adult” means an individual 18 years of age or older. DHS 36.03(2)(2) “Assessment” means the process used to identify the strengths, needs and desired outcomes of a consumer and to evaluate progress toward desired outcomes. DHS 36.03(3)(3) “Certification” means the approval by the department of a comprehensive community services program. DHS 36.03(4)(4) “Comprehensive community services program” or “CCS” has the same meaning as “community-based psychosocial service program” under s. 49.45 (30e), Stats., namely a county-wide or tribal community-based psychosocial rehabilitation program that is operated by a county department or tribe to provide or arrange for the provision of psychosocial rehabilitation services. DHS 36.03(5)(5) “Coordination committee” means a group of individuals appointed by the county department or tribal government to advise and assist the county department or tribal government in the development and quality improvement of psychosocial rehabilitation services. DHS 36.03(7)(7) “Consumer” means an individual who has been determined to need psychosocial rehabilitation services. DHS 36.03 NoteNote: Family members of the consumer or the consumer’s primary caregivers also are considered to be consumers, and therefore, may receive services related to the consumer’s disorder.
DHS 36.03(8)(8) “Co-occurring disorder” means any combination of a substance-use disorder and a mental disorder identified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder — Fourth Edition — Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) published by the American Psychiatric Association. DHS 36.03(9)(9) “County department” means a county department of human services under s. 46.23, Stats., or a county department of community programs established under s. 51.42, Stats., to administer community mental health and alcohol and drug abuse programs on a single-county or multi-county basis. DHS 36.03(10)(10) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of health services. DHS 36.03(10r)(10r) “Face to face” means engaging in contact with the recipient via in person, real-time interactive audio-visual telehealth, or real-time interactive audio-only telehealth. DHS 36.03(11)(11) “Family member,” means a parent, legal custodian, sibling, spouse, child, or primary caregiver of a consumer. DHS 36.03(11m)(11m) “Functionally equivalent” means a service provided via telehealth where the transmission of information is of sufficient quality as to be the same level of service as an in-person visit. Transmission of voices, images, data, or video must be clear and understandable. DHS 36.03(12)(12) “Legal custodian” means an individual to whom legal custody of a minor has been granted by a court in an action under ch. 48 or 767, Stats. DHS 36.03(13)(13) “Legal representative” means any of the following: DHS 36.03(15)(15) “Mental disorder” means a diagnosis meeting the criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — Fourth Edition — Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) excluding the categories of dementia, substance-related disorders, and developmental disability as defined in 42 CFR 435.1009. DHS 36.03 NoteNote: DSM-IV-TR is published by the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2000. DSM-IV-TR may be ordered through http://www.amazon.com/Diagnostic-Statistical-Disorders-Revision-DSM-IV-TR/dp/0890420254 or other sources. The current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM 5 is published by the American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2013. The DSM 5 may be ordered through http://www.appi.org/Pages/DSM.aspx or other sources. DHS 36.03(17)(17) “Minor” means an individual under the age of 18 years. DHS 36.03(18)(18) “Natural supports” means a friend, or other person available in the community who may assist consumers seeking stability and independence. DHS 36.03(19)(19) “Outreach” means identifying and contacting individuals with mental disorders or substance-use disorders to directly engage and link with individuals who need psychosocial rehabilitation services or other mental health or substance-use disorder services, and making referral agreements with psychiatric inpatient units, residential treatment facilities, outpatient treatment clinics and other community treatment and service providers as appropriate. DHS 36.03(20)(20) “Parent” means a biological parent; an adoptive parent; a husband who has consented to the artificial insemination of his wife under s. 891.40, Stats.; a male who is presumed to be the father under s. 891.41, Stats.; or a male who has been adjudicated the child’s father either under s. 767.89, Stats., or by final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in another state. “Parent” does not include individuals whose parental rights have been terminated. DHS 36.03(21)(21) “Primary care giver” means an individual who provides a majority of a consumer’s day-to-day support, shelter, sustenance or nurturing. DHS 36.03(22)(22) “Psychosocial rehabilitation services” has the same meaning as “psychosocial services” under s. 49.45 (30e), Stats., namely the medical and remedial services and supportive activities provided to or arranged for a consumer by a comprehensive community services program authorized by a mental health professional to assist individuals with mental disorders or substance-use disorders to achieve the individual’s highest possible level of independent functioning, stability and independence and to facilitate recovery. DHS 36.03(23)(23) “Recovery” means the process of a person’s growth and improvement, despite a history of mental or substance use disorder in attitudes, values, feelings, goals, skills and behavior and is measured by a decrease in dysfunctional symptoms and an increase in maintaining the person’s highest level of health, wellness, stability, self-determination and self-sufficiency. DHS 36.03(24)(24) “Recovery team” means the group of individuals who are identified to participate in an assessment of the needs of the consumer, service planning and delivery, and evaluation of desired outcomes. DHS 36.03(25)(25) “Service facilitation” means any activity that ensures the consumer receives assessment services, service planning, service delivery and supportive activities in an appropriate and timely manner.
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