DHS 36.07(1)(d)(d) Criteria for recruiting and contracting with providers of psychosocial rehabilitation services. DHS 36.07(1)(e)(e) Policies and procedures for updating and revising the CCS plan to ensure that it accurately identifies current services provided and any changes in policies and procedures of the CCS. DHS 36.07(2)(2) A written summary detailing the recommendations of the coordination committee made under s. DHS 36.09 (3) (a) and a written response by the CCS to the coordination committee’s recommendations. DHS 36.07(3)(3) A description of the currently available mental health, substance-use disorder, crisis services, and other services in the county or tribe and how the CCS will interface and enhance these services. The description shall include policies and procedures for developing and implementing collaborative arrangements and interagency agreements addressing all of the following: DHS 36.07(3)(a)(a) Processes necessary to include the CCS in planning to support consumers who are discharged from a non-CCS program or facilities that include inpatient psychiatric or substance-use treatment, a nursing home, residential care center, day treatment provider, jail or prison. DHS 36.07(3)(b)(b) The role of the CCS when an emergency protective placement is being sought under s. 55.135, Stats., and when protective services or elder abuse investigations are involved. DHS 36.07(3)(c)(c) The role of the CCS when the CCS provides services in conjunction with any other care coordination service including protective services, integrated services projects, and schools. DHS 36.07(3)(d)(d) The role of the CCS when a consumer is living in the community under a ch. 51, Stats., commitment. DHS 36.07(3)(e)(e) Establishing contracts and agreements with community agencies providing psychosocial rehabilitation services. DHS 36.07(3)(f)(f) Establishing contracts when a needed service is not available in the existing array of services. DHS 36.07(3)(g)(g) Arrangements with the county or tribal emergency services program to ensure identification and referral of CCS consumers who are in crisis. DHS 36.07(4)(a)(a) A description of an array of psychosocial rehabilitation services and service providers to be available through the CCS. The services and service providers shall be determined by all of the following: DHS 36.07(4)(a)1.1. Identifying anticipated service needs of potential consumers, including minors and the elderly, that are based upon the assessment domains identified in s. DHS 36.16 (4). DHS 36.07(4)(a)2.2. Identifying treatment interventions to address the needs identified in subd. 1. Treatment interventions for minors and elderly consumers shall be identified separately from other consumers. DHS 36.07(4)(b)(b) The description in par. (a) shall include the methods that the CCS will use to identify and contract with service providers. DHS 36.07(5)(5) Policies and procedures developed for each of the following: DHS 36.07(5)(c)(c) The timely exchange of information between the CCS and contracted agencies necessary for service coordination. DHS 36.07(5)(e)(e) Monitoring compliance with this chapter and applicable state and federal law. DHS 36.07(5)(g)(g) Communication to the consumer of services offered by the CCS, costs to the consumer, grievance procedure, and requirements for informed consent for medication and treatment. DHS 36.07(5)(h)(h) Ensuring that a consumer’s cultural heritage and primary language are considered as primary factors when developing the consumer’s service plan and that activities and services are accessible in a language in which the consumer is fluent. DHS 36.07(5)(t)(t) Policy on telehealth, including when telehealth can be used and by whom, patient privacy and information security considerations, and the right to decline services provided via telehealth. DHS 36.07 HistoryHistory: CR 04-025: cr. Register October 2004 No. 586, eff. 11-1-04; correction in (3) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; CR 23-053: cr. (5) (t) Register September 2023 No. 813, eff. 10-1-23. DHS 36.08(1)(1) The CCS shall develop and implement a quality improvement plan to assess consumer satisfaction and progress toward desired outcomes identified through the assessment process. DHS 36.08(2)(a)(a) The plan shall include procedures for protecting the confidentiality of persons providing opinions and include a description of the methods the CCS will use to measure consumer opinion on the services offered by the CCS, assessment, service planning, service delivery, and service facilitation activities. DHS 36.08(2)(b)(b) The plan shall also include a description of the methods the CCS will use to evaluate the effectiveness of changes in the CCS program based on results of the consumer satisfaction survey, recommendations for program improvement by the coordination committee, and other relevant information. DHS 36.08 HistoryHistory: CR 04-025: cr. Register October 2004 No. 586, eff. 11-1-04. DHS 36.09DHS 36.09 CCS coordination committee. DHS 36.09(1)(a)(a) The CCS shall appoint a coordination committee that includes representatives from various county or tribal departments, including individuals who are responsible for mental health and substance abuse services, service providers, community mental health and substance abuse advocates, consumers, family members and interested citizens. DHS 36.09(1)(b)(b) An existing committee within the county or tribe may serve as the coordinating committee if it has the membership required and agrees to undertake the responsibilities in sub. (3). DHS 36.09(2)(2) At least one-third of the total membership of the coordination committee shall be consumers. No more than one-third of the total membership of the coordination committee may be county employees or providers of mental health or substance abuse services. DHS 36.09(3)(3) The coordinating committee shall do all of the following: DHS 36.09(3)(a)(a) Review and make recommendations regarding the initial and any revised CCS plan required under s. DHS 36.07, the CCS quality improvement plan, personnel policies, and other policies, practices, or information that the committee deems relevant to determining the quality of the CCS program and protection of consumer rights. DHS 36.09(3)(b)(b) Maintain written minutes of meetings and a membership list. DHS 36.09 HistoryHistory: CR 04-025: cr. Register October 2004 No. 586, eff. 11-1-04. DHS 36.10(1)(1) Definitions. In this section, “supervised clinical experience” means a minimum of one hour of supervision per week by one or more staff members who meet the qualifications under sub. (2) (g) 1. to 8. DHS 36.10(2)(2) Policies. The CCS shall have and implement written personnel policies and procedures that ensure all of the following: DHS 36.10(2)(a)(a) Discrimination prohibited. Employment practices of the CCS or any agency contracting or subcontracting with the CCS do not discriminate against any staff member or applicant for employment based on the individual’s age, race, religion, color, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, pregnancy or childbirth, or arrest or conviction record. DHS 36.10(2)(b)(b) Credentials. Staff members have the professional certification, training, experience and abilities to carry out prescribed duties. DHS 36.10(2)(c)(c) Background checks and misconduct reporting and investigation. CCS and contracting agency compliance with the caregiver background check and misconduct reporting requirements in s. 50.065, Stats., and ch. DHS 12, and the caregiver misconduct reporting and investigation requirements in ch. DHS 13. DHS 36.10 NoteNote: Forms for conducting a caregiver background check including the background information disclosure form may be obtained from the Department’s website at http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DQAnum.asp or by writing or telephoning the Department at Office of Caregiver Quality, P.O. Box 2969, Madison, WI 53701-2969, (608) 261-8319. DHS 36.10(2)(d)(d) Staff records. Staff member records are maintained and include all of the following: DHS 36.10(2)(d)1.1. References for job applicants obtained from at least 2 people, including previous employers, educators or post-secondary educational institutions attended if available, and documented either by letter or verification of verbal contact with the reference, dates of contact, person making the contact, individuals contacted and nature and content of the contact. DHS 36.10(2)(d)2.2. Confirmation of an applicant’s current professional license or certification, if that license or certification is necessary for the staff member’s prescribed duties or position. DHS 36.10(2)(d)3.3. The results of the caregiver background check conducted in compliance with par. (c), including a completed background information disclosure form for every background check conducted, and the results of any subsequent investigation related to the information obtained from the background check. DHS 36.10(2)(e)(e) Staff functions. The CCS has the appropriate number of staff to operate the CCS in accordance with the CCS plan, this chapter, and applicable state and federal law. One or more staff members shall be designated to perform all of the following functions: DHS 36.10(2)(e)1.1. Mental health professional and substance abuse professional functions. The responsibilities of a mental health professional and a substance abuse professional shall include the responsibilities required under ss. DHS 36.16 (2) and (7) and 36.17 (5) (b) 4. Only a mental health professional may fulfill the responsibilities under s. DHS 36.15. DHS 36.10(2)(e)2.2. Administrator functions. A staff member designated to perform these functions shall have the qualifications listed under par. (g) 1. to 14. whose responsibilities shall include overall responsibility for the CCS, including compliance with this chapter and other applicable state and federal regulations and developing and implementing policies and procedures. DHS 36.10(2)(e)3.3. Service director functions. A staff member designated to perform these functions shall have the qualifications listed under par. (g) 1. to 8. whose responsibilities shall include responsibility for the quality of the services provided to consumers and day-to day consultation to CCS staff. DHS 36.10(2)(e)4.4. Service facilitation functions. A staff member designated to perform these functions shall have the qualifications listed under par. (g) 1. to 21., whose responsibilities shall include ensuring that the service plan and service delivery for each consumer is integrated, coordinated and monitored, and is designed to support the consumer in a manner that helps the consumer to achieve the highest possible level of independent functioning. The responsibilities of a service facilitator shall include the responsibilities required under ss. DHS 36.16 (2) and 36.19. DHS 36.10(2)(f)(f) Supervision and clinical collaboration. Supervision and clinical collaboration of staff shall meet the requirements in s. DHS 36.11. DHS 36.10(2)(g)(g) Minimum qualifications. Each staff member shall have the interpersonal skills training and experience needed to perform the staff member’s assigned functions and each staff member who provides psychosocial rehabilitation services shall meet the following minimum qualifications: DHS 36.10(2)(g)1.1. Psychiatrists shall be physicians licensed under ch. 448, Stats., to practice medicine and surgery and shall have completed 3 years of residency training in psychiatry, child or adolescent psychiatry, or geriatric psychiatry in a program approved by the accreditation council for graduate medical education and be either board–certified or eligible for certification by the American board of psychiatry and neurology. DHS 36.10(2)(g)2.2. Physicians shall be persons licensed under ch. 448, Stats., to practice medicine and surgery who have knowledge and experience related to mental disorders of adults or children; or, who are certified in addiction medicine by the American society of addiction medicine, certified in addiction psychiatry by the American board of psychiatry and neurology or otherwise knowledgeable in the practice of addiction medicine. DHS 36.10(2)(g)3.3. Psychiatric residents shall hold a doctoral degree in medicine as a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy and shall have successfully completed 1500 hours of supervised clinical experience as documented by the program director of a psychiatric residency program accredited by the accreditation council for graduate medical education. DHS 36.10(2)(g)4.4. Psychologists shall be licensed under ch. 455, Stats., and shall be listed or meet the requirements for listing with the national register of health service providers in psychology or have a minimum of one year of supervised post–doctoral clinical experience related directly to the assessment and treatment of individuals with mental disorders or substance-use disorders. DHS 36.10(2)(g)5.5. Licensed independent clinical social workers shall meet the qualifications established in ch. 457, Stats., and be licensed by the examining board of social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional counselors with 3000 hours of supervised clinical experience where the majority of clients are children or adults with mental disorders or substance-use disorders. DHS 36.10(2)(g)6.6. Professional counselors and marriage and family therapists shall meet the qualifications required established in ch. 457, Stats., and be licensed by the examining board of social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional counselors with 3000 hours of supervised clinical experience where the majority of clients are children or adults with mental disorders or substance-use disorders. DHS 36.10(2)(g)7.7. Adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioners, family psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioners or clinical specialists in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing shall be board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, hold a current license as a registered nurse under ch. 441, Stats., have completed 3000 hours of supervised clinical experience; hold a master’s degree from a national league for nursing accredited graduate school of nursing; have the ability to apply theoretical principles of advanced practice psychiatric mental health nursing practice consistent with American Nurses Association scope and standards for advanced psychiatric nursing practice in mental health nursing from a graduate school of nursing accredited by the national league for nursing. DHS 36.10(2)(g)8.a.a. Advanced practice nurse prescribers shall be adult psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioners, family psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioners or clinical specialists in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing who are board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center; hold a current license as a registered nurse under ch. 441, Stats.; have completed1500 hours of supervised clinical experience in a mental health environment; have completed 650 hours of supervised prescribing experience with clients with mental illness and the ability to apply relevant theoretical principles of advance psychiatric or mental health nursing practice; and hold a master’s degree in mental health nursing from a graduate school of nursing from an approved college or university. DHS 36.10(2)(g)8.b.b. Advanced practice nurses are not qualified to provide psychotherapy unless they also have completed 3000 hours of supervised clinical psychotherapy experience. DHS 36.10(2)(g)9.9. Certified social workers, certified advance practice social workers and certified independent social workers shall meet the qualifications established in ch. 457, Stats., and related administrative rules, and have received certification by the examining board of social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional counselors. DHS 36.10(2)(g)10.10. Psychology residents shall hold a doctoral degree in psychology meeting the requirements of s. 455.04 (1) (c), Stats., and shall have successfully completed 1500 hours of supervised clinical experience as documented by the Wisconsin psychology examining board. DHS 36.10(2)(g)14.14. Master’s level clinicians shall have a master’s degree and coursework in areas directly related to providing mental health services including master’s in clinical psychology, psychology, school or educational psychology, rehabilitation psychology, counseling and guidance, counseling psychology or social work.
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