N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 36.04: Certified community behavioral health clinics

§ 36.04 Certified community behavioral health clinics.

(a) The commissioners are authorized to jointly certify community

behavioral health clinics, subject to the availability of state and

federal funding.

(b) Certified community behavioral health clinics shall provide

coordinated, comprehensive behavioral health care, including mental

health and addiction services, primary care screening, and case

management services, in accordance with certified community behavioral

health clinic standards established by the United States department of

health and human services substance abuse and mental health services

administration and the commissioners of the office of mental health and

the office of addiction services and supports.

(c) The commissioners shall require each proposed certified community

behavioral health clinic to submit a plan, which shall be approved by

the commissioners prior to the issuance of an operating certificate

pursuant to this article. Such plan shall include:

(1) a description of the clinic's character and competency to provide

certified community behavioral health clinic services across the

lifespan, including how the clinic will ensure access to crisis services

at all times and accept all patients regardless of ability to pay;

(2) a description of the clinic's catchment area;

(3) a statement indicating that the clinic has been included in an

approved local services plan developed pursuant to article forty-one of

this title for each local government located within the clinic's

catchment area;

(4) where executed, agreements establishing formal relationships with

designated collaborating organizations to provide certain certified

community behavioral health clinic services, consistent with guidance

issued by the United States department of health and human services

substance abuse and mental health services administration and the office

of mental health and the office of addiction services and supports;

(5) a staffing plan driven by local needs assessment, licensing, and

training to support service delivery;

(6) a description of the clinic's data-driven approach to quality

improvement;

(7) a description of how consumers are represented in governance of

the clinic;

(8) all financial information in the form and format required by the

office of mental health and the office of addiction services and

supports; and

(9) any other information or agreements required by the commissioners.

(d) Where a certified community behavioral health clinic has been

established and is participating on the effective date of this section

in the federal certified community behavioral health clinic

demonstration awarded to the state by the United States department of

health and human services substance abuse and mental health services

administration, the previously established clinic may be certified where

the clinic demonstrates compliance with the certification standards

established pursuant to this article.

(e) The commissioners shall promulgate any rule or regulation

necessary to effectuate this section.