Funding Policy
Individuals or their representatives may
apply for services at any
one of the designated intake
points. Intake staff at any of the
designated access points may
also independently identify individuals
potentially eligible for County
services, and may offer them an intake
and referral.
Once an individual
or their representative has been
referred for
intake, the intake staff will conduct
a screening using the appropriate application and
other
tools that provider may use, and may provide a
notice of
decision to the individual consumer directly if
that intake
point is authorized to approve that service. The intake form
is then forwarded to the CPC and county of
settlement
(if different), by the end of the working
day. The CPC
Administrator will refer to case management if
requested
service is one they are authorized to approve or
if further
assessment and ICP Planning are necessary. Either the
CPC Administrator or case management may then
authorize
services, depending on the type of service
desired by the
applicant.
The CPC office will maintain the central
enrollment file. Access
points will submit completed intake/enrollment
forms to the
CPC on a daily basis, for entry into the
computerized
enrollment file.
If the intake worker has reason to believe
that there is an issue of County
of legal
settlement or state case status,
the individual
will be immediately referred to
the CPC
Administrator.
No individual with questionable
County settlement
or State Case status will be
enrolled by any
other access point. The
exceptions to this
policy are:
(a)
crisis service, for which no enrollment
file necessary at the point of crisis
resolution; and
(b)
initial outpatient treatment by the
outpatient service providers listed on
Access Points.
Within ten days of
the time a completed application is
received, the CPC office (or case manager if applicable) will
provide a written notice of decision issued on a
form specified
by the CPC Administrator. This will spell out reason for denial,
if applicable, and appeal rights. It will be issued by the entity
approving or denying the service. This will not prevent
provision of emergency services as otherwise
specified.
Lee County is responsible for funding only those services
and supports that are authorized in
accordance with the
process described in this plan.
Mental
Health Services Management Plan
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