§ 50-06-05.3 — State-operated behavioral health clinics - Powers - Duties - Advisory groups

North Dakota § 50-06-05.3

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 50: Public Welfare
• Ch. 50-06: Department of Health and Human Services

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groups.
1. State-operated behavioral health clinics shall provide services and assistance to all
eligible individuals and families to support individuals in achieving social, emotional,
and economic self-sufficiency by providing services and assistance to:
a. Build resilience, self-sufficiency, and independence;
b. Support individuals to succeed in the least restrictive environments, reduce the
need for institutional care by providing access to community-based and other
supportive services that span the continuum of care;
c. Facilitate access to specialized care when needed and coordinate timely referrals
and transitions to appropriate levels of care;
d. Provide outpatient diagnostic and treatment services; and

e. Provide rehabilitative and crisis support for individuals with mental health,
emotional, or substance use challenges, including those with complex needs, to
promote continuity of care and successful reentry from inpatient settings.
2. State-operated behavioral health clinics shall deliver services in the manner prescribed
by the department.
3. State-operated behavioral health clinics may provide behavioral health collaborative
care and consultation services, including psychiatric consultation, with private
providers and correctional facility providers.
4. Each state-operated behavioral health clinic must have a behavioral health clinic
advisory group consisting of the human service zone directors of the region served,
the public health directors of the region served, two current county commissioners
appointed by the commissioner of the department or the commissioner's designee,
and five additional members appointed by the commissioner of the department or the
commissioner's designee. Each behavioral health clinic advisory group member must
be a resident of the region the member is appointed to serve. The term of office for
each appointed member is two years and arranged so that the term of three of the
appointed members expires at the end of the first year and the term of the remaining
four appointed members expires at the end of the second year, except for those first
members appointed, three members shall serve a one-year term and four members
shall serve a two-year term. The commissioner of the department or the
commissioner's designee shall select the appointed members of each behavioral
health clinic advisory group on the basis of population of the counties in the region
served by the state-operated behavioral health clinic. Each county in the region must
be represented by at least one member on the behavioral health clinic advisory group.
To the extent possible, appointed membership of the behavioral health clinic advisory
group must reflect regional interests in the fields of mental health and substance use
disorders. The commissioner of the department or the commissioner's designee shall
appoint a chairman for each behavioral health clinic advisory group from the
membership of the behavioral health clinic advisory group. The commissioner of the
department or the commissioner's designee shall fill a vacancy occurring within a
behavioral health clinic advisory group for other than the expiration of a term in the
same manner as original appointments, except that appointments must be made only
for the unexpired term. The department shall compensate appointed members of a
behavioral health clinic advisory group at the rate of forty-five dollars per day, not to
exceed twenty-five days in any one year. The department also shall pay members for
mileage and actual expenses incurred in attending meetings and in the performance of
their official duties in the amounts provided by law for other state officers.