§ 54-23.3-10 — Community behavioral health program - Reports to legislative management and governor

North Dakota § 54-23.3-10

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 54: State Government
• Ch. 54-23.3: Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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management and governor.
1. The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall establish and implement a
community behavioral health program to provide comprehensive community-based
services for individuals who have serious behavioral health conditions, as a term and
condition of parole under chapter 12-59, and as a sentencing alternative under section
12.1-32-02.

2. In developing the program under this section, the department of corrections and
rehabilitation shall collaborate with the department of health and human services to:
a. Establish a referral and evaluation process for access to the program.
b. Establish eligibility criteria that includes consideration of recidivism risk and
behavioral health condition severity.
c. Establish discharge criteria and processes, with a goal of establishing a seamless
transition to postprogram services to decrease recidivism.
d. Develop program oversight, auditing, and evaluation processes that must include:
(1) Oversight of case management services through the department of health
and human services;
(2) Outcome and provider reporting metrics; and
(3) Annual reports to the legislative management and the governor on the
status of the program.
e. Establish a system through which:
(1) The department of health and human services:
(a) Contracts with and pays behavioral health service providers; and
(b) Supervises, supports, and monitors referral caseloads and the
provision of services by contract behavioral health service providers.
(2) Contract behavioral health service providers accept all eligible referrals,
provide individualized care delivered through integrated multidisciplinary
care teams, and continue services on an ongoing basis until discharge
criteria are met.
(3) Contract behavioral health service providers receive payments on a
per-month per-referral basis. The payment schedule must be based on a
pay-for-performance model that includes consideration of identified
outcomes and the level of services required.
(4) Contract behavioral health service providers bill third-parties for services
and direct payment to the general fund.
3. The department of health and human services may adopt rules as necessary to
implement this program.