Ensuring Safety Through Adequate Discharge Planning for Youths
No youth Member who has been receiving substance abuse treatment services in a twenty-four hour treatment setting should be discharged from that setting until a discharge plan has been developed that provides appropriate follow-up care and treatment which is available and accessible to that Member. A safe and appropriate living arrangement shall be an integral part of that discharge plan. The discharge plan shall be implemented at the point of discharge from the twenty-four hour treatment setting.
Discharge planning should occur at the point of admission to a twenty-four hour treatment setting and Provider shall identify as early as possible the need for involvement of the court or other agencies.
