1. A. Individuals under the age of 21, who meet Medicaid eligibility and clinical criteria, shall qualify to receive therapeutic group home services.
2. B. Qualifying children and adolescents with an identified mental health or substance use diagnosis shall be eligible to receive behavioral health services rendered by a TGH.

3. C. In order for a child to receive TGH services:

   1. 1. the department, or its designee, must have determined that less intensive levels of treatment are unsafe, unsuccessful, or unavailable;
   2. 2. the child must require active treatment that would not be able to be provided at a less restrictive level of care on a 24-hour basis with direct supervision/oversight by professional behavioral health staff; and
   3. 3. the child must attend a school in the community.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 38:427 (February 2012), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office of Behavioral Health, LR 41:2371 (November 2015).