CCOs are required to maintain the following positions:

1. A. Care coordinator supervisor who:

   1. (1) Is a mental health professional with a minimum of a Master’s degree and who is licensed and legally authorized to practice under Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and who is licensed under Maryland Practice Boards in the profession of:

      1. (a) Social work;
      2. (b) Professional Counseling;
      3. (c) Psychology;
      4. (d) Nursing; or
      5. (e) Medicine;
   2. (2) Has a minimum of 1 year of experience in behavioral health working as a supervisor;
   3. (3) Has a minimum of 1 year of experience working with children and youth with mental health or co-occurring disorders;
   4. (4) Provides clinical consultation and training to care coordinators regarding mental health or co-occurring disorders;
   5. (5) Provides supervision of the POCs, and consultation to the CFT meetings, as needed;
   6. (6) Is employed or contracted at a ratio of one supervisor to no more than eight care coordinators; and
   7. (7) Meets training and certification requirements for care coordinator supervisors, as set by the Department; and

2. B. Care coordinator who:

   1. (1) Has at least a:

      1. (a) Bachelor’s degree and has met the Department’s training requirements for care coordinators, or
      2. (b) High school diploma or equivalency and is 21 years old or older and was a participant in, or is a direct caregiver, or was a direct caregiver of an individual who received services from the public and child- and family-serving system and meets the training and certification requirements for care coordinators as set forth by the Department;
   2. (2) Is employed by the CCO to provide care coordination services to participants; and
   3. (3) Provides management of the POC and facilitation of the CFT meetings.

Authority: Health-General Article, §2-104(b), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: October 1, 2014 (41:19 Md. R. 1078)

Regulation .02B amended effective August 26, 2019 (46:17 Md. R. 726)

Regulation .03B amended effective August 26, 2019 (46:17 Md. R. 726)

Regulation .07 amended effective August 26, 2019 (46:17 Md. R. 726)

Regulation .07C amended effective November 14, 2022 (49:23 Md. R. 996)

Regulation .09B amended effective August 26, 2019 (46:17 Md. R. 726)

Regulation .12A amended effective August 26, 2019 (46:17 Md. R. 726)

Regulation .13D amended effective August 26, 2019 (46:17 Md. R. 726)

Regulation .16D amended effective April 13, 2015 (42:7 Md. R. 568)