75-03-44-24. Care treatment team, treatment planning, and care coordination activities.

1. The certified clinic treatment team must include the adult individual and legal representative, if applicable, and the adult individual's family or other supports if the adult individual so wishes or if the individual is a child, the family or legal representative if permitted by federal laws or regulations.

2. The certified clinic's treatment planning and care coordination activities must be person centered and family centered and must align with the requirements of section 2402(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 [Pub. L. 111-148], as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 [Pub. L. No. 111-152].

3. The certified clinic's treatment planning and care coordination activities are subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 [Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936], title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, part 2 and other federal and state laws and regulations.

4. The certified clinic shall designate team members within an interdisciplinary treatment team framework who are responsible, with the adult individual and legal representative, if applicable, and the adult individual's family or other supports if the adult individual so wishes or if the individual is a child, the family or legal representative if permitted by federal laws and regulations, for directing, coordinating, and managing care and services.

5. The designated certified clinic team members must be composed of staff who work together to coordinate the medical, psychiatric, psychosocial, emotional, therapeutic, and recovery support needs of the individuals, including, as appropriate and desired by the individuals, traditional approaches to care for individuals who are American Indian or Alaska native or from other groups.

6. The certified clinic shall coordinate care and services provided by designated collaborating organizations in accordance with the individual's current treatment plan.

History: Effective April 1, 2026.

General Authority: NDCC 50-06-05.2, 50-06-41.4