1. (a) A child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) custody admitted to inpatient behavioral health service facilities out-of-state must meet the same medical necessity criteria for inpatient behavioral health services required in Oklahoma.

   1. (1) A child in DHS custody is only admitted to a facility that is an Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) approved, Title XIX provider under formal contract with OHCA and Child Welfare Services Specialized Placements and Partnerships Unit.
   2. (2) Admission of a child in DHS custody to an out-of-state, inpatient behavioral health service facility requires prior approval through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and facilitation via OHCA.
2. (b) The assigned child welfare specialist visits a child in an out-of-state behavioral health service facility every six months.
3. (c) A child who is admitted to an inpatient behavioral health service facility in Oklahoma by another state does not have to meet Oklahoma Medicaid requirements.

Added at 19 Ok Reg 2208, eff 6-27-02

Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2643, eff 7-1-03 (emergency)

Amended at 21 Ok Reg 246, eff 11-7-03 (emergency)

Amended at 21 Ok Reg 880, eff 4-26-04

Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1044, eff 6-1-07

Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1635, eff 9-15-16