DISCHARGE

1. (a) An IBHS agency may discharge a child, youth or young adult when one of the following occurs:

   1. (1) The child, youth or young adult has completed the goals and objectives in the ITP and no new goals or objectives have been identified.
   2. (2) The child, youth or young adult is not progressing towards the goals identified in the ITP within 180 days from the initiation of service and other clinical services are in place.
   3. (3) The child, youth or young adult requires a more restrictive service to meet the child’s, youth’s or young adult’s needs and other clinical services are in place.
   4. (4) The parent or legal guardian of a child or youth who provided consent to receive services agrees services should be discontinued.
   5. (5) The youth or young adult agrees services should be discontinued.
   6. (6) The child, youth or young adult failed to attend scheduled IBHS for 45 consecutive days without any notification from the youth, young adult or the parent, legal guardian or caregiver of the child or youth. Prior to discharge, the IBHS agency made at least three attempts to contact the youth, young adult or the parent, legal guardian or caregiver to discuss past attendance, ways to facilitate attendance in the future and the potential discharge of the child, youth or young adult for lack of attendance.

2. (b) An IBHS agency shall provide the following information to the youth, young adult or parent, legal guardian or caregiver of the child upon discharge:

   1. (1) If the child, youth or young adult has been referred to other services, contact information for each service.
   2. (2) Contact information for the local crisis intervention service.