67 : 62 : 12 : 01 . Eligibility criteria. To be eligible for comprehensive assistance with recovery and empowerment services, a client must be at least eighteen years of age and :

1. (1) The client must have one of the following:

   1. (a) Undergone psychiatric treatment more intensive than outpatient care and more than once in the client's lifetime;
   2. (b) Experienced a single episode of psychiatric hospitalization with a diagnosis of a major mental disorder;
   3. (c) Been treated with psychotropic medication for at least one year; or
   4. (d) Had frequent crisis contact with a community mental health center, or another mental health provider, for more than six months as a result of a mental illness; and

2. (2) Meet three of the following:

   1. (a) The client must be unemployed or have markedly limited job skills or poor work history;
   2. (b) The client must exhibit inappropriate social behavior that results in concern by the community or requests for mental health or legal intervention;
   3. (c) The client must be unable to obtain public services without assistance;
   4. (d) The client must require public financial assistance for out-of-hospital maintenance, must have difficulty budgeting public financial assistance, or must require ongoing training in budgeting skills or require a payee;
   5. (e) The client must lack social support systems in a natural environment, live alone, or be isolated; or
   6. (f) The client must be unable to perform basic daily living skills without assistance.

Source: 43 SDR 80 , effective December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023 .

General Authority: SDCL 27A-5-1 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 27A-3-1 , 27A-5-1 .

Prior versions effective: 2016-12-05.