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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Deeds
Licensing Deemed Status for Providers (language only)

Item 297 #1s

Item 297 #1s

Health and Human Resources
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services

Language

Page 380, after line 25, insert:

"D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, providers of behavioral health and developmental services licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) who hold current, full three-year accreditation from a nationally recognized accrediting body, including but not limited to the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), the Joint Commission, the Council on Accreditation (COA), or the Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL), shall be granted deemed status by DBHDS. Providers with deemed status shall be exempt from routine annual licensing reviews conducted by DBHDS, provided that: (i) the provider maintains full three-year accreditation status without conditions, provisional status, or outstanding corrective action plans; and (ii) the scope of services covered by accreditation substantially aligns with the services licensed by DBHDS."




Explanation

(This amendment requires that providers licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services who are nationally accredited and in good standing shall be granted deemed status and exempted from annual licensing reviews.)