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Utah Code Title 26. Utah Health Code § 26-18-418. Medicaid waiver for mental health crisis lines and mobile crisis outreach teams

Current as of May 05, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Local mental health crisis line” means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-15-1301.

(b) “Mental health crisis” means:

(i) a mental health condition that manifests itself in an individual by symptoms of sufficient severity that a prudent layperson who possesses an average knowledge of mental health issues could reasonably expect the absence of immediate attention or intervention to result in:

(A) serious danger to the individual's health or well-being;  or

(B) a danger to the health or well-being of others;  or

(ii) a mental health condition that, in the opinion of a mental health therapist or the therapist's designee, requires direct professional observation or the intervention of a mental health therapist.

(c)(i) “Mental health crisis services” means direct mental health services and on-site intervention that a mobile crisis outreach team provides to an individual suffering from a mental health crisis, including the provision of safety and care plans, prolonged mental health services for up to 90 days, and referrals to other community resources.

(ii) “Mental health crisis services” includes:

(A) local mental health crisis lines;  and

(B) the statewide mental health crisis line.

(d) “Mental health therapist” means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-60-102.

(e) “Mobile crisis outreach team” or “MCOT” means a mobile team of medical and mental health professionals that, in coordination with local law enforcement and emergency medical service personnel, provides mental health crisis services.

(f) “Statewide mental health crisis line” means the same as that term is defined in Section 62A-15-1301.

(2) In consultation with the Department of Human Services and the Behavioral Health Crisis Response Commission created in Section 63C-18-202, the department shall develop a proposal to amend the state Medicaid plan to include mental health crisis services, including the statewide mental health crisis line, local mental health crisis lines, and mobile crisis outreach teams.

(3) By January 1, 2019, the department shall apply for a Medicaid waiver with CMS, if necessary to implement, within the state Medicaid program, the mental health crisis services described in Subsection (2).

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