Maryland § 15-1101

§ 15-1101.

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

    (b)    “Family–centered treatment” means an evidence–based practice used to stabilize youth in the home by addressing underlying functions of behavior in order to reduce disruptions in the home, school, and community.

    (c)    “Functional family therapy” means a family–based prevention and intervention program for high–risk youth that addresses complex and multidimensional problems through clinical practice that is flexibly structured and culturally sensitive.

    (d)    “High–fidelity wraparound model” means a research–based model of care coordination that uses a highly structured, team–based, family–centered management process to meet the needs of children and adolescents who experience complex emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs.

    (e)    “Mental health case management program” means a program that provides an identified subset of wraparound services.

    (f)    “1915(i) model” means the 1915(i) Intensive Behavioral Health Services for Children, Youth, and Families program established under Title 10, Subtitle 9, Chapter 89 of the Code of Maryland Regulations.

    (g)    “Value–based purchasing” means financially incentivizing providers to meet selected outcome measures.

    (h)    “Wraparound services” means services provided to children and youth with intensive mental health needs and their families in their communities, including:

        (1)    Intensive care coordination;

        (2)    Child and family team meetings; and

        (3)    Plans of care that are individualized to each family and include:

            (i)    Formal supports, including individual and family therapy; and

            (ii)    Informal supports, including intensive in–home services, respite care, mobile crisis response and stabilization, family peer support, experiential therapies, and flexible funds for goods and services that are identified in the plan of care.