North Dakota § 50-06-05.3 - State-operated behavioral health clinics - Powers - Duties - Advisory

§ 50-06-05.3. State-operated behavioral health clinics - Powers - Duties - Advisory

groups. 1. State-operated behavioral health clinics shall provide services and assistance to all eligible individuals and families to support individuals in achieving social, emotional, and economic self-sufficiency by providing services and assistance to: a. Build resilience, self-sufficiency, and independence; b. Support individuals to succeed in the least restrictive environments, reduce the need for institutional care by providing access to community-based and other supportive services that span the continuum of care; c. Facilitate access to specialized care when needed and coordinate timely referrals and transitions to appropriate levels of care; d. Provide outpatient diagnostic and treatment services; and e. 2. 3. 4. Provide rehabilitative and crisis support for individuals with mental health, emotional, or substance use challenges, including those with complex needs, to promote continuity of care and successful reentry from inpatient settings. State-operated behavioral health clinics shall deliver services in the manner prescribed by the department. State-operated behavioral health clinics may provide behavioral health collaborative care and consultation services, including psychiatric consultation, with private providers and correctional facility providers. Each state-operated behavioral health clinic must have a behavioral health clinic advisory group consisting of the human service zone directors of the region served, the public health directors of the region served, two current county commissioners appointed by the commissioner of the department or the commissioner's designee, and five additional members appointed by the commissioner of the department or the commissioner's designee. Each behavioral health clinic advisory group member must be a resident of the region the member is appointed to serve. The term of office for each appointed member is two years and arranged so that the term of three of the appointed members expires at the end of the first year and the term of the remaining four appointed members expires at the end of the second year, except for those first members appointed, three members shall serve a one-year term and four members shall serve a two-year term. The commissioner of the department or the commissioner's designee shall select the appointed members of each behavioral health clinic advisory group on the basis of population of the counties in the region served by the state-operated behavioral health clinic. Each county in the region must be represented by at least one member on the behavioral health clinic advisory group. To the extent possible, appointed membership of the behavioral health clinic advisory group must reflect regional interests in the fields of mental health and substance use disorders. The commissioner of the department or the commissioner's designee shall appoint a chairman for each behavioral health clinic advisory group from the membership of the behavioral health clinic advisory group. The commissioner of the department or the commissioner's designee shall fill a vacancy occurring within a behavioral health clinic advisory group for other than the expiration of a term in the same manner as original appointments, except that appointments must be made only for the unexpired term. The department shall compensate appointed members of a behavioral health clinic advisory group at the rate of forty-five dollars per day, not to exceed twenty-five days in any one year. The department also shall pay members for mileage and actual expenses incurred in attending meetings and in the performance of their official duties in the amounts provided by law for other state officers.