OMHSAS Releases IBHS Regulatory Compliance Guide

OMHSAS Releases IBHS Regulatory Compliance Guide

The Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) has released the Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) Regulatory Compliance Guide (RCG). This guide has been developed to provide clear explanations of the regulatory requirements of Title 55 Pa. Code, Chapter 5240, “Intensive Behavioral Health Services” regulations. It is meant to help agencies providing IBHS services, with the goal of ensuring safe and effective services to children, youth, and young adults through regulatory compliance as well as to help OMHSAS Licensing Representatives protect those served by these programs by conducting consistent and comprehensive inspections.

This guide is a companion piece to Title 55 Pa. Code Chapter 5240 regulations. It is intended to be a helpful reference for these regulations. The explanatory material contained in this guide in no way supplants the plain meaning and intent of the regulations set forth in 55 Pa. Code Chapter 5240.

The RCPA IBHS Steering Committee will be reviewing UBHS RCG and will provide further clarification to members in the near future.

Feedback or questions on the RCG can be sent to OMHSAS electronically.

If you have any questions or are interested in joining the RCPA IBHS Committee, please contact RCPA COO & Mental Health Policy Director Jim Sharp or RCPA Policy Associate Emma Sharp.