Sec. 10.09.45.05. Mental Health Case Management Provider Staff

Required Staff. The mental health case management provider shall have staff that is sufficient in numbers and qualifications to provide appropriate services to the participants served and shall include, at a minimum:

A. A community support specialist supervisor who:

(1) Is a mental health professional who is licensed and legally authorized to practice under the Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and who is licensed under Maryland Practice Boards in the profession of:

(a) Social work;

(b) Professional Counseling;

(c) Psychology;

(d) Nursing;

(e) Occupational Therapy; or

(f) Medicine;

(2) Has 1 year of experience in mental health working as a supervisor;

(3) Provides clinical consultation and training to community support specialists or associates regarding mental illness; and

(4) Is employed or contracted to supervise case management services at a ratio of one supervisor to every eight community support specialists or associates;

B. A community support specialist who:

(1) Has at least a:

(a) Bachelor's degree in a mental health field and 1 year of mental health experience, including mental health peer support; or

(b) Bachelor's degree in a field other than mental health and 2 years of mental health experience, including mental health peer support;

(2) Is chosen as the case manager by the participant or the participant's legally authorized representative; and

(3) Is employed by the mental health case management provider to provide case management services to participants; and

C. A community support specialist associate who:

(1) Has at least a high school degree or the equivalent, and 2 years of experience with individuals with mental illness, including mental health peer support;

(2) Is employed by the mental health case management provider to assist community support specialists in the provision of mental health case management services to participants; and

(3) Works under the supervision of a community support specialist who delegates specific tasks to the associate.