Common use of Medication Support Services Clause in Contracts

Medication Support Services. 1) CONTRACTOR shall provide medications, as clinically appropriate, to all clients regardless of funding. 2) CONTRACTOR shall educate clients on the role of medication in their recovery plan, and how the client can take an active role in their own recovery process. These educational efforts should be geared toward older adults and if necessary will focus on management of multiple medications for multiple conditions. CONTRACTOR shall provide education to clients on medication choices, risks, benefits, alternatives, side effects and how these can be managed. Client education will be provided on a regularly scheduled basis via individual and group sessions. 3) CONTRACTOR shall obtain signed medication consent forms for each psychotropic medication prescribed. 4) Medications will be dispensed by a physician’s order by licensed and qualified staff in accordance with CCR, Title 9, Div. 1, Chapter 3, Article 3.5, Section 532.1, as well as CCL Requirements. 5) Licensed staff authorized to dispense medication will document the client’s response to their medication, as well as any side effects to that medication, in the client’s chart. 6) CONTRACTOR shall insure all medications are securely locked in a designated storage area with access limited to only those personnel authorized to prescribe, dispense, or administer medication. 7) CONTRACTOR shall establish written policies and procedures that govern the receipt, storage and dispensing of medication in accordance with state regulations. 8) CONTRACTOR shall not utilize sample medications in the program without first establishing policies and procedures for the use of sample medications consistent with State regulatory requirements. 9) CONTRACTOR shall provide a medication follow-up visit by a psychiatrist at a frequency necessary to manage the acute symptoms to allow the client to safely stay at the Crisis Residential Program and to prepare the client to transition to outpatient level of care upon discharge. At a minimum, CONTRACTOR shall provide an initial psychiatric evaluation by a psychiatrist within twelve (12) hours after admission and will have a psychiatrist available as needed for medication follow-up as needed or at a minimum twice per week thereafter. 10) Upon discharge, CONTRACTOR shall make available a sufficient supply of current psychiatric medications to which the client has responded, to meet the client’s needs until they can be seen in an outpatient clinic. This may be a combination of new prescriptions, the client’s specific medications remaining at the Crisis Residential Program, and/or additional sample medications with patient labels. 11) CONTRACTOR shall utilize the COUNTY PBM to supply medications for unfunded clients.

Medication Support Services. 1) CONTRACTOR shall provide medications, as clinically appropriate, to all clients Clients regardless of funding. 2) CONTRACTOR shall educate clients Clients on the role of medication in their recovery plan, and how the client Client can take an active role in their own recovery process. These educational efforts should be geared toward older adults and if necessary will focus on management of multiple medications for multiple conditions. CONTRACTOR shall provide education to clients Clients on medication choices, risks, benefits, alternatives, side effects and how these can be managed. Client education will be provided on a regularly scheduled basis via individual and group sessions. 3) CONTRACTOR shall obtain signed medication consent forms for each psychotropic medication prescribed. 4) Medications will be dispensed by a physician’s order by licensed and qualified staff in accordance with CCR, Title 9, Div. 1, Chapter 3, Article 3.5, Section 532.1, as well as CCL Requirements. 5) Licensed staff authorized to dispense medication will document the clientClient’s response to their medication, as well as any side effects to that medication, in the clientClient’s chartrecord. 6) CONTRACTOR shall insure all medications are securely locked in a designated storage area with access limited to only those personnel authorized to prescribe, dispense, or administer medication. 7) CONTRACTOR shall establish written policies and procedures that govern the receipt, storage and dispensing of medication in accordance with state regulations. 8) CONTRACTOR shall not utilize sample medications in the program without first establishing policies and procedures for the use of sample medications consistent with State regulatory requirements. 9) CONTRACTOR shall provide a medication follow-up visit by a psychiatrist at a frequency necessary to manage the acute symptoms to allow the client Client to safely stay at the Crisis Residential Program and to prepare the client Client to transition to outpatient level of care upon discharge. At a minimum, CONTRACTOR shall provide an initial psychiatric evaluation by a psychiatrist psychiatric prescribing provider within twelve (12) hours after admission and will have a psychiatrist psychiatric prescribing provider available as needed for medication follow-up as needed or at a minimum twice per week thereafter. 10) Upon discharge, CONTRACTOR shall make available a sufficient supply of current psychiatric medications to which the client Client has responded, to meet the clientClient’s needs until they can be seen in an outpatient clinic. This may be a combination of new prescriptions, the clientClient’s specific medications remaining at the Crisis Residential Program, and/or additional sample medications with patient labels. 11) CONTRACTOR shall utilize the COUNTY PBM to supply medications for unfunded clientsClients.

Medication Support Services. 30 1) CONTRACTOR shall provide medicationsmedications for self-administration, as clinically 31 appropriate, to all clients Clients regardless of fundingfunding with the goal of teaching Clients to be self sufficient with 32 medication administration upon discharge. 33 2) CONTRACTOR shall educate clients Clients on the role of medication in their recovery 34 plan, and how the client Client can take an active role in their own recovery process. These educational efforts should be geared toward older adults and if necessary will focus on management of multiple medications for multiple conditions. CONTRACTOR shall 35 provide education to clients Clients on medication choices, risks, benefits, alternatives, side effects and how these 36 can be managed. Client education will be provided on a regularly scheduled basis via individual and 37 group sessions. 1 3) CONTRACTOR shall obtain signed medication consent forms for each psychotropic 2 medication prescribed. 3 4) Medications will be dispensed by a physician’s order by licensed and qualified staff 4 in accordance with CCR, Title 9, Div. 1, Chapter 3, Article 3.5, Section 532.1, as well as CCL 5 Requirements. 6 5) Licensed staff authorized to dispense medication for self-administration will 7 document the clientClient’s response to their medication, as well as any side effects to that medication, in the client8 Client’s chartrecord. 9 6) CONTRACTOR shall insure all medications are securely locked in a designated 10 storage area with access limited to only those personnel authorized to prescribe, dispense, or administer 11 medication. 12 7) CONTRACTOR shall establish written policies and procedures that govern the 13 receipt, storage and dispensing of medication in accordance with state regulations. 14 8) CONTRACTOR shall not utilize sample medications in the program without first 15 establishing policies and procedures for the use of sample medications consistent with State regulatory 16 requirements. 17 9) CONTRACTOR shall provide a medication follow-up visit by a psychiatrist at a 18 frequency necessary to manage the acute symptoms to allow the client Client to safely stay at the Crisis 19 Residential Program and to prepare the client Client to transition to outpatient level of care upon discharge. At At 20 a minimum, CONTRACTOR shall provide an initial psychiatric evaluation by a psychiatrist within twelve 21 (12) hours after admission and will have a psychiatrist available as needed for medication follow-up as 22 needed or at a minimum twice per week thereafter. 23 10) Upon discharge, CONTRACTOR shall make available a sufficient supply of current 24 psychiatric medications to which the client Client has responded, to meet the clientClient’s needs until they can be 25 seen in an outpatient clinic. This may be a combination of new prescriptions, the clientClient’s specific 26 medications remaining at the Crisis Residential Program, and/or additional sample medications with 27 patient labels. 28 11) CONTRACTOR shall utilize the COUNTY PBM to supply medications for 29 unfunded clientsClients.

Medication Support Services. 1) CONTRACTOR shall provide medications, as clinically appropriate, to all clients Clients regardless of funding. 2) CONTRACTOR shall educate clients Clients on the role of medication in their recovery plan, and how the client Client can take an active role in their own recovery process. These educational efforts should be geared toward older adults and if necessary will focus on management of multiple medications for multiple conditions. CONTRACTOR shall provide education to clients Clients on medication choices, risks, benefits, alternatives, side effects and how these can be managed. Client education will be provided on a regularly scheduled basis via individual and group sessions. 3) CONTRACTOR shall obtain signed medication consent forms for each psychotropic medication prescribed. 4) Medications will be dispensed by a physician’s order by licensed and qualified staff in accordance with CCR, Title 9, Div. 1, Chapter 3, Article 3.5, Section 532.1, as well as CCL Requirements. 5) Licensed staff authorized to dispense medication will document the clientClient’s response to their medication, as well as any side effects to that medication, in the clientClient’s chartrecord. 6) CONTRACTOR shall insure all medications are securely locked in a designated storage area with access limited to only those personnel authorized to prescribe, dispense, or administer medication. 7) CONTRACTOR shall establish written policies and procedures that govern the receipt, storage and dispensing of medication in accordance with state regulations. 8) CONTRACTOR shall not utilize sample medications in the program without first establishing policies and procedures for the use of sample medications consistent with State regulatory requirements. 9) CONTRACTOR shall provide a medication follow-up visit by a psychiatrist at a frequency necessary to manage the acute symptoms to allow the client Client to safely stay at the Crisis Residential Program and to prepare the client Client to transition to outpatient level of care upon discharge. At a minimum, CONTRACTOR shall provide an initial psychiatric evaluation by a psychiatrist within twelve (12) hours after admission and will have a psychiatrist available as needed for medication follow-up as needed or at a minimum twice per week thereafter. 10) Upon discharge, CONTRACTOR shall make available a sufficient supply of current psychiatric medications to which the client Client has responded, to meet the clientClient’s needs until they can be seen in an outpatient clinic. This may be a combination of new prescriptions, the clientClient’s specific medications remaining at the Crisis Residential Program, and/or additional sample medications with patient labels. 11) CONTRACTOR shall utilize the COUNTY PBM to supply medications for unfunded clientsClients.