(1) Comprehensive school and community treatment (CSCT) means a comprehensive, planned course of outpatient treatment provided in the school and community to a child or adolescent with a serious emotional disturbance (SED), as defined in ARM 37.87.303. A CSCT program may be operated by a licensed mental health center with a CSCT endorsement. The criteria for a mental health center's CSCT endorsement are found in ARM 37.106.1955.

(2) Comprehensive school and community treatment is not medically necessary when, in the determination of the department, the individual is receiving substantial mental health treatment outside the comprehensive school and community treatment program.

(3) Prior authorization pursuant to ARM 37.88.101 is required for outpatient therapy services that are provided to a child or adolescent concurrently with CSCT services.