(1) Children's Mental Health Bureau (CMHB) non-Medicaid respite care services may be provided only on a short-term basis.

(2) CMHB non-Medicaid respite care services may not be provided in a psychiatric residential treatment facility.

(3) CMHB non-Medicaid respite care services are limited to available funding each state fiscal year.

(a) Retroactive funds for CMHB non-Medicaid respite care services are not available.

(4) Youth must meet SED criteria and must also be receiving Medicaid funded mental health services.

(5) CMHB non-Medicaid respite care services shall only be provided to youth who receive therapeutic family care (TFC) and moderate level therapeutic foster care (TFOC moderate) services or upon authorization by the department or its designee.

(6) For youth who qualify and receive CMHB non-Medicaid respite care services, the individualized treatment plan must document CMHB non-Medicaid respite care in accordance with ARM 37.106.1916(c).

(7) CMHB non-Medicaid respite care services are available to a youth 17 years or age or younger.