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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 10.09.90.10" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="90" heading="Mental Health Case Management Care Coordination Provider Staff.">
  <text>CCOs are required to maintain the following positions:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Care coordinator supervisor who:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is a mental health professional with a minimum of a Master’s degree and who is licensed and legally authorized to practice under Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and who is licensed under Maryland Practice Boards in the profession of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Social work;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Professional Counseling;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Psychology;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Nursing; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Medicine;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Has a minimum of 1 year of experience in behavioral health working as a supervisor;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Has a minimum of 1 year of experience working with children and youth with mental health or co-occurring disorders;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Provides clinical consultation and training to care coordinators regarding mental health or co-occurring disorders;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Provides supervision of the POCs, and consultation to the CFT meetings, as needed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Is employed or contracted at a ratio of one supervisor to no more than eight care coordinators; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Meets training and certification requirements for care coordinator supervisors, as set by the Department; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Care coordinator who:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Has at least a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Bachelor’s degree and has met the Department’s training requirements for care coordinators, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>High school diploma or equivalency and is 21 years old or older and was a participant in, or is a direct caregiver, or was a direct caregiver of an individual who received services from the public and child- and family-serving system and meets the training and certification requirements for care coordinators as set forth by the Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is employed by the CCO to provide care coordination services to participants; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Provides management of the POC and facilitation of the CFT meetings.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>