<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31000003 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0-000004 { margin-top: 0; line-height: 115.0%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: left; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:62:04:03"><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000000">67</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000000">:</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000000">62</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000000">:</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000000">04</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000000">:</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000000">03</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000001">.  Refusal to serve a child with a </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000001">serious emotional disturbance</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000001"> or an adult with a </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000001">serious mental illness</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000001"> -- Alternate provider.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> A center shall serve any client who meets </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">the serious emotional disturbance</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> or </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">serious mental illness</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> criteria</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">, </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">pursuant to §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:62:11:01"><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000002">6</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000002">7:62:11:01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:62:12:01"><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000002">67:62:12:01</span></a><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> and </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">the </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">financial eligibility criteria. If a center</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">refuses services to a client who meets these criteria, the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">department may </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">reduce the contract for the center</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> in order to purchase necessary services from an</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">alternat</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">e</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> provider.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">    In order for a center to refuse services to any client who meets the above criteria without an impact to the center's contract, a center must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">  P</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">rovide written notice of the refusal to the </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> within </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">seventy-two </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">hours of th</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">e</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> action;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">  O</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">ffer emergency services to the client</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> until the client can be</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">relocated to another service area or alternat</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">e</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> services are arranged; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">  A</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">rrange for appropriate mental health services for the client with</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">another provider.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">    </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> SDR </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">, effective </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">    </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000002">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">    </span><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-3-1"><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000002">27A-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0-000002">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb9df18-020e-407e-880c-6bde3510df31000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>