A health care facility applying for a license as a mental health substance use treatment center shall designate whether the license is to be issued to provide services for mental health disorders, for substance use disorders, or for both mental health and substance use disorders. A license issued to provide services for mental health disorders permits the facility to treat persons whose primary need is treatment for mental health disorders. A license issued to provide services for substance use disorders permits the facility to treat persons whose primary need is treatment for substance use disorders. A license issued to provide services for both mental health and substance use disorders permits the facility to treat persons with mental health disorders, substance use disorders, or both mental health disorders and substance use disorders.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-436.01

  • Care: means the exercise of concern or responsibility for the comfort, welfare, and habilitation of persons, including a minimum amount of supervision and assistance with or the provision of personal care, activities of daily living, health maintenance activities, or other supportive services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-407
  • Mental health substance use treatment center: means a facility where shelter, food, and counseling, supervision, diagnosis, treatment, care, rehabilitation, assessment, or related services professionally directed are provided for a period of more than twenty-four consecutive hours to persons residing at such facility who have a mental illness or substance use disorder or both, with the intention of reducing or ameliorating the disorder or disorders or the effects of the disorder or disorders. See Nebraska Statutes 71-423
  • Treatment: means a therapy, modality, product, device, or other intervention used to maintain well being or to diagnose, assess, alleviate, or prevent a disability, injury, illness, disease, or other similar condition. See Nebraska Statutes 71-431
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