- Title
- Validation, Complaint, and Reporting Requirements: Use of Restraint and Seclusion in PRTFs
- Memo #
- 04-13
- Posting Date
- 12/11/2003
- Fiscal Year
- 2004
- Summary
- This memo:1)Outlines in general the responsibilities of all parties under the interim final rule governing the use of restraint and seclusion in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) providing inpatient psychiatric services for individuals under age 21; 2)Shares documents that will aid in the oversight and survey process of this newly established provider type, i.e., contact lists for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Regional Office (RO), a Protection and Advocacy agency (P&A) contact list for each state, and a model attestation letter previously distributed in a State Medicaid Director's Letter; and 3)Provides an interim final appendix to the State Operations Manual (SOM) for the survey process and interpretive guidelines for PRTFs.
