The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) has released guidance for Article 31 clinics seeking to provide Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) services. The IOP level of service allows clinics to offer time-limited, higher-intensity outpatient psychiatric services as an alternative to hospital stays, whether by avoiding an admission or readmission or shortening the length of stay. This guidance document outlines how OMH believes a clinic would be able to offer IOP services, but is not intended to be prescriptive.
A summary of the guidance is attached. The full guidance can be found here.