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Local Network Planning & Development
(LPND)
for Public Mental Health Services
"The Rule Formerly Known As Provider of Last Resort"
The Center is required to develop a local network development plan regarding the configuration and development of its mental health provider network. The plan must reflect local needs and priorities and maximize consumer choice and access to qualified service providers.
The goal of this process and plan is for Centers to incorporate strategies to ensure continuous consumer access to services while the Centers increasingly expand the network of providers; maintain a steadily decreasing share of services. The desired outcome is for consumers to have choice from among multiple service providers and for the Center to provide management and oversight of the provider network.
The extent to which this goal can be achieved and how quickly it can be reached will depend on the circumstances, needs, and preferences of the local communities served by each Center.
The Center will gather and obtain input from its stakeholders regarding such things as:
- Service needs and priorities of children, adolescents, and adults;
- Crisis response system and services;
- Development of the external provider network; and
- Other significant issues and concerns.
Under the new rules and requirements, the Center can only be a Provider of services if:
- There are no interested qualified providers
- There is only 1 other qualified provider
- The responding qualified providers do not propose to meet at least 100% of the DSHS contract target population or meet the same level of current access to services
- The Center must maintain some services to preserve critical infrastructure
- Existing agreements impose restrictions on the Center's ability to contract a portion of services because there would be an unsustainable loss of revenue.
YOUR INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. WE WANT YOU TO
PARTICIPATE. Learn more by utilizing one of the resources below.
Other Helpful Resources:
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhcommunity/LPND/
http://www.clplains.org
Local Center Contact for Network Development:
Cindy Boedeker
cindy at clplains.org
806-293-2636 LPND
SURVEY:`
Please PRINT out
and complete Survey and RETURN survey to:
the Administration building at 2700 Yonkers Plainview, TX 79072 OR
Mail to:
Central Plains Center
ATTN: Cindy Boedeker
2000 Yonkers
Plainview, TX 79072 Survey links (pdf)
(Print & Mail only unless you have Adobe Acrobat):
Consumer & Family Survey (pdf)
Consumer & Family Survey (English/Espannol)
(pdf)
Local Officials /Stakeholder Survey (pdf)
Must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to
view the survey:
Don't
Have Adobe Reader? download here
OR you may fill the
Survey in Word and email to
cindy at clplains :
Consumer & Family Survey (Word Document)
Consumer & Family Survey (English/Espannol) (Word Document)
Local Officials
/Stakeholder Survey (Word Document)
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