A NOTE ABOUT INTERAGENCY TEAM MEETINGS AND YOUR RIGHTS

Interagency Team Meetings | For Teens Only | Family's Rights

 
An Interagency Team Meeting is when you meet with a team of agency workers to plan together the sevices your child may need.

• You have the right to be heard at the Interagency Team Meeting and to be treated with dignity and respect by everyone there.

• No one can pressure you to agree to a treatment plan for your child that you do not agree with.

• Services that are prescribed, or ordered, by a doctor (psychiatrist or psychologist) for your child may not be denied at this meeting.

• If CBH decides to deny all or part of the services decided on by your child's doctor(s), CBH must let you know in writing the reason for the denial. CBH must also tell you how to appeal, or ask for a second review, if you do not agree with the denial.

• If your child is already getting the services that the doctor orders, those services cannot be cut back until 10 days after CBH mails you the letter telling you why the service was denied.

• If you tell CBH and/or the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) that you want to appeal the decision within 10 days of getting the letter (see Complaints and Grievances section), your child's services will keep going until you get a final decision on your appeal, or until the prescription ends.
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