Rehabilitative case management mental health services are services that meet the ongoing assessment, facilitation, care coordination and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual's needs through communication and available resources, to promote quality and effective outcomes during and following a hospitalization.

(1) Rehabilitative case management services support individual employment, education, and participation in other daily activities appropriate to the individual's age, gender, and culture, and assist individuals in resolving crises in the least restrictive setting.

(2) Rehabilitative case management services include specific rehabilitative services provided to:

(a) Assist in an individual's discharge from an inpatient facility; and

(b) Minimize the risk of readmission to an inpatient setting.

(3) An agency providing rehabilitative case management is not required to complete the assessment requirement in WAC 246-341-0640 (1)(c).