Commissioner Policies and Directives

Commissioner Policy Management Process

Yvonne Addo, Co-Chair, (860) 418-6900

Elizabeth Taylor, MS, RHIT, CHC Chief Compliance Officer, (860) 418-6648 

• Access to Patient Records by Non-State Personnel
• Agency Background & Federal Sanction Screening
• Audit of Inpatient and Outpatient Services of Paid Claims
• Billing & Documentation Compliance Policy
• Code of Conduct
• Code of Ethics
• Compliance Program Expectations & Goals
• Confidentiality of Records
• Gifts Policy
• Monitoring of DMHAS' Compliance Standards & Effectiveness
• Prevention of Fraud Waste and Abuse
• Reporting Compliance Concerns
• Requests to Examine  Records
• Transfer of Patient Records
• Unauthorized Disclosure and Breach Notification of Unsecured PHI
• Whistleblower Policy                                                      

• Cellular Device Use for DMHAS Employees (State-issued)
• CORE-CT Financial Security Liaison Role
• Sales of Items for Use by Patients or Employees    

• Application for involuntary Conservatorship of DMHAS Clients
• Civil Patient Transfer into Whiting Maximum Security
  • Forms and Attachments    
• Client Abuse    
  • Critical Incidents Reporting Guide
  • Reporting Alleged Violations of DMHAS Work Rules MHAS-20
• Client Employment to Recovery Policy
• Client Rights
• Creation of Advance Directives 
• Critical Incidents 
• Elopement Policy (Escape & Unauthorized Absence)
• Emergency and Involuntary Medication
• Emergency Certificate for Evaluation
• Environment of Care Policy
• Equal Access to Services, Programs and Activities
• Family and Significant Other Participation
• Guidelines on the Arrest of Clients
• Health and Wellness
• Individualized Treatment
• Mandatory Training for the Protection and Control of Infections
• Nursing Home Placement Policy 
• Out-of-State Specialized Placement of Clients
• Patient Personal Safety Preferences for Preventing and Managing Behavioral Dyscontrol  
• Periodic Review of Patient Civil Commitments and Notice of Right to Apply for Release or Voluntary Status
• Prevention and Treatment of Opioid Addiction and Overdose
• Promoting a Culturally Competent Service System
• Promoting a Recovery-Oriented System of Care
• Provisions of Services to Clients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) 
• Reversing Opioid Overdoses in the Community
  • Forms and Attachments  
• Serving People with Co-Occurring Mental Healthand Substance Use Disorders
• Smoking Policy
• Staff Interaction with the Criminal Justice System - Probation and Parole
• Trauma Services Policy
• Voluntary Status                                                                              

• Computer Access Controls 
• Computer Policy on Investigations, FOI Request and Monitoring
• Computer Use Policy
• Email Encryption Policy
• Security for Mobile Computing and Storage Devices
• Virtual Private Network (VPN) Token Policy

• Institutional Review Board Policy
• Policy on Misconduct in Research
• Publishing Related Activities  
• Review of Proposals for Research within DMHAS