Guidance Documents
The Office of Mental Health makes available, through this page, the full text of all guidance documents on which the agency currently relies. As defined in section 202-e of the State Administrative Procedure Act, a guidance document is any guideline, memorandum or similar document, prepared by an agency, that provides general information or guidance to assist regulated parties in complying with any statute, rule or other legal requirement. The term does not include documents that concern only the internal management of the agency, such as a policy that applies only to an OMH operated facility or program.
Adult Services
- ACT Guidance Documents and Standards of Care
- AOT Guidance for Reporting Significant Events
- Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program - Guidance for AOT Program Operation
- Guidelines for Initial Reporting by Local Governmental Unit on Assisted Outpatient Treatment
- Health Home Plus (HH+) for AOT
- Health Home Plus (HH+) for State PC and CNYPC
- Health Home Plus (HH+) Program Guidance for High-Need Individuals with SMI
- Health Home Plus Care Management Agency Credentials to Serve Health Home Plus (HH+) for members with SMI
- Health Home Plus (HH+) Attestation
- NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) Policy Statement Regarding Electronic Signatures, September 2007
- OMH Approval of Disposition of Real Property Acquired through State Aid
- Prohibited Related-Party Transactions, Self-Dealing, and Waste of State Funds
- Serious & Persistent Mental Illness
- Service Dollar Guidance
- Supported Housing Program Implementation Guidelines
- Targeted Case Management (TCM) to Health Homes Information
- Waiver of Competitive Bidding Requirements for General Contractors
Behavioral Health Managed Care
- Billing Guidance
- Implementation, Policy, and Utilization Management
- Information Technology
- Value-Based Payment Readiness
Bureau of Cultural Competence
Children and Family Services
Clinic and Ambulatory Restructuring
- Clinic-Based Intensive Outpatient Treatment Module Guidance
- Part 599 Guidance
- Telemental Health Guidance for Local Providers
Community Budget and Fiscal Management
- Aid to Localities Spending Plan Guidelines
- Long Acting Atypical Anti-Psychotic Injections
- Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Notification
- New York State Consolidated Budget Reporting and Claiming Manual
- Office of Mental Health Finance Consolidated Fiscal Reporting
- OMH Procurement Lobbying Act Guidelines and Forms
Forensic Services
Health Services
Medicaid
- Administrative Practices and Medicaid Requirements
- Important Information Regarding the Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit
- Medicaid Self-Disclosure Guidance
- Medicare Part D
- Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Notification
- Restricted, Terminated or Excluded Individuals or Entities
Inspection and Certification
- Assertive Community Treatment Standards of Care
- Comfort Room Guide
- Discharge Planning
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Review Guidelines
- Implementation Guidelines - 14 NYCRR Section 526.4 - Restraint and Seclusion
- Inpatient Safety Standards
- Standards of Care Anchor Elements
- Use of PRN Medications
Office of Performance Management and Evaluation
Planning Office
Public Information Office
- Communication Needs of Persons Who Are Non–English Speaking, Deaf or Hard of Hearing (中文 | PyCCКИЙ | Kreyòl Ayisyen )
- Discharge Planning (বাংলা | 中文 | PyCCКИЙ | Español | Kreyòl Ayisyen | 한국어)
- HIPAA Privacy Rules for the Protection of Health and Mental Health Information (中文 | PyCCКИЙ | Kreyòl Ayisyen )
- Inpatient Rights (中文 | PyCCКИЙ | Español | Kreyòl Ayisyen )
- Outpatient Rights (中文 | PyCCКИЙ | Español | Kreyòl Ayisyen )
Comments or questions about the information on this page can be directed to the Bureau of Policy, Regulation and Legislation at (518) 474-1331.