Overview
Welcome to the DSHS website for Local Planning and Network Development (LPND).
DSHS has developed this website to provide information to all stakeholders, including private providers, who may be interested in the provision of mental health services in collaboration with Local Mental Health Authorities throughout the State of Texas.
This new collaborative approach to service provision is detailed in Title 25, Texas Administrative Code (25 TAC), Chapter 412, Subchapter P. This approach will allow for a standardized, transparent process for planning and developing a network of mental health service providers, emphasize a choice of providers, and allow for local control through stakeholder input while requiring the network to be managed by the LMHA. This website is meant to assist interested service providers in negotiating the application process to become part of a local provider network.
On this website, DSHS provides:
- Links to Resiliency and Disease Management (RDM) and other important information
- Minimum service requirements
- Service capacity information for each local service area, to include
- contractual service targets for the number of adults and children/adolescents to be served
- current state funding allocation for each LMHA; and
- actual number of adults and children/adolescents served in each RDM service package.
- A mechanism for providers to indicate their interest (see Provider Inquiry Form on each LMHA webpage on this site), and
- The resulting list of interested providers for each local service area.
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LPND News & Updates
2010 Planning Materials
January 11, 2010 — The following items are now available on the Training and Information page:
- 2010 LPND Template - Revised
- PowerPoint presentations with information about the 2010 planning cycle:
- 2010 LPND Update for LMHAs
- 2010 LPND Template Training for LMHAs
- 2010 LPND Update for Private Providers
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Providers may submit a description of their qualifications, including their experience as it relates to the same or similar services and populations defined in the RDM service packages. Information submitted by interested providers will be posted on this website.
This list of potential qualified providers is made available to assist LMHAs in making their procurement decisions. The existence of listed qualified providers in an LMHAs service area should not be interpreted by the LMHA as requiring procurement.
Implementation Plans
The rule requires that each LMHA develop a two-year local plan for the development of an external provider network. When approved by DSHS, the LMHAs plan will be posted on its website. To facilitate the planning process, the state has been divided into three (3) cohorts or geographically-related group of LMHAs, with each cohort starting the planning process according to a staggered timeframe.
The cohorts and starting dates are as follows:
- Cohort 1: Planning begins January 27, 2010. Plans due to DSHS July 27, 2010.
LMHAs in this cohort include ACCESS, Andrews Center, Burke Center, Gulf Coast Center, Heart of Texas, Lakes Regional, Brazos Valley, Harris County, Texoma, Community HealthCORE, Spindletop, Tri-County, and Texana.
- Cohort 2: Planning begins February 1, 2010. Plans due to DSHS July 31, 2010.
LMHAs in this cohort include Austin Travis County, Bluebonnet Trails, Border Region, Camino Real, Center for Health Care, Central Counties, Coastal Plains, Gulf Bend, Hill Country, Nueces County, and Tropical Texas.
- Cohort 3: Planning begins March 1, 2010. Plans due to DSHS August 31, 2010.
LMHAs in this cohort include Betty Hardwick, Center for Life Resources, Central Plains, Denton County, El Paso, Helen Farabee, Lubbock Regional, Tarrant County, Concho Valley, Pecan Valley, Permian Basin, Texas Panhandle, and West Texas.
Each LMHA has 180 days to complete their plan and submit it to DSHS for approval. During this time, there will be a number of opportunities for stakeholder input.
Contact Us
For more information, please send an email to LPND@dshs.state.tx.us.
This page was last modified January 20, 2010
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