Announcement:
Notice to Residential Child Care Facility (RCCF) and Adult Mental Health Residential Services (AMHR) Homes
Effective 09/03/2024, the Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) will assume oversight of all licensed Residential Child Care Facilities (RCCF), and all licensed 1115 Adult Mental Health Residential Services (AMHR) homes. Under the guidance Health Care Services (HCS), DBH will receive training and support to ensure continuity of services. There are no regulatory changes for RCCF’s as a result of this change. All future inspections will be overseen by DBH.
Any allegations that may initiate an investigation, please send incident reports and complaints to secure DBH fax 907-269-8166, or by secure email with subject line: “incident report” to Jamie Lang (jamie.lang@alaska.gov) and Timothy Brown (timothy.brown@alaska.gov).
Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers (RPTCs) will remain with HCS’s Residential Licensing Unit.
All current open investigations will remain with HCS Residential Licensing.
As the Department of Health transitions this process, the point of contact for RCCF and AMHR questions should be directed to both Jamie Lang, DBH (jamie.lang@alaska.gov) and Tricia Skitt, HCS (tricia.skitt@alaska.gov). Please use subject line: “RCCF Transition.
https://health.alaska.gov/dbh/Pages/Licensing.aspx
A Residential Psychiatric Treatment Center (RPTC) is defined as a secure or semi-secure facility, or an inpatient program in another facility, that provides, under the direction of a physician, psychiatric diagnostic, evaluation, and treatment services on a 24-hour-a-day basis to children with severe emotional or behavioral disorders.