Definitions

(a) “Case manager” means the diversion court team member responsible for the case management of diversion court participants and maintenance of case management files. (b) “Participant” means a person who has been referred to and accepted into a behavioral health diversion court program. (c) “Peer mentor” means an individual certified to provide peer support to a participant and assists a participant in navigating public behavioral health and medical services systems and the diversion court process. (d) “Treatment plan” means a plan that addresses a participant’s behavioral health issues by: identifying the participant’s strengths and needs through assessment; defining goals and objectives based on identified need; and establishing the services to be sought to assist with achieving the stated goals and objectives. The diversion court shall require the participant to follow and complete the plan. (e) “Treatment provider” means the individual or entity that provides clinical and when appropriate social services to a participant. (g) “Serious Mental Illness (SMI)” means schizophrenia, schizoaffective 1