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Intensive Case Management: Intensive community services for individuals with severe andpersistent mental illness that are designed to improve planning for their serviceneeds. Services include outreach, evaluation, and support.Involuntary hold (also called “5150”): When a person, as a result of mental illness, isdetermined to be a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravelydisabled, a police officer, member of the attending staff of an evaluation facility,or members of a mobile crisis team, upon probable cause, can take the personinto custody and place him or her in Psychiatric Emergency Services for 72–hourtreatment and evaluation.IMDIPISCJPSLCRLCSWL-FacilityLMFTLOCUSInstitute for Mental Disease or more commonly known as “L-Facility.” Subacutenursing care facility for clients with severe and chronic psychiatric disorders whoneed longer term, locked institutional care.(1) Inpatient; or (2) “identified patient” in family therapy parlance.Integrated Service Center, essentially a point of authorization for adult systemclients. The following clinics are ISCs: Mission, OMI (Ocean Merced Ingleside),South of Market and Chinatown/North Beach.Juvenile Probation Services or Jail Psychiatric ServicesLifetime Clinical RecordLicensed Clinical Social WorkerSee IMD. Sometimes called, Locked FacilityLicensed Marriage and Family TherapistLevel of Care Utilization SystemMedi-Cal (Medicaid): Federal program (Title XIX of the Social Security Act) that pays forhealth services for certain categories of people who are poor, elderly, blind,disabled or who are enrolled in certain programs, including Medicaid Waivers.Includes children whose families received assistance. Is financed with federaland state funds, amount varying by state.Medical Necessity: Legal term used to determine eligibility for health benefits and services. Itdescribes services that are consistent with a diagnosis, meet standards of goodmedical practice and are not primarily for convenience of the patient.Medicare: Federal insurance program serving the disabled and persons over the age of 65.Most costs are paid via trust funds that beneficiaries have paid into throughoutthe courses of their lives; small deductibles and some co-payments arerequired.Medi-Medi:Insurance coverage by both Medi-Cal and MedicareMental Health Parity (Act): Mental health parity refers to providing the same insurancecoverage for mental health treatment as that offered for medical and surgicaltreatments. The California Mental Health Parity Act was passed in 1996 andestablished parity in lifetime benefit limits and annual limits.35