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SERVICE SCOPE OF BENEFIT (ANNUAL) Including but not limited to: Court-ordered mental health and substance use services – criminal court Covered for all members. Treatment must be provided in totality, as directed by the Court or other State official or body, such as a Probation Officer, the Rhode Island State Parole Board. If the length of stay is not prescribed on the court order, the MCOs may conduct Utilization Review on the length of stay. The MCOs must offer appropriate transitional care management to persons upon discharge and coordinate and/or arrange for in-plan medically necessary services to be in place after a court order expires. The following are examples of Criminal Court Ordered Benefits that must be provided in totality as an in-plan benefit: Bail Ordered: Treatment is prescribed as a condition of bail/bond by the court. Condition of Parole: Treatment is prescribed as a condition of parole by the Parole Board. Condition of Probation: Treatment is prescribed as a condition of probation Recommendation by a Probation State Official: Treatment is recommended by a State official (Probation Officer, Clinical social worker, etc.). Condition of Medical Parole: Person is released to treatment as a condition of their parole, by the Parole Board. Court-ordered mental health and substance use treatment – civil court All Civil Mental Health Court Ordered Treatment must be provided in totality as an in-plan benefit. All regulations in the R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-5-5 must be followed. If the length of stay is not prescribed on the court order, the MCOs may conduct Utilization Review on the length of stay. The MCOs must offer appropriate transitional care management to persons upon discharge and coordinate and/or arrange for in- plan medically necessary services to be in place