Compact act - community partner resource hub | veterans affairs

Compact Act Information and Resources for Community Partners in the Fargo VA Health Care System Catchment Area A COMPACT Act Email Account has been established to assist in coordinating with

our Community Partners in the Fargo VA Health Care System catchment area: [email protected] HOWEVER, IF THERE IS AN URGENT OR EMERGENT NEED TO COORDINATE CARE AND/OR

TRANSFER A VETERAN TO THE FARGO VA HOSPITAL PLEASE CONTACT US AT:   ------------------------- PERIOD OF CARE Emergent suicide care defined by congress within the COMPACT Act to eligible

Veterans through inpatient or crisis residential care will not exceed 30 days. If inpatient care is unavailable, or if such care is not clinically appropriate, outpatient care will not

exceed 90 days.  ------------------------- BELOW ARE IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS DEFINED BY CONGRESS WITHIN THE COMPACT ACT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MUST FOLLOW:  EMERGENT SUICIDE

CARE - Crisis stabilization care provided to an eligible individual following a recommendation from the Veteran Crisis Line or when such individual has presented at a VA or non-VA facility

in an acute suicidal crisis.  ACUTE SUICIDAL CRISIS -  Individual who is determined to be at imminent risk of self-harm by a trained crisis responder or health care provider. CRISIS

STABILIZATION CARE -  Care that ensures, to the extent practicable, immediate safety and reduces: the severity of distress; the need for urgent care; or the likelihood that the severity of

distress or need for urgent care will increase during the transfer of that individual from a facility at which the individual has received care for that acute suicidal crisis.  CRISIS

RESIDENTIAL CARE -  Emergent suicide care provided in a residential facility other than a hospital (that is not a personal residence) that provides 24-hour medical supervision. 

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