CITC Youth Participant Informed Consent to Treat
This informed Consent Form provides information about these services and asks you for your permission to provide these services to your child:
By signing this form, you are indicating that you understand and agree to the following statements:
Informed Consent: As the parent or legal guardian of a minor Participant, I have the right to make informed decisions about my child’s care. I have been given a statement of my Participant Rights and Responsibilities. I understand my informed consent rights include being informed of my child’s health status, being involved in care planning and treatment, and being able to request or refuse treatment. I understand, if it is my wish to do so, I may delegate my right to make informed decisions to another person. To the degree permitted by state law, and to the maximum extent practicable, CITC must respect my wishes and follow that process.
Assessment, Treatment, and Activities: My child may receive a variety of services, with the most common being individual and small group counselling to help understand and overcome emotional, social, and behavioral challenges or in coping with a crisis, such as the as a death or other traumatic event. In some situations, a child may have more significant mental health care needs. In this case, a CITC provider will discuss with you the nature of the symptoms and conditions, proposed treatments, benefits and risks associated with treatment, probability of successful outcomes, and any treatment alternatives. CITC may also help me to find another provider that I am comfortable with to provide needed or beneficial services. I understand I may revoke consent to further care at any time by letting my CITC provider know.
Confidentiality: I have been provided a copy of CITC’s Notice of Privacy Practices, which is also available online: https://citci.org or upon request. CITC adheres to state and federal confidentiality laws, including Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). Receiving or sharing personal information about my child with any other party requires my written consent, except for those disclosures required or permitted by law.
Insurance Authorization: CITC will not seek payment from me for any costs. However, CITC may seek payment from my insurance carrier for some services. I agree to update my insurance on file with CITC and to inform CITC of any changes in coverage. CITC will make reasonable efforts to confirm insurance, obtain prior authorizations, and obtain referrals as may be required by my insurance carrier. If I am a Medicare or Medicaid patient, I will provide to CITC, or ensure my referring provider has provided, both my Medicare/Medicaid ID card and, if applicable, my secondary insurance ID card. If I am eligible for these benefits, CITC can help me to enroll in these programs.
Assignment of Benefits. By accepting treatment from CITC, I authorize the release of any PHI or other information regarding my treatment to any insurance carrier or other applicable third-party payor or financially responsible entity or individual for the purpose of securing payments for services rendered to me, and assign and set over to CITC any benefits for the cost of treatment that I may be entitled to as a result. I further authorize the third-party payor to make payment directly to CITC. This assignment includes all rights to collect benefits directly from my insurance company and all rights to proceed against my insurance company in any action, including legal suit, if for any reason my insurance company fails to make payment of benefits due. This assignment also includes all rights to recover attorney’s fees and costs for such action brought by the provider as my assignee.
I UNDERSTAND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOKE CONSENT TO FURTHER USE OR DISCLOSURES AT ANY TIME BY INFORMING A CITC REPRESENTATIVE OF MY DESIRE TO DO SO. HOWEVER, SUCH REVOCATION SHALL NOT AFFECT ANY TREATMENT, SERVICES, DISCLOSURES OR OBLIGATIONS ALREADY MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH MY PRIOR CONSENT TO TREATMENT. CITC PROVIDES THIS NOTICE TO ITS PARTICIPANTS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH HIPAA, THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS.
By my signature, I understand and agree that I have read and understood this Agreement. I also attest that I am the parent or legal guardian of the child and have not had my ability to provide consent to healthcare revoked or modified.