Jim Sharp • August 24, 2026

OHMSAS Releases Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Regulatory Compliance Guide

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Jim Sharp

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August 24, 2026

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The PA Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) has released the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Regulatory Compliance Guide (RCG).

 

This guide is a companion piece to 55 Pa. Code § 5230 and is intended as a helpful reference for these regulations. The explanatory material contained in this guide in no way supplants the plain meaning and intent of the regulations.

 

If members have any additional questions, please contact RCPA COO and Mental Health Policy Director Jim Sharp.

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