The Emergency Involuntary Procedures (EIP) Review Committee is a committee convened by the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health (Department) to review emergency involuntary procedures occurring on inpatient psychiatric units for those in the custody of the Commissioner. The Committee’s responsibilities will be to review aggregate data, review inpatient hospitals’ adherence to the requirements of the CMS and Joint Commission standards, to review the appropriateness of the decision(s) to use emergency involuntary procedures to ensure that there is external review and oversight of emergency involuntary procedures, and to prepare an annual report to the Department summarizing its work, providing suggestions and recommendations regarding the hospitals’ adherence to CMS & Joint Commission standards.
EIP Administrative Rule July 1, 2016
Emergency Involuntary Procedures (EIP) Review Committee Members
Emergency Involuntary Procedures Committee: Report to the Department of Mental Health July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020
March 10, 2023
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee: Data Review and Analysis October to December 2022
December 9, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee: Data Review and Analysis July to September 2022
September 9, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee: Data Review and Analysis April to June 2022
June 10, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee: Data Review and Analysis January to March 2022
March 11, 2022
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Report to the Emergency Involuntary Procedures Review Committee: Data Review and Analysis October to December 2021
Review Process Documents
- DMH and Vermont Cooperative for Practice Improvement and Innovation(VCPI) Six Core Strategies EIP Review (May 22, 2015)
- Rutland Regional Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatry EIP Review Process FY15 Qtr 2 (May 22, 2015)
- Vermont Cooperative for Practice Improvement and Innovation (VCPI) 2015/2016 Proposal (August 14, 2015)