Section 1538.6.

(a) When the department periodically reviews the record of substantiated complaints against each group home facility, pursuant to its oversight role as prescribed by Section 1534, to determine whether the nature, number, and severity of incidents upon which complaints were based constitute a basis for concern as to whether the provider is capable of effectively and efficiently operating the program, and if the department determines that there is cause for concern, it may contact the county in which a group home facility is located and placement agencies in other counties using the group home facility, and request their recommendations as to what action, if any, the department should take with regard to the provider's status as a licensed group home provider.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department make every effort to communicate with the county in which a group home facility is located when the department has concerns about group home facilities within that county.

(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 833, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2005.)