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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC |
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Division 4. MENTAL HEALTH |
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Part 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT |
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Chapter 3. Facility Licensing, Program Certification, and Ratesetting |
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ARTICLE 5. Programs for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Children and Court Wards and Dependents |
Section 4096.5.
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(a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall make a determination, within 45 days of receiving a request from a group home to be classified at RCL 13 or RCL 14 pursuant to Section 11462.01, to certify or deny certification that the group home program includes provisions for mental health treatment services that meet the needs of seriously emotionally disturbed children. The department shall issue each certification for a period of one year and shall specify the effective date the program met the certification requirements. A program may be recertified if the program continues to meet the criteria for certification.
(b) The State Department of Health Care Services shall, in consultation with the California Mental Health Directors Association and representatives of provider organizations, develop the criteria for the certification required by subdivision (a) by July 1, 1992.
(c) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services may, upon the request of a county, delegate to that county the certification task.
(2) Any county to which the certification task is delegated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall use the criteria and format developed by the department.
(d) The State Department of Health Care Services or delegated county shall notify the State Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division immediately upon the termination of any certification issued in accordance with subdivision (a).