California Health and Safety Code

§ 1567.51

HSC § 1567.51 Effective Jul 16, 2021Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding that a community care facility means a place that provides nonmedical care under subdivision (a) of Section 1502, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 4684.50) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the department shall jointly implement with the State Department of Developmental Services a licensing program to provide special health care and intensive support services to children in homelike community settings.

(b)The State Department of Social Services may license, subject to the following conditions, a Group Home for Children with Special Health Care Needs (GHCSHN) to provide 24-hour services to up to five children with developmental disabilities who have special health care and intensive support needs, as defined in subdivisions (f) and (h) of Section 4684.50 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(1)The State Department of Developmental Services shall be responsible for granting the certificate of program approval for a GHCSHN. The State Department of Social Services shall not issue a license unless the applicant has obtained a certification of program approval from the State Department of Developmental Services.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 76, Sec. 13. (AB 136) Effective July 16, 2021.