California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 11462.011

WIC § 11462.011 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)The State Department of Health Care Services shall, in consultation with the Department of Managed Health Care, the State Department of Social Services, the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Chief Probation Officers of California, provider representatives, and other relevant stakeholders, establish program standards and procedures for oversight, enforcement, and issuance of children’s crisis residential mental health program approvals, including provisional approvals that are effective for a period of less than one year. The State Department of Health Care Services shall also establish due process protections related to the children’s crisis residential mental health program approval process.

(b)The State Department of Health Care Services shall, in collaboration with the department, the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, provider representatives, and other relevant stakeholders, provide guidance to counties for the provision of children’s crisis residential services, including funding for children who are Medi-Cal beneficiaries and who are admitted to a children’s crisis residential program. This subdivision shall only be implemented to the extent that any necessary federal approvals are obtained and federal financial participation is available and is not otherwise jeopardized.

(c)(1) The children’s crisis residential program shall be used only as a diversion to admittance to a psychiatric hospital.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 910, Sec. 36. (AB 1930) Effective January 1, 2019.