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1266.1
. (a) Each new or renewal application for a license for a
psychiatric health facility shall be accompanied by a fee credited to
the State Department of Health Care Services for its costs incurred
in the review of psychiatric health facility programs, in connection
with the licensing of these facilities. The amount of the fees shall
be determined and collected by the State Department of Health Care
Services, but the total amount of the fees collected shall not exceed
the actual costs of licensure and review of psychiatric health
facility programs, including, but not limited to, the costs of
processing the application, inspection costs, and other related
costs.
(b) New or renewal licensure application fees for psychiatric
health facilities shall be collected by the State Department of
Health Care Services.
(c) The annual fees shall be waived for any psychiatric health
facility conducted, maintained, or operated by this state or any
state department, authority, bureau, commission, or officer, or by
the Regents of the University of California, or by a local hospital
district, city, county, or city and county.
(d) If additional private psychiatric health facilities seek new
licensure on or after January 1, 1991, the State Department of Health
Care Services may increase the fees for all private psychiatric
health facilities with more than nine beds sufficient to accommodate
the increased level of workload and costs.
(e) (1) Any licensee desiring to obtain a special permit to offer
and provide structured outpatient services shall file an application
with the State Department of Health Care Services.
(2) The application for a special permit, if any, shall be
submitted with each new or renewal application for a license for a
psychiatric health facility, and shall be accompanied by a reasonable
fee, as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services,
not to exceed the actual costs of administration related to the
special permit. An application for a special permit submitted by a
psychiatric health facility operated by a public entity shall be
exempt from the fee required pursuant to this section for the
issuance of the special permit.
(3) The State Department of Health Care Services shall not issue a
special permit unless the applicant furnishes all of the following:
(A) Its annual licensing fee required pursuant to subdivision (a).
(B) A completed application submitted on forms furnished by the
department.
(C) A written agreement ensuring that the facility will have
additional staffing for the services to be provided under the special
permit, that the additional staffing will meet the same professional
standards as required by regulation for inpatient services, and that
a coordinator of these services will be appointed.
(D) Any other information or documentation as may be required by
the department for its proper and efficient administration and
enforcement of special permit services.
(4) The provision of structured outpatient services pursuant to a
special permit may be as an alternative to admission to inpatient
services, as aftercare services following discharge from inpatient
care, or as both.