Section 1502.4 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
1502.4
. (a) (1) A community care facility licensed as a group home
for children pursuant to this chapter may accept for placement, and
provide care and supervision to, a child assessed as seriously
emotionally disturbed, as long as the child does not need inpatient
care in a licensed health facility.
(2) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions
shall apply:
(A) "Health facility" has the meaning set forth in Section 1250.
(B) "Seriously emotionally disturbed" has the same meaning as that
term is used in subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(b) If a child described in subdivision (a) is placed into a group
home program classified at rate classification level 13 or rate
classification level 14 pursuant to Section 11462.01 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code, the licensee shall meet both of the following
requirements:
(1) The licensee shall agree to accept, for placement into its
group home program, only children who have been assessed as seriously
emotionally disturbed, by either of the following:
(A) An interagency placement committee, as described in Section
4096 of the Welfare and Institutions Code or by a licensed mental
health professional, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 4096 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(B) A licensed mental health professional as defined in
subdivision (g) of Section 4096 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
if the child is privately placed or only county funded.
(2) The program is certified by the State Department of Health
Care Services, pursuant to Section 4096.5 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, as a program that provides mental health treatment
services for seriously emotionally disturbed children.
(c) The department shall not evaluate, or have any responsibility
or liability with regard to the evaluation of, the mental health
treatment services provided pursuant to this section.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.