Article 9.7. Community Crisis Home Licensure of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 9.7.
For the purposes of this article, the following
definitions apply:
(a) "Consumer" or "client" means an individual who has been
determined by a regional center to meet the eligibility criteria of
Section 4512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and applicable
regulations, and for whom the regional center has accepted
responsibility.
(b) "Individual behavior support plan" means the plan that
identifies and documents the behavioral and intensive support and
service needs of a consumer and details the strategies to be
employed, and services to be provided, to address those needs, and
includes the entity responsible for providing those services and
timelines for when each identified individual behavioral support will
commence.
(a) (1) Each community crisis home shall be licensed as an
adult residential facility, pursuant to this article, and certified
by the State Department of Developmental Services, pursuant to
Article 8 (commencing with Section 4698) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5
of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2) Notwithstanding whether a community crisis home is licensed
for more than six consumers, subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section
1524.5 shall apply.
(b) A certificate of program approval issued by the State
Department of Developmental Services, pursuant to Article 8
(commencing with Section 4698) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code, shall be a condition of licensure for
the community crisis home by the State Department of Social Services.
(c) A community crisis home shall not be licensed by the State
Department of Social Services until the certificate of program
approval, issued by the State Department of Developmental Services,
has been received.
(d) The State Department of Social Services shall not be
responsible for any of the following:
(1) Developing and approving a consumer's individual behavior
support plan in conjunction with the consumer's individual behavior
support team.
(2) Oversight of any services that may be provided by a licensed
health or licensed mental health professional to a consumer.
"Services provided by a licensed health or licensed mental health
professional" means services that may only be provided under the
authority of the licensed health or licensed mental health service
provider's professional license.
(e) Subdivision (d) does not limit the State Department of Social
Services' ability to enforce this chapter and applicable regulations.
The State Department of Social Services' regulations shall
address at least both of the following:
(a) Staffing structure, staff qualifications, and training.
(b) Training requirements shall include a minimum of 16 hours of
emergency intervention training. "Emergency intervention training"
shall include the techniques the licensee will use to prevent injury
and maintain safety regarding consumers who are a danger to self or
others and shall emphasize positive behavioral supports and
techniques that are alternatives to physical restraints.
(a) When the State Department of Social Services
determines that urgent action is necessary to protect consumers
residing in a community crisis home from physical or mental abuse,
abandonment, or any other substantial threat to their health and
safety, the State Department of Social Services shall notify the
State Department of Developmental Services. The State Department of
Developmental Services may request that the regional center or
centers take action within 24 hours, which may include, as
appropriate, the removal of a consumer from the community crisis home
or obtaining alternative or additional services. When possible, an
individual program plan (IPP) meeting shall be convened to determine
the appropriate action pursuant to this section. In any case, an IPP
meeting shall be convened within 30 days following an action pursuant
to this section.
(b) Nothing in this article shall interfere with the authority of
the State Department of Social Services to temporarily suspend or
revoke the license of a community crisis home pursuant to Section
1550.
The licensee shall submit the facility program plan
approved by the State Department of Developmental Services, pursuant
to Section 4698 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to the State
Department of Social Services as part of the facility plan of
operation. The plan of operation shall be approved by the State
Department of Social Services prior to licensure.
If applicable, a community crisis home shall be in
compliance with Section 1531.15 and the applicable regulations.
(a) The State Department of Social Services shall revoke
the community crisis home's facility license if the State Department
of Developmental Services has rescinded a community crisis home's
certificate of program approval.
(b) The State Department of Developmental Services and regional
centers shall provide the State Department of Social Services all
available documentation and evidentiary support necessary for the
licensing and administration of community crisis homes and
enforcement of this article and the applicable regulations.
(a) A license shall not be issued pursuant to this article
until the publication in Title 17 of the California Code of
Regulations of emergency regulations filed by the State Department of
Developmental Services pursuant to Section 4698.1 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(b) Emergency regulations to implement this article may be adopted
by the Director of Social Services in accordance with the
Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
These emergency regulations shall be developed in consultation with
system stakeholders. The initial adoption of the emergency
regulations and one readoption of the initial regulations shall be
deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general
welfare. Initial emergency regulations and the first readoption of
those emergency regulations shall be exempt from review by the Office
of Administrative Law. The emergency regulations authorized by this
section shall be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law for
filing with the Secretary of State and shall remain in effect for no
more than 180 days.
(c) The adoption, amendment, repeal, or readoption of a regulation
authorized by this section is deemed to be an emergency and
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
and safety, or general welfare for purposes of Sections 11346.1 and
11349.6 of the Government Code, and the State Department of Social
Services is hereby exempted from the requirement that it describe
specific facts showing the need for immediate action. A certificate
of compliance for these implementing regulations shall be filed
within 24 months following the adoption of the first emergency
regulations filed pursuant to this section. The emergency regulations
may be readopted and remain in effect until approval of the
certificate of compliance.