Section 1760.2 Of Chapter 8.6. Pediatric Day Health And Respite Care Facilities From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 8.6.
1760.2
. As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
(a) (1) "Pediatric day health and respite care facility" means a
facility that provides an organized program of therapeutic social and
day health activities and services and limited 24-hour inpatient
respite care to medically fragile children 21 years of age or
younger, including terminally ill and technology-dependent patients,
except as provided in paragraph (2) and Section 1763.4.
(2) An individual who is 22 years of age or older may continue to
receive care in a pediatric day health and respite care facility if
the facility receives approval from the state department for a
Transitional Health Care Needs Optional Service Unit pursuant to
Section 1763.4. A patient who previously received services from a
pediatric day health and respite care facility, who is 22 years of
age or older, and who satisfies the requirements of Section 1763.4,
may also receive services in an optional service unit.
(b) "Medically fragile" means having an acute or chronic health
problem that requires therapeutic intervention and skilled nursing
care during all or part of the day. Medically fragile problems
include, but are not limited to, HIV disease, severe lung disease
requiring oxygen, severe lung disease requiring ventilator or
tracheostomy care, complicated spina bifida, heart disease,
malignancy, asthmatic exacerbations, cystic fibrosis exacerbations,
neuromuscular disease, encephalopathies, and seizure disorders.
(c) "Technology-dependent patient" means a person who, from birth,
has a chronic disability, requires the routine use of a specific
medical device to compensate for the loss of use of a life sustaining
body function, and requires daily, ongoing care or monitoring by
trained personnel.
(d) "Respite care" means day and 24-hour relief for the parent or
guardian and care for the patient. 24-hour inpatient respite care
includes, but is not limited to, 24-hour nursing care, meals,
socialization, and developmentally appropriate activities. As used in
this chapter, "24-hour inpatient respite care" is limited to no more
than 30 intermittent or continuous whole calendar days per patient
per calendar year.
(e) "Comprehensive case management" means locating, coordinating,
and monitoring services for the eligible patient population and
includes all of the following:
(1) Screening of patient referrals to identify those persons who
can benefit from the available services.
(2) Comprehensive patient assessment to determine the services
needed.
(3) Coordinating the development of an interdisciplinary
comprehensive care plan.
(4) Determining individual case cost effectiveness and available
sources of funding.
(5) Identifying and maximizing informal sources of care.
(6) Ongoing monitoring of service delivery to determine the
optimum type, amount, and duration of services provided.
(f) "License" means a basic permit to operate a pediatric day
health and respite care facility. With respect to a health facility
licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250),
"license" means a special permit authorizing the health facility to
provide pediatric day health and respite care services as a separate
program in a distinct part of the facility.
(g) "State department" means the State Department of Public
Health.