Section 125205 Of Article 2. Long-term Care For Degenerative Genetic Disease From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 106. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
125205
. The department and the State Department of Social Services
shall, after consultation with the Genetically Handicapped Persons
Program of the department and consumer organizations representing
persons with chronic and degenerative conditions, as defined in
Section 125210, compile a list of long-term care resources that serve
adults with chronic and degenerative conditions, as defined. The
list of resources shall include those that have already been
identified by the Genetically Handicapped Persons Program as serving
persons with Huntington's disease, Joseph's disease, and Friedrich's
ataxia, and shall include those that have already been identified by
consumer organizations representing persons with chronic and
degenerative conditions. The list of resources shall include, but not
be limited to, the following:
(a) Public and private skilled nursing facilities and intermediate
care facilities.
(b) Public and private community residential care facilities.
(c) Public and private out-of-home long-term care resources such
as day activity programs, and in-home support service programs.
Nothing in this section shall require the State Department of Health
Care Services to undertake a survey of long-term care facilities or
programs in the state for the purposes of carrying out the
requirements of this section.
The information shall be made available to the public, upon
request, through the Genetically Handicapped Persons Program of the
department.