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California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 741

Introduced by Assembly Member Williams

February 25, 2015

An act to amend Section 1502 of, and to add Sections 1562.02 and 1562.03 to, the Health and Safety Code, and to amend begin delete Section 11462.01 end delete begin insert Sections 5848.5, 11462.01 end insert begin insert , and 15610.47 end insert of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to mental health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 741, as amended, Williams. Mental health: community care facilities.

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Existing

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begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Existing end insert law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law includes within the definition of community care facility a short-term residential treatment center, which is a residential facility licensed by the department and operated by any public agency or private organization that provides short-term, specialized, and intensive treatment, and 24-hour care and supervision to children. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.

This bill would authorize a short-term residential treatment center to be operated as a children’s crisis residential center, as defined, and would require the department to regulate those programs, as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of begin delete California, end delete begin insert California and end insert representatives of provider associations, begin delete children’s advocates, and other stakeholders, end delete to establish begin insert interim end insert Medi-Cal rates for children’s crisis residential services, as prescribed. By expanding the types of facilities that are regulated as a community care facility, this bill would expand the scope of an existing crime, thus creating a state-mandated local program.

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begin insert (2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Existing end insert law establishes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide payments to foster care providers on behalf of qualified children in foster care. In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, existing law requires a child or nonminor dependent to be placed in a specified placement, including, commencing January 1, 2017, a short-term residential treatment center.

Existing law, effective January 1, 2017, authorizes a short-term residential treatment center to have a program that is certified by the State Department of Health Care Services or by a county mental health plan to which the department has delegated certification authority, or a program that is not certified, or both, and requires a short-term residential treatment center to accept for placement children who meet certain criteria, subject to specified requirements.

This bill would authorize a short-term residential treatment center that is operating as a children’s crisis residential center to, subject to specified requirements, accept for admission or placement any child, referred by a parent or guardian, or by the representative of a public or private entity that has the right to make these decisions on behalf of a child who is begin delete in end delete begin insert experiencing a end insert mental health crisis and, absent admission to a children’s crisis residential center, would otherwise require acceptance by the emergency department of a general hospital, or admission into a psychiatric hospital or the psychiatric inpatient unit of a general hospital.

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(3) Existing law establishes the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act of 2013. Existing law provides that funds appropriated by the Legislature to the California Health Facilities Financing Authority for the purposes of the act be made available to selected counties or counties acting jointly, except as otherwise provided, and used to provide, among other things, a complete continuum of crisis services for children and youth 21 years of age and under regardless of where they live in the state. The act requires grant awards made by the authority to be used to expand local resources for the development, capital, equipment acquisition, and applicable program startup or expansion costs to increase capacity for client assistance and crisis services for children and youth 21 years of age and under in specified areas, including crisis residential treatment as authorized by specified provisions.

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This bill would include within these specified areas crisis residential treatment provided at a children’s crisis residential center.

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(4) This bill would also make nonsubstantive, conforming changes.

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begin insert (5) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The end insert California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(a) There is an urgent need to provide more crisis care
alternatives to hospitals for children and youth experiencing mental
health crises.

(b) The problems are especially acute for children and youth
who may have to wait for days for a hospital bed and who may be
transported, without a parent, to the nearest facility hundreds of
miles away.

(c) In 2012, the California Hospital Association reported that
two-thirds of the people taken to a hospital for a psychiatric
emergency did not meet the criteria for that level of care, but the
care they needed was not available.

(d) The type of care that is needed includes crisis residential
treatment for children.

(e) This level of care is part of the full continuum of care
considered medically necessary for many children with serious
emotional disturbances.

(f) In 2013, the Legislature enacted the Investment in Mental
Health Wellness Act (Senate Bill 82, Chapter 34 of the Statutes
of 2013) to provide one-time funding to counties to expand the
availability of mental health crisis care services, including
short-term crisis residential treatment services. However, there is
currently no state licensing category for short-term crisis residential
programs for children. As a result, counties wanting to expand
local capacity to meet the needs of children and youth for crisis
residential treatment services were ineligible for this competitive
grant program.

(g) In most communities, inpatient crisis treatment is completely
unavailable for children and youth, even though it may be
medically necessary.

(h) Crisis residential care is an essential level of care for the
treatment of children and youth with serious emotional disturbances
in a mental health crisis, and it often serves as an alternative to
hospitalization.

(i) It is imperative that California identify a licensing category
specifically for mental health crisis residential care that can be
utilized for children and youth who are beneficiaries of both public
and private health care plans.

SEC. 2.  

Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:

1502.  

(a) As used in this chapter:

(1) “Community care facility” means any facility, place, or
building that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical
residential care, day treatment, adult day care, or foster family
agency services for children, adults, or children and adults,
including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally
impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children,
and includes the following:

(A) “Residential facility” means any family home, group care
facility, or similar facility determined by the director, for 24-hour
nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services,
supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of
daily living or for the protection of the individual.

(B) “Adult day program” means any community-based facility
or program that provides care to persons 18 years of age or older
in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential
for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of
these individuals on less than a 24-hour basis.

(C) “Therapeutic day services facility” means any facility that
provides nonmedical care, counseling, educational or vocational
support, or social rehabilitation services on less than a 24-hour
basis to persons under 18 years of age who would otherwise be
placed in foster care or who are returning to families from foster
care. Program standards for these facilities shall be developed by
the department, pursuant to Section 1530, in consultation with
therapeutic day services and foster care providers.

(D) “Foster family agency” means any public agency or private
organization engaged in the recruiting, certifying, and training of,
and providing professional support to, foster parents, or in finding
homes or other places for placement of children for temporary or
permanent care who require that level of care. Private foster family
agencies shall be organized and operated on a nonprofit basis.

(E) “Foster family home” means any residential facility
providing 24-hour care for six or fewer foster children that is
owned, leased, or rented and is the residence of the foster parent
or parents, including their family, in whose care the foster children
have been placed. The placement may be by a public or private
child placement agency or by a court order, or by voluntary
placement by a parent, parents, or guardian. It also means a foster
family home described in Section 1505.2.

(F) “Small family home” means any residential facility, in the
licensee’s family residence, that provides 24-hour care for six or
fewer foster children who have mental disorders or developmental
or physical disabilities and who require special care and supervision
as a result of their disabilities. A small family home may accept
children with special health care needs, pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 17710 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. In
addition to placing children with special health care needs, the
department may approve placement of children without special
health care needs, up to the licensed capacity.

(G) “Social rehabilitation facility” means any residential facility
that provides social rehabilitation services for no longer than 18
months in a group setting to adults recovering from mental illness
who temporarily need assistance, guidance, or counseling. Program
components shall be subject to program standards pursuant to
Article 1 (commencing with Section 5670) of Chapter 2.5 of Part
2 of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(H) “Community treatment facility” means any residential
facility that provides mental health treatment services to children
in a group setting and that has the capacity to provide secure
containment. Program components shall be subject to program
standards developed and enforced by the State Department of
Health Care Services pursuant to Section 4094 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.

(I) (i) “Full-service adoption agency” means any licensed entity
engaged in the business of providing adoption services, that does
all of the following:

(I) Assumes care, custody, and control of a child through
relinquishment of the child to the agency or involuntary termination
of parental rights to the child.

(II) Assesses the birth parents, prospective adoptive parents, or
child.

(III) Places children for adoption.

(IV) Supervises adoptive placements.

(ii) Private full-service adoption agencies shall be organized
and operated on a nonprofit basis. As a condition of licensure to
provide intercountry adoption services, a full-service adoption
agency shall be accredited and in good standing according to Part
96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or supervised
by an accredited primary provider, or acting as an exempted
provider, in compliance with Subpart F (commencing with Section
96.29) of Part 96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(J) (i) “Noncustodial adoption agency” means any licensed
entity engaged in the business of providing adoption services, that
does all of the following:

(I) Assesses the prospective adoptive parents.

(II) Cooperatively matches children freed for adoption, who are
under the care, custody, and control of a licensed adoption agency,
for adoption, with assessed and approved adoptive applicants.

(III) Cooperatively supervises adoptive placements with a
full-service adoptive agency, but does not disrupt a placement or
remove a child from a placement.

(ii) Private noncustodial adoption agencies shall be organized
and operated on a nonprofit basis. As a condition of licensure to
provide intercountry adoption services, a noncustodial adoption
agency shall be accredited and in good standing according to Part
96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or supervised
by an accredited primary provider, or acting as an exempted
provider, in compliance with Subpart F (commencing with Section
96.29) of Part 96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(K) “Transitional shelter care facility” means any group care
facility that provides for 24-hour nonmedical care of persons in
need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for
sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the
individual. Program components shall be subject to program
standards developed by the State Department of Social Services
pursuant to Section 1502.3.

(L) “Transitional housing placement provider” means an
organization licensed by the department pursuant to Section
1559.110 and Section 16522.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
to provide transitional housing to foster children at least 16 years
of age and not more than 18 years of age, and nonminor
dependents, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code, to promote their transition to
adulthood. A transitional housing placement provider shall be
privately operated and organized on a nonprofit basis.

(M) “Group home” means a residential facility that provides
24-hour care and supervision to children, delivered at least in part
by staff employed by the licensee in a structured environment. The
care and supervision provided by a group home shall be
nonmedical, except as otherwise permitted by law.

(N) “Runaway and homeless youth shelter” means a group home
licensed by the department to operate a program pursuant to Section
1502.35 to provide voluntary, short-term shelter and personal
services to runaway youth or homeless youth, as defined in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502.35.

(O) “Enhanced behavioral supports home” means a facility
certified by the State Department of Developmental Services
pursuant to Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 4684.80) of
Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
and licensed by the State Department of Social Services as an adult
residential facility or a group home that provides 24-hour
nonmedical care to individuals with developmental disabilities
who require enhanced behavioral supports, staffing, and
supervision in a homelike setting. An enhanced behavioral supports
home shall have a maximum capacity of four consumers, shall
conform to Section 441.530(a)(1) of Title 42 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, and shall be eligible for federal Medicaid home- and
community-based services funding.

(P) “Community crisis home” means a facility 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, and licensed by the State
Department of Social Services pursuant to Article 9.7 (commencing
with Section 1567.80), as an adult residential facility, providing
24-hour nonmedical care to individuals with developmental
disabilities receiving regional center service, in need of crisis
intervention services, and who would otherwise be at risk of
admission to the acute crisis center at Fairview Developmental
Center, Sonoma Developmental Center, an acute general hospital,
acute psychiatric hospital, an institution for mental disease, as
described in Part 5 (commencing with Section 5900) of Division
5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or an out-of-state
placement. A community crisis home shall have a maximum
capacity of eight consumers, as defined in subdivision (a) of
Section 1567.80, shall conform to Section 441.530(a)(1) of Title
42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and shall be eligible for
federal Medicaid home- and community-based services funding.

(Q) “Crisis nursery” means a facility licensed by the department
to operate a program pursuant to Section 1516 to provide short-term
care and supervision for children under six years of age who are
voluntarily placed for temporary care by a parent or legal guardian
due to a family crisis or stressful situation.

(R) “Short-term residential treatment center” means a residential
facility licensed by the department pursuant to Section 1562.01
and operated by any public agency or private organization that
provides short-term, specialized, and intensive treatment, and
24-hour care and supervision to children. The care and supervision
provided by a short-term residential treatment center shall be
nonmedical, except as otherwise permitted by law. A short-term
residential treatment center may be operated as a children’s crisis
residential center.

(S) “Children’s crisis residential center” means a short-term
residential treatment center operated specifically to divert children
experiencing a mental health crisis from psychiatric hospitalization.

(2) “Department” or “state department” means the State
Department of Social Services.

(3) “Director” means the Director of Social Services.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or
discourage placement of persons who have mental or physical
disabilities into any category of community care facility that meets
the needs of the individual placed, if the placement is consistent
with the licensing regulations of the department.

SEC. 3.  

Section 1562.02 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:

1562.02.  

(a) The department shall establish regulations for
short-term residential treatment centers that are operated as
children’s crisis residential centers. At a minimum, the regulations
shall include all of the following:

(1) The children’s crisis residential center shall be used only
for diversion from admittance to a psychiatric hospitalization.

(2)  begin insert (A) end insert begin insert   end insert Length of stay for a single admission to a children’s
crisis begin insert residential end insert center shall be limited to 10 consecutive days.

begin delete An organization providing children’s crisis residential services
shall not admit a child for more than two end delete

begin insert (B) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the length of stay may
be extended once for no more than two end insert consecutive 10-day lengths
of begin delete stay during any 12-month period. end delete begin insert stay. end insert Before extending the
length of stay for a Medi-Cal beneficiary beyond 10 consecutive
days, an organization providing children’s crisis residential services
shall obtain prior approval from the county mental health plan
authorizing those services.

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(C) A child shall not be admitted to a children’s crisis residential
center regulated under this section for more than 20 total days in
any six-month period.

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(3) Therapeutic programming shall be provided seven days a
week, including weekends and holidays, with sufficient
professional and paraprofessional staff to maintain an appropriate
treatment setting and services, based on individual children’s needs.

(4) The program shall be staffed with sufficient personnel to
accept children 24 hours per day, seven days a week and to admit
children, at a minimum, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week,
365 days per year. The program shall be sufficiently staffed to
discharge children, as appropriate, seven days a week, 365 days
per year.

(5) Facilities shall be limited to fewer than 16 beds, with at least
50 percent of those beds in single-occupancy rooms.

(6) Facilities shall include ample physical space for
accommodating individuals who provide natural supports to each
child and for integrating family members into the day-to-day care
of the youth.

(7) The center shall collaborate with each child’s mental health
team, child and family team, and other formal and natural supports
within 24 hours of intake and throughout the course of care and
treatment as appropriate.

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(b) The department may adopt regulations, as needed, to waive
the requirements in Section 1562.01 that are in conflict with the
purposes or best practices of operating a children’s crisis residential
center.

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(b) The center shall annually provide the department with all
of the following data as it pertains to children in foster care and
children not in foster care in conjunction with its application for
licensure renewal:

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(1) Age and gender of clients served.

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(2) Duration of stay.

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(3) Professional classification of staff and contracted staff.

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(4) Type of placement the client was discharged to.

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SEC. 4.  

Section 1562.03 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:

1562.03.  

(a)  begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert The State Department of Health Care
begin delete Services, in consultation with the County Behavioral Health
Directors Association of California, representatives of provider
associations, children’s advocates, and other stakeholders end delete begin insert Services end insert
shall establish begin insert interim end insert Medi-Cal rates as needed that are sufficient
to reimburse the costs for children’s crisis residential services in
excess of any specialty mental health services that would have
been otherwise authorized, provided, and invoiced for each eligible
Medi-Cal beneficiary receiving children’s crisis residential services.

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(2) The department shall consult with subject matter experts
from the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of
California and provider associations to obtain data and
background information necessary to ensure sufficiency of the
rate.

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(b) For foster children admitted for children’s crisis residential
services, programs shall receive payment for board and care
equivalent to the rate paid for short-term residential treatment
centers.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a county from providing
payment in excess of the short-term residential treatment center
rate in order to meet the needs of individual children.

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5848.5.  

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(1) California has realigned public community mental health
services to counties and it is imperative that sufficient
community-based resources be available to meet the mental health
needs of eligible individuals.

(2) Increasing access to effective outpatient and crisis
stabilization services provides an opportunity to reduce costs
associated with expensive inpatient and emergency room care and
to better meet the needs of individuals with mental health disorders
in the least restrictive manner possible.

(3) Almost one-fifth of people with mental health disorders visit
a hospital emergency room at least once per year. If an adequate
array of crisis services is not available, it leaves an individual with
little choice but to access an emergency room for assistance and,
potentially, an unnecessary inpatient hospitalization.

(4) Recent reports have called attention to a continuing problem
of inappropriate and unnecessary utilization of hospital emergency
rooms in California due to limited community-based services for
individuals in psychological distress and acute psychiatric crisis.
Hospitals report that 70 percent of people taken to emergency
rooms for psychiatric evaluation can be stabilized and transferred
to a less intensive level of crisis care. Law enforcement personnel
report that their personnel need to stay with people in the
emergency room waiting area until a placement is found, and that
less intensive levels of care tend not to be available.

(5) Comprehensive public and private partnerships at both local
and regional levels, including across physical health services,
mental health, substance use disorder, law enforcement, social
services, and related supports, are necessary to develop and
maintain high quality, patient-centered, and cost-effective care for
individuals with mental health disorders that facilitates their
recovery and leads towards wellness.

(6) The recovery of individuals with mental health disorders is
important for all levels of government, business, and the local
community.

(b) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act of 2013. The objectives
of this section are to do all of the following:

(1) Expand access to early intervention and treatment services
to improve the client experience, achieve recovery and wellness,
and reduce costs.

(2) Expand the continuum of services to address crisis
intervention, crisis stabilization, and crisis residential treatment
needs that are wellness, resiliency, and recovery oriented.

(3) Add at least 25 mobile crisis support teams and at least 2,000
crisis stabilization and crisis residential treatment beds to bolster
capacity at the local level to improve access to mental health crisis
services and address unmet mental health care needs.

(4) Add at least 600 triage personnel to provide intensive case
management and linkage to services for individuals with mental
health care disorders at various points of access, such as at
designated community-based service points, homeless shelters,
and clinics.

(5) Reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and inpatient days by
appropriately utilizing community-based services and improving
access to timely assistance.

(6) Reduce recidivism and mitigate unnecessary expenditures
of local law enforcement.

(7) Provide local communities with increased financial resources
to leverage additional public and private funding sources to achieve
improved networks of care for individuals with mental health
disorders.

(8) Provide a complete continuum of crisis services for children
and youth 21 years of age and under regardless of where they live
in the state. The funds included in the 2016 Budget Act for the
purpose of developing the continuum of mental health crisis
services for children and youth 21 years of age and under shall be
for the following objectives:

(A) Provide a continuum of crisis services for children and youth
21 years of age and under regardless of where they live in the state.

(B) Provide for early intervention and treatment services to
improve the client experience, achieve recovery and wellness, and
reduce costs.

(C) Expand the continuum of community-based services to
address crisis intervention, crisis stabilization, and crisis residential
treatment needs that are wellness-, resiliency-, and
recovery-oriented.

(D) Add at least 200 mobile crisis support teams.

(E) Add at least 120 crisis stabilization services and beds and
crisis residential treatment beds to increase capacity at the local
level to improve access to mental health crisis services and address
unmet mental health care needs.

(F) Add triage personnel to provide intensive case management
and linkage to services for individuals with mental health care
disorders at various points of access, such as at designated
community-based service points, homeless shelters, schools, and
clinics.

(G) Expand family respite care to help families and sustain
caregiver health and well-being.

(H) Expand family supportive training and related services
designed to help families participate in the planning process, access
services, and navigate programs.

(I) Reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and inpatient days by
appropriately utilizing community-based services.

(J) Reduce recidivism and mitigate unnecessary expenditures
of local law enforcement.

(K) Provide local communities with increased financial
resources to leverage additional public and private funding sources
to achieve improved networks of care for children and youth 21
years of age and under with mental health disorders.

(c) Through appropriations provided in the annual Budget Act
for this purpose, it is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, hereafter referred
to as the authority, and the Mental Health Services Oversight and
Accountability Commission, hereafter referred to as the
commission, to administer competitive selection processes as
provided in this section for capital capacity and program expansion
to increase capacity for mobile crisis support, crisis intervention,
crisis stabilization services, crisis residential treatment, and
specified personnel resources.

(d) Funds appropriated by the Legislature to the authority for
purposes of this section shall be made available to selected
counties, or counties acting jointly. The authority may, at its
discretion, also give consideration to private nonprofit corporations
and public agencies in an area or region of the state if a county, or
counties acting jointly, affirmatively supports this designation and
collaboration in lieu of a county government directly receiving
grant funds.

(1) Grant awards made by the authority shall be used to expand
local resources for the development, capital, equipment acquisition,
and applicable program startup or expansion costs to increase
capacity for client assistance and services in the following areas:

(A) Crisis intervention, as authorized by Sections 14021.4,
14680, and 14684.

(B) Crisis stabilization, as authorized by Sections 14021.4,
14680, and 14684.

(C) Crisis residential treatment, as authorized by Sections
14021.4, 14680, and 14684.

(D) Rehabilitative mental health services, as authorized by
Sections 14021.4, 14680, and 14684.

(E) Mobile crisis support teams, including personnel and
equipment, such as the purchase of vehicles.

(2) The authority shall develop selection criteria to expand local
resources, including those described in paragraph (1), and processes
for awarding grants after consulting with representatives and
interested stakeholders from the mental health community,
including, but not limited to, the County Behavioral Health
Directors Association of California, service providers, consumer
organizations, and other appropriate interests, such as health care
providers and law enforcement, as determined by the authority.
The authority shall ensure that grants result in cost-effective
expansion of the number of community-based crisis resources in
regions and communities selected for funding. The authority shall
also take into account at least the following criteria and factors
when selecting recipients of grants and determining the amount
of grant awards:

(A) Description of need, including, at a minimum, a
comprehensive description of the project, community need,
population to be served, linkage with other public systems of health
and mental health care, linkage with local law enforcement, social
services, and related assistance, as applicable, and a description
of the request for funding.

(B) Ability to serve the target population, which includes
individuals eligible for Medi-Cal and individuals eligible for county
health and mental health services.

(C) Geographic areas or regions of the state to be eligible for
grant awards, which may include rural, suburban, and urban areas,
and may include use of the five regional designations utilized by
the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California.

(D) Level of community engagement and commitment to project
completion.

(E) Financial support that, in addition to a grant that may be
awarded by the authority, will be sufficient to complete and operate
the project for which the grant from the authority is awarded.

(F) Ability to provide additional funding support to the project,
including public or private funding, federal tax credits and grants,
foundation support, and other collaborative efforts.

(G) Memorandum of understanding among project partners, if
applicable.

(H) Information regarding the legal status of the collaborating
partners, if applicable.

(I) Ability to measure key outcomes, including improved access
to services, health and mental health outcomes, and cost benefit
of the project.

(3) The authority shall determine maximum grants awards,
which shall take into consideration the number of projects awarded
to the grantee, as described in paragraph (1), and shall reflect
reasonable costs for the project and geographic region. The
authority may allocate a grant in increments contingent upon the
phases of a project.

(4) Funds awarded by the authority pursuant to this section may
be used to supplement, but not to supplant, existing financial and
resource commitments of the grantee or any other member of a
collaborative effort that has been awarded a grant.

(5) All projects that are awarded grants by the authority shall
be completed within a reasonable period of time, to be determined
by the authority. Funds shall not be released by the authority until
the applicant demonstrates project readiness to the authority’s
satisfaction. If the authority determines that a grant recipient has
failed to complete the project under the terms specified in awarding
the grant, the authority may require remedies, including the return
of all or a portion of the grant.

(6) A grantee that receives a grant from the authority under this
section shall commit to using that capital capacity and program
expansion project, such as the mobile crisis team, crisis
stabilization unit, or crisis residential treatment program, for the
duration of the expected life of the project.

(7) The authority may consult with a technical assistance entity,
as described in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 4061,
for purposes of implementing this section.

(8) The authority may adopt emergency regulations relating to
the grants for the capital capacity and program expansion projects
described in this section, including emergency regulations that
define eligible costs and determine minimum and maximum grant
amounts.

(9) The authority shall provide reports to the fiscal and policy
committees of the Legislature on or before May 1, 2014, and on
or before May 1, 2015, on the progress of implementation, that
include, but are not limited to, the following:

(A) A description of each project awarded funding.

(B) The amount of each grant issued.

(C) A description of other sources of funding for each project.

(D) The total amount of grants issued.

(E) A description of project operation and implementation,
including who is being served.

(10) A recipient of a grant provided pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall adhere to all applicable laws relating to scope of practice,
licensure, certification, staffing, and building codes.

(e) Of the funds specified in paragraph (8) of subdivision (b),
it is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the authority and the
commission to administer competitive selection processes as
provided in this section for capital capacity and program expansion
to increase capacity for mobile crisis support, crisis intervention,
crisis stabilization services, crisis residential treatment, family
respite care, family supportive training and related services, and
triage personnel resources for children and youth 21 years of age
and under.

(f) Funds appropriated by the Legislature to the authority to
address crisis services for children and youth 21 years of age and
under for the purposes of this section shall be made available to
selected counties or counties acting jointly. The authority may, at
its discretion, also give consideration to private nonprofit
corporations and public agencies in an area or region of the state
if a county, or counties acting jointly, affirmatively support this
designation and collaboration in lieu of a county government
directly receiving grant funds.

(1) Grant awards made by the authority shall be used to expand
local resources for the development, capital, equipment acquisition,
and applicable program startup or expansion costs to increase
capacity for client assistance and crisis services for children and
youth 21 years of age and under in the following areas:

(A) Crisis intervention, as authorized by Sections 14021.4,
14680, and 14684.

(B) Crisis stabilization, as authorized by Sections 14021.4,
14680, and 14684.

(C) Crisis residential treatment, as authorized by Sections
14021.4, 14680, and begin delete 14684. end delete begin insert 14684 and as provided at a children’s
crisis residential center, as defined in Section 1502 of the Health
and Safety Code. end insert

(D) Mobile crisis support teams, including the purchase of
equipment and vehicles.

(E) Family respite care.

(2) The authority shall develop selection criteria to expand local
resources, including those described in paragraph (1), and processes
for awarding grants after consulting with representatives and
interested stakeholders from the mental health community,
including, but not limited to, county mental health directors, service
providers, consumer organizations, and other appropriate interests,
such as health care providers and law enforcement, as determined
by the authority. The authority shall ensure that grants result in
cost-effective expansion of the number of community-based crisis
resources in regions and communities selected for funding. The
authority shall also take into account at least the following criteria
and factors when selecting recipients of grants and determining
the amount of grant awards:

(A) Description of need, including, at a minimum, a
comprehensive description of the project, community need,
population to be served, linkage with other public systems of health
and mental health care, linkage with local law enforcement, social
services, and related assistance, as applicable, and a description
of the request for funding.

(B) Ability to serve the target population, which includes
individuals eligible for Medi-Cal and individuals eligible for county
health and mental health services.

(C) Geographic areas or regions of the state to be eligible for
grant awards, which may include rural, suburban, and urban areas,
and may include use of the five regional designations utilized by
the California Behavioral Health Directors Association.

(D) Level of community engagement and commitment to project
completion.

(E) Financial support that, in addition to a grant that may be
awarded by the authority, will be sufficient to complete and operate
the project for which the grant from the authority is awarded.

(F) Ability to provide additional funding support to the project,
including public or private funding, federal tax credits and grants,
foundation support, and other collaborative efforts.

(G) Memorandum of understanding among project partners, if
applicable.

(H) Information regarding the legal status of the collaborating
partners, if applicable.

(I) Ability to measure key outcomes, including utilization of
services, health and mental health outcomes, and cost benefit of
the project.

(3) The authority shall determine maximum grant awards, which
shall take into consideration the number of projects awarded to
the grantee, as described in paragraph (1), and shall reflect
reasonable costs for the project, geographic region, and target ages.
The authority may allocate a grant in increments contingent upon
the phases of a project.

(4) Funds awarded by the authority pursuant to this section may
be used to supplement, but not to supplant, existing financial and
resource commitments of the grantee or any other member of a
collaborative effort that has been awarded a grant.

(5) All projects that are awarded grants by the authority shall
be completed within a reasonable period of time, to be determined
by the authority. Funds shall not be released by the authority until
the applicant demonstrates project readiness to the authority’s
satisfaction. If the authority determines that a grant recipient has
failed to complete the project under the terms specified in awarding
the grant, the authority may require remedies, including the return
of all, or a portion, of the grant.

(6) A grantee that receives a grant from the authority under this
section shall commit to using that capital capacity and program
expansion project, such as the mobile crisis team, crisis
stabilization unit, family respite care, or crisis residential treatment
program, for the duration of the expected life of the project.

(7) The authority may consult with a technical assistance entity,
as described in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 4061,
for the purposes of implementing this section.

(8) The authority may adopt emergency regulations relating to
the grants for the capital capacity and program expansion projects
described in this section, including emergency regulations that
define eligible costs and determine minimum and maximum grant
amounts.

(9) The authority shall provide reports to the fiscal and policy
committees of the Legislature on or before January 10, 2018, and
annually thereafter, on the progress of implementation, that include,
but are not limited to, the following:

(A) A description of each project awarded funding.

(B) The amount of each grant issued.

(C) A description of other sources of funding for each project.

(D) The total amount of grants issued.

(E) A description of project operation and implementation,
including who is being served.

(10) A recipient of a grant provided pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall adhere to all applicable laws relating to scope of practice,
licensure, certification, staffing, and building codes.

(g) Funds appropriated by the Legislature to the commission
for purposes of this section shall be allocated for triage personnel
to provide intensive case management and linkage to services for
individuals with mental health disorders at various points of access.
These funds shall be made available to selected counties, counties
acting jointly, or city mental health departments, as determined
by the commission through a selection process. It is the intent of
the Legislature for these funds to be allocated in an efficient manner
to encourage early intervention and receipt of needed services for
individuals with mental health disorders, and to assist in navigating
the local service sector to improve efficiencies and the delivery of
services.

(1) Triage personnel may provide targeted case management
services face to face, by telephone, or by telehealth with the
individual in need of assistance or his or her significant support
person, and may be provided anywhere in the community. These
service activities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

(A) Communication, coordination, and referral.

(B) Monitoring service delivery to ensure the individual accesses
and receives services.

(C) Monitoring the individual’s progress.

(D) Providing placement service assistance and service plan
development.

(2) The commission shall take into account at least the following
criteria and factors when selecting recipients and determining the
amount of grant awards for triage personnel as follows:

(A) Description of need, including potential gaps in local service
connections.

(B) Description of funding request, including personnel and use
of peer support.

(C) Description of how triage personnel will be used to facilitate
linkage and access to services, including objectives and anticipated
outcomes.

(D) Ability to obtain federal Medicaid reimbursement, when
applicable.

(E) Ability to administer an effective service program and the
degree to which local agencies and service providers will support
and collaborate with the triage personnel effort.

(F) Geographic areas or regions of the state to be eligible for
grant awards, which shall include rural, suburban, and urban areas,
and may include use of the five regional designations utilized by
the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California.

(3) The commission shall determine maximum grant awards,
and shall take into consideration the level of need, population to
be served, and related criteria, as described in paragraph (2), and
shall reflect reasonable costs.

(4) Funds awarded by the commission for purposes of this
section may be used to supplement, but not supplant, existing
financial and resource commitments of the county, counties acting
jointly, or city mental health department that received the grant.

(5) Notwithstanding any other law, a county, counties acting
jointly, or city mental health department that receives an award of
funds for the purpose of supporting triage personnel pursuant to
this subdivision is not required to provide a matching contribution
of local funds.

(6) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission, without
taking any further regulatory action, may implement, interpret, or
make specific this section by means of informational letters,
bulletins, or similar instructions.

(7) The commission shall provide a status report to the fiscal
and policy committees of the Legislature on the progress of
implementation no later than March 1, 2014.

(h) Funds appropriated by the Legislature to the commission
pursuant to paragraph (8) of subdivision (b) for the purposes of
addressing children’s crisis services shall be allocated to support
triage personnel and family supportive training and related services.
These funds shall be made available to selected counties, counties
acting jointly, or city mental health departments, as determined
by the commission through a selection process. The commission
may, at its discretion, also give consideration to private nonprofit
corporations and public agencies in an area or region of the state
if a county, or counties acting jointly, affirmatively supports this
designation and collaboration in lieu of a county government
directly receiving grant funds.

(1) These funds may provide for a range of crisis-related services
for a child in need of assistance, or his or her parent, guardian, or
caregiver. These service activities may include, but are not limited
to, the following:

(A) Intensive coordination of care and services.

(B) Communication, coordination, and referral.

(C) Monitoring service delivery to the child or youth.

(D) Monitoring the child’s progress.

(E) Providing placement service assistance and service plan
development.

(F) Crisis or safety planning.

(2) The commission shall take into account at least the following
criteria and factors when selecting recipients and determining the
amount of grant awards for these funds, as follows:

(A) Description of need, including potential gaps in local service
connections.

(B) Description of funding request, including personnel.

(C) Description of how personnel and other services will be
used to facilitate linkage and access to services, including
objectives and anticipated outcomes.

(D) Ability to obtain federal Medicaid reimbursement, when
applicable.

(E) Ability to provide a matching contribution of local funds.

(F) Ability to administer an effective service program and the
degree to which local agencies and service providers will support
and collaborate with the triage personnel effort.

(G) Geographic areas or regions of the state to be eligible for
grant awards, which shall include rural, suburban, and urban areas,
and may include use of the five regional designations utilized by
the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California.

(3) The commission shall determine maximum grant awards,
and shall take into consideration the level of need, population to
be served, and related criteria, as described in paragraph (2), and
shall reflect reasonable costs.

(4) Funds awarded by the commission for purposes of this
section may be used to supplement, but not supplant, existing
financial and resource commitments of the county, counties acting
jointly, or a city mental health department that received the grant.

(5) Notwithstanding any other law, a county, counties acting
jointly, or a city mental health department that receives an award
of funds for the purpose of this section is not required to provide
a matching contribution of local funds.

(6) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission, without
taking any further regulatory action, may implement, interpret, or
make specific this section by means of informational letters,
bulletins, or similar instructions.

(7) The commission may waive requirements in this section for
counties with a population of 100,000 or less, if the commission
determines it is in the best interest of the state and meets the intent
of the law.

(8) The commission shall provide a status report to the fiscal
and policy committees of the Legislature on the progress of
implementation no later than January 10, 2018, and annually
thereafter.

begin delete SEC. 5. end delete

begin insert SEC. 6. end insert   

Section 11462.01 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
as added by Section 75 of Chapter 773 of the Statutes of 2015, is
amended to read:

11462.01.  

(a) A short-term residential treatment center, as
defined in subdivision (ad) of Section 11400 and subparagraph
(R) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502 of the
Health and Safety Code, may have a program that is certified by
the State Department of Health Care Services or by a county mental
health plan to which the department has delegated certification
authority, pursuant to Section 4096.5, or a program that is not
certified, or both. A short-term residential treatment center, except
as specified in subdivision (d), shall accept for placement children
who meet all of the following criteria, subject to the other
requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c):

(1) The child does not require inpatient care in a licensed health
facility.

(2) The child has been assessed as requiring the level of services
provided in a short-term residential treatment center in order to
maintain the safety and well-being of the child or others due to
behaviors, including those resulting from traumas, that render the
child or those around the child unsafe or at risk of harm, or that
prevent the effective delivery of needed services and supports
provided in the child’s own home or in other family settings, such
as with a relative, guardian, foster family, resource family, or
adoptive family.

(3) The child meets at least one of the following conditions:

(A) The child has been assessed as meeting the medical necessity
criteria for Medi-Cal specialty mental health Early and Periodic
Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Services, as the criteria are
described in Section 1830.210 of Title 9 of the California Code of
Regulations.

(B) The child has been assessed as seriously emotionally
disturbed, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3.

(C) The child has been assessed as requiring the level of services
provided in order to meet his or her behavioral or therapeutic needs.
In appropriate circumstances, this may include any of the
following:

(i) A commercially sexually exploited child.

(ii) A private voluntary placement, if the youth exhibits status
offender behavior, the parents or other relatives feel they cannot
control the child’s behavior, and short-term intervention is needed
to transition the child back into the home.

(iii) A juvenile sex offender.

(iv) A child who is affiliated with, or impacted by, a gang.

(b) A short-term residential treatment center program that is
certified by the State Department of Health Care Services, or by
a county mental health plan to which the department has delegated
certification authority, pursuant to Section 4096.5, shall solely
accept for placement, and provide access to mental health services
to, children who meet the criteria in paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subdivision (a), and meet the conditions of subparagraph (A) or
(B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), or both of those
subparagraphs. Mental health services are provided directly by the
certified program.

(c) A short-term residential treatment center program that is not
certified pursuant to Section 4096.5 shall solely accept for
placement in that program a child who meets the criteria in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a), and meets the conditions
of subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision
(a), or any combination of those subparagraphs. A child who meets
the conditions of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a) may be accepted for placement, if the interagency
placement committee determines that a short-term residential
treatment facility that is not certified has a program that meets the
specific needs of the child and there is a commonality of needs
with the other children in the short-term residential treatment
center. In this situation, the short-term residential treatment center
shall do either of the following:

(1) In the case of a child who is a Medi-Cal beneficiary, arrange
for the child to receive specialty mental health services from the
county mental health plan.

(2) In all other cases, arrange for the child to receive mental
health services.

(d) A short-term residential treatment center that is operating
as a children’s crisis residential center, as defined in Section 1502
of the Health and Safety Code, and subject to the other
requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c), may accept for admission
or placement any child, referred by a parent or guardian, or by the
representative of a public or private entity, including, but not
limited to, the county probation agency or child welfare services
agency with responsibility for the placement of a child in foster
care, that has the right to make these decisions on behalf of a child
who is in mental health crisis and, absent admission to a children’s
crisis residential center, would otherwise require acceptance by
the emergency department of a general hospital, or admission into
a psychiatric hospital or the psychiatric inpatient unit of a general
hospital.

(e) A foster family agency, as defined in subdivision (g) of
Section 11400 and subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) of Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code,
may have a program that is certified by the State Department of
Health Care Services, or by a county mental health plan to which
the department has delegated certification authority, pursuant to
Section 1810.435 or 1810.436 of Title 9 of the California Code of
Regulations, or a program that is not certified, or both. A program,
subject to subdivisions (f) and (g), shall provide access to mental
health services to the children. A foster family agency, depending
on whether or not it has a certified program, shall provide access
to mental health services to children who do not require inpatient
care in a licensed health facility and who meet any one or more of
the following conditions:

(1) A child who has been assessed as meeting the medical
necessity criteria for specialty mental health services under the
Medi-Cal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
benefit, as the criteria are described in Section 1830.210 of Title
9 of the California Code of Regulations.

(2) A child who has been assessed as seriously emotionally
disturbed, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3.

(3) A child who has been assessed as requiring the level of
services to meet his or her behavioral or therapeutic needs.

(f) A foster family agency that is certified as a provider pursuant
to Section 1810.435 or 1810.436 of Title 9 of the California Code
of Regulations by the State Department of Health Care Services,
or by a county mental health plan to which the department has
delegated certification authority, shall provide access to mental
health services directly to children in its program who do not
require inpatient care in a licensed health facility and who meet
the conditions of paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (e).

(g) A foster family agency that is not certified as described in
subdivision (f) may provide access to mental health services in
that program for children who do not require inpatient care in a
licensed health facility and who meet the conditions of paragraphs
(1) and (2) of subdivision (e). In this situation the foster family
agency shall do the following:

(1) In the case of a child who is a Medi-Cal beneficiary, have
written interagency protocols in place to arrange for specialty
mental health services from the county mental health plan or an
organizational provider, as defined in Section 1810.231 of Title 9
of California Code of Regulations.

(2) In all other cases, arrange for the child to receive mental
health services.

(h) All short-term residential treatment centers and foster family
agencies that operate a certified program shall maintain the level
of care and services necessary to meet the needs of the children
and youth in their care and shall maintain and have in good
standing the appropriate mental health certification issued by the
State Department of Health Care Services or a county mental health
plan to which the department has delegated certification authority,
pursuant to Section 4096.5 of this code or Section 1810.435 or
1810.436 of Title 9 of the California Code of Regulations.

(i) The assessments described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subdivision (e), shall be made by all of the following, as applicable:

(1) An interagency placement committee, as described in Section
4096, considering the recommendations from the child and family
team, if any are available.

(2) A licensed mental health professional as defined in
subdivision (g) of Section 4096.

(3) For the purposes of this section, an AFDC-FC funded child
with an individualized education program developed pursuant to
Article 2 (commencing with Section 56320) of Chapter 4 of Part
30 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code that assesses the
child as seriously emotionally disturbed, as defined in, and subject
to, this section and recommends out-of-home placement at the
level of care provided by the provider, shall be deemed to have
met the assessment requirement.

(4) For the purposes of this section, and only for placement into
a foster family agency, an AFDC-FC funded child assessed
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 706.6 or paragraph (2) of
subdivision (c) of Section 16501.1, in consultation with a mental
health professional, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 4096.5,
shall be deemed to have met the assessment requirement.

(j) The assessments described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph
(3) of subdivision (a) and paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) shall be
made pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 706.6 or paragraph
(2) of subdivision (c) of Section 16501.1.

(k) (1) The provider shall ensure that AFDC-FC funded
children, assessed pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) or paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subdivision (e), who are accepted for placement have been
approved for placement by an interagency placement committee,
as described in Section 4096, except as provided for in paragraphs
(3) and (4) of subdivision (i).

(2) The approval shall be in writing and shall indicate that the
interagency placement committee has determined all of the
following:

(A) The child meets the medical necessity criteria for Medi-Cal
specialty mental health Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis,
and Treatment services, as the criteria are described in Section
1830.210 of Title 9 of the California Code of Regulations.

(B) The child is seriously emotionally disturbed, as described
in subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3.

(C) Subject to Section 1502.4 of the Health and Safety Code,
the child needs the level of care provided by the program.

(3) (A) Nothing in subdivisions (a) to (j), inclusive, or this
subdivision shall prevent an emergency placement of a child or
youth into a certified short-term residential treatment center,
children’s crisis residential center, or foster family agency program
prior to the determination by the interagency placement committee,
but only if a licensed mental health professional, as defined in
subdivision (g) of Section 4096, has made a written determination
within 72 hours of the child’s or youth’s placement, that the child
or youth is seriously emotionally disturbed or has made a written
determination within 24 hours of the child’s or youth’s placement
in a children’s crisis residential center that the child or youth is
experiencing a mental health crisis as defined in subdivision (d),
and is in need of the care and services provided by the certified
short-term residential treatment center, children’s crisis residential
center, or foster family agency.

(i) The interagency placement committee, as appropriate, shall,
within 30 days of placement, make the determinations, with
recommendations from the child and family team, required by this
subdivision.

(ii) If it determines the placement is appropriate, the interagency
placement committee, with recommendations from the child and
family team, shall transmit the approval, in writing, to the county
placing agency and the short-term residential treatment center or
foster family agency.

(iii) If it determines the placement is not appropriate, the
interagency placement committee shall respond pursuant to
subparagraph (B).

(B) If the interagency placement committee determines at any
time that the placement is not appropriate, it shall, with
recommendations from the child and family team, transmit the
disapproval, in writing, to the county placing agency and the
short-term residential treatment center or foster family agency,
and the child or youth shall be referred to an appropriate placement,
as specified in this section.

(l) Commencing January 1, 2017, for AFDC-FC funded children
or youth, only those children or youth who are approved for
placement, as set forth in this section, may be accepted by a
short-term residential treatment center or foster family agency.

(m) The department shall, through regulation, establish
consequences for the failure of a short-term residential treatment
center, or a foster family agency, to obtain written approval for
placement of an AFDC-FC funded child or youth pursuant to this
section.

(n) The department shall not establish a rate for a short-term
residential treatment center or foster family agency unless the
provider submits a recommendation from the host county or the
primary placing county that the program is needed and that the
provider is willing and capable of operating the program at the
level sought. For purposes of this subdivision, “host county,” and
“primary placing county,” mean the same as defined in the
department’s AFDC-FC ratesetting regulations.

(o) Any certified short-term residential treatment center or foster
family agency shall be reclassified and paid at the appropriate
program rate for which it is qualified if either of the following
occurs:

(1) (A) It fails to maintain the level of care and services
necessary to meet the needs of the children and youth in care, as
required by subdivision (a). The determination shall be made
consistent with the department’s AFDC-FC ratesetting regulations
developed pursuant to Sections 11462 and 11463 and shall take
into consideration the highest level of care and associated rates
for which the program is eligible.

(B) In the event of a determination under this paragraph, the
short-term residential treatment center or foster family agency may
appeal the finding or submit a corrective action plan. The appeal
process specified in Section 11466.6 shall be available to a
short-term residential treatment center or foster family agency that
provides intensive and therapeutic treatment. During any appeal,
the short-term residential treatment center or foster family agency
that provides intensive and therapeutic treatment shall maintain
the appropriate level of care.

(2) It fails to maintain a certified mental health treatment
program as required by subdivision (h).

(p) In addition to any other review required by law, the child
and family team as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of
Section 16501 may periodically review the placement of the child
or youth. If the child and family team make a recommendation
that the child or youth no longer needs, or is not benefiting from,
placement in a short-term residential treatment center or foster
family agency, or one of its programs, the team shall transmit the
disapproval, in writing, to the county placing agency to consider
a more appropriate placement.

(q) The department shall develop a process to address
placements when, subsequent to the child’s or youth’s placement,
a determination is made by the interagency placement team and
shall consider the recommendations of the child and family team,
either that the child or youth is not in need of the care and services
provided by the certified program. The process shall include, but
not be limited to:

(1) Notice of the determination in writing to both the county
placing agency and the short-term residential treatment center or
foster family agency that provides intensive and therapeutic
treatment.

(2) Notice of the county’s plan, and a time frame, for removal
of the child or youth in writing to the short-term residential
treatment center or foster family agency that provides intensive
and therapeutic treatment.

(3) Referral to an appropriate placement.

(4) Actions to be taken if a child or youth is not timely removed
from the short-term residential treatment center or foster family
agency that provides intensive and therapeutic treatment or placed
in an appropriate placement.

(r) (1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a short-term
residential treatment center or foster family agency from accepting
private placements of children or youth.

(2) When a referral is not from a public agency and no public
funding is involved, there is no requirement for public agency
review nor determination of need.

(3) Children and youth subject to paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
have been determined to be seriously emotionally disturbed, as
described in subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3, and subject to
Section 1502.4 of the Health and Safety Code, by a licensed mental
health professional, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 4096.

(s) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.

begin insert

begin insert SEC. 7. end insert   

end insert

begin insert Section 15610.47 of the end insert begin insert Welfare and Institutions Code end insert

begin insert is amended to read: end insert

15610.47.  

“Long-term care facility” means any of the
following:

(a) Any long-term health care facility, as defined in subdivision
(a) of Section 1418 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) Any community care facility, as defined in begin delete paragraphs (1)
and (2) end delete begin insert subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) end insert of subdivision
(a) of Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code, whether licensed
or unlicensed.

(c) Any swing bed in an acute care facility, or any extended
care facility.

(d) Any adult day health care facility as defined in subdivision
(b) of Section 1570.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

(e) Any residential care facility for the elderly as defined in
Section 1569.2 of the Health and Safety Code.

begin delete SEC. 6. end delete

begin insert SEC. 8. end insert   

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.