California Administrative Code

Art therapist means a person who is registered or eligible for registration as an art therapist with the American Art Therapy Association.

The Department shall enforce utilization review by counties of Short-Doyle funded acute inpatient psychiatric services through the following means: (a) Review and approval/disapproval of the utilization review plans; (b) Onsite visits to evaluate required systems, audit clinical …

“Self-employment Setting” means an employment setting in which an eligible individual works in a chosen occupation, for profit or fee, in his or her own small business, with control and responsibility for decisions affecting the conduct of the business.

Upon a determination, based on the hearing officer's proposed decision, that a recipient has violated this Subchapter, the Department, in addition to remedies provided by other laws, shall terminate all or part of the recipient's state financial assistance.

(a) Each mental health treatment program shall develop and implement written admission and discharge policies approved by the Governing Body encompassing which staff members authorized by law to diagnose and treat may admit or discharge inmate-patients, the types of diagnoses for…

(a)(1) The Medicare Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (“MPPR”) for “Always Therapy” Codes shall be applied when more than one of the following codes is billed on the same day: codes on the Medicare “Always Therapy” list, acupuncture codes, chiropractic manipulation codes. (2) …

(a) In the event that structural changes to facilities are necessary to meet the provisions of Section 10874, a recipient shall develop within six months of the effective date of this section, a transition plan setting forth the steps necessary to complete such changes. The plan …

Payment may be made under the fee schedule for specific medical and surgical services furnished by the anesthesiologist as long as these services are reasonable and medically necessary and provided that other rebundling and ground rule provisions do not preclude separate payment.…

A female ward in a facility setting who is found to be pregnant and desiring an abortion shall be permitted to determine her eligibility for an abortion pursuant to law, including Article 2, Chapter 2, Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code, and, when determined to be eligibl…

(a) Each MHP shall establish individual, group, and organizational provider selection criteria that comply with the requirements of this Section, the terms of the contract between the MHP and the Department, and the MHP's Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1810.310. (b) In s…

(a) The purpose and intent of this article is: (1) To provide an organized and equitable method to serve individuals with disabilities, if it is anticipated that all eligible individuals who apply for vocational rehabilitation services cannot be served, by: (A) determining the ne…

Mental health treatment programs that provide acute 24-hour mental health care shall meet the following dedicated full-time equivalent staff to census ratios for only acute inmate-patients in any 24-hour period. These are minimum requirements of the total numbers of persons to st…

(a) Each recipient shall permit access by representatives of the Department during normal business hours to its books, records, accounts, other sources of information, and its facilities as may be pertinent to ascertain compliance with Article 9.5. (b) Where any information requi…

“Psychiatric Health Facility Services” means therapeutic and/or rehabilitative services provided in a psychiatric health facility, other than a psychiatric health facility that has been certified by the Department as a Medi-Cal provider of inpatient hospital services, on an inpat…

(a) The independent medical review process may be terminated at any time upon notice by the claims administrator to the independent review organization that the disputed medical treatment has been authorized. (b)(1) Upon assignment of the disputed medical treatment for independen…

“Grievance” means a beneficiary's verbal or written expression of dissatisfaction about any matter other than a matter covered by an appeal as defined in Section 1810.203.5 filed through the MHP's grievance process as described in Sections 1850.205 and 1850.206 or a provider's gr…

(a) The mental health treatment program shall be only for inmate-patients with a diagnosable mental disorder who require 24-hour mental health care. (b) Each mental health treatment program shall have a clinical director who shall direct the clinical program, provide general dire…

The regulations contained in this Chapter shall apply to all individuals providing counseling services in an alcohol or other drug (AOD) program, to all organizations certifying AOD counselors, and to all AOD programs, as defined in Section 13005.

Disciplinary Decision Making System behaviors and dispositions are as follows: (a) Level A behaviors are rule violations or behaviors not requiring a recommendation for an extension of the ward's Parole Consideration Date (see Section 30815) to the Board. (b) Level A dispositions…

“Organizational provider” means a provider of specialty mental health services other than psychiatric inpatient hospital services or psychiatric nursing facility services that provides the services to beneficiaries through employed or contracting licensed mental health or waivere…

(a) Each mental health treatment program shall have a clinical director who shall be a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, licensed marriage, family and child counselor, or a psychiatric mental health nurse operating within his or her scope of li…

(a) A ward who allegedly commits an offense may be referred to court for prosecution under any of the following circumstances: (1) A ward's confinement time is near expiration and the staff believes that more confinement time is necessary for treatment or as discipline for his mi…

“Routine Hospital Services” means bed, board and all medical, nursing and other support services usually provided to an inpatient by a hospital. Routine hospital services do not include hospital-based ancillary services, psychiatrist or other physician services, or psychologist s…

A hearing officer shall voluntarily disqualify himself or herself and withdraw from any proceedings in which he or she has an interest. A party may request the disqualification of a hearing officer by filing an affidavit stating in detail the grounds upon which it is claimed that…

(a) Regardless of the approach selected by an eligible individual to develop an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) under Section 7129(a) of these regulations, each IPE must include the following mandatory components: (1) A description of the specific employment outcome, as …

(a) Within 24 hours of the time an alleged violations of the code of conduct specified in Section 13060 by a registrant or a certified AOD counselor becomes known to an AOD program, the program shall report it to the Department and to the registrant or counselor's certifying orga…

“Specialty Mental Health Services” means: (a) Rehabilitative Mental Health Services, including: (1) Mental health services; (2) Medication support services; (3) Day treatment intensive; (4) Day rehabilitation; (5) Crisis intervention; (6) Crisis stabilization; (7) Adult residenti…

(a) The MHP shall not require a hospital to obtain prior MHP payment authorization for an emergency admission, whether voluntary or involuntary. (b) The hospital providing emergency psychiatric inpatient hospital services shall assure that the beneficiary meets the criteria for m…

Upon approval of an Implementation Plan pursuant to Section 1810.310, the entity designated pursuant to Section 1810.305 shall enter into a contract with the Department. There is no obligation to pay by the Department absent an executed contract with the MHP, incorporating these …

“Cultural Competence” means a set of congruent practice skills, behaviors, attitudes and policies in a system, agency, or among those persons providing services that enables the system, agency, or those persons providing services to work effectively in cross cultural situations.

(a) The following tutorial services shall be provided when necessary for the successful outcome of the Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE): (1) Academic or vocational skills tutorial services as a supplement to training services specified in Sections 7154 through 7158. (2) O…

(a) Foster Home Placement. The Board shall approve foster home placement of any ward. This approval may be given in the referral order. A full board panel shall approve all orders for foster home placement in the home of a Youth Authority employee or a Youthful Offender Parole Bo…

“Day Rehabilitation” means a structured program of rehabilitation and therapy to improve, maintain or restore personal independence and functioning, consistent with requirements for learning and development, which provides services to a distinct group of individuals. Services are…

“Day Treatment Intensive” means a structured, multi-disciplinary program of therapy which may be an alternative to hospitalization, avoid placement in a more restrictive setting, or maintain the individual in a community setting, which provides services to a distinct group of ind…

(a) FFP for Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal hospitals shall be claimed through the Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal system in accordance with Section 1840.110. (b) FFP for Fee-For-Service/Medi-Cal hospitals shall be claimed by the State Department of Health Services in the same manner as FFP is claimed…

(a) The MHP shall enter into an MOU with any Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan that enrolls beneficiaries covered by the MHP. The MOU shall, at a minimum, address the following: (1) Referral protocols between plans, including: (A) How the MHP will provide a referral to the Medi-Cal mana…

“Implementation Plan” means a written description submitted to the Department by a prospective Mental Health Plan and approved by the Department that specifies the procedures that will be used by the Mental Health Plan to provide specialty mental health services to beneficiaries.

(a) At a minimum, a contract between an MHP and a provider shall meet federal contracting requirements as provided in Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 438.6(l), and shall include the following provisions: (1) Treatment requirements, as a condition for reimbursement,…

(a) Temporary Disability Notices. When an injury causes or is claimed to cause temporary disability: (1) Notice of First Temporary Disability Indemnity Payment. The first time the claims administrator pays temporary disability indemnity, the claims administrator shall advise the …

(a) The Vendor Training Program may be conducted when at least five individuals have been approved to enter and participate in the Vendor Training Program by meeting requirements established in Section 7212 of these regulations. However, the BEP Manager may approve the training f…

(a) The Business Enterprises Program for the Blind, hereafter BEP, may combine or consolidate two or more sites into a vending facility, one of which is a primary site, as defined in Section 7211(a)(36) of these regulations, and others that are satellite sites, as defined in Sect…

Crisis Residential Treatment Services are not reimbursable on days when the following services are reimbursed, except for day of admission to Crisis Residential Treatment Services: (a) Mental Health Services (b) Day Treatment Intensive (c) Day Rehabilitation (d) Psychiatric Inpat…

Every advertiser shall maintain the following records, at its principal place of business in California, of its business of providing workers' compensation services: (a) Complete financial records using generally accepted accounting principles, as defined by the American Institut…

§ 1785. Annual Report. [Repealed] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/IB5AD89335C2F11EC9C68000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.De…

(a) The Department shall issue a certificate of approval to applicants it approves to be a regional CTF provider. (b) The Department shall notify the California Department of Social Services in writing of the certification of the program of a specific applicant. (c) Mental health…

CROSS-REFERENCE: See Title 2, Division 9, Articles 1-9, Sections 60000-60610, not consecutive.

(a) Readers, notetakers, drivers and attendants shall be interviewed and approved by the client as adequately meeting his/her needs. (b) Drivers shall possess all of the following: (1) A valid California Driver's License. (2) An automobile or other appropriate motor vehicle. (3) …

(a) The program sponsor shall submit or cause to be submitted on its behalf to the Department an Initial Application Coversheet form DHCS 5014 (04/16) and written protocol, which shall serve as an application for licensure by the Department. The protocol shall include the followi…