California Administrative Code

(a) The FHA shall issue a Certificate of Approval to each family home which has: (1) Completed the criminal record review required by Section 56085(a); (2) Been visited by the FHA as required by Section 56087(a); and (3) Met the criteria specified in Section 56087(a)(6) and (7). …

(a) Substantial inadequacies are the following: (1) Conditions posing a threat to the health and safety of any consumer, that are not considered an immediate danger as specified in Section 56053; (2) Provision of fewer direct care staff hours than are required by the facility's a…

(a) The regional center and the administrator shall meet to develop a written corrective action plan (CAP) within 10 working days of the identification and verification of a substantial inadequacy. (b) The CAP shall describe: (1) The substantial inadequacy and cite the statute, r…

(a) The regional center shall apply sanction(s) to the facility when: (1) A substantial inadequacy is not corrected within the time frame specified in the CAP developed pursuant to Section 56056; or (2) There are two findings of substantial inadequacy in the same facility within …

(a) Implementation of regional center actions during the appeal process shall occur as follows: (1) In the case of immediate danger, the action of the regional center shall remain in effect throughout the appeal process; (2) In the case of substantial inadequacies, corrective act…

As used in this Article: (a) “Lacks hazard awareness and impulse control” means the consumer's planning team has determined that the consumer poses a risk of harm to himself or herself or others by wandering off or running away from the residence and requires an enhancement to su…

The licensee of a residential facility for no more than 15 residents licensed as an adult residential facility or group home without any resident who is a foster child under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300, 450, 601 or 602 of the Welfare and Institu…

(a) Notwithstanding sections 56716 (b)(3) and/or (4) of these regulations, a consumer shall be eligible for placement in an adult day program pursuant to a determination of the ID Team that, while the consumer's needs exceed the level of service provided by the program, the IPP o…

In addition to the reasons specified in section 56718 (a), of these regulations, funding of a consumer's placement in a vendor's program shall also be terminated when a more appropriate program becomes available for consumers placed pursuant to section 56748 of these regulations.…

(a) In addition to the requirements specified in section 56722 of these regulations, if consumers perform chores or work for the vendor beyond the secondary tasks resulting from a planned activity during the vendor's direct service hours, both of the following conditions shall be…

(a) The director of an adult day program shall possess the following minimum qualifications: (1) A bachelor's degree and a minimum of 18 months of experience in the management of a human services delivery system; or (2) Five years of experience in a human services delivery system…

(a) A staffing ratio shall be approved for each adult day program by the Department pursuant to this section. This ratio shall be based on the program design, the curriculum as vendored, the characteristics and needs of the consumers to be served, and the number of consumers enro…

(a) Each fiscal year, the Department shall establish a payment rate for each vendor. (b) The appropriate like program for each vendor shall be determined based upon their service code and the staffing ratio approved by the Department pursuant to Section 56756 or 56772. (c) Each v…

(a) For Fiscal Year 1996-97, and each alternate fiscal year thereafter, the Department shall reestablish permanent payment rates that were established the previous fiscal year by adjusting those rates pursuant to sections 57515 and 57518. (b) The effective date of the reestablish…

(a) For Fiscal Year 1996-97, and each alternate fiscal year thereafter, the temporary payment rate established the previous fiscal year shall continue until the Department converts it to a permanent payment rate pursuant to Section 57652(b) through (e). (b) If the mean is adjuste…

(a) For Fiscal Year 1997-98, and each alternate fiscal year thereafter, new vendors requesting a rate shall receive a temporary payment rate established pursuant to sections 57520 and 57522, using the program information specified in section 57433 submitted by each new vendor by …

(a) For vendors receiving a permanent payment rate, the Department shall, upon receipt of the information which complies with Sections 57422, and 57433 through 57439, and by September 1, of each year, establish or reestablish the permanent payment rate and notify, in writing, eac…

(a) For vendors requesting a temporary payment rate, the Department shall within 30 days from receipt of program information that complies with section 57433, establish a temporary payment rate and notify, in writing, each vendor, the vendoring regional center, and utilizing regi…

(a) For vendors with a permanent payment rate whose amount computed in step two, section 57511(a)(1), is below the upper limit of the allowable range of rates computed in section 57513 the Department shall: (1) For each vendor, calculate the difference between step two, section 5…

(a) Each in-home respite services agency vendor shall submit the service, cost and vendor income information specified in Sections 58033 through 58038, and as applicable, the regional center payment information specified in Section 58039, on Form DS1897B, dated 12/92, entitled In…

(a) Once a payment rate for each community-based day program has been established by the Department, adjustments to that rate shall be considered by the Department, for either anticipated or unanticipated program changes, in accordance with (b) and (c). (b) Anticipated program ch…

(a) Within five days of receipt of the rate adjustment request from the vendor, the Department shall send a written notification to the vendoring regional center which shall indicate that the Department has received the rate adjustment request from the vendor. (b) Within 30 days …

(a) A vendor may appeal the following to the Department's Deputy Director who has the responsibility for setting rates: (1) Errors in program and/or cost and/or vendor income and/or, as applicable, regional center payment information submitted by the vendor which was utilized by …

(a) The appellant may appeal the Deputy Director's decision to the Director within 15 days after receipt of the written decision. The appeal shall be in writing and shall include the following: (1) All information submitted to the Deputy Director pursuant to section 57941(a); (2)…

The effective date of the decision rendered pursuant to Sections 57941 and 57942 shall be stated in the decision. The effective date shall be the date the Department received the appeal pursuant to Section 57940 or the date the costs are incurred, whichever is later.

(a) Regional centers shall reimburse the in-home respite service agency for respite worker travel costs for private vehicle travel or public transportation which is required in order for the respite worker to travel to and from and between respite sites. Travel costs shall also i…

(a) Once the Department has established a rate of reimbursement pursuant to Sections 58100 through 58119, for vendors whose temporary payment rate is being converted to a permanent payment rate and vendors whose permanent payment rate is being established or reestablished, or Sec…

(a) Existing in-home respite services agency vendors requesting a payment rate to provide new in-home respite services at an additional business address shall receive: (1) A temporary payment rate as specified in Section 58236, 58244 or 58254 if separate vendorization of the addi…

(a) The temporary payment rate shall continue until the Department converts it to a permanent payment rate pursuant to (b) through (e). (b) All vendors converting from a temporary payment rate to a permanent payment rate shall submit the service, cost and vendor income informatio…

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(a) By April 15, 1997, for Fiscal Year 1997-98, and by April 15 for each alternate fiscal year thereafter, the Department shall report the following to the Legislature: (1) The amount needed to fund the statewide fiscal impact of the gap including identification of the amount att…

(a) Once a payment rate for each in-home respite services agency vendor has been established by the Department, adjustments to that rate shall be considered by the Department, for either anticipated or unanticipated changes, in accordance with (b) and (c). (b) Anticipated changes…

(a) A vendor may appeal the following to the Department's Deputy Director who has the responsibility for setting rates: (1) Errors in service and/or cost and/or vendor income and/or, as applicable, regional center payment information submitted by the vendor which was utilized by …

(a) The appeal filed pursuant to section 58440 shall be in writing and shall include the following: (1) Vendor service information specified in section 58033 (a)(1) through (4); (2) Identification of the rate error or effective date being appealed; (3) The specific basis of the a…

(a) The appellant may appeal the Deputy Director's decision to the Director within 15 days after receipt of the written decision. The appeal shall be in writing and shall include the following: (1) All information submitted to the Deputy Director pursuant to section 58441(a); (2)…

(a) For the purposes of sections 58440 through 58444, good cause for a failure to act is limited to: (1) A violent act of nature, including, but not limited to, flood, earthquake, blizzard or fire; and/or (2) Arson, vandalism, and/or theft of records and/or property, by individua…

Words shall have their usual meaning unless the context or a definition clearly indicates a different meaning. Words used in their present tense include the future tense. Words used in the singular form include the plural form. Use of the word “shall” denotes mandatory conduct an…

(a) The following definitions shall apply to the regulations contained in this subchapter: (1) “Basis for Payment” means the method used to calculate and determine the rate of payment; (2) “Bid” means all the documents submitted by the bidder to the regional center in response to…

(a) The regional center shall purchase transportation service only when: (1) The transportation service is included in the consumer's IPP; (2) The vendor has a rate approved by the Department or the regional center; (3) Provision of the transportation service is not the responsib…

(a) The regional center shall retain, for three years after the termination of each contract for transportation service, a copy of the following documentation, as applicable: (1) The executed contract, if a written contract is required; (2) The RFP; (3) Each opened bid; (4) Docum…

(a) The vendor shall comply with Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Sections 54310 through 54390, prior to the regional center purchase of transportation service from the vendor. (b) The vendor shall not charge regional centers more for providing transportation service to …

(a) The following vendors shall meet the applicable standards in subsectors (b), (c) and (d) below: (1) Transportation Companies--Service Code 875, pursuant to Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Section 54342(a)(82); (2) Transportation--Additional Component--Service Code 8…

(a) A consumer shall have the right to qualify for SLS vendorization and to serve as his/her own SLS vendor. (b) No relative or conservator of a consumer shall serve as the SLS vendor for that consumer except when a determination has been made through the IPP process that: (1) Un…

(a) The following vendors shall retain the records specified in (b) below: (1) Transportation Companies--Service Code 875, pursuant to Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Section 54342(a)(82); (2) Transportation--Additional Component--Service Code 880, pursuant to Title 17,…

(a) A contract for transportation service between a regional center and a vendor shall be in writing, except as provided in subsection (b) below, and shall not exceed five years including all amendments. (b) The following shall not require written contracts: (1) Temporary transpo…

(a) Entities that are vendored, or meet the requirements for the following types of vendors, shall be eligible to submit a bid through the competitive procurement process: (1) Transportation Companies--Service Code 875, pursuant to Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Sectio…

(a) The regional center's RFP evaluation committee shall complete the following in the sequence indicated: (1) Review all bids to determine which bids, if any, meet the format and bid submission requirements specified in the RFP; (2) Review each bid which meets the format and bid…

(a) Transportation Assistant - Service Code 882, as described in Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Section 54342(a)(79), shall be paid a rate in accordance with the vendor's usual and customary rate. (b) Transportation - Medical - Service Code 885, as described in Title 1…

§ 450.16. Change of Business or Corporate Name. [Renumbered] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I67CA42735A1E11EC8227000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Category…