California Administrative Code

(a) Prior to an admission to an adult residential facility or group home utilizing secured perimeters, the regional center shall conduct a comprehensive assessment and convene a planning team meeting to determine whether the consumer lacks hazard awareness or impulse control and …

(a) Each regional center shall provide information to the statewide specialized resource service on the adult residential facilities and group homes, including number of beds in each facility, approved for utilizing secured perimeters in its catchment area. (b) There shall be no …

(a) The regional center shall negotiate a contract with the FHA selected pursuant to Section 56080 which includes, but is not limited to: (1) A rate(s) of reimbursement for the FHA; and (2) A requirement that the vendor maintain service records to support all billing/invoicing as…

(a) The Department shall conduct a criminal record review of all persons specified in Welfare and Institutions Code Section 4689.2(c) and shall have the authority to approve or deny an application for vendorization as an FHA, or employment, residence, or presence in the family ho…

(a) The FHA shall employ sufficient staff with the combined experience, training and education to perform the following duties: (1) Administration of the FHA; (2) Recruitment of family homes; (3) Training of FHA staff and family homes; (4) Ensuring an appropriate match between th…

(a) The FHA may appeal the denial of an application for vendorization pursuant to Title 17, Section 54380. (b) The FHA may appeal sanctions imposed pursuant to Section 56095(f)(1) through (3) to the Director. (c) The FHA shall file a written appeal with the Director within 30 day…

(a) For the purposes of Sections 56096(d) and 56097(b)(3)(A), good cause for a failure to act includes but is not 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/o…

(a) Funding of a consumer's placement in a vendor's program shall be terminated when one or more of the following occur: (1) The regional center issues a written determination stating that continued participation jeopardized the consumer's health and safety; (2) The consumer or a…

(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 vendor shall conduct an annual review of its effectiveness in relation to the service design. This shall include a review of: (1) The ability of the vendor to meet the in-home respite needs of consumers served; (2) The aggregate data on: (A) The number of consumers served…

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 in the singular form include the plural form. Use of the word “shall” denotes mandatory conduct; “may” …

(a) As used in this Subchapter, the following words and phrases have the meanings specified in Section 56002. (1) Administrator; (2) Consumer; (3) Days; (4) Department; (5) Direct Care (DC) Staff; (6) Facility; (7) Individual Program Plan (IPP); (8) Personal and Incidental Allowa…

(a) Proposed residential rates shall be determined for a specific target fiscal year in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles pursuant to Article 5. (b) Payment of proposed rates is subject to appropriation of sufficient funds for that purpose in the Budget Act…

A provider of residential respite services shall be reimbursed pursuant to Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Section 57332(c)(6).

(a) The regional center shall request approval by the Department for the payment of usual and customary fees or prevailing rates. (b) At the Department's discretion, usual and customary fees or prevailing rates may be approved for facilities which meet the criteria in Section 560…

(a) When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) “Benefits” means health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, retirement plans, sick leave, bonus, paid vacation, holiday…

(a) If a vendor serves both consumers and persons other than consumers, the vendor shall: (1) Report only the program, cost and vendor income information related to services to consumers; and (2) Allocate its costs and vendor income to consumers and to other persons served by the…

(a) In order for the Department to establish a permanent payment rate, the vendor shall submit the following vendor income information: (1) The name of each vendor income source; (2) The total amount of vendor income received from each source; and (3) The duration of funding prov…

(a) Department review procedures are as follows: (1) For vendors whose temporary payment rates are being converted to permanent payment rates, and for vendors whose permanent payment rate is being established, the Department shall: (A) Within five days from receipt of the informa…

(a) For determining the mean and allowable range of rates, the Department shall review the program information reported pursuant to section 57433 to determine if the vendor's annual number of direct service hours actually provided to consumers is greater or less than the direct s…

(a) The temporary payment rate is determined using the same information and steps specified in sections 57510, 57511, 57512 and 57519 for establishing a permanent payment rate.

(a) Vendors of activity centers, adult development centers, behavior management programs and social recreation programs, may supplement their direct care staffing ratios for non-mobile consumers as specified in section 56756 (b). (b) For vendors specified in (a), effective July 1…

(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) 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) In order for the Department to establish a permanent payment rate for vendors whose temporary payment rate is being converted to a permanent payment rate, or for vendors whose permanent payment rate is being established, each vendor who agreed, pursuant to Section 57300(d) or…

(a) Department review procedures are as follows: (1) For vendors whose temporary payment rates are being converted to permanent payment rates, and for vendors whose permanent payment rate is being established, the Department shall: (A) Within five days from receipt of the informa…

(a) Step two in the process of determining a permanent payment rate is to compute an amount for each vendor within the group of like programs, based on allowable costs and direct service hours. For each vendor, the Department shall compute an amount by: (1) Determining the total …

(a) Step four in the process of determining a permanent payment rate is the computation of an allowable range of rates. The Department shall determine the upper and lower limits of the allowable range of rates as follows: (1) For Fiscal Year 1997-98 and each alternate fiscal year…

(a) Step five in the process of determining a permanent payment rate is to adjust the amount computed in step two, section 58111, for any money appropriated pursuant to the Budget Act, to fund the gap computed in Section 58320. The Department shall: (1) Convert the vendor's curre…

(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 58252(b) through (e). (b) If the mean is adjuste…

(a) For Fiscal Year 1997-98, and each alternate fiscal year thereafter, the Department shall establish permanent payment rates pursuant to sections 58100 through 58119, based upon the service, cost and vendor income information specified in sections 58033 through 58038, and as ap…

(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 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) Each regional center shall provide SLS orientation for any regional center staff assigned to SLS-related responsibilities, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Regional center policy-making; (2) Vendoring of SLS providers; (3) Resource development; (4) Supervisin…

(a) Each SLS vendor shall be responsible for SLS orientation of the SLS vendor's paid and unpaid staff, whose duties include the direction or supervision of SLS, or direct service delivery of the services defined in Title 17, Section 54349(a), (b), and (c). (b) SLS orientation fo…

(a) Through its ratesetting procedure, the Department shall allow increased costs incurred in the historical period for program expansion only if such costs for expansion were approved by the Department, in writing, prior to the expenditure. This policy shall apply only to major …

(a) A separate SLS vendor administration rate shall be limited to SLS Vendor Administration (Service Code 894), pursuant to Title 17, Section 54349(e). (b) The SLS vendor administration rate shall be: (1) Negotiated only with SLS vendors whose direct service rates are negotiated …

(a) “Admission” means a pupil's first attendance in a school or pre-kindergarten facility or re-entry after withdrawing from a previous enrollment. (1) “Unconditional admission” is admission based upon documented receipt of all required immunizations for the pupil's age or grade,…

(a) The approved Work Activity Program design shall specify the length of the program day during which consumers receive services, provided: (1) No approved design shall define a program day of less than five (5) hours, exclusive of the meal period.; (2) The program day shall not…

(a) All Work Activity Programs shall meet the requirements of Section 50604 and maintain consumer-specific records documenting daily service delivery in a manner that links regional center-paid services to the services specified in the consumer's IHSP. (b) All Work Activity Progr…

(a) Contents. The Draft and Final Environmental Impact Analyses shall contain the following: (1) A description of the project; (2) A description of the applicable environmental and regulatory setting for the project; (3) A discussion and consideration of environmental impacts, ad…

§ 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…