Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) Before July 1, 2024, the department shall take the following steps: (1) Conduct a stakeholder engagement process to inform the department in the development and implementation of a transition plan and defined milestones to guide the transition of Child Health and Disability P…

The Legislature finds and declares that many physical and mental disabilities can be prevented, or their impact on an individual lessened, when they are identified and treated before they become chronic and irreversible damage occurs. The Legislature finds and declares that a com…

As used in this article and Section 120475: (a) “State board” means the State Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Board. (b) “Department” means the department. (c) “Director” means the director. (d) “Governing body” means the county board of supervisors or boards of supervisor…

(a) Commencing July 1, 2003, all applications for services under the Child Health and Disability Prevention program shall be filed electronically in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 14011.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (b) To implement the program described in …

The department shall administer this article and Section 120475 and shall adopt minimum standards for the approval of community child health and disability prevention programs and regulations as necessary. The standards shall allow necessary flexibility in the administration of c…

(a) The governing body of each county or counties shall establish a community child health and disability prevention program for the purpose of providing early and periodic assessments of the health status of children in the county or counties by July 1, 1974. However, this shall…

A city that operates an independent health agency may elect to provide the services described in this article with the approval of the department. In this instance, the powers granted a governing body of a county shall be vested in the governing body of the city. (Added by Stats.…

Each community child health and disability program shall have a director meeting qualification standards by the department, appointed by the governing body, except for counties contracting with the state for health services. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective Janua…

Any community child health and disability prevention program may contract to furnish services to any other county if the contract is approved by the director. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on or after July 1, 2024, pu…

(a) On or before September 15 of each year, each county program director shall submit a budget update for the subsequent fiscal year that provides the following information: (1) A summary of the previous year’s activity, including the number of children screened, the number of ch…

Counties shall be reimbursed for the amount required by the county to carry out its community child health and disability prevention program in accordance with the approved community child health and disability prevention plan. Claims for state reimbursement shall be made in the …

Counties shall be reimbursed for the amount required by the county to carry out its community child health and disability prevention program in accordance with the approved community child health and disability prevention plan. Claims for state reimbursement shall be made in a ma…

(a) In order to ensure the maximum utilization of the California Medical Assistance Program and other potential reimbursement sources, the department shall develop a schedule and method of reimbursement at reasonable rates for services rendered pursuant to this article. The reimb…

The department may contract with a private entity for the performance of processing claims for state reimbursement, so long as the cost of the contract is no more than 85 percent of the cost of the service if performed in state service and there is compliance with other applicabl…

On and after July 1, 1976, each child eligible for services under this article shall, within 90 days after entrance into the first grade, provide a certificate approved by the department to the school where the child is to enroll documenting that within the prior 18 months the ch…

Any child between birth and 90 days after entrance into the first grade and all persons under 21 years of age who are eligible for the California Medical Assistance Program shall be eligible for services from the child health and disabilities prevention program in the county wher…

Each community child health and disability prevention program shall provide the child or his or her parent or guardian with a copy of the results of the health screening and evaluation, as well as an explanation of the meaning of the results, and shall, where the need indicates, …

(a) In cooperation with the county child health and disability prevention program, the governing body of every school district or private school that has children enrolled in kindergarten shall provide information to the parents or guardians of all children enrolled in kindergart…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Hughes Children’s Health Enforcement Act.” (b) The Legislature recognizes the importance of health to learning and to a successful academic career. The Legislature also recognizes the important role of schools in ensuring t…

All information and results of the health screening and evaluation of each child shall be confidential and shall not be released without the informed consent of a parent or guardian of the child. The results of the health screening and evaluation shall not be released to any publ…

This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, or on the date certified by the department pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 124024, whichever date is later, and shall be repealed on January 1 of the year following the inoperative date. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, …

(a) The director shall require as a condition precedent to the issuance of any license or special permit for a community care facility, if the licensee or holder of a special permit handles or will handle any money of a person within the community care facility, that the applican…

The director may grant a partial or total variance from the bonding requirements of Section 1560 for any community care facility if he finds that compliance with them is so onerous that a community care facility will cease to operate, and if he also finds that money of the person…

(a) The department shall ensure that operators and staff of community care facilities have appropriate training to provide the care and services for which a license or certificate is issued. The section shall not apply to a facility licensed as an Adult Residential Facility for P…

(a) The department shall license short-term residential therapeutic programs, as defined in paragraph (18) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, pursuant to this chapter. A short-term residential therapeutic program shall comply with all requirements of this chapter that are applic…

(a) The department may license a short-term residential therapeutic program operating as a children’s crisis residential program pursuant to this chapter. A children’s crisis residential program shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) If the program serves both children…

(a) The department shall establish regulations for short-term residential therapeutic programs that are operated as children’s crisis residential programs. At a minimum, the regulations shall include all of the following: (1) Therapeutic programming shall be provided seven days a…

(a) For purposes of this section “adult residential facility” means a facility licensed as an adult residential facility pursuant to this chapter. (b) (1) In addition to the notification requirements provided for in Section 1562.2, a licensee of an adult residential facility shal…

(a) (1) If a licensee who is also the owner of an adult residential facility notifies the city and county of an intent to sell the property, as required by Section 1562.2, the licensee shall give the city or county the first opportunity to make an offer to purchase the property, …

(a) A licensee of an adult residential facility shall notify the city and county in which the facility is located of a proposed closure, including whether the licensee intends to sell the property or business, no later than 180 days before its proposed closure, or as soon as prac…

(a) The department, in consultation with the Director of Health Care Services and the Director of Developmental Services, shall establish a training program to ensure that licensees, operators, and staffs of adult residential facilities, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including, but not limited to Section 1562.3, vendors approved by the department who exclusively provide either initial or continuing education courses for certification of administrators of an adult residential facility as defined by the …

Any person who becomes an administrator of an adult residential facility, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502, on or after July 1, 1996, shall, at a minimum, fulfill all of the following requirements: (a) Be at least 21 years of age. (b) Provide documen…

(a) The director shall ensure that, within six months after obtaining licensure, an administrator of an adult residential facility and a program director of a social rehabilitation facility shall receive four hours of training on the needs of residents who may be infected with th…

(a) The administrator of an adult residential care facility that provides services for residents who have mental illness shall ensure that a written intake assessment is prepared by a licensed mental health professional prior to acceptance of the client. This assessment may be pr…

(a) The department shall ensure that licensing personnel at the department have appropriate training to properly carry out this chapter. (b) The department shall institute a staff development and training program to develop among departmental staff the knowledge and understanding…

(a) No individual who has ever been convicted of a sex offense against a minor shall reside in a community care facility that is within one mile of an elementary school. (b) Any community care facility which is located within one mile of an elementary school shall obtain from eac…

(a) A facility shall have an emergency and disaster plan that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Evacuation procedures, including identification of an assembly point or points that shall be included in the facility sketch. (2) Plans for the facility t…

In addition to any other requirement of this chapter, an adult day program, as defined in Section 1502, shall have an emergency and disaster plan that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) Evacuation procedures. (b) Transportation arrangements. (c) A contact …

(a) As an alternative to the criminal penalties provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 42400) of Chapter 4 in any case involving a gasoline cargo tank subject to Article 5 (commencing with Section 41950), if it appears that any person has violated any provision of this pa…

Proof of correction shall consist either of a verification pursuant to Section 41972 or of a certification by an authorized representative of one of the following agencies that the alleged violation has been corrected: (a) The state board. (b) The State Fire Marshal. (c) The dist…

(a) Proof of correction by verification shall consist of a verification by the owner or operator of the gasoline cargo tank that the alleged violation has been corrected. The owner or operator shall notify the agency which issued the notice to appear at least 24 hours in advance …

Each day that a gasoline cargo tank, which is the subject of a notice to appear issued pursuant to this article, is operated without correction of such violation subsequent to the date of the notice shall constitute a separate offense subject to the penalties provided in Article …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), Article 3 (commencing with Section 42400) of Chapter 4 shall apply to any gasoline cargo tank subject to Article 5 (commencing with Section 41950). (b) The other provisions of this article shall not apply to any gasoline cargo tank viola…

Annually, on or before the first day of August the district board shall furnish to the board of supervisors and the county auditor a written statement of the amount necessary to pay the interest on bonds for that year, and the portion of the principal that is to become due before…

The board of supervisors of the county shall annually, at the time and in the manner of levying other county taxes, levy and cause to be collected a tax upon the taxable real property in the district, based upon the last equalized assessment roll of the county sufficient to pay t…