(a) Each new or renewal application for a license for a psychiatric health facility shall be accompanied by a fee credited to the State Department of Health Care Services for its costs incurred in the review of psychiatric health facility programs, in connection with the licensing of these facilities. The amount of the fees shall be determined and collected by the State Department of Health Care Services, but the total amount of the fees collected shall not exceed the actual costs of licensure and review of psychiatric health facility programs, including, but not limited to, the costs of processing the application, inspection costs, and other related costs.

(b) New or renewal licensure application fees for psychiatric health facilities shall be collected by the State Department of Health Care Services.

(c) The annual fees shall be waived for any psychiatric health facility conducted, maintained, or operated by this state or any state department, authority, bureau, commission, or officer, or by the Regents of the University of California, or by a local hospital district, city, county, or city and county.

(d) If additional private psychiatric health facilities seek new licensure on or after January 1, 1991, the State Department of Health Care Services may increase the fees for all private psychiatric health facilities with more than nine beds sufficient to accommodate the increased level of workload and costs.

(e) (1) Any licensee desiring to obtain a special permit to offer and provide structured outpatient services shall file an application with the State Department of Health Care Services.

(2) The application for a special permit, if any, shall be submitted with each new or renewal application for a license for a psychiatric health facility, and shall be accompanied by a reasonable fee, as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services, not to exceed the actual costs of administration related to the special permit. An application for a special permit submitted by a psychiatric health facility operated by a public entity shall be exempt from the fee required pursuant to this section for the issuance of the special permit.

(3) The State Department of Health Care Services shall not issue a special permit unless the applicant furnishes all of the following:

(A) Its annual licensing fee required pursuant to subdivision (a).

(B) A completed application submitted on forms furnished by the department.

(C) A written agreement ensuring that the facility will have additional staffing for the services to be provided under the special permit, that the additional staffing will meet the same professional standards as required by regulation for inpatient services, and that a coordinator of these services will be appointed.

(D) Any other information or documentation as may be required by the department for its proper and efficient administration and enforcement of special permit services.

(4) The provision of structured outpatient services pursuant to a special permit may be as an alternative to admission to inpatient services, as aftercare services following discharge from inpatient care, or as both.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 23, Sec. 10. (AB 82) Effective June 27, 2013.)