(a) Mental health rehabilitation centers shall only be licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services subsequent to application by counties, county contract providers, or other organizations. In the application for a mental health rehabilitation center, program evaluation measures shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) That the clients placed in the facilities show improved global assessment scores, as measured by preadmission and postadmission tests.
(2) That the clients placed in the facilities demonstrate improved functional behavior as measured by preadmission and postadmission tests.
(3) That the clients placed in the facilities have reduced medication levels as determined by comparison of preadmission and postadmission records.
(b) The State Department of Health Care Services shall conduct annual licensing inspections of mental health rehabilitation centers.
(c) All regulations relating to the licensing of mental health rehabilitation centers, heretofore adopted by the State Department of Mental Health, or its successor, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable by the State Department of Health Care Services with respect to any facility or program required to be licensed as a mental health rehabilitation center, unless and until readopted, amended, or repealed by the Director of Health Care Services. The State Department of Health Care Services shall succeed to and be vested with all duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Department of Mental Health, and its successor, if any, as they relate to licensing mental health rehabilitation centers.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 23, Sec. 43. (AB 82) Effective June 27, 2013.)
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