ARTICLE 5. California Children’s Services

Article 5 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8.

§§ 123800–123995 · 45 sections

§ 123800 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Robert W. Crown California Children’s Services Act.
§ 123805 The department shall establish and administer a program of services for physically defective or handicapped persons under the age of 21 years, in cooperation…
§ 123810 The department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the State Department of Benefit…
§ 123815 The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, equipment, and supplies held for the benefit or use of the Director of Benefit…
§ 123820 All officers and employees of the Director of Benefit Payments who on July 1, 1978, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees,…
§ 123822 All claims for services provided under this article shall be submitted to the state fiscal intermediary for payment no later than January 1, 1999. The State…
§ 123825 It is the intent of the Legislature through this article to provide, to the extent practicable, for the necessary medical services required by physically…
§ 123830 “Handicapped child,” as used in this article, means a physically defective or handicapped person under the age of 21 years who is in need of services. The…
§ 123835 (a) The department shall keep the California Children’s Services (CCS) program abreast of advances in medical science, leading to the inclusion of other…
§ 123840 “Services,” as used in this article, means any or all of the following: (a) Expert diagnosis. (b) Medical treatment. (c) Surgical treatment. (d) Hospital care.…
§ 123845 “California Children’s Services Program,” as used in this article, means the program of services established and operated pursuant to this article.
§ 123850 (a) (1) The board of supervisors of each county shall designate the county department of public health or the county department of social welfare as the…
§ 123853 (a) The department may enter into contracts with one or more manufacturers on a negotiated or bid basis as the purchaser, but not the dispenser or distributor,…
§ 123855 The department or designated county agency shall cooperate with, or arrange through, local public or private agencies and providers of medical care to seek out…
§ 123860 In accordance with applicable regulations of the United States Children’s Bureau, the department and designated county agencies shall provide a diagnosis for…
§ 123865 If the parents or estate of a handicapped child is wholly or partly unable to furnish for the child necessary services, the parents or guardian may apply to…
§ 123870 (a) The department shall establish standards of financial eligibility for treatment services under the California Children’s Services Program (CCS program).…
§ 123872 In addition to the other eligibility requirements set forth in this article, prior to being determined financially eligible for services under this article,…
§ 123875 If the California Children’s Service medical therapy unit conference team, based on a medical referral recommending medically necessary occupational or…
§ 123880 The department and designated agencies shall not deny eligibility or aid under the California Children’s Services Program because an otherwise eligible person…
§ 123885 Panel members as set forth in Section 123880 shall be board-certified and have expertise in the care of children.
§ 123890 (a) The state department shall not deny a hospital’s request to provide treatment to burn victims who are eligible under the California Children’s Services…
§ 123895 The designated agency shall determine the financial eligibility of the family according to standards established by the department. The agency will also…
§ 123900 (a) Beginning September 1, 1991, in addition to any other standards of eligibility pursuant to this article, each family with a child otherwise eligible to…
§ 123905 A county of under 200,000 population, administering its county program jointly with the department, shall forward to the department a statement certifying the…
§ 123910 The department may, without the possession of a county certification, pay the expenses for services required by any physically handicapped child out of any…
§ 123915 When the department provides, or arranges for the provision of, services to physically handicapped children directly, as in the case of nonresident physically…
§ 123920 Upon the request of another state or of a federal agency, the department may pay the expenses of services required by any physically handicapped child who is…
§ 123925 The department and designated agencies shall maintain surveillance and supervision over the services provided handicapped children under authorization by the…
§ 123929 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and Section 14133.05 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, California Children’s Services Program services…
§ 123930 This article does not authorize any treatment service without the written consent of a parent or guardian except as a person under 18 years of age is an…
§ 123935 A handicapped child shall not be denied services pursuant to this article because he or she has an intellectual disability.
§ 123940 (a) (1) Annually, the board of supervisors shall appropriate a sum of money for services for handicapped children of the county, including diagnosis,…
§ 123945 For those counties with a total appropriation of county funds not exceeding one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000), and upon the expenditure of…
§ 123950 The designated county agency shall administer the medical-therapy program in local public schools for physically handicapped children. As provided in Section…
§ 123955 (a) The state and the counties shall share in the cost of administration of the California Children’s Services program at the local level. (b) (1) The director…
§ 123960 The department shall require of participating local governments the provision of program data including, but not limited to, the number of children treated,…
§ 123965 A handicapped child placed for adoption, determined to be financially eligible for care at the time of placement, shall not be denied services pursuant to this…
§ 123970 The department and the placing adoption agency at the time of placement shall notify all prospective adopting parents in writing, that funds received under the…
§ 123975 (a) The department, in consultation with selected representatives of participating neonatal intensive care units, shall establish a system to screen all…
§ 123980 If the recipient of services provided by the California Children’s Services Program, his or her guardian, conservator, personal representative, estate, or…
§ 123982 Except as otherwise provided by law, the amount of any judgment, award, or settlement relating to a medical condition for which treatment services have been…
§ 123985 (a) A bone marrow transplant for the treatment of cancer shall be reimbursable under this article, when all of the following conditions are met: (1) The bone…
§ 123990 The department shall adopt regulations to implement the amendments of this article in 1991. The adoption of the regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency,…
§ 123995 (a) The department shall require all applicants to the program who may be eligible for cash grant assistance or for Medi-Cal benefits to apply for Medi-Cal.…