CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [5900. - 5912.]

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 89, Sec. 198.

§§ 5900–5912 · 11 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Legislative Findings and Intent §§ 5900–5901 · 2 sections

   • § 5900 This part is intended to organize and finance mental health services in skilled nursing facilities designated as institutions for mental disease, in a way that…
   • § 5901 (a) The Legislature finds that the following issues relating to program operation must be resolved prior to the full assumption of responsibility for…
2. ARTICLE 2. Interim Contracting Mechanism §§ 5902–5903.5 · 3 sections

   • § 5902 (a) In the 1991–92 fiscal year, funding sufficient to cover the cost of the basic level of care in institutions for mental disease at the rate established by…
   • § 5903 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Client” means an individual who is all of the following: (A) A person with a…
   • § 5903.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may liquidate accounts receivable from individual clients or payees of clients from institution for…
3. ARTICLE 3. Procedures for the Transfer of Responsibility from the State to the Counties §§ 5907–5912 · 6 sections

   • § 5907 No later than January 1, 1992, the director, in consultation with the California Conference of Local Mental Health Directors and representatives of…
   • § 5908 On or before October 1, 1992, and in each following year, the counties contracting directly with the facility shall inform the facility of any intent to modify…
   • § 5909 (a) The Director of Health Care Services shall retain the authority and responsibility to monitor and approve special treatment programs in skilled nursing…
   • § 5910 Nothing in this article shall preclude two or more counties from establishing a single agreement with a facility, or group of facilities, for the purchase of…
   • § 5911 A county or group of counties, by agreement, may expand services into additional facilities utilizing any funds available to the county or counties for that…
   • § 5912 (a) As long as contracts require institutions for mental disease to continue to be licensed and certified as skilled nursing facilities by the State Department…