California Health and Safety Code

§ 1276.9

HSC § 1276.9 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)A special treatment program service unit distinct part shall have a minimum 2.3 nursing hours per patient per day.

(b)For purposes of this section, “special treatment program service unit distinct part” means an identifiable and physically separate unit of a skilled nursing facility or an entire skilled nursing facility that provides therapeutic programs to an identified population group of persons with mental health disorders.

(c)For purposes of this section, “nursing hours” means the number of hours of work performed per patient day by aides, nursing assistants, or orderlies, plus two times the number of hours worked per patient day by registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses (except directors of nursing in facilities of 60 or larger capacity), and, in the distinct part of facilities and freestanding facilities providing care for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health disorders, by licensed psychiatric technicians who perform direct nursing services for patients in skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities, except when the skilled nursing and intermediate care facility is licensed as a part of a state hospital.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 30. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.