California Health and Safety Code

§ 1538.9

HSC § 1538.9 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)(1) (A) The department shall consult with the State Department of Health Care Services and stakeholders to establish a methodology for identifying those group homes providing care under the AFDC-FC program pursuant to Sections 11460 and 11462 of the Welfare and Institutions Code that have levels of psychotropic drug utilization warranting additional review. The methodology shall be adopted on or before July 1, 2016.

(B)Every three years after adopting the methodology developed under subparagraph (A), or earlier if needed, the department shall consult with the State Department of Health Care Services and stakeholders and revise the methodology, if necessary.

(2)If the department, applying the methodology described in paragraph (1), determines that a facility appears to have levels of psychotropic drug utilization warranting additional review, it shall inspect the facility at least once a year.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 341, Sec. 9. (AB 1235) Effective January 1, 2020.