California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 5902

WIC § 5902 Effective Jun 27, 2019Div. 5 · Part 5 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2

Statute text

(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 the State Department of Health Care Services shall be made available to the department for skilled nursing facilities, plus the rate established for special treatment programs. The department may authorize a county to administer institutions for mental disease services if the county with the consent of the affected providers makes a request to administer services and an allocation is made to the county for these services. The department shall continue to contract with these providers for the services necessary for the operation of the institutions for mental disease.

(b)In the 1992–93 fiscal year, the department shall consider county-specific requests to continue to provide administrative services relative to institutions for mental disease facilities when no viable alternatives are found to exist.

(c)(1) By October 1, 1991, the department, in consultation with the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California and the California Association of Health Facilities, shall develop and publish a county-specific allocation of institutions for mental disease funds that will take effect on July 1, 1992.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 142. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.