Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 76303 - Discharge Planning

(a) The facility shall designate a member of the staff, as a client discharge planning coordinator to ensure that each client has a planned program for continuing care.

(1) This person shall be a member of the client's interdisciplinary team required by Section 76311.

(b) Policies and procedures shall describe the discharge planning function, and include at least the following:

(1) Determination of client's potential for discharge shall be made and documented in the individual program plan within the first 30 days of admission and reevaluated semiannually thereafter.

(2) Development of a current listing of community resources available to the facility, the client, client's parent or authorized representative and the attending physician. This listing shall include the level of care or services offered by each resource and shall be made available for review by each client or client's authorized representative upon request and at the time of semiannual review.

(c) If a client's case management responsibility is vested in a regional center, the regional center shall have responsibility for the discharge planning function of the client. A copy of the discharge plan shall be included in the client's record in the facility.

(d) Provisions of this section shall not apply to court committed clients for whom the responsibility for release is not vested in the facility or in a regional center.

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Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 76303

Note: Authority cited: Section 208(a), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1276, Health and Safety Code.