(a) The
licensee shall develop, maintain, and implement intake procedures which meet
the requirements specified in this section.
(b) When a child is being considered for
nonemergency placement in a group home, the following requirements shall be met
prior to the child's placement in the home.
(1) The information specified in Sections
80070(b)(1) through (5), (7), (8) and
(10), and Sections
84070(b)(1) through (13) and
(18) shall be obtained from the placement
agency, if any, or from the child's authorized representative(s).
(A) If the information is not completed by a
placement agency, the licensee shall make telephone and/or written requests for
the information to the child's placement agency and/or authorized
representative; and shall record and retain the details of those
requests.
(B) If the information is
not received within 15 days of the requests specified in (A) above, the
licensee shall obtain the information necessary to complete a standard
appraisal form from other sources.
(C) When the information is received, social
work staff shall complete a standard appraisal for the child on a form approved
and/or furnished by the licensing agency.
(2) The needs and services plan shall be
completed as specified in Section
84068.2.
(3) The information specified in (1) and (2)
above shall be reviewed by the social work staff to determine whether the
facility can provide the services necessary to meet the child's needs.
(A) If it is determined that the facility
cannot provide necessary services, applicable discharge procedures specified in
Sections
84068.4(b), (c), and
(e); and 84070(d) through (d)(3) shall be
followed.
(4) If the
child is accepted for placement, the following requirements shall be met:
(A) An admission agreement shall be completed
and signed as specified in Section
80068.
(B) The administrator or their designee, and
the child and/or their authorized representative(s), shall sign copies of the
removal and/or discharge policies and procedures specified in Section
84068.4(a); of
the discipline policies and procedures specified in Section
84072.1(a); and
of the complaint procedures specified in Section
84072.2(a), to
verify the receipt of such information.
(C) Information specified in Sections
80070 and
84070 necessary to complete the
child's file shall be obtained.
1. Satisfy
authorizaton requirements specified in Section
84070(b)(15) if
the child is currently taking psychotropic medications.
(D) Needs and services plan requirements
specified in Section
84068.2 which were not addressed
on the standard appraisal form, if used, shall be met.
(c) If the child is
placed in the facility under emergency circumstances, the licensee shall ensure
that the following requirements are met:
(1)
Placement of the child in the facility shall not result in the facility
exceeding its licensed capacity.
(2) The admission agreement and other
procedures specified in (b)(4)(A) and (B) above shall be completed no later
than seven days following the emergency placement.
(3) If it is determined, following emergency
placement of the child in the facility, that the facility cannot continue to
provide necessary services, applicable discharge procedures specified in
Sections
84068.4(b), (c) and
(e); and 84070(d) through (d)(3) shall be
followed.
(4) If the child is
continued in placement, the following requirements shall be met no later than
30 days following the emergency placement:
(A)
Information specified in Sections
84070(b) and
84068.2 shall be
obtained.
(B) The information
specified in (A) above, and the needs and services plan specified in Section
84068.2, shall be reviewed by
social work staff to determine whether the facility can continue to provide
services necessary to meet the child's needs.
(C) The admission agreement shall be modified
as specified in Section
80068(d), if
necessary.
Notes
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, §
84068.1
Note: Authority cited: Section 1530, Health and Safety
Code. Reference: Sections 1501 and 1531, Health and Safety Code; and Section
16001.9, Welfare and Institutions Code.
Note: Authority cited: Section
1530,
Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
1501
and
1531,
Health and Safety Code.
1. New
subsection (b)(4)(C)1. filed 5-20-2020; operative
7/1/2020
(Register
2020, No. 21).
2. Amendment of subsections (b)(1),
(b)(4)(B) and (b)(4)(C)1. and amendment of Note filed 3-1-2024; operative
7/1/2024
(Register
2024, No. 9).