California Health and Safety Code 1507.5 – (a) In-home medical care and home and community-based services, …
(a) In-home medical care and home and community-based services, as described in subdivisions (t) and (u) of § 14132 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may, when deemed medically appropriate by the State Department of Health Services, be provided by a licensed home health agency to children with special medical needs, as defined by the State Department of Health Services, in foster family homes. For children described in this section, these medical services shall not be considered as a substantial component of the services provided by the licensee for the purposes of Section 1507. To be eligible under this section for placement in a foster home, a child shall be receiving medical supervision and medical case management by an agent designated by the State Department of Health Services.
(b) No more than two children eligible for services under this section may be placed in a single licensed foster family home at one time.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1507.5
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Foster family home: means any residential facility providing 24-hour care for six or fewer foster children that is owned, leased, or rented and is the residence of the foster parent or parents, including their family, in whose care the foster children have been placed. See California Health and Safety Code 1502
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
- state department: means the State Department of Social Services. See California Health and Safety Code 1502
(c) The State Department of Social Services and its agents shall not evaluate or have any responsibility or liability for the evaluation of the medical services described in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1175, Sec. 2.)