1. (a) Regional centers shall purchase Habilitation services, pursuant to Title 17, Section 54310, only from vendored work activity programs or supported employment programs, or both.
2. (b) Habilitation services providers who, on July 1, 2004, are engaged in providing work activity or supported employment services to consumers shall be deemed to be vendored by the appropriate regional center effective that date provided the habilitation program meets the requirements pursuant to Section 54310.
3. (c) Vendors approved pursuant to (b) shall have until July 1, 2005 to submit to the vendoring regional center an approved program design pursuant to Section 58811.
4. (d) Regional centers shall vendor additional Habilitation services providers, pursuant to the requirements of Title 17, Sections 54310 and 54351, upon verifying that an applicant for vendorization is appropriately accredited and/or certified.
5. (e) The regional center shall make available to existing, new and developing vendors information regarding the statutes and regulations, as developed by the Department.

6. (f) Within four (4) years of the effective date of vendorization, Habilitation services providers must become CARF accredited. The service provider shall distribute copies of any CARF accreditation reports to the vendoring regional center(s), DOR and the Department within thirty (30) days of receipt of such report(s). The regional center may purchase services from a service provider who is not CARF accredited if the service provider meets the following conditions:

   1. (1) Demonstrates that the program is in compliance with the DOR certification standards, to allow a period for becoming CARF accredited: and
   2. (2) Commits, in writing, to apply within three years for accreditation by CARF in the service categories appropriate to their program type(s) as a condition of continued vendorization.

Note: Authority cited: Section 11152, Government Code; and Section 4866, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 4857.1, 4861(c) and 4861(d), Welfare and Institutions Code.

History

1. New article 2 (sections 58810-58812) and section filed 7-22-2004 as an emergency; operative 7-22-2004 (Register 2004, No. 30). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-19-2004 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) (Register 2004, No. 49).

3. New article 2 (sections 58810-58812) and section refiled 11-29-2004 as an emergency; operative 11-29-2004 (Register 2004, No. 49). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-29-2005 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

4. New article 2 (sections 58810-58812) and section refiled 3-30-2005 as an emergency; operative 3-30-2005 (Register 2005, No. 13). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-28-2005 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

5. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-30-2005 order, including amendment of subsection (f) and new subsections (f)(1)-(2), transmitted to OAL 6-21-2005 and filed 8-1-2005; amendments operative 8-31-2005 (Register 2005, No. 31).