1. A. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall adopt minimum standards for program certification for residential care homes operating as community residential mental health programs as provided in this section. The standards shall be adopted as rules and promulgated by the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.
2. B. The program certification standards adopted by the Board shall provide for a system of classification of community residential mental health programs based upon the level of care required by residents of the facility and establish minimum program certification standards for each classification. The program certification standards adopted by the Board for each classification shall be such that residential care facilities having a valid contract with the Department and licensed by the State Department of Health on July 1, 1988, shall be qualified and eligible for program certification within an appropriate classification.
3. C. The Department shall not enter into a contract with a residential care home unless such home is certified as a community residential mental health program. The Department shall terminate the contract of any home that fails to meet contract provisions regarding financial statements.

Added by Laws 1988, HB 1564, c. 283, § 20, eff November 1, 1988; Amended by Laws 1990, SB 866, c. 51, § 74, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990; Amended by Laws 1991, SB 132, c. 301, § 8, emerg. eff. July 1, 1991; Amended by Laws 2003, HB 1266, c. 46, § 16, emerg. eff. April 8, 2003 (superseded document available).