Section 14526.1.
Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 14526.1.
in effect(a)
Initial and subsequent treatment authorization requests may be granted for up to six calendar months.
(b)
Treatment authorization requests shall be initiated by the adult day health care center, and shall include all of the following:
(1)
The signature page of the history and physical form that shall serve to document the request for adult day health care services. A complete history and physical form, including a request for adult day health care services signed by the participant’s personal health care provider, shall be maintained in the participant’s health record. This history and physical form shall be developed by the department and published in the
inpatient/outpatient provider manual. The department shall develop this form jointly with the statewide association representing adult day health care providers.
(2)
The participant’s individual plan of care, pursuant to Section 54211 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
(c)
Every six months, the adult day health care center shall initiate a request for an updated history and physical form from the participant’s personal health care provider using a standard update form that shall be maintained in the participant’s health record. This update form shall be developed by the department for that use and shall be published in the inpatient/outpatient provider manual. The department shall develop this form jointly with the statewide association representing adult day health care providers.
(d)
Except for
participants residing in an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative, authorization or reauthorization of an adult day health care treatment authorization request shall be granted only if the participant meets all of the following medical necessity criteria:
(1)
The participant has one or more chronic or post acute medical, cognitive, or mental health conditions that are identified by the participant’s personal health care provider as requiring one or more of the following, without which the participant’s condition will likely deteriorate and require emergency department visits, hospitalization, or other institutionalization:
(A)
Monitoring.
(B)
Treatment.
(C)
Intervention.
(2)
The participant has a condition or conditions resulting in both of the following:
(A)
Limitations in the performance of two or more activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living, as those terms are defined in Section 14522.3, or one or more from each category.
(B)
A need for assistance or supervision in performing the activities identified in subparagraph (A) as related to the condition or conditions specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d). That assistance or supervision shall be in addition to any other nonadult day health care support the participant is currently receiving in his or her place of residence.
(3)
The participant’s network of non-adult day health care center supports is insufficient to maintain the individual in the community, demonstrated by at least one
of the following:
(A)
The participant lives alone and has no family or caregivers available to provide sufficient and necessary care or supervision.
(B)
The participant resides with one or more related or unrelated individuals, but they are unwilling or unable to provide sufficient and necessary care or supervision to the participant.
(C)
The participant has family or caregivers available, but those individuals require respite in order to continue providing sufficient and necessary care or supervision to the participant.
(4)
A high potential exists for the deterioration of the participant’s medical, cognitive, or mental health condition or conditions in a manner likely to result in emergency department visits, hospitalization, or other
institutionalization if adult day health care services are not provided.
(5)
The participant’s condition or conditions require adult day health care services specified in subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, of Section 14550.5, on each day of attendance, that are individualized and designed to maintain the ability of the participant to remain in the community and avoid emergency department visits, hospitalizations, or other institutionalization.
(e)
When determining whether a provider has demonstrated that a participant meets the medical necessity criteria, the department may enter an adult day health care center and review participants’ medical records and observe participants receiving care identified in the individual plan of care in addition to reviewing the information provided on or with the TAR.
(f)
Reauthorization of an adult day health care treatment authorization request shall be granted when the criteria specified in subdivision (d) or (g), as appropriate, have been met and the participant’s condition would likely deteriorate if the adult day health care services were denied.
(g)
For individuals residing in an intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative, authorization or reauthorization of an adult day health care treatment authorization request shall be granted only if the resident has disabilities and a level of functioning that are of such a nature that, without supplemental intervention through adult day health care, placement to a more costly institutional level of care would be likely to occur.
(h)
Subdivision (e) shall become operative commencing on the first day of the month following 30 days after the effective date of the
act adding this subdivision.
References
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 14522.3.
referencesCal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 14550.5.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026