(a) Activity centers, adult development centers, behavior management programs, and other look-alike day programs with a daily rate shall bill regional centers for services provided to consumers in terms of half days of service and full days of service.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Full day of service” means a day in which the consumer’s attendance is at least 65 percent of the declared and approved program day.
(2) “Half day of service” means any day in which the consumer’s attendance does not meet the criteria for billing for a full day of service.
(c) A regional center may change the length of the declared and approved program day for a specific consumer in order to meet the needs of that consumer, upon the recommendation of the individual program planning team. The regional center shall set forth in the individual program plan the length of the consumer’s program day and the reasons for the change in the length of the declared and approved program day.
(d) The definitions set forth in this section shall not apply to vendors of tailored day program service.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 37, Sec. 21. (AB 104) Effective June 30, 2011.)