2005 California Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 4090-4091 Residential Treatment Programs

4090.  (a) The State Department of Mental Health shall establish, by
regulation, standards for the programs listed in Chapter 2.5
(commencing with Section 5670) of Part 2 of Division 5.  These
standards shall also be applied by the department to any facility
licensed as a social rehabilitation facility pursuant to paragraph
(7) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (b) In establishing the standards required by this section, the
department shall not establish standards which in themselves impose
any new or increased costs on the programs or facilities affected by
the standards.
4091.  Nothing in Section 4090 limits the authority of the State
Department of Mental Health to delegate the evaluation and
enforcement of the program standards to a county mental health
program when a licensed social rehabilitation facility has a
contractual relationship with a county mental health program and the
county has requested the delegation.