Section 1501 - Legislative findings and declarations(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is an urgent need to establish a coordinated and comprehensive statewide service system of quality community care for mentally ill, developmentally and physically disabled, and children and adults who require care or services by a facility or organization issued a license or special permit pursuant to this chapter.(b) Therefore, the Legislature declares it is the intent of the state to develop policies and programs designed to: (1) insure a level of care and services in the community which is equal to or better than that provided by the state hospitals;(2) assure that all people who require them are provided with the appropriate range of social rehabilitative, habilitative and treatment services, including residential and nonresidential programs tailored to their needs;(3) protect the legal and human rights of a person in or receiving services from a community care facility;(4) insure continuity of care between the medical-health elements and the supportive care-rehabilitation elements of California's health systems;(5) insure that facilities providing community care are adequate, safe and sanitary;(6) assure that rehabilitative and treatment services are provided at a reasonable cost; (7) assure that state payments for community care services are based on a flexible rate schedule varying according to type and cost of care and services provided;(8) encourage the utilization of personnel from state hospitals and the development of training programs to improve the quality of staff in community care facilities; and(9) insure the quality of community care facilities by evaluating the care and services provided and furnishing incentives to upgrade their quality.Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 1501
Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 497.