§ 1501
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(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.