(a) The Legislature declares that it places a high priority on providing opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to live with families approved by family home agencies and to receive services and supports in those settings as determined by the individual program plan. Family home agencies may offer services and supports in family homes or family teaching homes. All requirements of this section and Sections 4689.2 to 4689.6, inclusive, shall apply to a family home and a family teaching home. (b) For purposes of this section, âfamily homeâ means a home that is owned, leased, or rented by, and is the family residence of, the family home provider or providers, and in which services and supports are provided to a maximum of two adults with developmental disabilities regardless of their degree of disability, and who do not require continuous skilled nursing care. (c) For purposes of this section, âfamily teaching homeâ means a home that is owned, leased, or rented by the family home agency wherein the family home provider and the individual have independent residences, either contiguous or attached, and in which services and supports are provided to a maximum of three adults with developmental disabilities regardless of their degree of disability, and who do not require continuous skilled nursing care. (d) For purposes of this section, âfamily home agencyâ means a private for-profit or not-for-profit agency that is vendored to do all of the following: (1) Recruit, approve, train, and monitor family home providers. (2) Provide social services and in-home support to family home providers. (3) Assist adults with developmental disabilities in moving into approved family homes. (e) For purposes of ensuring that regional centers may secure high-quality services that provide supports in natural settings and promote inclusion and meaningful participation in community life for adults with developmental disabilities, the department shall promulgate regulations for family home agencies, family teaching homes, and family homes that shall include, but not be limited to, standards and requirements related to all of the following: (1) Selection criteria for regional centers to apply in vendoring family home agencies, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (A) The need for service. (B) The experience of the agency or key personnel in providing the same or comparable services. (C) The reasonableness of the agencyâs overhead. (D) The capability of the regional center to monitor and evaluate the vendor. (2) Vendorization. (3) Operation of family home agencies, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (A) Recruitment. (B) Approval of family homes. (C) Qualifications, training, and monitoring of family home providers. (D) Assistance to consumers in moving into approved family homes. (E) The range of services and supports to be provided. (F) Family home agency staffing levels, qualifications, and training. (4) Program design. (5) Program and consumer records. (6) Family homes. (7) Rates of payment for family home agencies and approved family home providers. Regional center reimbursement to family home agencies for services in a family home shall not exceed rates established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 4681.5 for individuals who reside in a community care facility, as defined in Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code, that is vendored for four beds or fewer. (8) The department and regional centerâs monitoring and evaluation of the family home agency and approved homes, which shall be designed to ensure that services do all of the following: (A) Conform to applicable laws and regulations and provide for the consumerâs health and well-being. (B) Assist the consumer in understanding and exercising their individual rights. (C) Are consistent with the family home agencyâs program design and the consumerâs individual program plan. (D) Maximize the consumerâs opportunities to have
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