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DDS - Health Facilities Program Section

The Health Facility Program Section (HFPS) is responsible for specified activities involving health facilities including Intermediate Care Facilities for the developmentally disabled (ICF/DD), habilitative (ICF/DD-H), nursing (ICF/DD-N) and continuous nursing programs (ICF/DD-CN). These facilities provide 24-hour personal care, developmental and habilitative training and health services in community settings to adults and children with developmental disabilities.

Specific functions and responsibilities of the HFPS are as follows:

• Provide consultation and technical assistance to existing and potentially new ICF/DD providers, The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Licensing, and Certification offices and regional center community resource developers in the planning, development, and placement of clients.
  
  
• Review and approve Qualified Mental Retardation Professional (QMRP) and/or ICF/DD, DD-H, DD-N Administrator qualifications and initial ICF/DD, DD-H, DD-N Program Plans including conversions from community care facilities and change of ownership. Review notifications of changes to existing program plans, age range changes, and changes in type of ownership.
  
  
• Review and approve Medication Training Program Plans. Review and approve Nursing Attendant Training Plans and Specialized Procedures for ICF/DD-Nursing Programs. Provide consultation, technical assistance to and liaison with nurses, facility, and regional center staff.
  
  
• Manage crises, in coordination with Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and/or CDPH, Department of Social Services (DSS) and individual regional centers relative to the closure or threatened closure of residential programs that include ICF/DD, ICF/DD-H, ICF/DD-N, ICF/DD-CN, pediatric sub-acute programs, and community care facilities.
  
  
• Serve as the Department’s resource and liaison contact on sub-acute care programs with DHCS and/or CDPH concerning contract monitoring, rates and program development.
  
  
• Monitor and maintain the HFPS ICF database of providers; input data for current licensing and certification status of facilities and providers that HFPS receives from the CDPH Provider’s Certification Unit.
  
  
• Perform administrative activities such as legislative bill analysis, review, and approval of eight-hour provider training and orientation curricula, and participate in work groups with other departments relative to the ICF/MR programs and facilities.
  
  
• Assist in the resolution of issues between providers and regional centers, DHCS, and/ or CDPH Licensing and Certification offices, and DHCS Medi-Cal offices.
  
  
• Review CDPH citations, information, and interface with providers and regional centers.

If you have any questions, please contact the Health Facilities Program Section at (916) 654-1965 or send an e-mail to ddshfps@dds.ca.gov.