California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 1 - Department of Mental Health
Chapter 11 - Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Article 2 - Definitions, Abbreviations and Program Terms
Section 1810.252 - Traditional Hospital

"Traditional Hospital" means a Fee-for-Service/Medi-Cal hospital that, according to historical Medi-Cal payment data collected by the Department for the most recent fiscal year, provides services to beneficiaries of an MHP that account for five percent or twenty thousand dollars, whichever is more, of the total fiscal year Medi-Cal psychiatric inpatient hospital service payments made to Fee-for-Service/Medi-Cal hospitals for beneficiaries of an MHP.

1. New section filed 10-31-97 as an emergency; operative 11-1-97 (Register 97, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-2-98 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 3-2-98 as an emergency; operative 3-2-98 (Register 98, No. 10). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-30-98 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. New section refiled 6-17-98 as an emergency; operative 6-30-98 (Register 98, No. 25). Pursuant to Chapter 324 (Statutes of 1998) Item 4440-103-0001(4), a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-1-99 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Editorial correction of HISTORY 3 (Register 98, No. 39).
5. Editorial correction extending Certificate of Compliance date to 7-1-2001 pursuant to Chapter 50 (Statutes of 1999) Item 4440-103-0001(4) (Register 99, No. 33). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, emergency regulations adopted pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 14680 to implement the second phase of mental health managed care as provided in this part shall remain in effect until permanent regulations are adopted, or June 30, 2006, whichever occurs first.
6. Editorial correction of HISTORY 5 (Register 2000, No. 42).
7. Editorial correction of HISTORY 5 and repealer and new section filed 5-19-2006; operative 6-18-2006 (Register 2006, No. 20).
8. Change without regulatory effect amending section and NOTE filed 8-24-2015 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2015, No. 35).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 10725, 14680 and 14700, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 14684, 14714 and 14718, Welfare and Institutions Code.