Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Each resident of
the group home shall be considered a co-applicant for the loan.
(b) In signing the loan applications, each
co-applicant shall assume liability for repaying the outstanding balance of the loan
in its entirety in the event that the other co-applicants leave the group home,
misappropriate the loan proceeds, or otherwise discontinue repayment of the RRHP
loan.
(c) Each RRHP group home shall
consist of no less than six residents, who are recovering from alcoholism and/or
drug addiction.
(d) Minor children of
group residents may live with their parents in the group home if:
(1) The parent makes arrangements to care for the
child(ren) if the parent is expelled from the group home pursuant to Subsection
(f)(2) of this regulation;
(2) The
parent signs a written statement specifying the arrangements that have been made to
care for the child(ren) if the parent is expelled from the group home;
(3) If the arrangements the parent has made
involve the other residents of the group home, the residents shall sign a written
statement agreeing to comply with the arrangements the parent has made to care for
the child(ren).
(e) All
residents of the home shall be recovering from alcoholism or drug
addiction.
(f) The group home shall be
alcohol and drug free. As used in this chapter, "alcohol and drug free" means that:
(1) No alcohol or illicit drugs shall be allowed
in the group home or on the premises.
(2) The group residents shall expel from the group
home any resident who resumes using alcohol or illicit drugs.
(3) As used in this chapter, "illicit drugs" means
any substance defined as a drug in Section
11014, Chapter 1, Division 10 of the
Health and Safety Code, except:
(A) Drugs or
medications prescribed by a licensed physician or other person authorized to
prescribe drugs, pursuant to Section
4036, Chapter 9, Division 2 of the
Business and Professions Code, and used in the dosage and frequency described;
or
(B) Over-the-counter drugs or
medications, used in the dosage and frequency described on the box, bottle, or
package insert.
(g)
The group home shall be habitable. As used in the chapter, "habitable" means that
the group home shall have a minimum of:
(1) One
working gas or electric stove,
(2) One
working electric refrigerator,
(3) Hot
and cold running water,
(4) One water
flush toilet, in working condition,
(5)
One bathtub, shower, or bath/shower combination, with hot and cold running water,
and in working condition.
(6) Electric
lighting,
(7) A working furnace or other
form of heating,
(8) An individual bed
for each resident and enough bedrooms to accommodate all residents of the house, so
that no more than four residents are required to share a bedroom. Each bunk of a
bunk bed shall be considered an individual bed for purposes of this
regulation.
(h) The residents
of the group home shall be self-supporting and able to repay the loan within two
years. Ability to be self-supporting and to repay the loan within two years shall be
determined as follows:
(A) Each co-applicant's
share of monthly housing expenses shall be computed by adding the monthly rent,
utilities, and group loan repayment together, then dividing the total by the total
number of co-applicants.
(B) Each
co-applicant's share of monthly housing expenses shall be compared to his/her income
as stated on the written RRHP loan application.
(C) If the co-applicant's share of monthly housing
expenses does not exceed forty percent of his/her monthly gross income and the total
of his/her other personal expenses do not exceed sixty percent of his/her monthly
gross income, the co-applicant shall be considered to be self-supporting and able to
repay the loan within two years.
(i) The group home shall be resident run [defined
in accordance with Section
11002(a)(17)]
.
1. New section
filed 4-12-95; operative 5-12-95 (Register 95, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
11755
and
11755.2,
Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section
11002,
Government Code; Section
11755.2,
Health and Safety Code; and Section
300 x-25, Title 42, United States
Code.
