Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 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.
