(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Physical restraint” means any behavioral or mechanical restraint as defined in § 1180.1 of the Health and Safety Code.

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(2) “Chemical restraint” means a drug that is used to control behavior and that is used in a manner not required to treat the patient’s medical conditions.

(3) “Long-term health care facility” means a facility, as defined in § 1418 of the Health and Safety Code, that is required to report to a regional center pursuant to Section 54327 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.

(4) “Acute psychiatric hospital” means a facility, as defined in subdivision (b) of § 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, including an institution for mental disease, that is a regional center vendor.

(5) “Regional center vendor” means an agency, individual, or service provider that a regional center has approved to provide vendored or contracted services or supports pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 4648.

(b) The department shall ensure the consistent, timely, and public reporting of data it receives from regional centers pursuant to Section 54327 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations regarding the use of physical restraint, chemical restraint, or both, by all regional center vendors who provide residential services or supported living services pursuant to Section 4689, and by long-term health care facilities and acute psychiatric hospitals serving individuals with developmental disabilities.

(c) The department shall publish quarterly on its Internet Web site the following data, segregated by individual regional center vendor that provides residential services or supported living services and each individual long-term health care facility and acute psychiatric hospital that serves persons with developmental disabilities:

(1) The number of incidents of physical restraint.

(2) The number of incidents of chemical restraint.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 340, Sec. 2. (AB 918) Effective January 1, 2016.)