No payment for care or services shall be made under Medi-Cal to a medical or health care facility unless it has been certified by the department for participation, and it meets one of the following:

(a) It is licensed by the department.

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(b) It is licensed by a comparable agency in another state.

(c) It is exempt from licensure.

(d) It is operated by the Regents of the University of California.

(e) It meets the utilization review plan criteria for certification or is certified as an institutional provider of services under Title XVIII of the Federal Social Security Act and regulations issued thereunder.

Nothing in this section shall preclude payments for care for aged patients in medical facilities or institutions operated or licensed by the department, or the State Department of State Hospitals, State Department of Developmental Services, State Department of Social Services, or Department of Rehabilitation.

The department shall certify facilities licensed pursuant to subdivision (e) of § 1250 of the Health and Safety Code for participation in the program within 30 calendar days of receipt of a complete application or date of licensure, whichever is greater, if the facility meets all the requirements for certification. The department for claims purposes only, shall enroll facilities which meet all certification requirements within 30 calendar days of the date of certification or 60 calendar days of licensure, whichever is greater.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 79. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.)