(a) (1) (A) Certification and licensure are required for operation as a child health management services program.

(B) Certification shall be granted on a county-wide basis.

(2) Before obtaining certification, a child health management services program is required to apply to and obtain the approval of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services to implement new child health management services under the criteria established under this subchapter.

(3) A certified child health management services program with existing operations on July 1, 2013, shall not be required to obtain the approval of the division to continue existing operations.

(b) (1) (A) Licensure from the division is required for operation of a developmental day treatment clinic for children.

(B) The division shall grant licensure on a county-wide basis.

(2) Before obtaining licensure, a nonprofit community program seeking to operate developmental day treatment clinic services for children is required to apply to and obtain the approval of the division to implement new developmental day treatment clinic services for children under the criteria established under this subchapter.

(3) A licensed nonprofit community program providing developmental day treatment clinic services for children with existing operations on July 1, 2013, shall not be required to obtain the approval of the division to continue existing operations.

(c) (1) (A) Licensure or certification from the regulatory authority governing a successor program is required for operation as a successor program.

(B) Licensure or certification shall be granted on a county-wide basis.

(2) Before obtaining licensure or certification, a successor program is required to apply to and obtain the approval of the division to implement new successor program services under the criteria established in this subchapter.

(3) A successor program that was a certified child health management services program with existing operations on July 1, 2013, or a licensed nonprofit community program providing developmental day treatment clinic services for children with existing operations on July 1, 2013, shall not be required to obtain the approval of the division to continue operations that were in existence on July 1, 2013, but shall be subject to certification or licensure surveys and rules applicable to the successor program.