For purposes of this part, all of the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “County” means a county, city and county, or a city collaborating with a county to secure services funding.

(b) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.

(c) “Experiencing chronic homelessness” means a person who is chronically homeless, as defined in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2018, except that a person who was experiencing chronic homelessness before entering an institution would continue to be defined as experiencing chronic homelessness upon discharge, regardless of length of stay.

(d) “Experiencing homelessness” means a person experiencing homelessness, as defined in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2018.

(e) “Fair market rent” means the rent, including the cost of utilities, as established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Parts 888 and 982 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as those parts read on January 1, 2018, for units by number of bedrooms, that must be paid in the market area to rent privately owned, existing, decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing of nonluxury nature with suitable amenities.

(f) “Health Home Program” means the Health Home Program established pursuant to Article 3.9 (commencing with Section 14127) of Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(g) “Long-term rental assistance” means a rental subsidy provided to a housing provider, including a developer leasing affordable or supportive housing, private-market landlord, or sponsor master leasing private-market apartments, to assist a tenant to pay the difference between 30 percent of the tenant’s income and fair market rent or reasonable market rent as determined by the grant recipient and approved by the department.

(h) “Federal Housing Trust Fund” has the same meaning as the national Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289), and implementing federal regulations.

(i) “Permanent housing” means a housing unit where the landlord does not limit length of stay in the housing unit, the landlord does not restrict the movements of the tenant, and the tenant has a lease and is subject to the rights and responsibilities of tenancy, pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1940) of Title 5 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.

(j) “Program” means the Housing for a Healthy California Program created by this part.

(k) “Supportive housing” has the same meaning as in Section 50675.14.

(l) “Whole Person Care pilot” has the meaning as described in the Medi-Cal 2020 Waiver Special Terms and Conditions (STCs), Sections 110-126, as approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on December 30, 2015.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 620, Sec. 5. (AB 957) Effective October 8, 2019.)