BILL NUMBER: SB 812	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ashburn

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to developmental disabilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 812, as introduced, Ashburn. Developmental services: housing.
   Under existing law, the State Department of Developmental Services
contracts with private nonprofit, entitites, known as regional
centers, to provide or purchase services and supports for persons
with developmental disabilities, including, among others, autism
spectrum disorders. Existing law requires regional centers to create
an individual program plan that lays out the services and supports,
including housing, if applicable, to be provided to each consumer
that takes into account the needs and preferences of the individual
and the family and that promotes community integration, independent,
productive, and normal lives, and stable and healthy environments.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would seek federal funding to promote and implement
housing for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, a pervasive
developmental disorder, or other special needs in a multipurpose
community that provides an environmentally effective, integrated,
affordable, and productive way of life.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would seek federal funding to promote and implement
housing for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, a pervasive
developmental disorder, or other special needs in a multipurpose
community that provides an environmentally effective, integrated,
affordable, and productive way of life.