BILL NUMBER: AB 2041	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 4620 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2041, as introduced, Jones. Developmental services: regional
centers.
   The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act requires the
State Department of Developmental Services to enter into contracts
with private nonprofit corporations to operate regional centers for
the provision of community services and supports for persons with
developmental disabilities and their families.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   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.  Section 4620 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   4620.  (a) In order for the state to carry out many of its
responsibilities as established in this division, the state shall
contract with appropriate agencies to provide fixed points of contact
in the community for persons with developmental disabilities and
their families, to the end that these persons may have access to the
services and supports best suited to them throughout their lifetime.
It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this division that
the network of regional centers for persons with developmental
disabilities and their families be accessible to every family in need
of regional center services. It is the further intent of the
Legislature that the design and activities of regional centers
reflect a strong commitment to the delivery of direct service
coordination and that all other operational expenditures of regional
centers are necessary to support and enhance the delivery of direct
service coordination and services and supports identified in
individual program plans.
   (b) The Legislature finds that the service provided to individuals
and their families by regional centers is of such a special and
unique nature that it cannot be satisfactorily provided by state
agencies. Therefore,  the state shall utilize  private
nonprofit community agencies  shall be utilized by the state
 for the purpose of operating regional centers.