BILL NUMBER: AB 2299	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nazarian

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act relating to developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2299, as introduced, Nazarian. Developmental services:
individual program plans and individualized family service plans.
   The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act authorizes
the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with
regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with
developmental disabilities. Under existing law, the regional centers
purchase needed services for individuals with developmental
disabilities through approved service providers or arrange for their
provision through other publicly funded agencies. The services and
supports to be provided to a regional center consumer are contained
in an individual program plan or individualized family service plan,
developed in accordance with prescribed requirements.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would remove barriers that restrict access for
regional center consumers to medically necessary services identified
in an individual program plan or individualized family service plan.

   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 remove barriers that restrict access for
regional center consumers to medically necessary services identified
in an individual program plan or individualized family service plan.