BILL NUMBER: SB 367	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 11, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section 4622 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 367, as amended, Block. Developmental services: regional
centers: cultural and linguistic competency.
   Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities
Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services is
required to contract with regional centers to provide support and
services to individuals with developmental disabilities. Existing law
requires the governing board of the regional center to satisfy
specified requirements, including annually reviewing the performance
of the director of the regional center, and providing necessary
training and support to board members.
   This bill would require that this training and support include
issues relating to linguistic and cultural competency, and would
require each regional center to post on its Internet Web site
information regarding the training and support provided. The bill
would require the  performance review of the director to
include an evaluation of the director's performance in providing
regional center services that are linguistically and culturally
appropriate.   governing board to annually review the
performance of the regional center in providing services that are
linguistically and culturally appropriate and would authorize the
governing board to provide recommendations to the director of the
regional center based on the results of that review. 
   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 4622 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   4622.  The state shall contract only with agencies, the governing
boards of which conform to all of the following criteria:
   (a) The governing board shall be composed of individuals with
demonstrated interest in, or knowledge of, developmental
disabilities.
   (b) The membership of the governing board shall include persons
with legal, management, public relations, and developmental
disability program skills.
   (c) The membership of the governing board shall include
representatives of the various categories of disability to be served
by the regional center.
   (d) The governing board shall reflect the geographic and ethnic
characteristics of the area to be served by the regional center.
   (e) A minimum of 50 percent of the members of the governing board
shall be persons with developmental disabilities or their parents or
legal guardians. No less than 25 percent of the members of the
governing board shall be persons with developmental disabilities.
   (f) Members of the governing board shall not be permitted to serve
more than seven years within each eight-year period.
   (g) (1) The regional center shall provide necessary training and
support to these board members to facilitate their understanding and
participation, including issues relating to linguistic and cultural
competency.
   (2) As part of its monitoring responsibility, the department shall
review and approve the method by which training and support are
provided to board members to ensure maximum understanding and
participation by board members.
   (3) Each regional center shall post on its Internet Web site
information regarding the training and support provided to board
members.
   (h) The governing board may appoint a consumers' advisory
committee composed of persons with developmental disabilities
representing the various categories of disability served by the
regional center.
   (i) The governing board shall appoint an advisory committee
composed of a wide variety of persons representing the various
categories of providers from which the regional center purchases
client services. The advisory committee shall provide advice,
guidance, recommendations, and technical assistance to the regional
center board in order to assist the regional center in carrying out
its mandated functions. The advisory committee shall designate one of
its members to serve as a member of the regional center board.
   (j)  (1)    The governing board shall annually
review the performance of the director of the regional center.
 This performance review shall include an evaluation of the
director's performance in providing regional center services that are
linguistically and culturally appropriate.  
   (2) The governing board shall annually review the performance of
the regional center in providing services that are linguistically and
culturally appropriate and may provide recommendations to the
director of the regional center based on the results of that review.

   (k) No member of the board who is an employee or member of the
governing board of a provider from which the regional center
purchases client services shall do any of the following:
   (1) Serve as an officer of the board.
   (2) Vote on any fiscal matter affecting the purchase of services
from any regional center provider.
   (3) Vote on any issue other than as described in paragraph (2), in
which the member has a financial interest, as defined in Section
87103 of the Government Code, and determined by the regional center
board. The member shall provide a list of his or her financial
interests, as defined in Section 87103, to the regional center board.

   Nothing in this section shall prevent the appointment to a
regional center governing board of a person who meets the criteria
for more than one of the categories listed above.