BILL NUMBER: SB 555	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Correa

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 555, as introduced, Correa. Developmental services: individual
program plans and individual family service plans.
   Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities
Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services is
authorized to contract with regional centers to provide services and
supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. The services
and supports to be provided to a regional center consumer are
contained in an individual program plan (IPP) or individual family
service plan (IFSP), developed in accordance with prescribed
requirements. Existing law states that it is the intent of the
Legislature to ensure that the individual program plan and provision
of services and supports by the regional center system is centered on
the individual and the family of the individual with developmental
disabilities and takes into account the needs and preferences of the
individual and the family, as specified.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require an IPP or IFSP to consider the needs
of the consumer, and his or her family, in order to provide services
and supports in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner.
   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 require an individual program plan, or
individual family services plan, to consider the needs of the
consumer, and his or her family, in order to provide services and
supports in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner.