BILL NUMBER: SB 784	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act  to add Section 4646.51 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code,  relating to developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 784, as amended, Fuller. Developmental  services.
  services: individual p   rogram plan:
planning process. 
   Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities
Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services is
authorized to contract with regional centers to provide support and
services 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.  
   This bill would require the team developing the IPP or the IFSP to
consider the consumer's, and his or her family's, needs related to
issues that include nontraditional service hours, flexibility
regarding treatment settings, parental participation requirements,
and the scope of services available for adult consumers, and the use
of treatment interventions, including, among others, center-based
intensive behavioral interventions, as defined. This bill would
provide that nothing in its provisions shall be construed to alter or
impose requirements in addition to the requirements that currently
exist under the act.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to require the
department to encourage regional centers to enter into collaborative
partnerships with community-based organizations and to promote
volunteerism. 
   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.    The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:  
   (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide flexibility to
consumers and their families.  
   (b) Regional centers, and their providers, should be allowed to
provide appropriate services to consumers and their families in the
most appropriate setting and effective manner possible.  
   (c) The individual program plan (IPP) and the individual family
service plan (IFSP) should be allowed to consider and implement
services and supports that will meet the individual needs of the
consumer and his or her family. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 4646.51 is added to the  
Welfare and Institutions Code   , to read:  
   4646.51.  (a) The team developing the individual program plan
(IPP) described in Section 4646, or the individual family service
plan (IFSP) described in Section 95020 of the Government Code, shall
consider the consumer's, and his or her family's, needs related to
issues that include, but are not limited to, the following:
   (1) Allowing nontraditional service hours, including weekends and
evenings.
   (2) Allowing flexibility with treatment settings.
   (3) Allowing flexibility with parental participation requirements.

   (4) Allowing flexibility regarding the scope of services available
for adult consumers who choose to live with their families or
relatives, to enable them to obtain appropriate services to enhance
independent skills.
   (5) Allowing the use of treatment interventions that may include,
but are not limited to, center-based intensive behavioral
interventions and interventions that include the use of technology
and telehealth.
   (b) Because existing law provides for a number of participants in
the IPP and IFSP planning processes, the IPP and IFSP teams are
strongly encouraged to provide for the participation of individuals
in the IPP and IFSP planning processes who, with the consent of the
consumer, or his or her designee, can accomplish and implement the
objectives in subdivision (a).
   (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter, or to
impose requirements in addition to, the requirements that currently
exist under the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, or
to impose any requirements on regional centers to expand, enhance,
or increase any existing programs, services, or supports beyond what
is currently required.
   (d) For purposes of this section:
   (1) "Center-based intensive behavioral intervention" means the
services defined in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (d) of
Section 4686.2, except that the majority of the direct one-to-one
intervention is delivered in a clinic or treatment center. Parent or
primary caregiver participation in center-based behavioral health
treatment occurs at the clinic or treatment center through mandatory
meetings and training, as provided in the IPP or IFSP. Center-based
services may supplant, but not preclude or require, services that are
delivered in the home setting, and are not intended to expand or
increase the amount of services available to consumers and their
parents or primary caregivers.
   (2) "Primary caregiver" means an individual who is responsible for
rendering assistance in the provision of daily life necessities to
an individual who is unable to act on his or her own behalf. 

  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to require the State Department of Developmental Services to
encourage regional centers to enter into collaborative partnerships
with community-based organizations and to promote volunteerism.