BILL NUMBER: SB 1093	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act relating to developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1093, as introduced, Liu. Developmental services: regional
centers: culturally and linguistically competent services.
   The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act authorizes
the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with
regional centers to provide services and support to individuals with
developmental disabilities. 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 state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that requires regional centers to provide services in a
culturally and linguistically competent manner, that reduces
disparities in treatment based on racial, ethnic, and language
differences that are identified by the purchase of service data, and
that ensures that services are provided in the least restrictive
environment, including, but not limited to, a consumer's family home.

   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 does all of the following:
   (a) Requires regional centers to provide services in a culturally
and linguistically competent manner.
   (b) Reduces disparities in treatment based on racial, ethnic, and
language differences that are identified by the purchase of service
data.
   (c) Ensures that services are provided in the least restrictive
environment, including, but not limited to, a consumer's family home.