BILL NUMBER: SB 1127	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2014

INTRODUCED BY    Senator   Torres 
 Senators   Torres   and Pavley 
    (   Principal coauthor: 
 Senator   Pavley   )


                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act  to amend Section 8594.10 of the Government Code, 
  relating to emergency services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1127, as amended, Torres. Emergency services: individuals with
developmental disabilities  and cognitive impairments  .
   Existing law  requires a law enforcement agency to
activate the Emergency Alert System within the appropriate area if
that agency determines that a child 17 years of age or younger, or an
individual with a proven mental or physical disability, has been
abducted and is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death,
and there is information available that, if disseminated to the
general public, could assist in the safe recovery of that person.
Existing law also requires that   authorizes a law
enforcement agency,  if a person is reported missing to 
a   the  law enforcement agency, and that agency
determines that certain requirements are met, including, among
others, that the missing person is 65 years of age or older, 
the law enforcement agency shall   to  request the
California Highway Patrol to activate a Silver Alert, the
notification system designed to issue and coordinate these alerts.
 Existing law requires the California Highway Patrol to activate
a Silver Alert if it concurs with the law enforcement agency that
those requirements are met, and to take certain actions, upon
activation of a Silver Alert, to assist the agency investigating the
disappearance. 
   This bill would  state the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to establish a statewide quick response and
notification system for individuals with developmental disabilities
who are reported missing.   include a missing person who
is developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired among the
persons who may be the subject of a Silver Alert. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 8594.10 of the  
Government Code   is amended to read: 
   8594.10.  (a) For purposes of this section, "Silver Alert" means a
notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed
to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to a person who is 65
years of age or older  , developmentally disabled, or cognitively
impaired, and  who is reported missing.
   (b) (1) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement
 agency,   agency  and that agency
determines that the requirements of subdivision (c) are met, the
agency may request the California Highway Patrol to activate a Silver
Alert. If the California Highway Patrol concurs that the
requirements of subdivision (c) are met, it shall activate a Silver
Alert within the geographical area requested by the investigating law
enforcement agency.
   (2) Radio, television, and cable and satellite systems are
encouraged to, but not required to, cooperate with disseminating the
information contained in a Silver Alert.
   (3) Upon activation of a Silver Alert, the California Highway
Patrol shall assist the investigating law enforcement agency by
issuing a be-on-the-lookout alert, an Emergency Digital Information
Service message, or an electronic flyer.
   (c) A law enforcement agency may request a Silver Alert be
activated if that agency determines that all of the following
conditions are met in regard to the investigation of the missing
person:
   (1) The missing person is 65 years of age or older  , 
 developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired  .
   (2) The investigating law enforcement agency has utilized all
available local resources.
   (3) The law enforcement agency determines that the person has gone
missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances.
   (4) The law enforcement agency believes that the person is in
danger because of age, health, mental or physical disability,  or
 environment or weather conditions, that the person is in the
company of a potentially dangerous person, or that there are other
factors indicating that the person may be in peril.
   (5) There is information available that, if disseminated to the
public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person. 

   (d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions have
the following meanings:  
   (1) "Developmentally disabled" means affected by a developmental
disability, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 4512 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code.  
   (2) "Cognitively impaired" means affected by a cognitive
impairment, as defined in Section 14522.4 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code. 
    (e)  This section shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later
enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or
extends that date. 
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to establish a statewide quick response and
notification system for individuals with developmental disabilities
who are reported missing.