BILL NUMBER: AB 563	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lopez

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act to add and repeal Section 4648.7 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 563, as introduced, Lopez. Developmental services.
   The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act requires the
State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional
centers to provide services and supports to individuals with
developmental disabilities. Under existing law, the regional centers
purchase needed services for individuals with developmental
disabilities through approved service providers or arrange for those
services through other publicly funded agencies. 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 require the State Department of Developmental
Services and the California Department of Aging develop guidelines
and protocols establishing best practices for providing services and
supports to aging consumers with developmental and intellectual
disabilities. The bill would require the State Department of
Developmental Services to conduct a two-year pilot program that
implements those guidelines and protocols in three regional centers
and, by January 1, 2020, submit a report evaluating the pilot program
to the Legislature. These provisions would be repealed January 1,
2021.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4648.7 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   4648.7.  (a) By January 1, 2017, the department and the California
Department of Aging shall develop guidelines and protocols
establishing best practices for providing services and supports to
aging consumers with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
   (b) The department shall conduct a two-year pilot program that
implements the guidelines and protocols developed pursuant to
subdivision (a) in three regional centers.
   (c) (1) The department shall submit a report to the Legislature
evaluating the pilot program conducted pursuant to subdivision (b) by
January 1, 2020.
   (2) The report required by this subdivision shall be submitted in
accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date.