Amended in Assembly May 4, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1405

Introduced by Assembly Member Grove

February 27, 2015

An act to add Section 14670.09 to the Government Code, to add Section 4474.9 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, and to amend the Budget Act of 2014 (Chapter 25 of the Statutes of 2014) by amending Items 4300-003-0001 and 4300-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of that act, relating to developmental services, begin delete and end delete making an appropriation begin delete therefor. end delete begin insert therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1405, as amended, Grove. Developmental centers: closure.

Existing law vests in the State Department of Developmental Services jurisdiction over state hospitals referred to as developmental centers for the provision of residential care to individuals with developmental disabilities. Existing law requires the State Department of Developmental Services to comply with procedural requirements when closing a developmental center, including submitting a detailed plan to the Legislature and holding at least one public hearing. Under existing law, the department allocates funds to private nonprofit entities known as regional centers, which are required to provide, or arrange for the provision of, services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.

This bill would require the department to close the Fairview Developmental Center and the Sonoma Developmental Center on or before an unspecified date. The bill would create a begin delete taskforce for end delete begin insert task force end insert to determine the use of the properties and begin insert develop end insert a plan for benefiting individuals with developmental disabilities in community-based programs and settings, and would require the task force to consist of 15 members, as begin delete specified end delete begin insert specified. end insert

Existing law requires the Director of General Services to lease specified property located at the Sonoma Developmental Center only for an agricultural or open-space purpose consistent with specified requirements.

The bill would additionally require the begin delete director to, end delete begin insert director, end insert on or after an unspecified date, begin insert to end insert lease all or part of the begin delete parcel end delete begin insert parcels end insert at the Sonoma Developmental Center and the Fairview Developmental Center. The bill would require an unspecified percentage of the net proceeds received by the state from the lease of these properties to go to the General Fund and the rest to be deposited in the Lanterman Act Community-Based Services Fund, created by the bill. The bill would require all moneys in the Lanterman Act Community-Based Services Fund to be continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the State Department of Developmental begin delete Service end delete begin insert Services end insert to augment existing purchase of services funds used by regional centers to purchase services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities. By creating a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation.

The Budget Act of 2014 appropriates $260,659,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Developmental Services for the support of the department’s developmental centers, and appropriates $2,645,629,000 from the General Fund to the department for local assistance to regional centers.

This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2014 by revising items of appropriation for the State Department of Developmental Services related to developmental centers and regional centers, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to transfer current funding for the operations of the Fairview Developmental Center and the Sonoma Developmental Center to fund purchase of services at regional centers.

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This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 14670.09 is added to the Government
Code, to read:

14670.09.  

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Director of
General Services shall, on or after ____, lease, for current market
value, all or part of the begin delete parcel end delete begin insert parcels end insert at the Sonoma
Developmental Center, located at 15000 Arnold Drive, in Eldridge,
Sonoma County and the Fairview Developmental Center, located
at 2501 Harbor Boulevard, in Costa Mesa, Orange County.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the net proceeds received
by the state from the lease of the property shall be deposited as
follows:

(1) ____ percent to the General Fund.

(2) (A) ____ percent to the Lanterman Act Community-Based
Services Fund, hereby created in the State Treasury.
Notwithstanding Section 13340, all moneys in the fund are
continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the
State Department of Developmental Services to augment existing
purchase of services funds used by regional centers to purchase
services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities

(B) The moneys in the Lanterman Act Community-Based
Services Fund shall be used to supplement, and not supplant,
existing funds for purchase of services by regional centers.

(3) “Net proceeds” for the purposes of this subdivision means
gross proceeds less all costs necessary for the completion of the
transaction, including costs incurred by the Department of General
Services.

SEC. 2.  

Section 4474.9 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:

4474.9.  

(a) The department shall close the Fairview
Developmental Center and the Sonoma Developmental Center on
or before ____.

(b) (1) A task force is hereby established to begin insert advise the
department. The task force shall end insert determine the use of the properties
and begin insert develop end insert a plan for benefiting individuals with developmental
disabilities in community-based programs and settings.

(2) The task force shall consist of 15 members as follows:

(A) Eleven members appointed by the Governor, at least three
of whom shall be family members of an individual residing at a
state developmental center, at least three of whom shall be a
director of a regional center, and at least three of whom shall be
directors or chief executive officers of community-based nonprofit
organizations that help individuals with developmental disabilities
find begin delete housing end delete begin insert housing, end insert employment, day programs, and other
services in the community.

(B) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

(C) Two members appointed by the President pro Tempore of
the Senate.

SEC. 3.  

Item 4300-003-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget
Act of 2014 is amended to read:

 

4300-003-0001--For support of Department of Developmental Services, for Developmental Centers

____

Schedule:

(1)

20-Developmental Centers Program

____

(2)

Reimbursements

−250,116,000

(3)

Amount payable from the Federal Trust Fund (Item 4300-003-0890)

−384,000

Provisions:

1.

A loan shall be available from the General Fund to the State Department of Developmental Services not to exceed a cumulative total of $27,000,000. The loan funds will be transferred to this item as needed to meet cashflow needs due to delays in collecting reimbursements from the Health Care Deposit Fund and are subject to the repayment provisions of Section 16351 of the Government Code.

2.

Upon order of the Department of Finance, the Controller shall transfer such funds as are necessary between this item and Item 4300-001-0001 in order to appropriately align General Fund and Medi-Cal reimbursements from the State Department of Health Care Services with budgeted activities. Within 10 working days after approval of a transfer as authorized by this provision, the Department of Finance shall notify the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of each house of the Legislature and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the transfer, including the amount transferred, how the amount was determined, and how the amount will be utilized.

3.

Upon order of the Department of Finance, the Controller shall transfer such funds as are necessary between this item and Item 4300-101-0001. Within 10 working days after approval of a transfer as authorized by this provision, the Department of Finance shall notify the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house of the Legislature and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the transfer, including the amount transferred, how the amount transferred was determined, and how the amount transferred will be utilized.

4.

The State Department of Developmental Services (DDS) shall notify the chairperson of each fiscal committee and policy committee of each house of the Legislature of specific outcomes resulting from citations and the results of annual surveys conducted by the State Department of Public Health, as well as findings of any other governmental agency authorized to conduct investigations or surveys of state developmental centers. The DDS shall forward the notifications, including a copy of the specific findings, to the chairpersons of the committees within 10 working days of its receipt of these findings. The DDS also shall forward these findings, within three working days of submission, to the appropriate investigating agency. In addition, the DDS shall provide notification to the chairpersons of the committees, within three working days, of its receipt of information concerning any investigation initiated by the United States Department of Justice and the private nonprofit corporation designated by the Governor pursuant to Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 4900) of the Welfare and Institutions Code or concerning any findings or recommendations resulting from any of these investigations.

 

SEC. 4.  

Item 4300-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget
Act of 2014 is amended to read:

 

4300-101-0001--For local assistance, Department of Developmental Services, for Regional Centers

Schedule:

(1)

10.10.010-Operations

576,631,000

(2)

10.10.020-Purchase of Services

(3)

10.10.060-Early Intervention Program

19,450,000

(4)

10.10.080-Prevention Program

2,003,000

(5)

Reimbursements

−1,970,694,000

(6)

Amount payable from the Developmental Disabilities Program Development Fund (Item 4300-101-0172)

−5,808,000

(7)

Amount payable from the Developmental Disabilities Services Account (Item 4300-101-0496)

−150,000

(8)

Amount payable from the Federal Trust Fund (Item 4300-101-0890)

−52,367,000

Provisions:

1.

Upon order of the Director of Finance, the Controller shall transfer such funds as are necessary between this item and Item 4300-003-0001. Within 10 working days after approval of a transfer as authorized by this provision, the Department of Finance shall notify the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house of the Legislature and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the transfer, including the amount transferred, how the amount transferred was determined, and how the amount transferred will be utilized.

2.

A loan or loans shall be made available from the General Fund to the State Department of Developmental Services not to exceed a cumulative total of $395,000,000. The loan funds shall be transferred to this item as needed to meet cashflow needs due to delays in collecting reimbursements from the Health Care Deposit Fund. All moneys so transferred shall be repaid as soon as sufficient reimbursements have been collected to meet immediate cash needs and in installments as reimbursements accumulate if the loan is outstanding for more than one year.

3.

Notwithstanding Section 26.00, the Department of Finance may authorize transfer of expenditure authority between Schedules (1) and (2) in order to more accurately reflect expenditures in the Early Intervention Program (Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).

4.

Notwithstanding Section 26.00, the Department of Finance may authorize transfer of expenditure authority from Schedule (4) 10.10.080-Prevention Program to Schedule (2) 10.10.020-Purchase of Services to more accurately reflect expenditures in the Prevention and Early Start Programs.

 

SEC. 5.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to transfer current
funding for the operations of the Fairview Developmental Center
and the Sonoma Developmental Center to fund purchase of services
at regional centers.

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This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

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In order to, at the earliest possible time, facilitate the orderly
closure of the developmental centers described in this act, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.

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