AB 2809, as introduced, Rodriguez. Developmental services: regional centers.
Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to enter into contracts with private nonprofit corporations to operate regional centers to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities and their families.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require regional centers to provide nontechnical, understandable information in a consumer’s native language regarding the complex process of obtaining regional center services.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation to require regional centers to provide nontechnical,
3understandable information in a consumer’s native language
P2 1regarding the complex process of obtaining certain regional center
2services.
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