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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 98
Author: Beall (D) and De León (D), et al.
Introduced:1/15/16
Vote: 21
SUBJECT: Californias community-based developmental services
system: 50th anniversary
SOURCE: Association of Regional Center Agencies
DIGEST: This resolution recognizes the year of 2016 as the 50th
anniversary of California's community-based developmental
services system, and reaffirms the commitment of the Legislature
to support this system.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)Fifty years ago, the State of California piloted a new
approach to serving individuals with developmental
disabilities by enacting a bold new direction in
public-private partnership that fundamentally changed and
dramatically improved the quality of life for individuals with
developmental disabilities and their families, and that would
become a model for the nation. That partnership model was
based on the premise that the services required of a regional
center are of such a special and unique nature that they could
not be satisfactorily provided by state agencies and thus
required private nonprofit entities to contract with the state
to meet the unique needs of the different geographic regions.
2)Regional centers provide service coordination to ensure that
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the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities are
met through a combination of natural supports, generic
services, and the purchase of vendored services.
3)California's network of regional centers and service providers
serve nearly 300,000 individuals with developmental
disabilities who, as a result of the service, are able to
live, work, grow, and thrive in the community.
4)Years of underfunding have reduced access to needed services
and supports, have threatened the sustainability of the system
as a whole, have strained families, and have reduced the
quality of life for individuals with developmental
disabilities.
5)The active support and leadership of the Legislature is a
critical component of any and all efforts to reinvigorate and
renew the community-based developmental services system.
This resolution recognizes the year of 2016 as the 50th
anniversary of California's community-based developmental
services system, declares the importance of ensuring a
sustainable system that protects the rights of individuals with
developmental disabilities and their full inclusion into
community life, and reaffirms the Legislatures commitment to
defend, support, and advance the community-based developmental
services system.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified1/27/16)
Association of Regional Center Agencies (source)
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OPPOSITION: (Verified1/27/16)
None received
Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
1/29/16 11:24:24
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