BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR
98 (Beall and De León)
As Amended March 31, 2016
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE: 38-0
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Rules |9-0 |Gordon, Chang, | |
| | |Brough, Cooley, | |
| | |Gomez, Holden, | |
| | |Mullin, Quirk, | |
| | |Rodriguez | |
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SUMMARY: Recognizes the year of 2016 as the 50th anniversary of
California's community-based developmental services system, and
would reaffirm the commitment of the Legislature to support this
system. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)Fifty years ago, the State of California piloted a new
approach to serving individuals with developmental
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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
the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities are
met using a combination of natural supports, generic services,
and the purchase of vendor 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.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
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Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN:
0002729