BILL NUMBER: SB 982 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 14, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 28, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senator McGuire
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
An act to add and repeal Section 4474.12
of to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to developmental services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 982, as amended, McGuire. State Department of Developmental
Services: Sonoma State Hospital.
developmental centers.
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, including the Sonoma
State Hospital. Developmental Center, the
Fairview Developmental Center, and the Porterville Developmental
Center, as specified. Existing law requires the department to
comply with procedural requirements when closing a developmental
center. Existing law required, on or before October 1, 2015, the
State Department of Developmental Services to submit to the
Legislature a plan or plans to close one or more developmental
centers.
This bill would require, until January 1, 2021,
require the department to develop and conduct a
3-year contract for a longitudinal
study, over the course of the 2017-18 through 2019-20, inclusive,
fiscal years, study, commencing July 1, 2017, to
assess the quality of life and outcomes of developmental center
residents that who relocate from the
Sonoma State Hospital Developmental Center,
the Fairview Developmental Center, and the general treatment
area of the Porterville Developmental Center as a result
of the closure of that center. those centers.
The bill would specify the contents of the study,
including assessments of the residents before they leave the center
and at one-year and two-year intervals after they relocate from the
center. qualifications and duties of the contractor,
as specified. The bill would require the department to submit
interim reports to the Legislature regarding the study at the end of
the first and second years of the study. The bill would require, upon
the completion of the study, the department to submit the study to
the Legislature, as specified.
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 4474.12 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, immediately following Section 4474.11 ,
to read:
4474.12. (a) The To ensure that persons
with developmental disabilities who are moved from developmental
centers to the community are receiving necessary services and
supports, the department shall develop and conduct a
three-year contract with an independent agency or
organization for a longitudinal study
study, commencing July 1, 2017, to assess the quality of life
and outcomes of developmental center residents that
who relocate from the Sonoma State
Hospital Developmental Center, the Fairview
Developmental Center, and the general treatment area of the
Porterville Developmental Center, as those institutions are
identified in Sections 4440 and 4440.5, as a result of the
closure of that center. The study shall be conducted over
the course of the 2017-18 through 2019-20, inclusive, fiscal years.
those centers.
(b) The study conducted pursuant to this section shall do all of
the following:
(1) Measure the residents' quality of life, their satisfaction
with services, the degree to which the residents achieve their goals,
such as independence, and other dimensions as determined by the
department.
(2) Include assessments of the residents before they leave the
center and at one-year and two-year intervals after they relocate
from the center.
(3) Track the residential locations of the former residents of the
center for purposes of conducting the one-year and two-year
postrelocation reassessments.
(4) Include a written report that does all of the following:
(A) Summarizes the findings based on the data collected.
(B) Provides recommendations regarding how the closure could have
been conducted in a manner that better served the needs of the
residents and their families.
(C) Specifies any community-based services for former residents
that need to be improved.
(b) The contractor shall be experienced in all of the following:
(1) Designing valid tracking instruments.
(2) Tracking the quality of community programs, including
outcome-based measures such as health and safety, quality of life,
integration, choice, and consumer satisfaction.
(3) Tracking the quality and appropriateness of community
placements for persons moving from large institutions into community
settings.
(4) Developing data systems.
(5) Data analysis and report preparation.
(c) (1) The contractor shall measure consumer and family
satisfaction with services provided, including case management and
quality of life, including, but not limited to, health and safety,
independence, productivity, integration, opportunities for choice,
and delivery of needed services.
(2) The contractor shall meet with each person, and the person's
family, or legal guardian or conservator, when appropriate, no less
than once per year to discuss quality of life and observe the person'
s services and supports.
(3) In cases in which the consumer is not capable of communicating
his or her responses, and in which a family member, or legal
guardian or conservator, is not involved, the contractor shall meet
with no fewer than two persons familiar with the consumer.
Additionally, the contractor shall interview staff and friends who
know the consumer best and review records, as appropriate.
(d) The contract may be satisfied by the same contractor used by
the department to implement the quality assurance instrument pursuant
to Section 4571, if appropriate.
(c)
(e) (1) For purposes of conducting the study, the
department shall maintain and update the addresses of, and contact
information for, former residents of the center who relocated as a
result of the closure of the center. centers.
(2) The department shall ensure, to the extent permitted by law,
that researchers conducting the study have access to data and other
information necessary to conduct the study, including the addresses
of, and contact information for, former residents of the center who
relocated due to the closure of the center.
(d)
(f) The department shall submit interim reports to the
Legislature regarding the study at the end of the first and second
years of the study, in accordance with the requirements of Section
9795 of the Government Code. Upon the completion of the study, the
department shall submit the study to the Legislature, in accordance
with the requirements of Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e) 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.