BILL NUMBER: SB 2201	CHAPTERED  07/21/00

	CHAPTER   182
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 21, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 21, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 24, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Health and Human Services (Senators
Escutia (Chair), Figueroa, Hughes, Morrow, Polanco, Solis, and
Vasconcellos)

                        MARCH 22, 2000

   An act to amend Section 19461 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to rehabilitation, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2201, Committee on Health and Human Services.  Rehabilitation
Revolving Loan Guarantee Fund.
   Existing law creates the Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Guarantee
Fund, administered by the Department of Rehabilitation, which is
appropriated without regard to fiscal years for the purpose of
guaranteeing loans to persons for the purchase of vans, automobiles,
and other special equipment to facilitate transportation of the
physically handicapped and to assist private employers and employees
and other persons with disabilities to purchase adaptive aids and
other devices.
   Under existing law, one of the categories of persons eligible to
receive loans under this fund is persons with disabilities who
require a modified vehicle for mobility and who are ineligible for
vocational rehabilitation services, subject to the requirement that
the person be employed and require a vehicle to maintain that
employment.
   This bill would add to that category of eligible persons those
individuals eligible for vocational rehabilitation services, but who
have been placed on the department's order of selection waiting list.

   By expanding eligibility requirements for persons who may receive
loans under this continuously appropriated fund, the bill would
constitute an appropriation.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 19461 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   19461.  As used in this article:
   (a) "Department" means the State Department of Rehabilitation.
   (b) "Eligible persons" means any of the following, provided that
household income does not exceed the level prescribed for
moderate-income families by the Department of Housing and Community
Development pursuant to Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code:

   (1) Parents of children with disabilities, who are living in the
home, and who require a modified vehicle for mobility, as certified
by a physician or the department.
   (2) Persons with disabilities who require a modified vehicle for
mobility, as certified by a physician or the department, and who have
been found ineligible for vocational rehabilitation services from
the Department of Rehabilitation or who are eligible for vocational
rehabilitation services but have been placed on the department's
order of selection waiting list.  The person shall be employed, and
require a vehicle to maintain that employment.
   (c) "Eligible lender" means a financial institution organized,
chartered, or holding a license or authorization certificate under a
law of this state or the United States to make loans or extend credit
and subject to supervision by an official or agency of this state or
the United States.