BILL NUMBER: AB 2160	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2008

   An act to add Section 9012.5 to, and to repeal Section 9653 of,
the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to senior wellness.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2160, as introduced, Carter. Mello-Granlund Older Californians
Act: disability: definition.
   Under existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, the
California Department of Aging, and local area agencies on aging
administer various programs for elderly persons. This act, with
certain exceptions, does not contain a definition of disability.
   This bill would define "disability" for purposes of the act to be
the same as the term is defined for purposes of the California Fair
Employment and Housing Act.
   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 9012.5 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   9012.5.  "Disability" means the same as defined as in Section
12926 of the Government Code, with respect, as appropriate, to mental
disability and physical disability.
  SEC. 2.  Section 9653 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
repealed. 
   9653.  "Person with a disability" means the same as the term is
defined by regulations established pursuant to Section 504 of the
federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 1992 (29 U.S.C.
Sec. 12101 et seq.), and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.).