BILL NUMBER: AB 2160	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2008

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 amended, 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   as either a
mental or physical disability, as defined  .
   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. 
    9012.5.   "Disability" means either one of the
following:
   (a) A mental disability, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section
12926 of the Government Code, which includes, but is not limited to,
having a mental or psychological disorder or condition that limits a
major life activity.
   (b) A physical disability, as defined in subdivision (k) of
Section 12926 of the Government Code, which includes, but is not
limited to, having a physiological disease, disorder, condition,
cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss that limits a major life
activity.
  SEC. 2.  Section 9653 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
repealed.