BILL NUMBER: AB 2160	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2008
	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, 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 as
either a mental or physical disability, as defined.


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 "mental disability," as defined in
subdivision (i) of Section 12926 of the Government Code or "physical
disability," as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 12926 of the
Government Code, as appropriate, and as qualified by subdivision (l)
of Section 12926 of the Government Code.
  SEC. 2.  Section 9653 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
repealed.