BILL NUMBER: AB 2220	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Silva

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 4417 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to developmental disabilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2220, as introduced, Silva. State Department of Developmental
Services.
   Existing law establishes the State Department of Developmental
Services and sets forth the duties of the department and activities
in which the department may engage.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4417 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   4417.  The State Department of Developmental Services may:
   (a) Disseminate educational information relating to the
prevention, diagnosis  ,  and treatment of mental
retardation.
   (b) Upon request, advise  all public officers,
organizations and agencies   any public officer,
organization, or agency  interested in the developmental
disabilities of the people of the state.
   (c) Conduct  such  educational and related work
 as will tend to   that will  encourage the
development of proper developmental disabilities facilities
throughout the state.
   The department may organize, establish  ,  and maintain
community mental hygiene clinics for the prevention, early diagnosis
 ,  and treatment of mental retardation.  Such
  These  clinics may be maintained only for persons
not requiring institutional care  ,   and 
who voluntarily seek the aid of  such   the
 clinics.  Such   These  clinics may
be maintained at the locations in the communities of the state
designated by the director, or at any institution under the
jurisdiction of the department designated by the director.
   The department may establish  such  rules and
regulations  as are  necessary to carry  out
the provisions of  this section. This section  does
  shall  not authorize any form of compulsory
medical or physical examination, treatment, or control of any person.