BILL NUMBER: SB 1129	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wiggins

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 4510.5 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to developmental disabilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1129, as introduced, Wiggins. Health services: Sonoma
Developmental Center.
   Existing law vests in the State Department of Developmental
Services jurisdiction over various state hospitals referred to as
developmental centers, including the Sonoma Developmental Center, for
the medical and nursing care of patients with developmental
disabilities.
   This bill would require the Director of Developmental Services to
provide medical, dental, wheelchair repair and modification,
orthopedic shoe, and other health-related services at the Sonoma
Developmental Center, through the center's operation of an outpatient
clinic, to persons with developmental disabilities who reside at the
center, and also to individuals who reside in the surrounding
community.
   This bill would authorize the department to obtain status as a
Medi-Cal provider in order to receive reimbursement for services
provided to nondevelopmental center patients, and would require the
department to pursue other funding sources. The bill would make the
provision of services to nondevelopmental patients contingent upon
obtaining appropriate status as a Medi-Cal provider or otherwise
obtaining sufficient funds through other funding sources.
   This bill would require the costs of administering the program to
be funded through existing resources of the department.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the County of Sonoma.
   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 4510.5 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   4510.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Director of Developmental Services shall provide medical, dental,
wheelchair repair and modification, orthopedic shoe services, and
other health-related services that are provided for persons with
developmental disabilities at Sonoma Developmental Center to
individuals residing in the surrounding community through the center'
s operation of an outpatient clinic.
   (b) The department may obtain appropriate status as a Medi-Cal
provider in order to be reimbursed for services provided to
nondevelopmental center patients. The department shall pursue other
funding sources to minimize the fiscal impact of the program on the
General Fund. Other sources may include the establishment of a
certified public expenditure program or procurement of a waiver under
federal Medicaid provisions.
   (c) Provision of services to nondevelopmental center patients
required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be contingent on the
department obtaining appropriate status as a Medi-Cal provider or
otherwise obtaining sufficient funds through other sources as
provided in subdivision (b).
   (d) Administration of this program shall be funded through
existing resources of the department. No additional General Fund
moneys shall be appropriated to the department for the administration
of the program.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique circumstances concerning the County of Sonoma.