BILL NUMBER: SB 1196	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Negrete McLeod

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act relating to developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1196, as introduced, Negrete McLeod. State developmental
centers.
   Existing law gives the State Department of Developmental Services
jurisdiction over specified state hospitals, including Fairview State
Hospital and Lanterman State Hospital, to be used as developmental
centers for the provision of services to people with developmental
disabilities. Existing law specifies the procedure that the
department is required to use in the closure of any of these
developmental centers.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the State Department of Developmental
Services, by December 31, 2010, to close the Fairview Developmental
Center, the Lanterman Developmental Center, or both, and to move
consumers currently housed in the closed facility or facilities
either into the remaining facility or into community placements
appropriate for serving their needs. The bill would further provide
that the legislation would require that plans be made for the
property to benefit community-based services for persons with
developmental disabilities as well as the state General Fund.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the State Department of Developmental
Services, by December 31, 2010, to close the Fairview Developmental
Center, the Lanterman Developmental Center, or both, and to move
consumers currently housed in the closed facility or facilities
either into the remaining facility or into community placements
appropriate for serving their needs. The legislation would require
that plans be made for the property to benefit community-based
services for persons with developmental disabilities as well as the
state General Fund.