BILL NUMBER: SB 1196	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 23, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Negrete McLeod

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act  to add Section 4474.9 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code,  relating to developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1196, as amended, Negrete McLeod.  State developmental
centers.   Lanterman Developmental Center. 
   Existing law  gives   vests  the State
Department of Developmental Services  with  jurisdiction
over specified state  hospitals   developmental
centers  , including  Fairview State Hospital and
 the  Lanterman  State Hospital 
 Developmental Center  , to be used as 
developmental centers   a developmental center  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
  a developmental center  .
   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
  require plans and other public documents, and notice
of public meetings or teleconferences, relative to the  
proposed closure of the Lanterman Developmental Center, to be posted
on the department's Internet Web site, as specified  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 4474.9 is added to the 
 Welfare and Institutions Code   , to read:  
   4474.9.  The State Department of Developmental Services shall
maximize opportunities for public involvement relative to the
proposed closure of the Lanterman Developmental Center by requiring
that any plans and other public documents be posted on the department'
s Internet Web site no more than 72 hours after publication. In
addition, the department shall post on its Internet Web site notice
of any public meetings or teleconferences relative to the proposed
closure of the Lanterman Developmental Center, along with public
access information, no less than 72 hours prior to those public
meetings or teleconferences.  
  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.