BILL NUMBER: SB 1392	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Pavley and Rubio
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Beall   and Huffman   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 11011.22 to the Government Code, relating to
developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1392, as amended, Pavley. Developmental services.
   Existing law establishes several developmental centers within the
jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services.
   This bill would  require, if a specified developmental
center is determined to no longer meet the needs of the state for
directly serving persons with developmental disabilities, that
  permit  the real property within the grounds of
 the   a  developmental center  , 
 as specified, that is determined to no longer meet the needs of
the state for directly serving persons with developmental
disabilities to  be made available for lease and be leased,
 subject to certain other leases,  to generate
revenue for deposit into the Californians with Developmental
Disabilities Fund, which the bill would create. The bill would
require moneys in this fund to be made available, upon appropriation
by the Legislature, to the department for purposes of serving persons
with developmental disabilities.
   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.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The Lanterman Developmental  Disabilities  Services
Act states that the State of California accepts a responsibility for
persons with developmental disabilities and an obligation to them
that it must discharge.
   (b) Some persons with developmental disabilities live in one of
four state-owned and state-operated developmental centers or
participate in the community-based residential program.
   (c) As demonstrated by developmental centers that the state has
previously closed, including the Stockton, Camarillo, and Agnews
Developmental Centers, upon closure the residents still require
ongoing supports and services, including residential services, as
they transition to community-based housing, programs, and service.
   (d) The obligation by the State Department of Developmental
Services to meet the housing and other needs of these persons under
the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities  Services  Act
necessitates thoughtful consideration, including, but not limited to,
the use of  a  previously closed developmental 
centers   center  property in any manner possible
for the benefit of the population served.
  SEC. 2.  Section 11011.22 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   11011.22.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 11011, if the real property
within the grounds of Agnews State Hospital, Camarillo State
Hospital, Fairview State Hospital, Lanterman State Hospital,
Porterville State Hospital, Sonoma State Hospital, or Stockton State
Hospital is determined to no longer meet the needs of the state for
directly serving persons with developmental disabilities, the real
property, subject to any lease entered into pursuant to a statute
enacted prior to the effective date of this section  , shall
  may  be made available for lease and be leased in
order to generate revenue for deposit into the Californians with
Developmental Disabilities Fund.
   (b) The Californians with Developmental Disabilities Fund is
hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, be made available to the State
Department of Developmental Services for purposes of serving persons
with developmental disabilities, subject to Section 4688.6 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code.