Amended in Assembly March 28, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2086

Introduced by Assembly Member Ian Calderon

February 20, 2014

An act to amend Section begin delete 95001 of the Government Code, relating to early intervention services. end delete begin insert 12182 of the Government Code, relating to state government. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2086, as amended, Ian Calderon. begin delete Early intervention services. end delete begin insert Secretary of State: filing fees. end insert

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Existing law requires the Secretary of State to charge and collect fees for the filing of documents, issuing of certificates, and other services performed by the Secretary of State, as provided, and, as of July 1, 2014, requires copying and special handling fees to be paid into the Secretary of State’s Business Fees Fund.

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This bill would authorize filing fees to be paid to the Secretary of State’s office up to one year after the forms are filed with the Secretary of State. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes.

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Existing law, the California Early Intervention Services Act, in part, requires the State Department of Developmental Services, the State Department of Education, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of Social Services to coordinate services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families, and to collaborate with families and communities to provide a family-centered, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, interagency, community-based, early intervention system for infants and toddlers with disabilities.

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This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 12182 of the end insert begin insert Government Code end insert begin insert , as added
by Section 4 of Chapter 364 of the Statutes of 2013, is amended
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12182.  

(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect fees
as provided in this article begin delete and end delete begin insert . Filing fees, as provided for in this
article, may be paid to the Secretary of State’s office up to one
year after the forms are filed with the Secretary of State. The
Secretary of State end insert may also by regulation establish fees to be
charged and collected for copying and special handling in
connection with filing documents, issuing of certificates, and other
services performed by the office.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the fees shall
approximate the estimated cost of copying and special handling.

(c) Fees charged for preclearance of documents and expedited
filings may be in different amounts, that shall not exceed one
thousand dollars ($1,000). Those fees may be charged only if the
special handling does not cause disruption or delay in the process
of normal handling of documents.

(d) Copying and special handling fees shall be paid into the
Secretary of State’s Business Fees Fund.

(e) The preclearance or expedited filing of documents by the
Secretary of State or his or her employees pursuant to this section
shall be considered discretionary pursuant to Section 820.2.

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(f) This section shall become operative commencing July 1,
2014.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 95001 of the Government Code is
amended to read:

95001.  

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:

(1) There is a need to provide appropriate early intervention
services individually designed for infants and toddlers from birth
to two years of age, inclusive, who have disabilities or are at risk
of having disabilities, to enhance their development and to
minimize the potential for developmental delays.

(2) Early intervention services for infants and toddlers with
disabilities or who are at risk of having disabilities represent an
investment of resources, in that these services minimize the
ultimate costs to our society, by minimizing the need for special
education and related services in later school years and by
minimizing the likelihood of institutionalization. These services
also maximize the ability of families to better provide for the
special needs of their children. Early intervention services for
infants and toddlers with disabilities maximize the potential of the
individuals to be effective in the context of daily life and activities,
including the potential to live independently, and exercise the full
rights of citizenship. The earlier intervention is started, the greater
is the ultimate cost-effectiveness and the higher is the educational
attainment and quality of life achieved by children with disabilities.

(3) The family is the constant in the child’s life, while the service
system and personnel within those systems fluctuate. Because the
primary responsibility of an infant’s or toddler’s well-being rests
with the family, services should support and enhance the family’s
capability to meet the special developmental needs of their infant
or toddler with disabilities.

(4) Family-to-family support strengthens families’ ability to
fully participate in services planning and their capacity to care for
their infants or toddlers with disabilities.

(5) Meeting the complex needs of infants with disabilities and
their families requires active state and local coordinated,
collaborative, and accessible service delivery systems that are
flexible, culturally competent, and responsive to family-identified
needs. When health, developmental, educational, and social
programs are coordinated, they are proven to be cost effective, not
only for systems, but for families as well.

(6) Family-professional collaboration contributes to changing
the ways that early intervention services are provided and to
enhancing their effectiveness.

(7) Infants and toddlers with disabilities are a part of their
communities, and as citizens make valuable contributions to society
as a whole.

(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that:

(1) Funding provided under Part C of the federal Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1431 et seq.) be
used to improve and enhance early intervention services as defined
in this title by developing innovative ways of providing family
focused, coordinated services, which are built upon existing
systems.

(2) The State Department of Developmental Services, the State
Department of Education, the State Department of Health Care
Services, and the State Department of Social Services coordinate
services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
These agencies need to collaborate with families and communities
to provide a family-centered, comprehensive, multidisciplinary,
interagency, community-based, early intervention system for
infants and toddlers with disabilities.

(3) Families be well informed, supported, and respected as
capable and collaborative decisionmakers regarding services for
their child.

(4) Professionals be supported to enhance their training and
maintain a high level of expertise in their field, as well as
knowledge of what constitutes most effective early intervention
practices.

(5) Families and professionals join in collaborative partnerships
to develop early intervention services that meet the needs of infants
and toddlers with disabilities, and that those partnerships be the
basis for the development of services that meet the needs of the
culturally and linguistically diverse population of California.

(6) To the maximum extent possible, infants and toddlers with
disabilities and their families be provided services in the most
natural environment, and include the use of natural supports and
existing community resources.

(7) The services delivery system be responsive to the families
and children it serves within the context of cooperation and
coordination among the various agencies.

(8) Early intervention program quality be ensured and
maintained through established early intervention program and
personnel standards.

(9) The early intervention system be responsive to public input
and participation in the development of implementation policies
and procedures for early intervention services through the forum
of an interagency coordinating council established pursuant to
federal regulations under Part C of the federal Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act.

(c) It is not the intent of the Legislature to require the State
Department of Education to implement this title unless adequate
reimbursement, as specified and agreed to by the department, is
provided to the department from federal funds from Part C of the
federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

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