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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 120
Author: De León (D), et al.
Amended: 6/12/14
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 34-0, 5/27/14
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Block, Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De
León, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock,
Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Leno, Lieu,
Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla, Pavley, Roth,
Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill, Calderon, Lara, Liu, Wright, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 6/12/14
SUBJECT : Year of the Community: developmental disabilities
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims the year of 2014 as the
Year of the Community, and declares that the Legislature will
actively promote the rights of persons with developmental
disabilities and their full inclusion into community life.
Assembly Amendments add co-authors and make other technical
changes.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
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1. Forty-five years ago, California enacted the Lanterman
Developmental Disabilities Services Act, a bold new direction
in public-private partnership that fundamentally changed and
dramatically improved the quality of life for people with
developmental disabilities and their families and that would
become a model for the nation.
2. The vision to enable people with developmental disabilities
to live full, productive, and satisfying lives as active
members of their communities was embodied in a statewide
network of community-based services and supports with
regional centers playing the role of the coordinating hub.
3. California's first pilot regional centers for delivering
services and supports to persons with developmental
disabilities, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and San
Francisco Aid for Retarded Children, were established in
1966, marking the beginning of the regional center system.
4. By their achievements, the pilot centers proved the merit of
the regional center concept and led to the introduction of
Assembly Bill No. 225 in 1969, which enacted the Lanterman
Mental Retardation Services Act of 1969, which is currently
known as the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services
Act (hereafter Lanterman Act), and which established the
statewide system of services for persons with developmental
disabilities.
5. The 21 regional centers in California continue to expand and
diversify their services while serving over 265,000 persons
with developmental disabilities and their families.
6. The 45th anniversary of the signing of the Lanterman Act is
an appropriate time to reaffirm our commitment to the act,
and renew our investment in the community system.
This resolution proclaims the year of 2014 as the "Year of the
Community" and the beginning of a decade of renewed commitment
to both the vision of the Lanterman Act and the investments
needed to ensure a sustainable future for California's community
service system and declares that the Legislature will actively
promote the rights of people with developmental disabilities and
their full inclusion into community life in California.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/12/14)
Association of Regional Center Agencies (source)
The Arc and United Cerebral Palsy California Collaboration
JL:d 6/12/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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