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Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

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• § 4418.7 — (a) (1) If the regional center determines, or is informed by the consumer’s parents, legal guardian, conservator, or authorized representative that the community placement of a consumer is at risk of
• § 4418.8 — (a) (1) As part of the safety net plan required by Section 4474.
• § 4419 — Within the limits of available funds it is the intent of the Legislature that the department shall require all personnel working directly with patients to complete, within a reasonable time after the
• § 4420 — In order to assure an adequate number of qualified psychiatric technicians, psychiatrists, physicians and surgeons, psychologists, nurses, social workers, laboratory and other technicians, and ancilla
• § 4421 — In order to assure an adequate number of qualified psychiatrists and psychologists with forensic skills, the State Department of Developmental Services shall plan with the University of California, pr
• § 4422 — The department may examine all public and private hospitals, boarding homes or other establishments whether or not licensed by the department, receiving or caring for developmentally disabled persons
• § 4423 — In every place in which a developmentally disabled person may be involuntarily held, the persons confined therein shall be permitted access to and examination or inspection of copies of this code.
• § 4424 — The department shall adopt, for all hospitals, rules and regulations, books of record for all departments, blank forms for clinical records and other purposes, questions for examination of employees,
• § 4425 — The department shall keep in its office a record showing the following facts concerning each patient in custody in the several institutions: (a) Name, residence, sex, age, place of birth, occupation,
• § 4426 — The department may inquire into the manner in which a person with an intellectual disability who is subject to commitment, not confined in a state hospital, is cared for and maintained.
• § 4427 — When the department has reason to believe that any person held in custody as developmentally disabled is wrongfully deprived of his liberty, or is cruelly or negligently treated, or that inadequate pr
• § 4427.5 — (a) (1) A developmental center or State Department of Developmental Services-operated facility shall immediately, but no later than within two hours of the developmental center or State Department of
• § 4427.7 — (a) Designated investigators of developmental centers shall request a sexual assault forensic medical examination for any resident of a developmental center who is a victim or reasonably suspected to
• § 4428 — When complaint is made to the department regarding the officers or management of any hospital or institution for the developmentally disabled, or regarding the management of any person detained therei
• § 4429 — The department shall biennially report to the Legislature its acts and proceedings for the two years ending the June 30th last preceding, with such facts regarding the management of the institution fo
• § 4430 — The department shall report to the Legislature the prospective needs for the care, custody, and treatment of developmentally disabled persons, together with its recommendations therefor.
• § 4431 — Charges made by the department for the care and treatment of each patient in a facility maintained by the department shall not exceed the actual cost thereof as determined by the director in accordanc
• § 4432 — (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall report proposed allocations for level-of-care staffing in state hospitals that serve persons with developmental disabilities that shall include
• § 4433 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The State of California accepts its responsibility to ensure and uphold the rights of persons with developmental disabilities and an ob
• § 4433.5 — Notwithstanding Section 4433, the department may contract with the State Council on Developmental Disabilities for the purpose of providing clients’ rights advocacy services to individuals with develo
• § 4434 — (a) Notwithstanding preexisting rights to enforce the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (Division 4.
• § 4435 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to advance regional center service provision that is person centered and more uniform, consistent, and equitable, while enhancing the experiences of individuals
• § 4435.1 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide more statewide uniformity and consistency and promote equity in the administrative practices and services of regional centers, consistent with the La
• § 4435.2 — (a) No later than July 1, 2025, the department, with input from stakeholders, including consumers and families, relevant state agencies, and other entities overseeing benefits or services considered g
• § 4436 — (a) In order to provide the information necessary to assess the impact of implementing the recommendations of the report submitted by the California Health and Human Services Agency, pursuant to Secti
• § 4436.5 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Physical restraint” means any behavioral or mechanical restraint as defined in Section 1180.
• § 4437 — (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall, on or before February 1 of each year, report to the Legislature and post on its Internet Web site supplemental budget information, which shall
• § 4440 — The department has jurisdiction over the following institutions: Fairview State Hospital.
• § 4440.1 — The department may contract with the State Department of State Hospitals to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities in state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Departmen
• § 4440.5 — A state hospital under the jurisdiction of the department may also be known as a developmental center.
• § 4441 — Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this code, all of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services shall be governed by uniform rule and
• § 4441.5 — The State Department of Developmental Services shall develop policies and procedures, by no later than 30 days following the effective date of the Budget Act of 1999, at each developmental center, to
• § 4442 — Each state hospital is a corporation.
• § 4443 — Each such corporation may acquire and hold in its corporate name by gift, grant, devise, or bequest property to be applied to the maintenance of the patients of the hospital and for the general use of
• § 4444 — All lands necessary for the use of state hospitals except those acquired by gift, devise, or purchase, shall be acquired by condemnation as lands for other public uses are acquired.
• § 4445 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4444, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may grant rights-of-way for road purposes over and
• § 4446 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 4444, the Director of General Services may enter into an agreement with the City of Santa Clara for the dedication of a public right-of-way and the granting of long-term ea
• § 4447 — Notwithstanding Section 4444, the Director of General Services with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may grant a right-of-way for road purposes to the City of Stockton ov
• § 4448 — The department shall participate with the City of Porterville in the construction of an interceptor sewer between the Porterville State Hospital facilities and the sewer facilities of the City of Port
• § 4449 — The State Department of Developmental Services has general control and direction of the property and concerns of each state hospital specified in Section 4440.
• § 4450 — The medical superintendent shall make triplicate estimates, in minute detail, as approved by the State Department of Developmental Services of such supplies, expenses, buildings, and improvements as a
• § 4451 — The state hospitals may manufacture supplies, materials, and assisting devices which are for the benefit of individuals with disabilities who otherwise would not have access to those articles, or whic
• § 4452 — All money belonging to the state and received by state hospitals from any source, except appropriations, shall, at the end of each month, be deposited in the State Treasury, to the credit of the Gener
• § 4453 — The state hospitals and the officers thereof shall make such financial statements to the Controller as the Controller requires.
• § 4454 — The authorities for the several hospitals shall furnish to the State Department of Developmental Services the facts mentioned in Section 4425 and such other obtainable facts as the department from tim
• § 4455 — The department may permit, subject to such conditions and regulations as it may impose, any religious or missionary corporation or society to erect a building on the grounds of any state hospital for
• § 4456 — The department may establish and supervise under its rules and regulations training schools or courses for employees of the department or of state institutions under its jurisdiction.
• § 4457 — Whenever a trial is had of any person charged with escape or attempt to escape from a state hospital, whenever a hearing is had on the return of a writ of habeas corpus prosecuted by or on behalf of a
• § 4459 — The State Department of Developmental Services shall investigate and examine all nonresident persons judicially committed to any state hospital and shall cause such persons, when found to be nonreside
• § 4460 — In order to be entitled to hospitalization in this state, an adult developmentally disabled person or the parent or guardian or conservator of a developmentally disabled minor shall be a state residen
• § 4461 — (a) All expenses incurred in returning such persons to other states shall be paid by this state, the person, or his or her relatives, but the expense of returning residents of this state shall be born
• § 4462 — The State Department of Developmental Services, when it deems it necessary, may, under conditions prescribed by the director, transfer any patients of a state institution under its jurisdiction to ano
• § 4463 — The Director of Developmental Services may authorize the transfer of persons from any institution within the department to any institution authorized by the federal government to receive such person.
• § 4464 — The State Department of Developmental Services shall send to the Department of Veterans Affairs whenever requested a list of all persons who have been patients for six months or more in each state ins
• § 4465 — The Director of Developmental Services may deposit any funds of patients in the possession of each hospital administrator of a state hospital in trust with the treasurer pursuant to Section 16305.
• § 4466 — Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services dies, and any personal funds or property of such patient remains in the hand
• § 4467 — Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services escapes, or is discharged or is on leave of absence from such institution, a
• § 4468 — Before any money or other personal property or documents are delivered to the State Treasurer, State Controller, or public administrator, or sold at auction or upon a sealed-bid basis, or destroyed, u
• § 4469 — At the time of delivering any money or other personal property to the State Treasurer or State Controller under the provisions of Section 4126 or of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1500) of Title 1
• § 4470 — When any personal property has been destroyed as provided in Section 4466 or 4467, no suit shall thereafter be maintained by any person against the state or any officer thereof for or on account of su
• § 4471 — All day hospitals and rehabilitation centers maintained by the State Department of Developmental Services shall be subject to the provisions of this code pertaining to the admission, transfer, and dis
• § 4472 — The state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services shall comply with the California Food Sanitation Act, Article 1 (commencing with Section 111950) of Chapter
• § 4473 — Whenever a patient dies in a state hospital for the developmentally disabled and the coroner finds that the death was by accident or at the hands of another person other than by accident, the State De
• § 4474 — Each patient in a state hospital for the developmentally disabled who has resided in the state hospital for a period of at least 30 days shall be paid an amount of aid for his or her personal and inci
• § 4474.1 — (a) Whenever the State Department of Developmental Services proposes the closure of a state developmental center, the department shall be required to submit a detailed plan to the Legislature not late
• § 4474.11 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, on or before October 1, 2015, the Department of Developmental Services shall submit to the Legislature a plan or plans to close one or more developmental centers.
• § 4474.12 — (a) The department shall seek to modify the contract in existence on January 1, 2017, for the conduct of a movers longitudinal study to include all of the following: (1) A requirement that at least 25
• § 4474.15 — (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall include an update to the Legislature in the 2017–18 May Revision regarding how the department will provide access to crisis services after the
• § 4474.16 — (a) (1) On or before January 10, 2023, and in conjunction with the Governor’s proposed 2023–24 budget, the State Department of Developmental Services shall submit to the Legislature an updated version
• § 4474.17 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Supplemental Report of the 2014–15 Budget Package required the State Department of Developmental Services to provide quarterly brie
• § 4474.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may operate any facility, provide its employees to assist in the operation of any facility, or provide other necessary services and supports if, in th
• § 4474.3 — The provisions of Section 10411 of the Public Contract Code shall not apply to any person who provides developmental services and supports to individuals transitioning from a developmental center to c
• § 4474.4 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services shall verify that the State Department of Developmental Services and the State Departm
• § 4474.5 — (a) In order to meet the unique medical health needs of consumers transitioning from Agnews Developmental Center into Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties pursuant to the Plan for the Closure
• § 4474.6 — (a) The State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall coordinate the transition of health care services for Medi-Cal eligible consumers who are tran
• § 4474.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Department of Developmental Services shall continue the operation of the Agnews Outpatient Clinic and the Lanterman Outpatient Cli
• § 4475 — (a) Each developmental center under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services shall have a developmental center advisory board of eight members appointed by the Governor from
• § 4476 — No person shall be eligible for appointment to a developmental center advisory board if he or she is a Member of the Legislature or an elective state officer, and if that person becomes a Member of th
• § 4477 — The advisory boards of the several state developmental centers are advisory to the State Department of Developmental Services and the Legislature with power of visitation and advice with respect to th
• § 4478 — (a) The chairperson of an advisory board advising a developmental center shall meet annually with the developmental center director, the regional center directors, and a representative of the State Co
• § 4480 — As used in this article, “officers” of a state hospital means: (a) Clinical director.
• § 4481 — (a) The Director of Developmental Services shall appoint and define the duties, subject to the laws governing civil service, of the clinical director and the hospital administrator for each state hosp
• § 4482 — The Director of the State Department of Developmental Services shall have the final authority for determining all other employee needs after consideration of program requests from the various hospital
• § 4483 — Salaries of resident and other officers and wages of employees shall be included in the budget estimates of, and paid in the same manner as other expenses of, the state hospitals.
• § 4484 — The primary purpose of a state hospital is the medical and nursing care of patients who are developmentally disabled.
• § 4485 — Subject to the rules and regulations established by the department, and under the supervision of the hospital director when the hospital director is the hospital administrator, the clinical director o
• § 4486 — Subject to the rules and regulations established by the department, under the supervision of the hospital director when the hospital director is the clinical director, the hospital administrator shall
• § 4487 — The hospital director is the chief executive officer of the hospital and is responsible for all hospital operations.
• § 4488 — As often as a vacancy occurs in a hospital under the jurisdiction of the Director of Developmental Services, he shall appoint, as provided in Section 4481, a clinical director, a hospital administrato
• § 4489 — The hospital director is responsible for the overall management of the hospital.
• § 4491 — The hospital administrator shall be responsible for preserving the peace in the hospital buildings and grounds and may arrest or cause the arrest and appearance before the nearest magistrate for exami
• § 4492 — The hospital director may establish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law or departmental regulations, concerning the care and treatment of patients, research, clinical training, and for the
• § 4493 — The hospital administrator of each state hospital may designate, in writing, as a police officer, one or more of the bona fide employees of the hospital.
• § 4494 — The Director of Developmental Services may set aside and designate any space on the grounds of any of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the department that is not needed for other authorized
• § 4495 — Wherever the term “superintendent” appears, the term shall be deemed to mean clinical director, except in Sections 4450, 4466, 4467, 4469, 7281, and 7289, where the term shall be deemed to mean hospit
• § 4496 — Subject to rules and regulations adopted by the department, the hospital director may establish a sheltered workshop at a state hospital to provide patients with remunerative work performed in a setti
• § 4497 — At each state hospital at which there is established a sheltered workshop, there shall be a sheltered workshop fund administered by the clinical director.
• § 4498 — To assure a continuous level of competency for all state hospital treatment personnel under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services, the department shall provide adequate in
• § 4499 — To assure an adequate supply of licensed psychiatric technicians for state hospitals for the developmentally disabled, the State Department of Developmental Services, to the extent necessary, shall es
• § 450 — (a) A minor or nonminor who satisfies all of the following criteria is within the transition jurisdiction of the juvenile court: (1) (A) The minor is a ward who is older than 17 years and 5 months of
• § 4500 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act.
• § 4500.5 — The Legislature makes the following findings regarding the State of California’s responsibility to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities, and the right of those individuals to re
• § 4501 — The State of California accepts a responsibility for persons with developmental disabilities and an obligation to them which it must discharge.
• § 4501.5 — In counties where State Department of Developmental Services hospitals are located, the state hospitals shall ensure that appropriate special education and related services, pursuant to Chapter 8 (com
• § 4502 — (a) Persons with developmental disabilities have the same legal rights and responsibilities guaranteed all other individuals by the United States Constitution and laws and the Constitution and laws of
• § 4502.1 — (a) The right of individuals with developmental disabilities to make choices in their own lives requires that all public or private agencies receiving state funds for the purpose of serving persons wi
• § 4503 — Each person with developmental disabilities who has been admitted or committed to a state hospital, community care facility as defined in Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code, or a health facili
• § 4504 — The professional person in charge of the facility or his designee may, for good cause, deny a person any of the rights specified under subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 4503.
• § 4505 — For the purposes of subdivisions (f) and (g) of Section 4503, if the patient is a minor age 15 years or over, the right to refuse may be exercised either by the minor or his parent, guardian, conserva
• § 4506 — The Legislature finds and declares that the people of California have benefited from the establishment of a long-term care ombudsperson pursuant to Section 9710, a foster care ombudsperson pursuant to
• § 4506.1 — (a) The Office of the Developmental Services Ombudsperson shall be established as an independent and autonomous entity within the department for the purpose of monitoring the implementation of this di
• § 4506.2 — (a) The Director of Developmental Services, in consultation with, and after receiving a list of possible nominees from, a committee of at least five interested individuals that are described in this s
• § 4506.3 — The Developmental Services Ombudsperson, in consultation with the department, shall hire the necessary personnel to perform the functions of the office.
• § 4506.4 — (a) The Office of the Developmental Services Ombudsperson shall do all of the following: (1) (A) Disseminate information and provide training and technical assistance to individuals served by a region
• § 4506.5 — As part of the office’s efforts to resolve complaints related to the developmental services system, the ombudsperson may do all of the following: (a) Establish policies and procedures for receiving an
• § 4506.6 — In order to encourage candor during the ombudsperson’s investigation of complaints made by or on behalf of an individual served by a regional center and to facilitate the ombudsperson’s ability to res
• § 4506.7 — (a) The office shall establish a toll-free number.
• § 4507 — Developmental disabilities alone shall not constitute sufficient justification for judicial commitment.
• § 4508 — Persons with developmental disabilities may be released from developmental centers for provisional placement, with parental consent in the case of a minor or with the consent of an adult person with d
• § 451 — (a) At a hearing during which termination of jurisdiction over a ward is considered, the court may, as an alternative to termination of jurisdiction, modify its order of jurisdiction and assume transi
• § 4510 — The State Department of Developmental Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of State Hospitals shall jointly develop and implement a statewide program for en
• § 4511 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that meeting the needs and honoring the choices of persons with developmental disabilities and their families requires information, skills and coordination and c
• § 4511.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Supporting service access and equity for persons with developmental disabilities and their families requires awareness, skill development, and
• § 4511.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) Direct service professionals are critical to the provision of services and supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental
• § 4511.6 — (a) The department shall develop a pilot project to test the feasibility of remote consumer services and supports that use technology solutions.
• § 4512 — As used in this division: (a) (1) “Developmental disability” means a disability that originates before an individual attains 18 years of age, continues, or can be expected to continue, indefinitely, a
• § 4513 — (a) Whenever the department allocates funds to a regional center through a request for proposal process to implement special projects funded through the Budget Act, the department shall require that t
• § 4514 — All information and records obtained in the course of providing intake, assessment, and services under Division 4.
• § 4514.3 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 4514, information and records shall be disclosed to the protection and advocacy agency designated by the Governor in this state to fulfill the requirements and assurances o
• § 4514.5 — Upon request of a family member of a resident of a state hospital, community care facility, or health facility, or other person designated by the resident, the facility shall give such family member o
• § 4515 — Signed consent forms by a person with a developmental disability or, where appropriate, the parent, guardian, or conservator, for release of any information to which such person consents under the pro
• § 4516 — When any disclosure of information or records is made as authorized by the provisions of subdivision (a), (d), or (q) of Section 4514 or Section 4514.
• § 4517 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the compilation and publication of statistical data for use by government or researchers and standards set by the Director of Developmental Servi
• § 4518 — Any person may bring an action against an individual who has willfully and knowingly released confidential information or records concerning him or her in violation of the provisions of this chapter,
• § 4519 — (a) The department shall not expend funds, and a regional center shall not expend funds allocated to it by the department, for the purchase of any service outside the state unless the Director of Deve
• § 4519.10 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The current service provider rate structure in the system administered by the State Department of Developmental Services lacks transpar
• § 4519.11 — (a) Commencing on July 1, 2025, and every other year thereafter, the department shall review and update the rate models per the cost inputs available at the time of the review and shall post the updat
• § 4519.2 — (a) Through the Developmental Services Task Force, the department shall identify key indicators to track the regional center system’s delivery of services.
• § 4519.4 — (a) Beginning in the summer of 2019, the State Department of Developmental Services shall consult with a broad and balanced group of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of the
• § 4519.5 — (a) The department and the regional centers shall annually collaborate to compile and report, consistent with applicable federal and state privacy laws, data, including deidentified data in accordance
• § 4519.6 — The department and the regional centers shall annually collaborate to determine the most appropriate methods to collect and compile meaningful data in a uniform manner, as specified in Section 4519.
• § 4519.7 — (a) Any regional center employee shall not be liable for civil damages on account of an injury or death resulting from an employee’s act or omission where the act or omission was the result of the exe
• § 4519.8 — On or before March 1, 2019, the department shall submit a rate study to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature addressing the sustainability, quality, and transparency of comm
• § 4519.9 — (a) The department shall establish a community navigator program to promote the utilization of generic and regional center services by using community leaders, family members, or self-advocates to pro
• § 452 — (a) The court shall hold a hearing prior to terminating transition jurisdiction over a nonminor dependent.
• § 4520 — (a) A State Council on Developmental Disabilities with authority independent of any single state service agency is hereby created.
• § 4520.5 — Notwithstanding any other law, the state council shall determine the structure of its organization, as required by the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (Pub
• § 4521 — (a) (1) All references to “council” or “state council” in this division shall be a reference to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities.
• § 4521.5 — Notwithstanding Section 7.
• § 4521.6 — For purposes of this chapter, the Governor’s appointment of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the California Department of Aging, Director of Developmental Services, Director
• § 4522 — Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the reappointment or replacement of any individual presently serving on the existing state council if the reappointment or replacement is in conformity with all o
• § 4523 — Persons appointed to membership on the state council shall have demonstrated interest and leadership in human service activities, including interest in Californians who have developmental disabilities
• § 4525 — (a) In order to prevent any potential conflicts of interest, members of the state council may not be employees of a state, local, or private agency or facility that provides services to persons with a
• § 4530 — (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency shall be the designated state agency for support to the state council.
• § 4535 — (a) The state council shall meet at least six times per year, and, upon call of its chairperson, as often as necessary to fulfill its duties.
• § 4540 — The state council, established pursuant to the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-402 (42 U.
• § 4541 — The state council may, in its discretion, and in addition to the activities specified in subdivision (e) of Section 4540, implement the state plan by conducting activities that may include, but are no
• § 4544 — (a) (1) The state council may establish regional offices that are accessible to and responsive to the diverse geographic, ethnic, and language needs of consumers and families throughout the state.
• § 4545 — The state council may periodically review the number and geographic boundaries of regional offices needed to effectively implement this division, by methods including, but not limited to, conducting p
• § 4546 — The membership of any regional advisory committees established or continued by the state council prior to January 1, 2015, shall, upon expiration of the terms of individuals who are members of those c
• § 4548 — Any regional advisory committee established shall, at the request of the state council, do all of the following: (a) Advise the state council and its regional office on local issues and identify and p
• § 4550 — The state council’s operating costs may include honoraria for state council members and actual and necessary expenses for state council members and regional advisory committee members, as described in
• § 4551 — (a) Within the limit of funds allotted for these purposes, the state council shall appoint an executive director.
• § 4552 — The state council may contract for additional assistance with any public or private agency or individual to carry out planning, monitoring, evaluation, and other responsibilities under this division.
• § 4552.5 — The state council may request information, records, and documents from any other agency of state government, except for confidential patient records.
• § 4553 — To the extent provided in Public Law 106-402 (42 U.
• § 4555 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any contract entered into between the State of California and the state council may provide for periodic advanced payments for services to be performed unde
• § 4561 — (a) A state plan shall be prepared by the state council not less often than once every five years, and shall be reviewed and revised, as necessary, on an annual basis.
• § 4562 — (a) The state council shall conduct activities necessary to develop and implement the state plan in the various regions of the state.
• § 4563 — The state council shall assess the extent to which services, supports, and other forms of assistance are available to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families throughout the stat
• § 4564 — The state council shall conduct public hearings on the state plan and related budgetary issues prior to submission of the plan pursuant to Section 4565.
• § 4565 — (a) The state plan shall be given to the Governor, the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities established pur
• § 4567 — All state agencies shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the state council by providing information to the state council in the preparation of the state plan.
• § 4568 — In no event shall the state council allot federal funds from Public Law 106-402, as amended (42 U.
• § 4571 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the well-being of consumers, taking into account their informed and expressed choices.
• § 4572 — The State Department of Developmental Services shall develop and implement a plan to monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality of community-based services through the use of a performance dashboard.
• § 4580 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) More than 460,000 Californians who have intellectual and developmental disabilities are currently served at the State Department of Dev
• § 4580.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Pursuant to Chapter 47 of the Statutes of 2024 (Assembly Bill No.
• § 4581 — (a) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services, in coordination with the State Department of Developmental Services, shall lead the development and implementation of the Master Plan for Dev
• § 4620 — (a) In order for the state to carry out many of its responsibilities as established in this division, the state shall contract with appropriate agencies to provide fixed points of contact in the commu
• § 4620.1 — The Legislature recognizes the ongoing contributions many parents and family members make to the support and well-being of their children and relatives with developmental disabilities.
• § 4620.2 — (a) The State Department of Developmental Services, after consultation with stakeholder groups, shall develop a system of enrollment fees, copayments, or both, to be assessed against the parents of ea
• § 4620.3 — (a) To provide more uniformity and consistency in the administrative practices and services of regional centers throughout the state, promote appropriateness of services, maximize efficiency of fundin
• § 4620.4 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that more than a quarter of Californians are foreign born, and more than 10 percent of the state’s population speaks English “not well” or “not at all.
• § 4620.5 — (a) Beginning as early as possible after July 1, 2021, but no later than September 1, 2021, the department shall convene a workgroup, which shall be composed of individuals described under subdivision
• § 4621 — The department, within the limitations of funds appropriated, shall contract with appropriate private nonprofit corporations for the establishment of regional centers.
• § 4621.5 — Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1 of Chapter 501 of the Statutes of 1971, the department shall, within the limitations of funds appropriated, contract with an appropriate private nonprofit
• § 4622 — The state shall contract only with agencies, the governing boards of which conform to all of the following criteria: (a) The governing board shall be composed of individuals with demonstrated interest
• § 4622.5 — By August 15 of each year, the governing board of each regional center shall submit to the department detailed documentation, as determined by the department, demonstrating that the composition of the
• § 4623 — In the event that the governing board of the regional center is not composed of individuals as specified in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 4622, such governing board shall establish a
• § 4624 — When the governing board of the regional center is not composed of individuals as specified in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 4622, the program policy committee to the regional center
• § 4625 — The department shall not contract with any new regional center contracting agency unless the governing board of the agency is composed of individuals as specified in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive
• § 4625.5 — (a) The governing board of each regional center shall adopt and maintain a written policy requiring the board to review and approve any regional center contract of two hundred fifty thousand dollars (
• § 4625.6 — To ensure the delivery of independent legal advice, an attorney retained or employed by the governing board of the regional center to provide legal services shall not be an employee of the regional ce
• § 4625.7 — The governing board of a regional center shall meet with representatives of the department upon a request by the Director of Developmental Services, and, if requested, the board shall exclude regional
• § 4626 — (a) The department shall give a very high priority to ensuring that regional center board members and employees act in the course of their duties solely in the best interest of the regional center con
• § 4626.5 — Each regional center shall submit a conflict-of-interest policy to the department by July 1, 2011, and shall post the policy on its internet website by August 1, 2011.
• § 4627 — (a) The director of the department shall adopt and enforce conflict-of-interest regulations to ensure that members of the governing board, program policy committee, and employees of the regional cente
• § 4628 — If, for good reason, a contracting agency is unable to meet all the criteria for a governing board established in this chapter, the director may waive those criteria for a period of time, not to excee
• § 4629 — (a) The state shall enter into five-year contracts with regional centers, subject to the annual appropriation of funds by the Legislature.