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• § 4629.5 — (a) In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 4629, the department’s contract with a regional center shall require the regional center to adopt, maintain, and post on its internet website a
• § 4629.7 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all regional center contracts or agreements with service providers in which rates are determined through negotiations between the regional center and th
• § 4630 — The contract between the state and the contracting agency shall not: (a) Require information that violates client confidentiality.
• § 4631 — (a) In order to provide to the greatest extent practicable a larger degree of uniformity and consistency in the services, funding, and administrative practices of regional centers throughout the state
• § 4632 — If the department and a regional center are unable to resolve any contract dispute, including disputes between the regional center and the department over whether a contract should be renewed or conti
• § 4633 — If the department or any regional center intends to adopt any material change in policy which will have a direct effect upon the contract between the state and the regional center, the department or t
• § 4634 — Contracts between the department and regional center shall be presented for final negotiation to regional center governing boards at least 90 days’ prior to the effective date of such contracts.
• § 4635 — (a) If any regional center finds that it is unable to comply with the requirements of this division or its contract with the state, the regional center shall be responsible for informing the departmen
• § 4636 — If necessary, to avoid disruption of the service program, the department may directly operate a regional center during the interim period between the termination of its contract with one governing boa
• § 4638 — Non-profit corporations operating regional centers shall not use state funds allocated to the corporation for operating the center for activities directly related to influencing employees of the cente
• § 4639 — (a) The governing board of a regional center shall annually contract with an independent accounting firm for an audited financial statement.
• § 4639.5 — (a) By December 1 of each year, each regional center shall provide a listing to the State Department of Developmental Services a complete current salary schedule for all personnel classifications used
• § 4639.6 — The Director of Developmental Services may issue directives to the regional centers as the director deems necessary to protect consumer rights, health, safety, or welfare, or in accordance with Sectio
• § 4639.75 — (a) On an ongoing basis, and as necessary, the State Department of Developmental Services shall provide to regional centers, and make available on the Internet, up-to-date information about work incen
• § 4639.76 — (a) A regional center with which the department maintains a contract pursuant to Section 4629 shall be subject to the California Public Records Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7920.
• § 4639.80 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 4630 or any other law, a contract between the State Department of Developmental Services and a private nonprofit association for the operation of a regional center pursuant
• § 4639.81 — A contract entered into or renewed pursuant to this article shall be subject to all of the following conditions: (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the successor contractor shall agree
• § 4639.82 — (a) A covered employee who is not offered employment, who has been discharged in violation of this article, or who has been paid less than the covered employee’s total compensation during the transiti
• § 4639.83 — The provisions of this article are severable.
• § 4640 — (a) Contracts between the department and regional centers shall specify the service area and the categories of persons that regional centers shall be expected to serve and the services and supports to
• § 4640.6 — (a) In approving regional center contracts, the department shall ensure that regional center staffing patterns demonstrate that direct service coordination are the highest priority.
• § 4640.7 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that regional centers assist persons with developmental disabilities and their families in securing those services and supports which maximize opportunities and
• § 4640.8 — When convening any task force or advisory group, a regional center shall make its best effort to ensure representation by consumers and family members representing the community’s multicultural divers
• § 4640.9 — Beginning July 1, 2020, each regional center shall provide to the department a copy of any corrective action plans and sanctions issued to a service provider, which shall include the name of the servi
• § 4641 — All regional centers shall conduct casefinding activities, including notification of availability of service in English and such other languages as may be appropriate to the service area, outreach ser
• § 4641.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The provision of services that are culturally and linguistically responsive to consumers is instrumental to improving access and equity
• § 4641.5 — (a) Effective July 1, 2011, regional centers shall begin transitioning all vendors of all regional center services to electronic billing for services purchased through a regional center.
• § 4642 — (a) (1) Any person believed to have a developmental disability, and any person believed to have a high risk of parenting a developmentally disabled infant shall be eligible for initial intake and asse
• § 4643 — (a) If assessment is needed, the assessment shall be performed within 120 days following initial intake.
• § 4643.3 — (a) (1) On or before April 1, 2002, the department shall develop evaluation and diagnostic procedures for the diagnosis of autism disorder and other autistic spectrum disorders.
• § 4643.5 — (a) If a consumer is, or has been determined to be, eligible or provisionally eligible for services by a regional center, the consumer shall also be considered eligible or provisionally eligible by an
• § 4644 — (a) In addition to any person eligible for initial intake or assessment services, regional centers may cause to be provided preventive services to any potential parent requesting these services and wh
• § 4646 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the individual program plan and provision of services and supports by the regional center system is centered on the individual and the family of the indivi
• § 4646.4 — (a) Regional centers shall ensure, at the time of development, scheduled review, or modification of a consumer’s individual program plan developed pursuant to Sections 4646 and 4646.
• § 4646.5 — (a) The planning process for the individual program plan described in Section 4646 shall include all of the following: (1) Gathering information and conducting assessments to determine the life goals,
• § 4646.55 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the contrary, and to the extent federal financial participation is available, effective July 1, 2007, the State Department of Developmen
• § 4646.6 — Notwithstanding Section 632 of the Penal Code, a consumer, or his or her parent, guardian, conservator, or authorized representative, shall have the right to record electronically the proceedings of t
• § 4647 — (a) Pursuant to Section 4640.
• § 4648 — In order to achieve the stated objectives of a consumer’s individual program plan, the regional center shall conduct activities, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) Securing neede
• § 4648.1 — (a) The State Department of Developmental Services and regional centers may monitor services and supports purchased for regional center consumers with or without prior notice.
• § 4648.11 — (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a request for proposals that is prepared by a regional center for consumer services and supports shall include a section on issues of equity and diversit
• § 4648.12 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that under federal and state law, certain individuals and entities are ineligible to provide Medicaid services.
• § 4648.13 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Probability sample or sampling” means a standard statistical methodology by which a sample is selected based on the mathemat
• § 4648.14 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Public Health shall notify the State Department of Developmental Services of any adminis
• § 4648.2 — By September 1, 1986, the State Department of Developmental Services shall promulgate regulations which establish a process for service providers to appeal actions the department takes as a result of
• § 4648.3 — A provider of transportation services to regional center clients for the regional center shall maintain protection against liability for damages for bodily injuries or death and for damage to or destr
• § 4648.35 — At the time of development, review, or modification of a consumer’s individual program plan (IPP) or individualized family service plan (IFSP), all of the following shall apply to a regional center: (
• § 4648.4 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, commencing July 1, 2006, rates for services listed in paragraphs (1), (2), with the exception of travel reimbursement, (3) to (8), inclusi
• § 4648.55 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), a regional center shall not purchase day program, vocational education, work services, independent living program, or mobility training and related transport
• § 4648.6 — The department, in consultation with stakeholders, shall develop an alternative service delivery model that provides an Individual Choice Budget for obtaining quality services and supports which provi
• § 4649 — Regional centers shall cooperate with the state council in joint efforts to inform the public of services available to persons with developmental disabilities and of their unmet needs, provide materia
• § 4650 — Regional centers shall be responsible for developing an annual plan and program budget to be submitted to the director no later than September 1 of each fiscal year.
• § 4651 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that regional centers shall find innovative and economical methods of achieving the objectives contained in individual program plans of persons with development
• § 4652 — A regional center shall investigate every appropriate and economically feasible alternative for care of a developmentally disabled person available within the region.
• § 4652.5 — (a) (1) An entity that receives payments from one or more regional centers shall contract with an independent accounting firm to obtain an independent audit or independent review report of its financi
• § 4653 — Except for those developmentally disabled persons judicially committed to state hospitals, no developmentally disabled person shall be admitted to a state hospital except upon the referral of a region
• § 4654 — Before any person is examined by a regional center pursuant to Section 1370.
• § 4655 — The director of a regional center or his designee may give consent to medical, dental, and surgical treatment of a regional center client and provide for such treatment to be given to the person under
• § 4656 — (a) A qualified physician and surgeon who diagnoses a developmental disability, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 4512, of a patient who is a minor shall attempt to determine from the patient,
• § 4657 — The State Department of Developmental Services shall, through the regional center contract, require that the following information is collected by each regional center for each new case and is also co
• § 4658 — The State Department of Developmental Services shall insure that all potentially eligible clients are referred to the Social Security Administration for eligibility determination for Old Age Survivors
• § 4659 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) or (e), the regional center shall identify and pursue all possible sources of funding for consumers receiving regional center services.
• § 4659.1 — (a) If a service or support provided pursuant to a consumer’s individual program plan under this division is paid for, in whole or in part, by the health care service plan or health insurance policy o
• § 4659.10 — It is the intent of the Legislature that this article shall be implemented consistent with the responsibilities of the department and the regional centers to provide services and supports pursuant to
• § 4659.11 — (a) When services are provided or will be provided to a consumer under this division, or to a child under 36 months of age who is eligible for the California Early Intervention Program pursuant to Tit
• § 4659.12 — (a) Where an action is brought by the department or a regional center pursuant to Section 4659.
• § 4659.13 — (a) If a consumer or child under 36 months of age who is eligible for the California Early Intervention Program pursuant to Title 14 (commencing with Section 95000) of the Government Code, the departm
• § 4659.14 — In the event of judgment or award in a suit or claim against a third party or carrier: (a) If the action or claim is prosecuted by the child or consumer alone, the court or agency shall first order pa
• § 4659.15 — Upon further application at any time before the judgment or award is satisfied, the court shall allow as a further lien the reasonable value of additional services provided arising out of the same cau
• § 4659.16 — (a) No settlement, judgment, or award in any action or claim by a consumer or child to recover damages for injuries, where the department or regional center has an interest, shall be deemed final or s
• § 4659.17 — When the department or regional center has perfected a lien upon a judgment or award in favor of a child eligible for the California Early Intervention Program or a consumer against any third party fo
• § 4659.18 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in no event shall the department or the regional center recover an amount greater than the child eligible for the California Early Intervention Program or c
• § 4659.19 — The amount recovered by the department or regional center shall not exceed the amount derived from applying Section 4659.
• § 4659.2 — (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.
• § 4659.20 — In the event that the child or consumer, his or her guardian, conservator, limited conservator, personal representative, estate, or survivors, or any of them brings an action against the third party t
• § 4659.21 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all carriers described in Section 14124.
• § 4659.22 — (a) Every health insurer, self-insured plan, group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.
• § 4659.23 — In order to assess overlapping or duplicate health coverage, every health insurer, self-insured plan, group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security
• § 4659.24 — (a) When the rights of a consumer or a child receiving services under the California Early Intervention Program to recovery from an insurer have been assigned to the department or a regional center, a
• § 4659.5 — (a) This article shall apply to any dispute over the provision of services where the regional center believes that a generic agency, as defined in subdivision (g), is legally obligated to fund or prov
• § 4659.7 — (a) Whenever a regional center believes that a generic agency is responsible for providing or paying for a service required pursuant to Sections 4646.
• § 4659.8 — The resolution under this article of whether a regional center or generic agency is the responsible party for providing the service in a particular matter shall not set a precedent for the resolution
• § 4660 — All meetings of the board of directors of each regional center shall be scheduled, open, and public, and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting, except as otherwise provided in this sect
• § 4661 — (a) Regional centers shall mail notice of their meetings to any person who requests notice in writing.
• § 4662 — In the case of an emergency situation involving matters upon which prompt action is necessary due to the disruption or threatened disruption of regional center services, an emergency meeting may be ca
• § 4663 — (a) The governing board of a regional center may hold a closed meeting to discuss or consider one or more of the following: (1) Real estate negotiations.
• § 4664 — The governing board of a regional center may hold a closed session regarding pending litigation when discussion in open session concerning those matters would prejudice the position of the regional ce
• § 4665 — Agendas and other writings or materials distributed prior to or during a regional center board meeting for discussion or action at the meeting shall be considered public records, except those material
• § 4666 — No regional center shall conduct any meeting, conference, or other function in any facility that prohibits the admittance of any person, or persons, on the basis of ancestry or any characteristic list
• § 4667 — All regional center board meetings shall be held in facilities accessible to persons with physical disabilities.
• § 4668 — (a) Any action taken by a regional center governing board in violation of this article is null and void.
• § 4669 — The provisions of this article shall not apply to the corporate affairs of the governing board of a regional center which have no relationship to the role and responsibility of a regional center set f
• § 4669.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and provided that there shall be no reduction in direct service to persons eligible for services under this article, a regional center, with the approval of the Stat
• § 4669.75 — (a) Any proposal approved by the department pursuant to this article may be implemented immediately upon approval.
• § 4670 — The Legislature finds that there is a shortage of programs and facilities to provide a comprehensive network of habilitation services to persons with developmental disabilities throughout the state.
• § 4675 — On and after January 1, 1978, the state plan established in this division shall be the primary method used for determining, in an orderly way, the programs and facilities that shall be developed, expa
• § 4676 — Prior to making an appropriation or allocating any state or federal funds for new or major expansions of programs or facilities for persons with developmental disabilities, the state plan shall be rev
• § 4677 — (a) (1) All parental fees collected by or for regional centers shall be remitted to the State Treasury to be deposited in the Developmental Disabilities Program Development Fund, which is hereby creat
• § 4678 — (a) The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, in implementing subdivision (b) of Section 4677, and with the support of the State Department of Developmental Services, shall convene a stakeholde
• § 4679 — (a) In any year for which funding is available, as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 4418.
• § 4679.1 — (a) By September 1, 2017, the department shall report to the Senate Committee on Human Services, the Assembly Committee on Human Services, and the appropriate legislative budget subcommittees on the f
• § 4680 — In order to assure the availability of a continuum of community living facilities of good quality for persons with developmental disabilities, and to ensure that persons placed out of home are in the
• § 4681.1 — (a) The department shall adopt regulations that specify rates for community care facilities serving persons with developmental disabilities.
• § 4681.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, for the 1996–97 fiscal year, the rate schedule authorized by the department in operation June 30, 1996, shall be increased based upon the amoun
• § 4681.4 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, for the 1998–99 fiscal year, the rate schedule increased pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 4681.
• § 4681.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a regional center shall not approve a service level for a residential service provider, as defined in Section 56002 of Title 17 of the California Code
• § 4681.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, commencing July 1, 2008: (1) A regional center shall not pay an existing residential service provider, for services where rates are determined through
• § 4681.7 — (a) Effective July 1, 2011, in order to maintain a consumer’s preferred living arrangement and adjust the residential services and supports in accordance with changing service needs identified in the
• § 4682 — Under no circumstances shall the rate of state payment to any provider of out-of-home care exceed the average amount charged to private clients residing in the same facility, nor shall the monthly rat
• § 4683 — It is the intent of the Legislature that rates of payment for out-of-home care shall be established in such ways as to assure the maximum utilization of all federal and other sources of funding, to wh
• § 4684 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the cost of providing 24-hour out-of-home nonmedical care and supervision in community care facilities licensed or approved pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Se
• § 4684.50 — (a) (1) “Adult Residential Facility for Persons with Special Health Care Needs (ARFPSHN)” means any adult residential facility that provides 24-hour health care and intensive support services in a hom
• § 4684.53 — (a) The State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of Social Services shall jointly implement a licensing program to provide special health care and intensive support services
• § 4684.55 — (a) A regional center may not pay a rate to an ARFPSHN or a GHCSHN for a consumer that exceeds the rate in the State Department of Developmental Services’ approved community placement plan for that fa
• § 4684.58 — (a) The regional center may recommend for participation, to the State Department of Developmental Services, an applicant to provide services as part of an approved community placement plan if the appl
• § 4684.60 — The vendoring regional center shall, before placing a consumer into an ARFPSHN or a GHCSHN, ensure that the ARFPSHN or the GHCSHN has a license issued by the State Department of Social Services for no
• § 4684.63 — (a) Each ARFPSHN and each GHCSHN shall do all of the following: (1) Meet the minimum requirements for a Residential Facility Service Level 4-i pursuant to Sections 56004 and 56013 of Title 17 of the C
• § 4684.65 — (a) A regional center shall not place, or fund the placement for, any consumer in an ARFPSHN or a GHCSHN unless the following requirements are met: (1) The individual health care plan team has prepare
• § 4684.68 — (a) The individual health care plan shall include, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) An evaluation of the consumer’s current health.
• § 4684.70 — (a) The State Department of Social Services, in administering the licensing program, shall not have any responsibility for evaluating consumers’ level of care or health care provided by an ARFPSHN or
• § 4684.73 — (a) In addition to any other contract termination provisions, a regional center may terminate its contract with an ARFPSHN or a GHCSHN if the regional center determines that the ARFPSHN or the GHCSHN
• § 4684.74 — The State Department of Developmental Services shall only approve the development of ARFPSHNs or GHCSHNs that are directly associated with the identification of the need of regional center consumers r
• § 4684.75 — (a) The State Department of Developmental Services may adopt emergency regulations to implement this article.
• § 4684.76 — For a child or nonminor dependent who has been adjudged a dependent of the court pursuant to Section 300, a child who has not been adjudged a dependent of the court pursuant to Section 300 but who is
• § 4684.77 — (a) If a child requires a living arrangement in a GHCSHN, the regional center shall make every effort to secure placement, consistent with the individual program plan, in a GHCSHN that is reasonably c
• § 4684.80 — (a) “Enhanced behavioral supports home” means a facility certified by the State Department of Developmental Services and licensed by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 1567.
• § 4684.81 — (a) The department shall use community placement plan funds, as appropriated in the State Department of Developmental Services’ annual budget, to develop enhanced behavioral supports in homelike commu
• § 4684.82 — The vendoring regional center shall, before placing any consumer into an enhanced behavioral supports home, ensure that the home has a license issued by the State Department of Social Services for not
• § 4684.83 — The enhanced behavioral supports home provider shall be responsible for coordinating the development and updating of each consumer’s individual behavior supports plan with the consumer’s individual be
• § 4684.84 — (a) The regional center shall have responsibility for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the consumer’s individual behavior supports plan objectives.
• § 4684.85 — (a) In addition to any other contract termination provisions, a regional center may terminate its contract with an enhanced behavioral supports home when the regional center determines that the home i
• § 4684.86 — (a) A certification for an enhanced behavioral supports home shall not be issued before emergency regulations filed by the State Department of Developmental Services pursuant to this article have been
• § 4685 — (a) Consistent with state and federal law, the Legislature finds and declares that children with developmental disabilities most often have greater opportunities for educational and social growth when
• § 4685.1 — (a) When a minor child requires a living arrangement outside of the family home, as determined in the individual program plan developed pursuant to Section 4646 and Section 4648, the regional center s
• § 4685.10 — (a) The department may adopt regulations to implement and comply with home- and community-based settings and person-centered service plan requirements in Sections 441.
• § 4685.7 — (a) Contingent upon approval of a federal waiver, the Self-Directed Services Program (SDS Program) is hereby established and shall be available in every regional center catchment area to provide parti
• § 4685.8 — (a) The department shall implement a statewide Self-Determination Program.
• § 4686 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the contrary, an in-home respite worker who is not a licensed health care professional but who is trained by a licensed health care prof
• § 4686.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, any vendor who provides applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services, or intensive behavioral intervention services or both, as defined i
• § 4686.3 — The department shall adopt emergency regulations to address the use of paraprofessionals in group practice provider behavioral intervention services and establish a rate.
• § 4686.31 — (a) Effective July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, any vendor who provides services as specified in paragraph (4) shall submit verification to the regional center
• § 4686.4 — (a) On or before July 1, 2026, the department shall adopt regulations to address the use of Behavioral Health Professionals in behavioral health treatment group practice.
• § 4687 — Consistent with state and federal law, the Legislature recognizes the rights of persons with disabilities to have relationships, marry, be a part of a family, and to parent if they so choose.
• § 4688 — (a) Consistent with state and federal law, the Legislature places a high priority on providing opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to be integrated into the mainstream life o
• § 4688.05 — Regional centers shall provide independent living skills services to an adult consumer, consistent with his or her individual program plan, that provide the consumer with functional skills training th
• § 4688.06 — (a) Consistent with state and federal law, the Legislature recognizes the right of adults with disabilities to reside in the family home.
• § 4688.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the contrary, vendors of behavior management, activity center, and adult development center day programs, social recreation programs, so
• § 4688.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the contrary, vendors of behavior management, activity center, and adult development center adult day programs, community integration tr
• § 4688.21 — (a) The Legislature places a high priority on opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to choose and customize day services to meet their individualized needs; have opportunities to fu
• § 4688.22 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) The Legislature places a high priority on promoting the full inclusion and independence of individuals with developmental disabilities
• § 4688.3 — (a) The State Department of Health Care Services and the department shall jointly seek a federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) approved 1915(i) state plan amendment to expand feder
• § 4688.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department may approve a proposal or proposals by Golden Gate Regional Center, Regional Center of the East Bay, and San Andreas Regi
• § 4688.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department may receive and approve a proposal or proposals by any regional center to provide for, secure, or ensure the full payment
• § 4689 — Consistent with state and federal law, the Legislature places a high priority on providing opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities, regardless of the degree of disability, to live in
• § 4689.05 — (a) A regional center shall not purchase supportive services, as defined in Section 12300, for a consumer who meets the criteria to receive, but declines to apply for, in-home supportive services (IHS
• § 4689.1 — (a) The Legislature declares that it places a high priority on providing opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to live with families approved by family home agencies and to receive
• § 4689.2 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to require the filing of fingerprints of those individuals whose contact with consumers receiving services and supports from family hom
• § 4689.3 — (a) A family home agency shall not place an adult with developmental disabilities in a family home until the family home agency has received a criminal record clearance from the State Department of De
• § 4689.4 — The State Department of Developmental Services may deny an application for vendorization or terminate vendorization as a family home agency or family home upon the grounds that the applicant for vendo
• § 4689.5 — (a) Proceeding for the termination, or denial of vendorization as a family home agency or family home pursuant to Section 4689.
• § 4689.6 — (a) The State Department of Developmental Services may prohibit a vendor from employing, or continuing the employment of, or allowing in a family home, or allowing contact with any adult with a develo
• § 4689.7 — (a) For the 1998–99 fiscal year, levels of payment for supported living service providers that are vendored pursuant to Section 4689 shall be increased based on the amount appropriated in this section
• § 4689.8 — Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, commencing July 1, 2008: (a) No regional center may pay an existing supported living service provider, for services where rates are determined through a ne
• § 4690 — The Director of Developmental Services shall establish, maintain, and revise, as necessary, an equitable process for setting rates of state payment for nonresidential services purchased by regional ce
• § 4690.1 — (a) By March 1, 1986, the department, in consultation with representatives of regional centers and providers of transportation services to regional center clients, shall develop a cost statement to be
• § 4690.2 — (a) The Director of Developmental Services shall develop program standards and establish, maintain, and revise, as necessary, an equitable process for setting rates of state payment, based upon those
• § 4690.3 — (a) For the 1998–99 fiscal year, rates for in-home respite services agencies that are vendored pursuant to Section 4690.
• § 4690.4 — (a) Sections 4690.
• § 4690.5 — Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, commencing July 1, 2016, and to the extent funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the rate for family member-provided respite se
• § 4690.7 — A provider of nonresidential services, as defined in paragraph (49) of subdivision (a) of Section 54302 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations, may utilize Alternative Nonresidential Servic
• § 4691 — (a) The Legislature reaffirms its intent that community-based day programs be planned and provided as part of a continuum of services to enable persons with developmental disabilities to approximate t
• § 4691.10 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, and to the extent funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the department shall provide a rate increase for the purpose of
• § 4691.11 — Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, and to the extent funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the department shall allocate no more than nine million nine hundred th
• § 4691.12 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, to the extent funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, and contingent upon the approval of federal funding, the department
• § 4691.5 — The ratesetting methodology, to be established pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 4691 shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following: (a) A p
• § 4691.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, commencing July 1, 2006, the community-based day program, work activity program, and in-home respite service agency rate schedules authorized by the de
• § 4691.8 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, and to the extent funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the department may provide a rate increase for the pur
• § 4691.9 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, commencing July 1, 2008: (1) A regional center shall not pay an existing service provider, for services where rates are determined through a negotiatio
• § 4693 — For the purposes of this article, “infant day program” means a day training and activity program where infants and their families are provided training individually and in groups for a day or less, an
• § 4694 — Commencing July 1, 2006, all regional center vendors who are qualified providers under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.
• § 4695 — The State Department of Developmental Services shall offer, through the regional centers, in conjunction with community colleges which elect to participate, a uniform statewide training program for di
• § 4695.2 — (a) Each direct care staff person employed in a licensed community care facility that receives regional center funding shall be required to satisfactorily complete two 35-hour competency-based trainin
• § 4696 — The Legislature places a high priority on ensuring that regional center clients and their families can avail themselves of mental health services which are appropriate to meet their needs.
• § 4696.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that improved cooperative efforts between regional centers and county mental health agencies are necessary in order to achieve each of the following: (1) Increas
• § 4696.3 — A regional center shall notify the clients’ rights advocate, as described in Section 4433, of all consumers placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold or in a Lanterman-Petris-Short conservatorship pur
• § 4697 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The methods of establishing rates of payment for providers of services and supports to persons with developmental disabilities in the c
• § 4698 — (a) (1) “Community crisis home” means a facility certified by the State Department of Developmental Services pursuant to this article, and licensed by the State Department of Social Services, pursuant
• § 4698.1 — (a) A certificate of program approval shall not be issued pursuant to this article until the publication in Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations of emergency regulations filed by the State D
• § 4698.50 — (a) No later than July 1, 2027, the State Department of Developmental Services shall contract with a public or private California dental school or college to administer the Oral Health for People with
• § 4698.51 — Participating regional centers shall do all of the following: (a) Designate a lead person at each regional center with responsibility for duties related to this article.
• § 4698.52 — (a) The department shall do all of the following: (1) Establish procedures for regional center directors, or their designees, to participate in the program.
• § 4698.53 — Implementation of this article is subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for the purpose of this article.
• § 4699 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The State Department of Developmental Services estimates that about 120,000 direct support professionals and about 5,500 regional center se
• § 4699.1 — Implementation of this chapter shall be subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for the purpose of this chapter.
• § 4699.2 — (a) The department shall establish, and regional centers shall administer in coordination with service providers, a program to provide training stipends to direct support professionals.
• § 4699.3 — (a) The department shall establish, and regional centers shall administer, an entry-level training and internship program for individuals interested in becoming direct support professionals, subject t
• § 4699.4 — (a) The department shall establish, and regional centers shall administer, a tuition reimbursement program for regional center employees who seek a degree or certification in a health or human service
• § 4699.5 — (a) The department shall seek input from stakeholders throughout the implementation of this chapter.
• § 4699.6 — (a) The department shall report to the Legislature at quarterly briefings for legislative staff about the progress on the programs described in this chapter.
• § 4699.7 — (a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.