Bill Text: CA AB152 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act: disability:
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB152 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB152-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 152 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Carter
JANUARY 23, 2009
An act to add Section 9012.5 to, and to repeal Section 9653 of,
the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to senior wellness.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 152, as introduced, Carter. Mello-Granlund Older Californians
Act: disability: definition.
Under existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, the
California Department of Aging, and local area agencies on aging
administer various programs for elderly persons. This act, with
certain exceptions, does not contain a definition of "disability."
This bill would define "disability" for purposes of the act as
either a mental or physical disability, as those terms are defined.
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. Section 9012.5 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
9012.5. "Disability" means "mental disability," as that term is
defined in subdivision (i) of Section 12926 of the Government Code or
"physical disability," as that term is defined in subdivision (k) of
Section 12926 of the Government Code, as appropriate, and as
qualified by subdivision (l) of Section 12926 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. Section 9653 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
repealed.
9653. "Person with a disability" means the same as the term is
defined by regulations established pursuant to Section 504 of the
federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 1992 (29 U.S.C.
Sec. 12101 et seq.), and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.).
