BILL NUMBER: SB 208	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2013

   An act relating to developmental services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 208, as introduced, Lara. Developmental services: regional
centers.
   Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities
Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services is
authorized to contract with regional centers to provide services and
supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. The services
and supports to be provided to a regional center consumer are
contained in an individual program plan (IPP), developed in
accordance with prescribed requirements. Existing law authorizes the
regional center to, among other things, solicit an individual or
agency, by requests for proposals (RFPs) or other means, to provide
needed services or supports that are not available to achieve the
stated objectives of a consumer's IPP.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require that RFPs that are created by regional centers
include a section to evaluate the applicant's ability to provide
services and supports that are culturally and linguistically
competent.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require that requests for proposals that are created
by regional centers include a section to evaluate the applicant's
ability to provide services and supports that are culturally and
linguistically competent.