Bill Text: CA SB812 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Developmental services: housing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 507, Statutes of 2010. [SB812 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB812-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 812	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ashburn

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to  developmental disabilities 
 housing  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 812, as amended, Ashburn. Developmental services: housing. 

   Under existing law, the Department of Housing and Community
Development has various duties relating to goals and policy
objectives concerning housing in the state.  
   This bill would require the department, with the cooperation of
the State Department of Developmental Services, to prepare a report
to the Legislature that evaluates and identifies the housing needs of
persons who receive services from either the state department or a
regional center and who have been diagnosed with a disorder on the
autism spectrum.  
   Under existing law, the State Department of Developmental Services
contracts with private nonprofit, entitites, known as regional
centers, to provide or purchase services and supports for persons
with developmental disabilities, including, among others, autism
spectrum disorders. Existing law requires regional centers to create
an individual program plan that lays out the services and supports,
including housing, if applicable, to be provided to each consumer
that takes into account the needs and preferences of the individual
and the family and that promotes community integration, independent,
productive, and normal lives, and stable and healthy environments.
 
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would seek federal funding to promote and implement
housing for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, a pervasive
developmental disorder, or other special needs in a multipurpose
community that provides an environmentally effective, integrated,
affordable, and productive way of life. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    The Department of Housing and Community
Development, with the cooperation of the State Department of
Developmental Services, shall prepare a report to the Legislature
that evaluates and identifies the housing needs of persons who
receive services from either the State Department of Developmental
Services or a regional center and who have been diagnosed with a
disorder on the autism spectrum.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would seek federal funding to promote and
implement housing for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, a
pervasive developmental disorder, or other special needs in a
multipurpose community that provides an environmentally effective,
integrated, affordable, and productive way of life.