While the Regional Center is pursuing funding from another agency or individual, it may purchase urgently needed services and supports until that agency or individual purchases or provides the services and supports. Any retroactive funding received from an outside agency or individual should be applied to offset the payment or payments made by the Regional Center during the time that such service or support was being pursued. In identifying a minor consumer s service and support needs, the Regional Center shall take into account the parents responsibility to provide services to the minor consumer. With regard to diapers and child care, except in unusual circumstances, the Regional Center shall fund only those services and supports which are more than the parents would be responsible to provide for a child without a developmental disability. For children under the age of three years, regional centers may use private insurance as a generic service only if there is not cost to the family as a result of its use.
Cost includes deductibles, co-pays, or a reduction in the lifetime benefit cap.
These objectives shall be stated in terms that allow measurement of progress or monitoring of service delivery. The goals and objectives should maximize opportunities for the consumer to develop relationships, be part of community life in terms of housing, work, school and leisure, increase control over his or her life, acquire increasingly positive roles in community life and develop competencies to pursue these goals. To the fullest extent possible, services and supports should be provided which are culturally appropriate, integrated with mainstream community life, promote consumer and family empowerment and involve consumers and their families in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of services and supports. Persons with developmental disabilities have the same legal rights and responsibilities guaranteed all other individuals by the United States Constitution and the Constitution and laws of the State of California. Services shall be purchased for eligible consumers without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, citizenship, sex, age or condition of physical or mental disability.