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CA Welf & Inst Code § 4417 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4417.

4417.  (a) The State Department of Developmental Services may:(1) Disseminate educational information relating to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of persons with intellectual disabilities.(2) Upon request, advise all public officers, organizations and agencies interested in the developmental disabilities of the people of the state.(3) Conduct educational and related work that will tend to encourage the development of proper facilities for persons with developmental disabilities throughout the state.(b) The department may organize, establish, and maintain community mental health clinics for the prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of intellectual disability. These clinics may be maintained only for persons not requiring institutional care, who voluntarily seek the aid of the clinics. These clinics may be maintained at the locations in the communities of the state designated by the director, or at any institution under the jurisdiction of the department designated by the director.(c) The department may establish rules and regulations that are necessary to carry out this section. This section does not authorize any form of compulsory medical or physical examination, treatment, or control of any person.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 144, Sec. 81. (AB 1847) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4418 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4418.

4418.  The State Department of Developmental Services may obtain psychiatric, medical and other necessary aftercare services for judicially committed patients on leave of absence from state hospitals by contracting with any city, county, local health district, or other public officer or agency, or with any private person or agency to furnish such services to patients in or near the home community of the patient. Any city, county, local health district, or other public officer or agency authorized by law to provide mental health and aftercare services is authorized to enter such contracts.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4418.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4418.2.

4418.2.  The department shall support, utilizing regional resource development projects, the activities specified in Sections 4418.25, 4418.3, and 4418.7.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1161, Sec. 27. Effective September 30, 2002.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4418.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4418.5.

4418.5.  The department may provide protective social services for the care of developmentally disabled patients released from state hospitals of the department or to prevent the unnecessary admission of developmentally disabled persons to hospitals at public expense or to facilitate the release of developmentally disabled patients for whom such hospital care is no longer the appropriate treatment; provided that such services may be rendered only if provision for such services is made in the California Developmental Disabilities State Plan.The department, to the extent funds are appropriated and available, shall pay for the cost of providing for care in a private home for developmentally disabled persons described in, and subject to the request and plan conditions of, the immediately preceding paragraph. The monthly rate for such private home care shall be set by the department at an amount which will provide the best possible care at minimum cost and also insure:(1) That the person will receive proper treatment and may be expected to show progress in achieving the maximum adjustment toward returning to community life; and(2) That sufficient homes can be recruited to achieve the stated objectives of this section.It is the legislative intent that the department may make the fullest possible use of available resources in serving developmentally disabled persons.The department may provide services pursuant to this section directly or through contract with public or private entities.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any contract or grant entered into with a public or private nonprofit corporation for the provision of services to developmentally disabled persons may provide for periodic advance payments for services to be performed under such contract. No advanced payment made pursuant to this section shall exceed 25 percent of the total annual contract amount.The department may provide protective social services, including the cost of care in a private home pursuant to this section or in a suitable facility as specified in Section 7354, for judicially committed developmentally disabled patients released from a state hospital on leave of absence or parole, and payments therefor shall be made from funds available to the department for that purpose or for the support of patients in state hospitals.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1142.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4418.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4418.6.

4418.6.  The department may establish within its family care program respite care services for the developmentally disabled. Such respite care services may be available to both family home caretakers and to persons referred by the regional centers for the developmentally disabled. For purposes of this section, respite care means temporary and intermittent care provided for short periods of time.The rate of reimbursement for such respite care service shall be established by the department after it conducts a study to determine if there are increased costs inherent in the provision of an intermittent and irregular service.(Added by renumbering Section 10053.9 by Stats. 1978, Ch. 429.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4419 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4419.

4419.  Within the limits of available funds it is the intent of the Legislature that the department shall require all personnel working directly with patients to complete, within a reasonable time after the effective date of this section or after their appointments, whichever is later, or have completed, training with regard to the care and treatment of such patients.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4420 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4420.

4420.  In order to assure an adequate number of qualified psychiatric technicians, psychiatrists, physicians and surgeons, psychologists, nurses, social workers, laboratory and other technicians, and ancillary workers, the department shall negotiate with any or all of the following: the University of California, the state colleges, the community colleges, private universities and colleges, and public and private hospitals, and arrange such affiliations or make such contracts for educational or training programs and awards training grants or stipends as may be necessary. Arrangements may be made in the hospitals and clinics operated by the department for the clinical experience essential to such educational and training programs, and positions in the department as interns and residents may be established.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4421 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4421.

4421.  In order to assure an adequate number of qualified psychiatrists and psychologists with forensic skills, the State Department of Developmental Services shall plan with the University of California, private universities, and the California Postsecondary Education Commission, for the development of programs for the training of psychiatrists and psychologists with forensic skills.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4422 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4422.

4422.  The department may examine all public and private hospitals, boarding homes or other establishments whether or not licensed by the department, receiving or caring for developmentally disabled persons and may inquire into their methods of government, and the treatment of all patients thereof.It may examine the condition of all buildings, grounds, or other property connected with such institutions, and may inquire into all matters relating to their management. For the purposes specified in this paragraph the department shall have free access to the grounds, buildings, and books and papers of any such institution, and every person connected therewith shall give such information and afford such facilities for examination or inquiry as the department requires.Any evidence found of suspected licensing violations shall be reported immediately to the State Department of Health Services or the State Department of Social Services, whichever has jurisdiction.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 432.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4423 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4423.

4423.  In every place in which a developmentally disabled person may be involuntarily held, the persons confined therein shall be permitted access to and examination or inspection of copies of this code.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4424 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4424.

4424.  The department shall adopt, for all hospitals, rules and regulations, books of record for all departments, blank forms for clinical records and other purposes, questions for examination of employees, and questions for examination, in all the different branches of medicine and surgery and especially in the subject of diseases affecting the brain and nervous system, of all officers and interns, for the special use of the hospital.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4425 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4425.

4425.  The department shall keep in its office a record showing the following facts concerning each patient in custody in the several institutions:(a) Name, residence, sex, age, place of birth, occupation, and civil condition.(b) The date of commitment, and the respective names and residences of(1) The person who made the petition for commitment,(2) The persons who signed the medical certificate, and(3) The judge who made the order of commitment.(c) The name of the institution in which he is confined, the date of his admission thereto, and whether he was brought from his home or from another institution. If he was brought from another institution, the record shall show also the name of that institution, by whom he was brought therefrom and his condition.(d) If discharged, the date of discharge, to whose care he was committed, and whether recovered, improved, unimproved, or not in need of commitment.(e) If transferred, for what cause the transfer was made, and to what institution.(f) If dead, the date and cause of death.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4426 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4426.

4426.  The department may inquire into the manner in which a person with an intellectual disability who is subject to commitment, not confined in a state hospital, is cared for and maintained. If, in its judgment, the person is not properly and suitably cared for, the department may apply to a judge of the superior court for an order to commit him or her to a state hospital under the provisions of this code. This order shall not be made unless the judge finds, and certifies in the order, that the person is not properly or suitably cared for by his or her relatives, legal guardian, or conservator, or that it is dangerous to the public to allow him or her to be cared for and maintained by the relatives, legal guardian, or conservator.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 457, Sec. 47. (SB 1381) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4427 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4427.

4427.  When the department has reason to believe that any person held in custody as developmentally disabled is wrongfully deprived of his liberty, or is cruelly or negligently treated, or that inadequate provision is made for the skillful medical care, proper supervision, and safekeeping of any such person, it may ascertain the facts. It may issue compulsory process for the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, and may exercise the powers conferred upon a referee in a superior court. It may make such orders for the care and treatment of such person as it deems proper.Whenever the department undertakes an investigation into the general management and administration of any establishment or place of detention for the developmentally disabled, it may give notice of such investigation to the Attorney General, who shall appear personally or by deputy, to examine witnesses in attendance and to assist the department in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it in this code.The department may at any time cause the patients of any county or city almshouse to be visited and examined, in order to ascertain if developmentally disabled persons are kept therein.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4427.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4427.7.

4427.7.  (a) Designated investigators of developmental centers shall request a sexual assault forensic medical examination for any resident of a developmental center who is a victim or reasonably suspected to be a victim of sexual assault, as defined in Section 15610.63, performed at an appropriate facility off the grounds of the developmental center in accordance with Sections 13823.5 to 13823.12, inclusive, of the Penal Code, which includes, but is not limited to, the requirement that the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the city or county in which the developmental center is located be notified by the person performing the sexual assault forensic medical examination and that consent is obtained as required by subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 13823.11 of the Penal Code.(b) The sexual assault forensic medical examination described in subdivision (a) may be performed at a developmental center by an independent sexual assault forensic examiner designated to perform examinations of victims of sexual assault in the jurisdiction of the developmental center only if it is deemed safer for the victim and the developmental center’s examination facilities are equipped with forensic examination and evidence collection capability comparable to that of the designated community examination facility, as determined by the independent sexual assault forensic examiner.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 724, Sec. 6. (SB 651) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4428 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4428.

4428.  When complaint is made to the department regarding the officers or management of any hospital or institution for the developmentally disabled, or regarding the management of any person detained therein or regarding any person held in custody, the department may, before making an examination regarding such complaint, require it to be made in writing and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths. On receipt of such a complaint, sworn to if so required, the department shall direct that a copy of the complaint be served on the authorities of the hospital or institution or the person against whom complaint is made, together with notice of the time and place of the investigation, as the department directs.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4429 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4429.

4429.  The department shall biennially report to the Legislature its acts and proceedings for the two years ending the June 30th last preceding, with such facts regarding the management of the institution for the developmentally disabled as it deems necessary for the information of the Legislature, including estimates of the amounts required for the use of such hospitals and the reasons therefor, and including annual reports for each state hospital.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4430 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4430.

4430.  The department shall report to the Legislature the prospective needs for the care, custody, and treatment of developmentally disabled persons, together with its recommendations therefor. For the purpose of preventing overcrowding, it shall recommend such plans for the development of additional medical facilities as, in its judgment, will best meet the requirements of such persons.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4431 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4431.

4431.  Charges made by the department for the care and treatment of each patient in a facility maintained by the department shall not exceed the actual cost thereof as determined by the director in accordance with standard accounting practices. The director is not prohibited from including the amount of expenditures for capital outlay or the interest thereon, or both, in his determination of actual cost.As used in this section, the terms “care” and “care and treatment” include care, treatment, support, maintenance, and other services rendered by the department to a patient in the state hospital or other facility maintained by or under the jurisdiction of the department.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4432 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4432.

4432.  (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall report proposed allocations for level-of-care staffing in state hospitals that serve persons with developmental disabilities that shall include the following:(1) All assumptions underlying estimates of state hospital developmentally disabled population.(2) A comparison of the actual and estimated population levels for the year to date. If the actual populations differ from the estimated population by 50 or more, the department shall include in its reports a description of the change and the fiscal impact. The department shall make this information available to the Legislature during the budget process, but no later than January 10 of each year and no later than the release of the May revision of the Governor’s proposed budget each year.(b) The department shall provide the information required by subdivision (a) on the same dates as specified in subdivision (a) to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities created by Section 4520. The State Council on Developmental Disabilities shall provide the Legislature with review and comment on the information in a report.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 713, Sec. 34. Effective September 15, 1992.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4433.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4433.5.

4433.5.  Notwithstanding Section 4433, the department may contract with the State Council on Developmental Disabilities for the purpose of providing clients’ rights advocacy services to individuals with developmental disabilities who reside in developmental centers.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 409, Sec. 2. (AB 1595) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4436.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES|PART 1 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT|Section 4436.5.

4436.5.  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) “Physical restraint” means any behavioral or mechanical restraint as defined in Section 1180.1 of the Health and Safety Code.(2) “Chemical restraint” means a drug that is used to control behavior and that is used in a manner not required to treat the patient’s medical conditions.(3) “Long-term health care facility” means a facility, as defined in Section 1418 of the Health and Safety Code, that is required to report to a regional center pursuant to Section 54327 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.(4) “Acute psychiatric hospital” means a facility, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, including an institution for mental disease, that is a regional center vendor.(5) “Regional center vendor” means an agency, individual, or service provider that a regional center has approved to provide vendored or contracted services or supports pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 4648.(b) The department shall ensure the consistent, timely, and public reporting of data it receives from regional centers pursuant to Section 54327 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations regarding the use of physical restraint, chemical restraint, or both, by all regional center vendors who provide residential services or supported living services pursuant to Section 4689, and by long-term health care facilities and acute psychiatric hospitals serving individuals with developmental disabilities.(c) The department shall publish quarterly on its Internet Web site the following data, segregated by individual regional center vendor that provides residential services or supported living services and each individual long-term health care facility and acute psychiatric hospital that serves persons with developmental disabilities:(1) The number of incidents of physical restraint.(2) The number of incidents of chemical restraint.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 340, Sec. 2. (AB 918) Effective January 1, 2016.)