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CA Welf & Inst Code § 4640.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4640.7.

4640.7.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that regional centers assist persons with developmental disabilities and their families in securing those services and supports which maximize opportunities and choices for living, working, learning, and recreating in the community.(b) Each regional center design shall reflect the maximum cost-effectiveness possible and shall be based on a service coordination model, in which each consumer shall have a designated service coordinator who is responsible for providing or ensuring that needed services and supports are available to the consumer. Regional centers shall examine the differing levels of coordination services needed by consumers and families in order to establish varying caseload ratios within the regional center which will best meet those needs of their consumers.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1011, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4640.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4640.8.

4640.8.  When convening any task force or advisory group, a regional center shall make its best effort to ensure representation by consumers and family members representing the community’s multicultural diversity.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 414, Sec. 16. Effective September 22, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4640.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4640.9.

4640.9.  Beginning July 1, 2020, each regional center shall provide to the department a copy of any corrective action plans and sanctions issued to a service provider, which shall include the name of the service provider, the type of action taken, and the date of action. Copies of corrective action plans and sanctions shall be submitted quarterly, no later than 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter. The department shall provide a copy of all corrective action plans and sanctions to the protection and advocacy agency specified in Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 4900) within 30 days of its request. The department shall consult with regional centers and the protection and advocacy agency on the process for increasing consumer and family access to the information contained in corrective action plans and sanctions.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 28, Sec. 20. (SB 81) Effective June 27, 2019.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4641 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4641.

4641.  All regional centers shall conduct casefinding activities, including notification of availability of service in English and such other languages as may be appropriate to the service area, outreach services in areas with a high incidence of developmental disabilities, and identification of persons who may need service.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4641.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4641.1.

4641.1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) The provision of services that are culturally and linguistically responsive to consumers is instrumental to improving access and equity in the developmental services system.(2) Direct service professionals are critical to the provision of services and supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.(3) In recognition of the value of effective communication between direct service professionals and the consumers and families they serve, the provision of a pay differential for bilingual and multilingual direct service professionals will increase consumer access to staff who speak their preferred language.(b) The department, subject to an appropriation, shall establish and implement a system that promotes equity in access to services for regional center consumers by providing a pay differential to direct service professionals who can communicate in a language or medium other than English as part of their regular job duties.(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a direct service professional described in subdivision (b) is eligible for a bilingual or multilingual differential if both of the following conditions are met:(1) The duties currently assigned to the direct service professional require regular communication in a language or medium other than English with an individual that has a developmental disability, and when appropriate, their families.(2) The direct service professional passes an examination certifying their ability to communicate in the language or medium other than English.(3) For the purpose of this section, “medium other than English” includes, but is not limited to, American Sign Language and other sign languages and augmentative and alternative communication.(d) The department may adopt emergency regulations to implement this section. The adoption, amendment, repeal, or readoption of a regulation authorized by this section is deemed to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare, for purposes of Sections 11346.1 and 11349.6 of the Government Code. The department is exempted from the requirement that it describe specific facts showing the need for immediate action.(e) Prior to implementation, the department shall provide a report to the Legislature detailing its plan to implement a wage differential for bilingual and multilingual staff.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 76, Sec. 29. (AB 136) Effective July 16, 2021.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4641.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4641.5.

4641.5.  (a) Effective July 1, 2011, regional centers shall begin transitioning all vendors of all regional center services to electronic billing for services purchased through a regional center. All vendors and contracted providers shall submit all billings electronically for services provided on or after July 1, 2012, with the exception of the following:(1) A vendor or provider whose services are paid for by vouchers, as that term is defined in subdivision (i) of Section 4512.(2) A vendor or provider who demonstrates that submitting billings electronically for services presents a substantial financial hardship for the provider.(b) For purposes of this section, “electronic billing” is defined as the Regional Center e-Billing System Web application provided by the department.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 196. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4643 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4643.

4643.  (a) If assessment is needed, the assessment shall be performed within 120 days following initial intake. Assessment shall be performed as soon as possible and in no event more than 60 days following initial intake where any delay would expose the client to unnecessary risk to his or her health and safety or to significant further delay in mental or physical development, or the client would be at imminent risk of placement in a more restrictive environment. Assessment may include collection and review of available historical diagnostic data, provision or procurement of necessary tests and evaluations, and summarization of developmental levels and service needs and is conditional upon receipt of the release of information specified in subdivision (b).(b) In determining if an individual meets the definition of developmental disability contained in subdivision (a) of Section 4512, the regional center may consider evaluations and tests, including, but not limited to, intelligence tests, adaptive functioning tests, neurological and neuropsychological tests, diagnostic tests performed by a physician, psychiatric tests, and other tests or evaluations that have been performed by, and are available from, other sources.(c) At the time of assessment, the individual, or, where appropriate, the parents, legal guardian, or conservator, shall provide copies of any health benefit cards under which the consumer is eligible to receive health benefits, including, but not limited to, private health insurance, a health care service plan, Medi-Cal, Medicare, and TRICARE. If the individual, or where appropriate, the parents, legal guardians, or conservators, have no such benefits, the regional center shall not use that fact to negatively impact the services that the individual may or may not receive from the regional center.(d) A regional center shall communicate with the consumer and his or her family pursuant to this section in their native language, including providing alternative communication services, as required by Sections 11135 to 11139.7, inclusive, of the Government Code and implementing regulations.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 685, Sec. 5. (SB 555) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4643.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4643.3.

4643.3.  (a) (1) On or before April 1, 2002, the department shall develop evaluation and diagnostic procedures for the diagnosis of autism disorder and other autistic spectrum disorders.(2) The department shall publish or arrange for the publication of the evaluation and diagnostic procedures required by paragraph (1). The published evaluation and diagnostic procedures shall be available to the public.(b) The department shall develop a training program for regional center clinical staff in the utilization of diagnostic procedures for the diagnosis of autism disorder. The training program shall be implemented on or before July 1, 2002.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 171, Sec. 26. Effective August 10, 2001.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4644 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4644.

4644.  (a) In addition to any person eligible for initial intake or assessment services, regional centers may cause to be provided preventive services to any potential parent requesting these services and who is determined to be at high risk of parenting a developmentally disabled infant, or, at the request of the parent or guardian, to any infant at high risk of becoming developmentally disabled. It is the intent of the Legislature that preventive services shall be given equal priority with all other basic regional center services. These services shall, inasmuch as feasible, be provided by appropriate generic agencies, including, but not limited to, county departments of health, perinatal centers, and genetic centers. The department shall implement operating procedures to ensure that prevention activities are funded from regional center purchase of service funds only when funding for these services is unavailable from local generic agencies. In no case, shall regional center funds be used to supplant funds budgeted by any agency which has a responsibility to provide prevention services to the general public.(b) For purposes of this section, “generic agency” means any agency which has a legal responsibility to serve all members of the general public and which is receiving public funds for providing such services.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1242, Sec. 2.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4646.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4646.4.

4646.4.  (a) Regional centers shall ensure, at the time of development, scheduled review, or modification of a consumer’s individual program plan developed pursuant to Sections 4646 and 4646.5, or of an individualized family service plan pursuant to Section 95020 of the Government Code, the establishment of an internal process. This internal process shall ensure adherence with federal and state law and regulation, and when purchasing services and supports, shall ensure all of the following:(1) Conformance with the regional center’s purchase of service policies, as approved by the department pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 4434.(2) Utilization of generic services and supports when appropriate. The individualized family service planning team for infants and toddlers eligible under Section 95014 of the Government Code may determine that a medical service identified in the individualized family service plan is not available through the family’s private health insurance policy or health care service plan and therefore, in compliance with the timely provision of service requirements contained in Part 303 (commencing with Section 303.1) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, will be funded by the regional center.(3) Utilization of other services and sources of funding as contained in Section 4659.(4) Consideration of the family’s responsibility for providing similar services and supports for a minor child without disabilities in identifying the consumer’s service and support needs as provided in the least restrictive and most appropriate setting. In this determination, regional centers shall take into account the consumer’s need for extraordinary care, services, supports and supervision, and the need for timely access to this care.(b) At the time of development, scheduled review, or modification of a consumer’s individual program plan developed pursuant to Sections 4646 and 4646.5, or of an individualized family service plan pursuant to Section 95020 of the Government Code, the consumer, or, where appropriate, the parents, legal guardian, or conservator, shall provide copies of their health benefit cards under which the consumer is eligible to receive health benefits, including, but not limited to, private health insurance, a health care service plan, Medi-Cal, Medicare, and TRICARE. If the individual, or, where appropriate, the parents, legal guardians, or conservators, have no such benefits, the regional center shall not use that fact to negatively impact the services that the individual may or may not receive from the regional center.(c) Final decisions regarding the consumer’s individual program plan shall be made pursuant to Section 4646.(d) Final decisions regarding the individualized family service plan shall be made pursuant to Section 95020 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 18, Sec. 11. (AB 107) Effective June 27, 2017.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4646.55 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4646.55.

4646.55.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the contrary, and to the extent federal financial participation is available, effective July 1, 2007, the State Department of Developmental Services is hereby authorized to make supplemental payment to an enrolled Medi-Cal provider that is a licensed intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative, licensed intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing, or licensed intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled, for day treatment and transportation services provided pursuant to Sections 4646 and 4646.5, applicable regulations, and Section 14132.925, to Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in a licensed intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-habilitative, licensed intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled-nursing, or licensed intermediate care facility/developmentally disabled. These payments shall be considered supplemental payments to the enrolled Medi-Cal provider and shall be comprised of the full costs of reimbursing regional centers for making disbursements to day treatment and transportation service providers, plus a coordination fee which will include an administrative fee and reimbursement for the increased costs associated with the quality assurance fee paid accordingly and without a separate State Department of Developmental Services contract.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and to the extent federal financial participation is available, and in furtherance of this section and Section 14132.925, the State Department of Developmental Services shall amend the regional center contracts for the 2007–08 and 2008–09 fiscal years to extend the contract liquidation period until December 31, 2011. The contract amendments and budget adjustments shall be exempt from the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 4620).(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 37, Sec. 11. (AB 104) Effective June 30, 2011. Conditionally inoperative as provided in subd. (e) of Section 14132.925.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4646.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4646.6.

4646.6.  Notwithstanding Section 632 of the Penal Code, a consumer, or his or her parent, guardian, conservator, or authorized representative, shall have the right to record electronically the proceedings of the individual program plan meetings on an audiotape recorder. The consumer, or his or her parent, guardian, conservator, or authorized representative, shall notify the regional center of their intent to record a meeting at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. If the regional center initiates the notice of intent to audiotape record a meeting and the consumer, or his or her parent, guardian, conservator, or authorized representative, refuses to attend the meeting because it will be tape recorded, the meeting shall not be recorded on an audiotape recorder. However, the regional center shall have the right to electronically record the meeting when notice of intent to record has been given by the consumer or on the consumer’s behalf.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 512, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4647 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4647.

4647.  (a) Pursuant to Section 4640.7, service coordination shall include those activities necessary to implement an individual program plan, including, but not limited to, participation in the individual program plan process; assurance that the planning team considers all appropriate options for meeting each individual program plan objective; securing, through purchasing or by obtaining from generic agencies or other resources, services and supports specified in the person’s individual program plan; coordination of service and support programs; collection and dissemination of information; and monitoring implementation of the plan to ascertain that objectives have been fulfilled and to assist in revising the plan as necessary.(b) The regional center shall assign a service coordinator who shall be responsible for implementing, overseeing, and monitoring each individual program plan. The service coordinator may be an employee of the regional center or may be a qualified individual or employee of an agency with whom the regional center has contracted to provide service coordination services, or persons described in Section 4647.2. The regional center shall provide the consumer or, where appropriate, his or her parents, legal guardian, or conservator or authorized representative, with written notification of any permanent change in the assigned service coordinator within 10 business days. No person shall continue to serve as a service coordinator for any individual program plan unless there is agreement by all parties that the person should continue to serve as service coordinator.(c) Where appropriate, a consumer or the consumer’s parents or other family members, legal guardian, or conservator, may perform all or part of the duties of the service coordinator described in this section if the regional center director agrees and it is feasible.(d) If any person described in subdivision (c) is designated as the service coordinator, that person shall not deviate from the agreed-upon program plan and shall provide any reasonable information and reports required by the regional center director.(e) If any person described in subdivision (c) is designated as the service coordinator, the regional center shall provide ongoing information and support as necessary, to assist the person to perform all or part of the duties of service coordinator.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 146, Sec. 26. Effective July 22, 1999.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 4648.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED|CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities|ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities|Section 4648.11.

4648.11.  (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a request for proposals that is prepared by a regional center for consumer services and supports shall include a section on issues of equity and diversity.(2) The section on equity and diversity shall request, but not be limited to, all of the following information:(A) A statement outlining the applicant’s plan to serve diverse populations, including, but not limited to, culturally and linguistically diverse populations.(B) Examples of the applicant’s commitment to addressing the needs of those diverse populations.(C) Any additional information that the applicant deems relevant to issues of equity and diversity.(b) A request for proposals that applies only to specifically identified consumers is required only to request information on how the applicant plans to provide culturally and linguistically competent services and supports to those specific consumers.(c) This section shall not alter contracts entered into before January 1, 2014.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 656, Sec. 2. (SB 208) Effective January 1, 2014.)