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2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED › CHAPTER 3 - California Developmental Disabilities State Plan › Section 4564.

4564. The state council shall conduct public hearings on the state plan and related budgetary issues prior to submission of the plan pursuant to Section 4565.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 409, Sec. 36. (AB 1595) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED › CHAPTER 3 - California Developmental Disabilities State Plan › Section 4565.

4565. (a) The state plan shall be given to the Governor, the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities established pursuant to the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, the protection and advocacy agency designated by the Governor to fulfill the requirements and assurances of the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction for review and comment prior to its submission by the chairperson of the state council to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(b) Copies of the state plan shall be provided, no later than November 1 of each year, to the Director of Finance and to the Legislature for guidance in the development of the Governor’s Budget and legislative review of the budget, and for guidance in other legislation pertaining to programs for persons with developmental disabilities.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 409, Sec. 37. (AB 1595) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED › CHAPTER 3 - California Developmental Disabilities State Plan › Section 4567.

4567. All state agencies shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the state council by providing information to the state council in the preparation of the state plan. Any expenditures incurred by state agencies in providing this assistance to the state council shall be identified in the state plan and in the state agency’s annual budget. These expenditures may be funded in whole or in part by state funds appropriated as the required state share of the developmental disabilities program, or by federal funds from Public Law 106-402, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 15001 et seq.), or both, when the state council allots funds for these purposes in the state plan.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 676, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED › CHAPTER 3 - California Developmental Disabilities State Plan › Section 4568.

4568. In no event shall the state council allot federal funds from Public Law 106-402, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 15001 et seq.), to state agencies to replace state funds currently allocated to those agencies for the purpose of planning programs for persons with developmental disabilities.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 676, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED › CHAPTER 4 - Quality Assessments › Section 4572.

4572. The State Department of Developmental Services shall develop and implement a plan to monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality of community-based services through the use of a performance dashboard. The department shall work with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, regional centers, consumer advocates, providers, and the Legislature, on the development of the dashboard. The dashboard shall be published annually and in a machine-readable format. Each regional center shall publish its own dashboard and shall post a link to the department’s dashboard on its internet website. The dashboard shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following metrics:
(a) Recognized quality and access measures.
(b) Measures to indicate the movement toward compliance with the federal Home and Community-Based Services Waiver rules (CMS 2249-F and CMS 2296-F).
(c) Measures to evaluate the changes in the number of consumers who work in competitive integrated employment.
(d) The number of complaints referred to the department pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 4731, for every 1,000 consumers served, by each regional center.
(e) The number of administrative fair hearings held pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 4710) of Chapter 7, separated by eligibility and service issues, for individuals ages three and over, for every one thousand consumers served, by each regional center.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 28, Sec. 11. (SB 81) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4620.

4620. (a) In order for the state to carry out many of its responsibilities as established in this division, the state shall contract with appropriate agencies to provide fixed points of contact in the community for persons with developmental disabilities and their families, to the end that these persons may have access to the services and supports best suited to them throughout their lifetime. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this division that the network of regional centers for persons with developmental disabilities and their families be accessible to every family in need of regional center services. It is the further intent of the Legislature that the design and activities of regional centers reflect a strong commitment to the delivery of direct service coordination and that all other operational expenditures of regional centers are necessary to support and enhance the delivery of direct service coordination and services and supports identified in individual program plans.
(b) The Legislature finds that the service provided to individuals and their families by regional centers is of such a special and unique nature that it cannot be satisfactorily provided by state agencies. Therefore, private nonprofit community agencies shall be utilized by the state for the purpose of operating regional centers.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1011, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4620.1.

4620.1. The Legislature recognizes the ongoing contributions many parents and family members make to the support and well-being of their children and relatives with developmental disabilities. It is the intent of the Legislature that the important nature of these relationships be respected and fostered by regional centers and providers of direct services and supports.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1011, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4621.

4621. The department, within the limitations of funds appropriated, shall contract with appropriate private nonprofit corporations for the establishment of regional centers.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any contract entered into pursuant to this section may provide for periodic advance payments for services to be performed under such contract. No advance payment made pursuant to this section shall exceed 25 percent of the total annual contract amount.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4621.5.

4621.5. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1 of Chapter 501 of the Statutes of 1971, the department shall, within the limitations of funds appropriated, contract with an appropriate private nonprofit corporation or corporations to operate regional centers as follows:
(a) One regional center to serve the Counties of Inyo, Kern, and Mono.
(b) One regional center to serve the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 364, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4622.5.

4622.5. By August 15 of each year, the governing board of each regional center shall submit to the department detailed documentation, as determined by the department, demonstrating that the composition of the board is in compliance with Section 4622. If the composition of the governing board is not in compliance with Section 4622, the governing board shall submit a plan to the department with its board composition documentation setting forth how and, in as expeditious a manner as possible, when the board will come into compliance, in part or in whole, with Section 4622.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 28, Sec. 13. (SB 81) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4623.

4623. In the event that the governing board of the regional center is not composed of individuals as specified in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 4622, such governing board shall establish a program policy committee which is composed of such individuals. The program policy committee shall appoint one of its members to serve as an ex officio member of the governing board.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4624.

4624. When the governing board of the regional center is not composed of individuals as specified in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 4622, the program policy committee to the regional center shall be responsible for establishing the program policies of the regional center. All program policies adopted by a program policy committee shall conform to the provisions of this division and the contract between the department and the governing board.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4625.

4625. The department shall not contract with any new regional center contracting agency unless the governing board of the agency is composed of individuals as specified in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 4622.
This section shall become operative on July 1, 1999.
(Repealed (in Sec. 14) and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 414, Sec. 14.5. Effective September 22, 1997. Section operative July 1, 1999, by its own provisions.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4625.5.

4625.5. (a) The governing board of each regional center shall adopt and maintain a written policy requiring the board to review and approve any regional center contract of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or more, before entering into the contract.
(b) No regional center contract of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or more shall be valid unless approved by the governing board of the regional center in compliance with its written policy pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) For purposes of this section, contracts do not include vendor approval letters issued by regional centers pursuant to Section 54322 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 9, Sec. 3. (SB 74) Effective March 24, 2011.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4625.6.

4625.6. To ensure the delivery of independent legal advice, an attorney retained or employed by the governing board of the regional center to provide legal services shall not be an employee of the regional center.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 28, Sec. 14. (SB 81) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4625.7.

4625.7. The governing board of a regional center shall meet with representatives of the department upon a request by the Director of Developmental Services, and, if requested, the board shall exclude regional center employees from the meeting. The governing board shall meet with the department’s representatives without preconditions for the meeting and at a time and date determined by the department. Not infringing on the department’s authority otherwise provided in this section, at the department’s discretion, efforts shall be made to meet with a governing board of a regional center at a mutually agreed-upon time, date, and place, with the goal of promoting attendance by board members.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 28, Sec. 15. (SB 81) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4626.5.

4626.5. Each regional center shall submit a conflict-of-interest policy to the department by July 1, 2011, and shall post the policy on its Internet Web site by August 1, 2011. The policy shall do, or comply with, all of the following:
(a) Contain the elements of this section and be consistent with applicable law.
(b) Define conflicts of interest.
(c) Identify positions within the regional center required to complete and file a conflict-of-interest statement.
(d) Facilitate disclosure of information to identify conflicts of interest.
(e) Require candidates for nomination, election, or appointment to a regional center board, and applicants for regional center director to disclose any potential or present conflicts of interest prior to being appointed, elected, or confirmed for hire by the regional center or the regional center governing board.
(f) Require the regional center and its governing board to regularly and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with its conflict-of-interest policy.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 9, Sec. 5. (SB 74) Effective March 24, 2011.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4627.

4627. (a) The director of the department shall adopt and enforce conflict-of-interest regulations to ensure that members of the governing board, program policy committee, and employees of the regional center make decisions with respect to the regional centers that are in the best interests of the center’s consumers and families.
(b) The department shall monitor and ensure the regional centers’ compliance with this section and Sections 4626 and 4626.5. Failure to disclose information pursuant to these sections and related regulations may be considered grounds for removal from the board or for termination of employment.
(c) The department shall adopt regulations to develop standard conflict-of-interest reporting requirements.
(d) The department shall adopt emergency regulations to implement this section and Sections 4626 and 4626.5 by May 1, 2011. 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 11349.9 of the Government Code, and the department is hereby exempted from that requirement. For purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code, the 120-day period, as applicable to the effective period of an emergency regulatory action and submission of specified materials to the Office of Administrative Law, is hereby extended to 180 days.
(e) The department shall adopt regulations to implement the terms of subdivision (d) through the regular rulemaking process pursuant to Sections 11346 and 11349.1 of the Government Code within 18 months of the adoption of emergency regulations pursuant to subdivision (d).
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 9, Sec. 6. (SB 74) Effective March 24, 2011.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4628.

4628. If, for good reason, a contracting agency is unable to meet all the criteria for a governing board established in this chapter, the director may waive those criteria for a period of time, not to exceed one year, with the approval of the state council.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 409, Sec. 40. (AB 1595) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4630.

4630. The contract between the state and the contracting agency shall not:
(a) Require information that violates client confidentiality.
(b) Prevent a regional center from employing innovative programs, techniques, or staffing arrangements which may reasonably be expected to enhance program effectiveness.
(c) Contain provisions which impinge upon the legal rights of private corporations chartered under California statutes.
(d) Prevent the right of employees of a regional center to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to limit the state’s authority to contract within available funds pursuant to Section 4621 or to obligate the state to appropriate funds in excess of those appropriated in the then current Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 931.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4631.

4631. (a) In order to provide to the greatest extent practicable a larger degree of uniformity and consistency in the services, funding, and administrative practices of regional centers throughout the state, the State Department of Developmental Services shall, in consultation with the regional centers, adopt regulations prescribing a uniform accounting system, a uniform budgeting and encumbrancing system, a systematic approach to administrative practices and procedures, and a uniform reporting system which shall include:
(1) Number and costs of diagnostic services provided by each regional center.
(2) Number and costs of services by service category purchased by each regional center.
(3) All other administrative costs of each regional center.
(b) The department’s contract with a regional center shall require strict accountability and reporting of all revenues and expenditures, and strict accountability and reporting as to the effectiveness of the regional center in carrying out its program and fiscal responsibilities as established herein.
(c) The Director of Developmental Services shall publish a report of the financial status of all regional centers and their operations by February 28 of each year. At a minimum, the report shall include each regional center’s budget and actual expenditures for the previous fiscal year and each center’s budget and projected expenditures for the current fiscal year.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 171, Sec. 23. Effective August 10, 2001.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4632.

4632. If the department and a regional center are unable to resolve any contract dispute, including disputes between the regional center and the department over whether a contract should be renewed or continued, either party may request the state council to review and advise with regard to the issues in dispute. The state council shall review and shall provide its advice in writing within 30 days of receiving a request for such review and advice. Copies of the state council’s advice shall be transmitted to the Director of Developmental Services and the governing board of the regional center. The state council’s advice shall not be binding upon either party.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 399, Sec. 1. Effective July 7, 1982.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4633.

4633. If the department or any regional center intends to adopt any material change in policy which will have a direct effect upon the contract between the state and the regional center, the department or the regional center shall give at least 30 days’ notice of an intent to change policy, and, if necessary, the contract between the state and such regional center shall be amended. The department shall not require regional centers to provide or purchase any services beyond the level of the funding appropriation for such services. If the department should alter the rates of payments to providers, the regional center budget shall be adjusted accordingly.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4634.

4634. Contracts between the department and regional center shall be presented for final negotiation to regional center governing boards at least 90 days’ prior to the effective date of such contracts. A regional center shall not be expected to perform functions not specified in the contract without a revision of such contract.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4636.

4636. If necessary, to avoid disruption of the service program, the department may directly operate a regional center during the interim period between the termination of its contract with one governing board and the assumption of operating responsibility by a regional center contract with another governing board. In no event shall the department directly operate a regional center program for longer than 120 days before contracting with a new governing board. The department may, if requested by the new governing board, continue to provide additional assistance to avoid disruption of the service program, until such time as the governing board has assumed full responsibility for the operation of the program.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4638.

4638. Non-profit corporations operating regional centers shall not use state funds allocated to the corporation for operating the center for activities directly related to influencing employees of the center regarding their decision to organize or not to organize and to form a union or to join an existing union because these activities are not directly related to the purchase of services to clients. State funds shall not be used for these activities by the officers or employees of the corporation itself, by the officers or employees of the regional center, or by an independent contractor, consultant or attorney.
State funds shall not be used to litigate the issue of the application of the National Labor Relations Act to, nor the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board over, non-profit corporations operating regional centers.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the employers rights under Section 8(c) of the National Labor Relations Act. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the use of state funds by the regional center in the employment of, or for contracting for, assistance in good faith collective bargaining or in handling employee grievances, including arbitration, under an employee-employer contract.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 327, Sec. 200. Effective June 30, 1982.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4639.

4639. (a) The governing board of a regional center shall annually contract with an independent accounting firm for an audited financial statement. The audit report and accompanying management letter shall be reviewed and approved by the regional center board and submitted to the department within 60 days of completion and before April 1 of each year. Upon submission to the department, the audit report and accompanying management letter shall be made available to the public by the regional center. It is the intent of the Legislature that no additional funds be appropriated for this purpose.
(b) For the 2011–12 fiscal year and subsequent years, the audit specified in subdivision (a) shall not be completed by the same accounting firm more than five times in every 10 years.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 9, Sec. 9. (SB 74) Effective March 24, 2011.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4639.6.

4639.6. The Director of Developmental Services may issue directives to the regional centers as the director deems necessary to protect consumer rights, health, safety, or welfare, or in accordance with Section 4434. The regional center shall comply with any directive issued by the director pursuant to this section. The directive shall not be in conflict with existing statutes or regulations.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 28, Sec. 18. (SB 81) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 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 1 - Regional Center Contracts › Section 4639.75.

4639.75. (a) On an ongoing basis, and as necessary, the State Department of Developmental Services shall provide to regional centers, and make available on the Internet, up-to-date information about work incentive programs for persons with developmental disabilities and other information relevant to persons with developmental disabilities in making informed choices about employment options. This information may include, but not be limited to, the access and retention of needed benefits, the interactions of earned income, asset building, and other financial changes on benefits, employment resources and protections, taxpayer requirements and responsibilities, training opportunities, and information and services available through other agencies, organizations, or on the Internet.
(b) The department, in consultation with regional centers, shall assess the need for, and develop a plan for, training of regional center staff on employment issues facing persons with a developmental disability. The department shall not be required to implement training pursuant to this section if implementation cannot be achieved within existing resources, unless additional funding for this purpose becomes available.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 397, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 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 1.1 - Regional Center Worker Retention › Section 4639.81.

4639.81. A contract entered into or renewed pursuant to this article shall be subject to all of the following conditions:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the successor contractor shall agree to retain all covered employees for at least 90 days following a change of operator.
(1) During the transition period, the successor contractor shall not reduce the total compensation of any covered employee.
(2) During the transition period, the successor contractor shall not terminate a covered employee without cause.
(3) If the successor contractor determines in good faith that it requires fewer employees at a covered employee’s principal place of employment during the transition period than were required by the predecessor contractor, the successor contractor shall retain qualified covered employees by seniority within each job classification.
(4) At the end of the transition period, the successor contractor shall make a written performance evaluation for each covered employee retained during the transition period.
(5) A successor contractor and a labor organization representing covered employees may, by collective bargaining agreement, provide that the agreement supersedes the requirements of this subdivision.
(b) At least 15 days before the effective date of a change of operator, the predecessor contractor shall cause to be posted public notice of the change of operator at each principal place of employment of any covered employee. The notice shall include the name of the predecessor contractor and its contact information, the name of the successor contractor and its contact information, and the effective date of the change of operator. The notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place in a manner to be readily viewed by covered employees. At least 15 days before the effective date of a change of operator, the predecessor contractor shall also cause the notice to be sent to any labor organization that represents the covered employees.
(c) A successor contractor shall retain the following records, in written or electronic format, for at least three years:
(1) The list provided to the successor contractor pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 4639.80.
(2) All offers of employment made to covered employees.
(3) All terminations of covered employees during a transition period, including the reasons for termination.
(4) All written performance evaluations of covered employees made pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 975, Sec. 3. (SB 134) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 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 1.1 - Regional Center Worker Retention › Section 4639.82.

4639.82. (a) A covered employee who is not offered employment, who has been discharged in violation of this article, or who has been paid less than the covered employee’s total compensation during the transition period, may bring an action against a successor contractor in any superior court of the State of California with jurisdiction over the successor contractor.
(b) Upon finding a violation of this article, the court may award back pay, calculated at the rate of the covered employee’s total compensation, for each day the violation has occurred and continues to occur. The court may issue an injunction or appropriate order to stop the continued violation of this article, and provide any other relief as the court deems appropriate.
(c) If the covered employee is the prevailing party in the legal action, the court shall award the employee reasonable attorney’s fees and costs as part of the costs recoverable.
(d) A covered employee shall not maintain a cause of action under this section solely due to the failure of a successor contractor to provide a written performance evaluation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 4639.81.
(e) The rights and remedies provided by this section are in addition to, and are not intended to supplant, any existing rights or remedies.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 975, Sec. 3. (SB 134) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 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 1.1 - Regional Center Worker Retention › Section 4639.83.

4639.83. The provisions of this article are severable. If any provision of this article or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 975, Sec. 3. (SB 134) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 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.

4640. (a) Contracts between the department and regional centers shall specify the service area and the categories of persons that regional centers shall be expected to serve and the services and supports to be provided.
(b) In order to ensure uniformity in the application of the definition of developmental disability contained in this division, the Director of Developmental Services shall, by March 1, 1977, issue regulations that delineate, by diagnostic category and degree of disability, those persons who are eligible for services and supports by regional centers. In issuing the regulations, the director shall invite and consider the views of regional center contracting agencies, the state council, and persons with a demonstrated and direct interest in developmental disabilities.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1043, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)