CHAPTER 1.4. Office of the Developmental Services Ombudsperson

Chapter 1.4 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 223, Sec. 1.

§§ 4506–4506.7 · 8 sections

• § 4506 The Legislature finds and declares that the people of California have benefited from the establishment of a long-term care ombudsperson pursuant to Section…
• § 4506.1 (a) The Office of the Developmental Services Ombudsperson shall be established as an independent and autonomous entity within the department for the purpose of…
• § 4506.2 (a) The Director of Developmental Services, in consultation with, and after receiving a list of possible nominees from, a committee of at least five interested…
• § 4506.3 The Developmental Services Ombudsperson, in consultation with the department, shall hire the necessary personnel to perform the functions of the office. While…
• § 4506.4 (a) The Office of the Developmental Services Ombudsperson shall do all of the following: (1) (A) Disseminate information and provide training and technical…
• § 4506.5 As part of the office’s efforts to resolve complaints related to the developmental services system, the ombudsperson may do all of the following: (a) Establish…
• § 4506.6 In order to encourage candor during the ombudsperson’s investigation of complaints made by or on behalf of an individual served by a regional center and to…
• § 4506.7 (a) The office shall establish a toll-free number. (b) Regional center case managers shall provide consumers, and, if appropriate, their parents, legal…