CHAPTER 1. Jurisdiction and General Government

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.

§§ 4440–4474.8 · 49 sections

§ 4440 The department has jurisdiction over the following institutions: Fairview State Hospital. Frank D. Lanterman State Hospital. Porterville State Hospital. Sonoma…
§ 4440.1 The department may contract with the State Department of State Hospitals to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities in state hospitals…
§ 4440.5 A state hospital under the jurisdiction of the department may also be known as a developmental center.
§ 4441 Except as otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this code, all of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental…
§ 4441.5 The State Department of Developmental Services shall develop policies and procedures, by no later than 30 days following the effective date of the Budget Act…
§ 4442 Each state hospital is a corporation.
§ 4443 Each such corporation may acquire and hold in its corporate name by gift, grant, devise, or bequest property to be applied to the maintenance of the patients…
§ 4444 All lands necessary for the use of state hospitals except those acquired by gift, devise, or purchase, shall be acquired by condemnation as lands for other…
§ 4445 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4444, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may grant…
§ 4446 (a) Notwithstanding Section 4444, the Director of General Services may enter into an agreement with the City of Santa Clara for the dedication of a public…
§ 4447 Notwithstanding Section 4444, the Director of General Services with the consent of the State Department of Developmental Services, may grant a right-of-way for…
§ 4448 The department shall participate with the City of Porterville in the construction of an interceptor sewer between the Porterville State Hospital facilities and…
§ 4449 The State Department of Developmental Services has general control and direction of the property and concerns of each state hospital specified in Section 4440.…
§ 4450 The medical superintendent shall make triplicate estimates, in minute detail, as approved by the State Department of Developmental Services of such supplies,…
§ 4451 The state hospitals may manufacture supplies, materials, and assisting devices which are for the benefit of individuals with disabilities who otherwise would…
§ 4452 All money belonging to the state and received by state hospitals from any source, except appropriations, shall, at the end of each month, be deposited in the…
§ 4453 The state hospitals and the officers thereof shall make such financial statements to the Controller as the Controller requires.
§ 4454 The authorities for the several hospitals shall furnish to the State Department of Developmental Services the facts mentioned in Section 4425 and such other…
§ 4455 The department may permit, subject to such conditions and regulations as it may impose, any religious or missionary corporation or society to erect a building…
§ 4456 The department may establish and supervise under its rules and regulations training schools or courses for employees of the department or of state institutions…
§ 4457 Whenever a trial is had of any person charged with escape or attempt to escape from a state hospital, whenever a hearing is had on the return of a writ of…
§ 4459 The State Department of Developmental Services shall investigate and examine all nonresident persons judicially committed to any state hospital and shall cause…
§ 4460 In order to be entitled to hospitalization in this state, an adult developmentally disabled person or the parent or guardian or conservator of a…
§ 4461 (a) All expenses incurred in returning such persons to other states shall be paid by this state, the person, or his or her relatives, but the expense of…
§ 4462 The State Department of Developmental Services, when it deems it necessary, may, under conditions prescribed by the director, transfer any patients of a state…
§ 4463 The Director of Developmental Services may authorize the transfer of persons from any institution within the department to any institution authorized by the…
§ 4464 The State Department of Developmental Services shall send to the Department of Veterans Affairs whenever requested a list of all persons who have been patients…
§ 4465 The Director of Developmental Services may deposit any funds of patients in the possession of each hospital administrator of a state hospital in trust with the…
§ 4466 Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services dies, and any personal funds or…
§ 4467 Whenever any patient in any state institution subject to the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services escapes, or is discharged or is on…
§ 4468 Before any money or other personal property or documents are delivered to the State Treasurer, State Controller, or public administrator, or sold at auction or…
§ 4469 At the time of delivering any money or other personal property to the State Treasurer or State Controller under the provisions of Section 4126 or of Chapter 7…
§ 4470 When any personal property has been destroyed as provided in Section 4466 or 4467, no suit shall thereafter be maintained by any person against the state or…
§ 4471 All day hospitals and rehabilitation centers maintained by the State Department of Developmental Services shall be subject to the provisions of this code…
§ 4472 The state hospitals under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services shall comply with the California Food Sanitation Act, Article 1…
§ 4473 Whenever a patient dies in a state hospital for the developmentally disabled and the coroner finds that the death was by accident or at the hands of another…
§ 4474 Each patient in a state hospital for the developmentally disabled who has resided in the state hospital for a period of at least 30 days shall be paid an…
§ 4474.1 (a) Whenever the State Department of Developmental Services proposes the closure of a state developmental center, the department shall be required to submit a… see note
§ 4474.11 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, on or before October 1, 2015, the Department of Developmental Services shall submit to the Legislature a plan or plans to…
§ 4474.12 (a) The department shall seek to modify the contract in existence on January 1, 2017, for the conduct of a movers longitudinal study to include all of the… see note
§ 4474.15 (a) The State Department of Developmental Services shall include an update to the Legislature in the 2017–18 May Revision regarding how the department will… see note
§ 4474.16 (a) (1) On or before January 10, 2023, and in conjunction with the Governor’s proposed 2023–24 budget, the State Department of Developmental Services shall…
§ 4474.17 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Supplemental Report of the 2014–15 Budget Package required the State Department of…
§ 4474.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may operate any facility, provide its employees to assist in the operation of any facility, or provide other… see note
§ 4474.3 The provisions of Section 10411 of the Public Contract Code shall not apply to any person who provides developmental services and supports to individuals…
§ 4474.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services shall verify that the State Department of…
§ 4474.5 (a) In order to meet the unique medical health needs of consumers transitioning from Agnews Developmental Center into Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara…
§ 4474.6 (a) The State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall coordinate the transition of health care services for…
§ 4474.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Department of Developmental Services shall continue the operation of the Agnews…