CHAPTER 1.6. General Provisions

Chapter 1.6 heading added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 178, Sec. 4.

§§ 4507–4519.12 · 28 sections

§ 4507 Developmental disabilities alone shall not constitute sufficient justification for judicial commitment. Instead, persons with developmental disabilities shall…
§ 4508 Persons with developmental disabilities may be released from developmental centers for provisional placement, with parental consent in the case of a minor or…
§ 4510 The State Department of Developmental Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of State Hospitals shall jointly develop…
§ 4511 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that meeting the needs and honoring the choices of persons with developmental disabilities and their families requires…
§ 4511.1 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Supporting service access and equity for persons with developmental disabilities and their families…
§ 4511.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) Direct service professionals are critical to the provision of services and supports to…
§ 4511.6 (a) The department shall develop a pilot project to test the feasibility of remote consumer services and supports that use technology solutions. (b) It is the…
§ 4512 As used in this division: (a) (1) “Developmental disability” means a disability that originates before an individual attains 18 years of age, continues, or can…
§ 4513 (a) Whenever the department allocates funds to a regional center through a request for proposal process to implement special projects funded through the Budget…
§ 4514 All information and records obtained in the course of providing intake, assessment, and services under Division 4.1 (commencing with Section 4400), Division…
§ 4514.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 4514, information and records shall be disclosed to the protection and advocacy agency designated by the Governor in this state to…
§ 4514.5 Upon request of a family member of a resident of a state hospital, community care facility, or health facility, or other person designated by the resident, the…
§ 4515 Signed consent forms by a person with a developmental disability or, where appropriate, the parent, guardian, or conservator, for release of any information to…
§ 4516 When any disclosure of information or records is made as authorized by the provisions of subdivision (a), (d), or (q) of Section 4514 or Section 4514.5, the…
§ 4517 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the compilation and publication of statistical data for use by government or researchers and standards…
§ 4518 Any person may bring an action against an individual who has willfully and knowingly released confidential information or records concerning him or her in…
§ 4519 (a) The department shall not expend funds, and a regional center shall not expend funds allocated to it by the department, for the purchase of any service…
§ 4519.1 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to modernize the department’s financial and case management information technology systems for use by regional…
§ 4519.2 (a) The department shall identify key indicators to track the regional center system’s delivery of services. These indicators shall include both local and…
§ 4519.4 (a) Beginning in the summer of 2019, the State Department of Developmental Services shall consult with a broad and balanced group of stakeholders, including,…
§ 4519.5 (a) The department and the regional centers shall annually collaborate to compile and report, consistent with applicable federal and state privacy laws, data,…
§ 4519.6 The department and the regional centers shall annually collaborate to determine the most appropriate methods to collect and compile meaningful data in a…
§ 4519.7 (a) Any regional center employee shall not be liable for civil damages on account of an injury or death resulting from an employee’s act or omission where the…
§ 4519.8 On or before March 1, 2019, the department shall submit a rate study to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature addressing the…
§ 4519.9 (a) The department shall establish a community navigator program to promote the utilization of generic and regional center services by using community leaders,…
§ 4519.10 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The current service provider rate structure in the system administered by the State Department…
§ 4519.11 (a) Commencing on July 1, 2025, and every other year thereafter, the department shall review and update the rate models per the cost inputs available at the…
§ 4519.12 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department and regional centers actively partner with and support regional center service providers to…