Bill Text: CA SB1178 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Developmental disabilities: housing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-23 - Held in committee and under submission. [SB1178 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1178-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1178 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 5, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 10, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 25, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senator Correa
( Coauthors: Senators Beall,
DeSaulnier, and Pavley )
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
An act to add Section 4688.7 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to developmental disabilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1178, as amended, Correa. Developmental disabilities: housing.
Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program, under
the administration of the Department of Housing and Community
Development, to provide financial assistance in the form of a
deferred payment loan to fund projects for, among other things, the
development and construction of new transitional or rental housing
developments.
Existing law establishes the Predevelopment Loan Program, under
the administration of the Department of Housing and Community
Development, to make predevelopment loans and land purchase loans to
eligible sponsors for use in developing assisted housing for
occupancy primarily by persons of low income.
This bill would establish the California Developmental
Disabilities Community Support Housing Fund, to be administered by
the department and to consist of, among other things,
depa rtment. The bill would require
specified moneys to be paid into the fund, including, among others,
moneys saved from transitioning individuals with developmental
disabilities from an institution to housing in the community. The
bill would require the department department,
in collaboration and consultation with the State Department of
Developmental Services and regional centers, to
expend moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to
develop housing through the Multifamily Housing Program and the
Predevelopment Loan Program for individuals with developmental
disabilities.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of
this act is to develop and provide community-based housing for
individuals with developmental disabilities by accomplishing the
following:
(a) Creating community-based housing options, including shared
housing, for individuals with developmental disabilities.
(b) Expanding and leveraging existing resources for affordable
housing and integrated community placement of individuals with
developmental disabilities.
(c) Establishing housing opportunities for individuals with
developmental disabilities who are at risk of housing
displacement. displacement, which includes a consumer
whose individual program plan identifies that he or she is at risk of
housing displacement and may include, but is not limited to, a
consumer who resides in jail, who is placed in an inappropriate level
of care, who resides in substandard housing, or who can no longer
afford the cost of his or her current housing.
SEC. 2. Section 4688.7 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
4688.7. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms
have the following meanings:
(1) "Community support services" means the services and supports
identified in subdivision (b) of Section 4512.
(2) "Department" means the Department of Housing and Community
Development.
(3) "Fund" means the California Developmental Disabilities
Community Support Housing Fund.
(4) "Institution" means a developmental center, a mental health
facility, including, but not limited to, a facility that provides
acute inpatient psychiatric care and an institution for mental
disease, and a skilled nursing facility.
(b) The California Developmental Disabilities Community Support
Housing Fund is hereby established within the State Treasury.
(c) The fund shall consist of all of the following:
(c) The following moneys shall be paid into the fund:
(1) (A) Moneys saved from transitioning individuals with
developmental disabilities from an institution to housing in the
community and from preventing the institutionalization of individuals
with developmental disabilities.
(B) The Department of Finance, or another state entity designated
by the Department of Finance, shall annually determine the amount of
the moneys identified in subparagraph (A) by calculating the sum of
the following:
(i) The average annual cost of providing services to a consumer
who resides in a developmental center, an
institution, less the average annual cost of
providing community support services to a consumer who is
has been placed in the community from a
developmental center in the last 10 years , multiplied by the
number of consumers who have transitioned from an institution to
housing in the community in the preceding fiscal year.
(ii) (I) The average annual cost of providing services to a
consumer who resides in an institution, less the average annual cost
of providing community support services to a consumer who is
has been placed in the community from a
developmental center in the last 10 years , multiplied by the
number of consumers who are were
deflected from admission to an institution in the preceding
fiscal year .
(II) For the purposes of this clause, a consumer is deflected from
admission to an institution if his or her individual program plan
establishes that he or she has complex service needs and requires
additional community support services to remain housed in the
community and avoid admission to an institution or placement with an
out-of-state service.
(iii) (I) The average annual cost of providing services to a
consumer who resides in an institution, less the average annual cost
of providing community support services to a consumer who is placed
in the community, multiplied by the number of consumers who are at
risk of housing displacement.
(II) For the purposes of this clause, a consumer is at risk of
housing displacement if his or her individual program plan identifies
that he or she is at risk of housing displacement and may include,
but is not limited to, a consumer who resides in jail, who is placed
in an inappropriate level of care, who resides in substandard
housing, or who can no longer afford the cost of his or her current
housing.
(C) The Department of Finance, or the other state agency
designated by the Department of Finance, shall work with the
State Department of Social
Developmental Services, regional centers, and other entities,
as appropriate, to obtain the data necessary to make the
determination identified in subparagraph (B).
(2) Moneys earned from leases of developmental center facilities
entered into after the effective date of this section.
(3) Notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code,
interest and dividends on moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to
this section.
(4) Any other moneys transferred to the fund.
(d) The fund shall be administered by the department.
(e) The department , in collaboration and consultation with
the State Department of Developmental Services and
regional centers, shall expend moneys in the fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to develop housing through the
Multifamily Housing Program (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section
50675) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code) and
the Predevelopment Loan Program (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
50530) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code) for
individuals with developmental disabilities.
