Bill Text: CA AB261 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Developmental services: regional centers: suspension of services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB261 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB261-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill | No. 261 |
Introduced by Assembly Members Mathisdual Choice Budget and certification that the Individual Choice Budget has been implemented and will result in state budget savings, as specified. This bill would repeal the
above-described suspension of a regional center’s authority to purchase camping services and associated travel expenses, or social recreation activities. Digest KeyVote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1.Section 4648.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:4648.5.(a) Notwithstanding any
(1) Educational services for children three to 17, inclusive, years of age.
(2) Nonmedical therapies, including, but not limited to, specialized recreation, art, dance, and music. (b) For regional center consumers receiving services described in subdivision (a) as part of their individual program plan (IPP) or individualized family service plan (IFSP), the prohibition in subdivision (a) shall take effect on August 1, 2009. (c) An exemption may be granted on an individual basis in extraordinary circumstances to permit purchase of a service identified in subdivision (a) when the regional center determines that the service is a primary or critical means for ameliorating the physical, cognitive, or psychosocial effects of the consumer’s developmental disability, or the service is necessary to enable the consumer to remain in |