Bill Text: CA SB1178 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 1178 (Prior Session Legislation)

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

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  MARCH 25, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Correa

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act  to add Section 4688.7 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code,  relating to  housing and community development.
  developmental disabilities, and making an
appropriation therefor. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1178, as amended, Correa.  Individuals with
developmental disabilities.   Developmental
disabilities: housing.  
   Under existing law, the State Department of Developmental Services
contracts with private nonprofit regional centers to provide
services and supports to persons with developmental disabilities.
Existing law authorizes the department to receive and approve
proposals from regional centers to provide, secure, or ensure the
full payment of a lease on housing, excluding adult residential
facilities for persons with special health care needs.  
   This bill would establish the California Developmental
Disabilities Community Support Housing Fund, to be administered by
the department, and would continuously appropriate all moneys in that
fund to the department, thereby making an appropriation. The bill
would require the department to distribute moneys in the fund to the
Department of Housing and Community Development and to regional
centers, to be used for specified purposes, including to create
community-based housing options for individuals with developmental
disabilities and to establish housing opportunities for individuals
with developmental disabilities who are at risk of housing
displacement. The bill would require the department to develop
guidelines to assist the Department of Housing and Community
Development and regional centers in use of moneys received from the
fund.  
   Existing law sets forth the intent of the Legislature to provide
housing assistance for the developmentally or physically disabled,
and mentally disordered where the assistance is for the purpose of
providing a transition from an institutional to an independent
setting, and where that assistance is administered in the context of
ongoing local programs leading to rehabilitation and independence.
Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development to establish a program for these purposes. 

   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Department of Housing and
Community Development to report to the Legislature on the status of
the housing needs of individuals with developmental delays. 

   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
 no   yes  . Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    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) "Bridge funding" means temporary rental assistance used to
help individuals with developmental disabilities afford integrated
housing in the community while waiting for permanent assistance,
including, but not limited to, assistance from the Housing Choice
Voucher program or wages earned by the individual through competitive
employment that allows him or her to pay unsubsidized rent.
   (2) "Community residence" means a group home, supervised
apartment, or other type of individual or shared living environment
that provides housing and treatment or specialized services needed to
assist individuals with developmental disabilities live in a
community setting.
   (3) "Department" means the Department of Developmental Services.
   (4) "Fund" means the California Developmental Disabilities
Community Support Housing Fund.
   (5) "Permanent supportive housing" means a range of permanent
housing options, including, but not limited to, apartments,
condominiums, townhouses, single- and multi-family homes, single-room
occupancy housing, shared living, and supportive living arrangements
that provide access to on- or off-site supportive services for
individuals with developmental disabilities.
   (6) "Project sponsor" means an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, association, or governmental
entity to which the Department of Housing and Community Development
has made, or proposes to make, a loan or a grant to finance a special
needs housing project.
   (7) "Special needs housing project" means a housing development,
or portion of a housing development, that is used as permanent
supportive housing or a community residence.
   (8) "Transition funding" means the payment of limited,
nonrecurring costs that may be incurred as part of a rental
agreement, including, but not limited to, rental deposits, storage or
transportation costs, and utility fees.
   (b) The California Developmental Disabilities Community Support
Housing Fund is hereby established within the State Treasury.
Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the fund is
hereby continuously appropriated to the department for the purposes
set forth in this section.
   (c) The fund shall consist of all of the following:
   (1) 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.
   (2) Moneys earned from the lease of developmental center
facilities.
   (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 shall distribute moneys in the fund, in its
discretion, to the Department of Housing and Community Development
and to regional centers to be expended for the following purposes:
   (1) To fund capital costs for community residences, special needs
housing projects, permanent supportive housing, and other types of
licensed and unlicensed housing models, including, but not limited
to, shared housing, in order to provide appropriate and affordable
housing opportunities for individuals with developmental
disabilities.
   (2) To create community-based housing options for individuals with
developmental disabilities.
   (3) To expand and leverage existing resources for affordable
housing and integrated community placement of individuals with
developmental disabilities.
   (4) To establish housing opportunities for individuals with
developmental disabilities who are at risk of housing displacement.
   (f) (1) The department shall develop guidelines to assist the
Department of Housing and Community Development do the following:
   (A) Establish community residences, special needs housing
projects, permanent supportive housing, and other types of housing
models for individuals with developmental disabilities through new
construction and rehabilitation and preservation of existing
permanent and transitional housing.
   (B) Loan or grant moneys for expenses reasonably incurred by a
project sponsor in connection with the acquisition, construction,
improvement, or rehabilitation of property that is or will be used
for a special needs housing project, including, but not limited to,
the costs and expenses of engineering, inspection, planning, legal,
financial, or other professional services; the funding of appropriate
reserves to address the anticipated future capital needs of a
special needs housing project; and the administrative,
organizational, or other expenses incidental to the finance,
completion, and placement into service of any special needs housing
project.
   (2) The department shall develop guidelines to assist regional
centers in providing rental subsidies to individuals with
developmental disabilities, including, but not limited to, bridge
funding and transition funding.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to require the Department of Housing and
Community Development to report to the Legislature on the status of
the housing needs of individuals with developmental delays.