Bill Text: CA SB982 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: State Department of Developmental Services: developmental centers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 586, Statutes of 2016. [SB982 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB982-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 982 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 586
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 24, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 24, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 25, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 15, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 31, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 14, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 28, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senator McGuire
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
An act to add Section 4474.12 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to developmental services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 982, McGuire. State Department of Developmental Services:
developmental centers.
Existing law vests in the State Department of Developmental
Services jurisdiction over state hospitals referred to as
developmental centers for the provision of residential care to
individuals with developmental disabilities, including the Sonoma
Developmental Center, the Fairview Developmental Center, and the
Porterville Developmental Center, as specified. Existing law requires
the department to comply with procedural requirements when closing a
developmental center. Existing law required, on or before October 1,
2015, the State Department of Developmental Services to submit to
the Legislature a plan or plans to close one or more developmental
centers.
This bill would require the department to seek to modify the
contract in existence on January 1, 2017, for the conduct of a movers
longitudinal study to include specified requirements, including,
among others, a requirement that at least 250 individuals who meet
certain criteria participate in the study. The bill would require the
department to annually submit interim reports to the Legislature
regarding the study. The bill would require, upon the completion of
the study, the department to submit the study to the Legislature, as
specified.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the
appropriate transition of consumers currently living in developmental
centers from those centers to community living arrangements as a
result of the closure of the Sonoma Developmental Center, the
Fairview Developmental Center, and the general treatment area of the
Porterville Developmental Center. It is the further intent of the
Legislature to measure the unique needs of people transitioning from
developmental centers, including providing information about the
quality of life, satisfaction with services, the degree to which the
individuals achieve their goals, and other measures as determined by
the department.
SEC. 2. Section 4474.12 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, immediately following Section 4474.11, to read:
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 following:
(1) A requirement that at least 250 individuals who meet the
following criteria participate in the study:
(A) Volunteered to participate in the study.
(B) Proportionately selected from among individuals who have moved
into the community from Sonoma Developmental Center, Fairview
Developmental Center, or Porterville Developmental Center.
(C) Proportionately selected from among individuals who have moved
into the community at different stages of the closure process.
(2) A requirement that the study follow a sample of individuals
described in paragraph (1) for a two-year period after the individual
moves into the community from the developmental center.
(3) A requirement that the study include individuals who move into
the community from a developmental center during the first year of
the study, and during each subsequent year of the study, until the
developmental centers identified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1)
close.
(4) A requirement that researchers conducting the study meet with
each individual participating in the study at intervals of three
months, six months, one year, and two years following the person's
move into the community from the developmental center to discuss the
individual's quality of life and services and supports.
(b) The movers longitudinal study described in this section is one
element of the quality assurance instrument required pursuant to
Section 4571.
(c) (1) For purposes of conducting the study, the department shall
maintain and update the addresses of, and contact information for,
former residents of the centers who relocated as a result of the
closure of the centers.
(2) The department shall ensure, to the extent permitted by law,
that researchers conducting the study have access to data and other
information necessary to conduct the study, including the addresses
of, and contact information for, former residents of the centers who
relocated due to the closure of the centers.
(d) The department shall annually submit interim reports to the
Legislature regarding the study in accordance with the requirements
of Section 9795 of the Government Code. The reports shall include
information about consumer and family satisfaction and adequacy of
community services. Upon the completion of the study as described in
subdivision (a), the department shall submit the study to the
Legislature, in accordance with the requirements of Section 9795 of
the Government Code.
