Bill Text: CA SB982 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 982	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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, as amended, 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 contract for a
longitudinal study, commencing July 1, 2017,  to 
 to, among other things,  assess the quality of life and
outcomes of developmental center residents who relocate from the
Sonoma Developmental Center, the Fairview Developmental Center, and
the general treatment area of the Porterville Developmental Center as
a result of the closure of those  centers.  
centers and to make specified recommendations.  The bill would
specify the qualifications and duties of the contractor, as
specified. The bill would require the department to submit interim
reports to the Legislature regarding the study at the end of the
first and second years of the study. The bill would require, upon the
completion of the study, the department to submit the study to the
Legislature, as specified.
   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.    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. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 4474.12
is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, immediately following
Section 4474.11, to read:
   4474.12.  (a) To ensure that persons with developmental
disabilities who are moved from developmental centers to the
community are receiving necessary services and supports, the
department shall contract with an independent agency or organization
for a longitudinal study, commencing July 1, 2017, to assess the
quality of life and outcomes of developmental center residents who
relocate from the Sonoma Developmental Center, the Fairview
Developmental Center, and the general treatment area of the
Porterville Developmental Center, as those institutions are
identified in Sections 4440 and 4440.5, as a result of the closure of
those centers.  The study shall supplement the quality
assessment system established by Section 4571 and make
recommendations regarding improving health and safety, choice,
integration, and other similar factors based on the data collected.
The study shall be conducted each year concerning residents who move
from the developmental centers until two years following the date the
last resident moves from the developmental centers. 
   (b) The contractor shall be experienced in all of the following:
   (1) Designing valid tracking instruments.
   (2) Tracking the quality of community programs, including
outcome-based measures such as health and safety, quality of life,
integration, choice, and consumer satisfaction.
   (3) Tracking the quality and appropriateness of community
placements for persons moving from large institutions into community
settings.
   (4) Developing data systems.
   (5) Data analysis and report preparation.
   (c) (1) The contractor shall measure consumer and family
satisfaction with services provided, including case management and
quality of life, including, but not limited to, health and safety,
independence, productivity, integration, opportunities for choice,
and delivery of needed services.
   (2) The contractor shall meet with each person, and the person's
family, or legal guardian or conservator, when appropriate, no less
than once per year to discuss quality of life and observe the person'
s services and supports.
   (3) In cases in which the consumer is not capable of communicating
his or her responses, and in which a family member, or legal
guardian or conservator, is not involved, the contractor shall meet
with no fewer than two persons familiar with the consumer.
Additionally, the contractor shall interview staff and friends who
know the consumer best and review records, as  appropriate.
  appropriate, and shall use any data concerning the
consumer collected through the quality assurance instrument pursuant
to Section 4571. 
   (d) The contract may be satisfied by the same contractor used by
the department to implement the quality assurance instrument pursuant
to Section 4571, if appropriate.
   (e) (1) For purposes of conducting the study, the department shall
maintain and update the addresses of, and contact information for,
former residents of the  center   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 
center   centers  who relocated due to the closure
of the  center.   centers. 
   (f) The department shall submit interim reports to the Legislature
regarding the study at the end of the first and second years of the
study, in accordance with the requirements of Section 9795 of the
Government Code. Upon the completion of the  study, 
 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.