AB 2809: Developmental services: regional centers.
- Session Year: 2015-2016
- House: Assembly
Existing law, the California Early Intervention Services Act, provides a statewide system of coordinated, comprehensive, family-centered, multidisciplinary, and interagency programs that are responsible for providing appropriate early intervention services and support to all eligible infants and toddlers, as defined, and their families and requires an eligible infant or toddler receiving services under the act to have an individualized family service plan (IFSP). The act requires these services to be provided pursuant to the existing regional center system under the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Service Act.
Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services is responsible for providing various services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities, and for ensuring the appropriateness and quality of those services and supports. Under existing law, the department contracts with regional centers to provide services and supports to persons with developmental disabilities. The services and supports to be provided to a regional center consumer are contained in an individual program plan (IPP), developed in accordance with prescribed requirements.
This bill would require regional centers to provide certain information information, including a statement of services and supports purchased and information about the appeal and complaint process, to a consumer or his or her parents, legal guardian, conservator, or authorized representative, or both, in threshold languages, as defined.
Existing law also requires a regional center to only purchase applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services or intensive behavioral intervention services when the parent or parents of minor consumers receiving services participate in the intervention plan for the consumers. Existing law includes completion of group instruction on the basics of behavior intervention within the definition of parent participation.
This bill would prohibit a parents or caregivers noncompletion of group instruction on the basics of behavior intervention from being used to deny, delay, or reduce ABA or intensive behavioral intervention services if the parent or caregiver demonstrates hardship in accessing or attending group instruction classes. The bill would require the IPP or IFSP team to review the parents or caregivers demonstration of hardship every 6 months.
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