The department, in consultation with stakeholders, shall develop an alternative service delivery model that provides an Individual Choice Budget for obtaining quality services and supports which provides choice and flexibility within a finite budget that in the aggregate reduces regional center purchase of service expenditures, reduces reliance on the state general fund, and maximizes federal financial participation in the delivery of services. The individual budget will be determined using a fair, equitable, transparent standardized process.

(Added by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 9, Sec. 14. Effective July 28, 2009.)

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 4648.6

  • Department: means the State Department of Developmental Services. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4639.80
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Regional center: means a regional center as that term is used in this chapter. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4639.80
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