(a) The department shall report to the Legislature at quarterly briefings for legislative staff about the progress on the programs described in this chapter. Reporting shall include summaries of the relevant data collected by service providers and regional centers.

(b) The department shall submit a report to the Legislature, in accordance with § 9795 of the Government Code, no later than January 10, 2026, evaluating the success of the programs described in this chapter. As applicable, the report shall include, but not be limited to, information about all of the following:

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 4699.6

  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Consumer: means a person who has a disability that meets the definition of developmental disability set forth in subdivision (a). See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4512

(1) Summary information about each program, including statistics on participation and program completion, participant demographics, and participation by regional center and type of service provider.

(2) Number of new hires at service providers and regional centers.

(3) Employee retention and turnover rates at service providers and regional centers overall and among the program participant population, including available baseline rates prior to implementation of the programs and rates following completion of the programs.

(4) Consumer and family satisfaction and other measures of consumer outcomes.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 49, Sec. 28. (SB 188) Effective June 30, 2022.)

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