(a) The purpose of the informal meeting is to attempt to resolve the issue or issues that are the subject of the appeal request informally prior to a mediation or fair hearing.

(b)  The informal meeting shall be conducted by the regional center or state-operated facility director or their designee. The regional center or state-operated facility director or their designee shall notify the applicant or recipient and their authorized representative of the decision from the informal meeting in writing within five days of the meeting.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 4710.7

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Authorized representative: means an individual appointed by the State Council on Developmental Disabilities pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 4541 or who is an authorized representative, as defined in Section 4701. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4512

(c) The written decision of the regional center or state-operated facility director or their designee shall:

(1) Identify the issues presented by the appeal.

(2) Rule on each issue identified.

(3) State the facts supporting each ruling.

(4) Identify the specific laws, regulations, and policies upon which each ruling is based.

(5) Be provided in the preferred language of the applicant or recipient, or their authorized representative.

(d) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2023.

(Repealed (in Sec. 44) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 49, Sec. 45. (SB 188) Effective June 30, 2022. Operative March 1, 2023, by its own provisions.)

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