California Welfare and Institutions Code 4832 – (a) The State Council on Developmental Disabilities may review …
(a) The State Council on Developmental Disabilities may review and evaluate existing and proposed community living arrangement programs within the various regions of the state and may make a recommendation to the Director of Developmental Services concerning programs that should be considered as the most appropriate agency to be designated as responsible for the implementation of the community living continuum within their area. These programs shall include, but not be limited to, those that have been funded through the issuance of Mental Retardation Private Institutions’ Fund grants, state council program development grants, and model state hospital programs. Consideration shall be given to all of the following:
(1) Private nonprofit corporations.
Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 4832
- 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
- Continuum: means a coordinated multicomponent services system within geographic regions of the state whose design shall support the sequential developmental needs of persons so that the pattern of these services provides an unbroken chain of experience, maximum personal growth, and liberty. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4830
- Designated agency: means the legal entity selected by the State Department of Developmental Services to be responsible for organizing or providing services within each continuum or both. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4830
(2) Public agencies.
(3) A joint powers agreement agency.
(b) At least one-third of the board of directors, public or private, or an advisory committee in the event a public agency is selected, shall be composed of consumer representatives, including members of the immediate family of the consumer.
(c) A person shall not serve as a director or advisory committee member who has a financial interest, as defined in § 87103 of the Government Code, in designated agency operations, except with respect to any interest as a consumer of a designated agency or regional center services.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 409, Sec. 60. (AB 1595) Effective January 1, 2015.)