2012 California Codes
WIC - Welfare and Institutions Code
DIVISION 4.1 - DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES [4400 - 4499]
PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
CHAPTER 1 - Jurisdiction and General Government
Section 4474.1

  

(a) Whenever the State Department of Developmental Services proposes the closure of a state developmental center, the department shall be required to submit a detailed plan to the Legislature not later than April 1 immediately prior to the fiscal year in which the plan is to be implemented, and as a part of the Governor’s proposed budget. No plan submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section, including any modifications made pursuant to subdivision (b), shall be implemented without the approval of the Legislature.

(b) A plan submitted on or before April 1 immediately prior to the fiscal year in which the plan is to be implemented may be subsequently modified during the legislative review process.

(c) Prior to submission of the plan to the Legislature, the department shall solicit input from the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Association of Regional Center Agencies, the protection and advocacy agency specified in Section 4901, the local area board on developmental disabilities, the local regional center, consumers living in the developmental center, parents, family members, guardians, and conservators of persons living in the developmental centers or their representative organizations, persons with developmental disabilities living in the community, developmental center employees and employee organizations, community care providers, the affected city and county governments, and business and civic organizations, as may be recommended by local state Senate and Assembly representatives.

(d) Prior to the submission of the plan to the Legislature, the department shall confer with the county in which the developmental center is located, the regional centers served by the developmental center, and other state departments using similar occupational classifications, to develop a program for the placement of staff of the developmental center planned for closure in other developmental centers, as positions become vacant, or in similar positions in programs operated by, or through contract with, the county, regional centers, or other state departments.

(e) Prior to the submission of the plan to the Legislature, the department shall hold at least one public hearing in the community in which the developmental center is located, with public comment from that hearing summarized in the plan.

(f) The plan submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall include all of the following:

(1) A description of the land and buildings affected.

(2) A description of existing lease arrangements at the developmental center.

(3) The impact on residents and their families.

(4) Anticipated alternative placements for residents.

(5) The impact on regional center services.

(6) Where services will be obtained that, upon closure of the developmental center, will no longer be provided by that facility.

(7) Potential job opportunities for developmental center employees and other efforts made to mitigate the effect of the closure on employees.

(8) The fiscal impact of the closure.

(9) The timeframe in which closure will be accomplished.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 676, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)