California Code
DIVISION 4.5 - SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
CHAPTER 5 - Regional Centers for Persons With Developmental Disabilities

ARTICLE 1 - Regional Center Contracts

Section 4620. - 4620. (a) In order for the state to carry out...

Section 4620.1. - 4620.1. The Legislature recognizes the ongoing contributions many parents and...

Section 4620.2. - 4620.2. (a) The State Department of Developmental Services, after consultation...

Section 4620.3. - 4620.3. (a) To provide more uniformity and consistency in the...

Section 4620.4. - 4620.4. (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that more...

Section 4620.5. - 4620.5. (a) Beginning as early as possible after July 1,...

Section 4621. - 4621. The department, within the limitations of funds appropriated, shall...

Section 4621.5. - 4621.5. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1 of Chapter 501...

Section 4622. - 4622. The state shall contract only with agencies, the governing...

Section 4622.5. - 4622.5. By August 15 of each year, the governing board...

Section 4623. - 4623. In the event that the governing board of the...

Section 4624. - 4624. When the governing board of the regional center is...

Section 4625. - 4625. The department shall not contract with any new regional...

Section 4625.5. - 4625.5. (a) The governing board of each regional center shall...

Section 4625.6. - 4625.6. To ensure the delivery of independent legal advice, an...

Section 4625.7. - 4625.7. The governing board of a regional center shall meet...

Section 4626. - 4626. (a) The department shall give a very high priority...

Section 4626.5. - 4626.5. Each regional center shall submit a conflict-of-interest policy to...

Section 4627. - 4627. (a) The director of the department shall adopt and...

Section 4628. - 4628. If, for good reason, a contracting agency is unable...

Section 4629. - 4629. (a) The state shall enter into five-year contracts with...

Section 4629.5. - 4629.5. (a) In addition to the requirements set forth in...

Section 4629.7. - 4629.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all regional...

Section 4630. - 4630. The contract between the state and the contracting agency...

Section 4631. - 4631. (a) In order to provide to the greatest extent...

Section 4632. - 4632. If the department and a regional center are unable...

Section 4633. - 4633. If the department or any regional center intends to...

Section 4634. - 4634. Contracts between the department and regional center shall be...

Section 4635. - 4635. (a) If any regional center finds that it is...

Section 4636. - 4636. If necessary, to avoid disruption of the service program,...

Section 4638. - 4638. Non-profit corporations operating regional centers shall not use state...

Section 4639. - 4639. (a) The governing board of a regional center shall...

Section 4639.5. - 4639.5. (a) By December 1 of each year, each regional...

Section 4639.6. - 4639.6. The Director of Developmental Services may issue directives to...

Section 4639.75. - 4639.75. (a) On an ongoing basis, and as necessary, the...

ARTICLE 1.1 - Regional Center Worker Retention

Section 4639.80. - 4639.80. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4630 or any other law, a...

Section 4639.81. - 4639.81. A contract entered into or renewed pursuant to this...

Section 4639.82. - 4639.82. (a) A covered employee who is not offered employment,...

Section 4639.83. - 4639.83. The provisions of this article are severable. If any...

ARTICLE 2 - Regional Center Responsibilities

Section 4640. - 4640. (a) Contracts between the department and regional centers shall...

Section 4640.6. - 4640.6. (a) In approving regional center contracts, the department shall...

Section 4640.7. - 4640.7. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 4640.8. - 4640.8. When convening any task force or advisory group, a...

Section 4640.9. - 4640.9. Beginning July 1, 2020, each regional center shall provide...

Section 4641. - 4641. All regional centers shall conduct casefinding activities, including notification...

Section 4641.1. - 4641.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 4641.5. - 4641.5. (a) Effective July 1, 2011, regional centers shall begin...

Section 4642. - 4642. (a) (1) Any person believed to have a developmental...

Section 4643. - 4643. (a) If assessment is needed, the assessment shall be...

Section 4643.3. - 4643.3. (a) (1) On or before April 1, 2002, the...

Section 4643.5. - 4643.5. (a) If a consumer is, or has been determined...

Section 4644. - 4644. (a) In addition to any person eligible for initial...

Section 4646. - 4646. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 4646.4. - 4646.4. (a) Regional centers shall ensure, at the time of...

Section 4646.5. - 4646.5. (a) The planning process for the individual program plan...

Section 4646.55. - 4646.55. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation...

Section 4646.6. - 4646.6. Notwithstanding Section 632 of the Penal Code, a consumer,...

Section 4647. - 4647. (a) Pursuant to Section 4640.7, service coordination shall include...

Section 4648. - 4648. In order to achieve the stated objectives of a...

Section 4648.1. - 4648.1. (a) The State Department of Developmental Services and regional...

Section 4648.11. - 4648.11. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 4648.12. - 4648.12. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that under federal...

Section 4648.14. - 4648.14. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department...

Section 4648.2. - 4648.2. By September 1, 1986, the State Department of Developmental...

Section 4648.3. - 4648.3. A provider of transportation services to regional center clients...

Section 4648.35. - 4648.35. At the time of development, review, or modification of...

Section 4648.4. - 4648.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation,...

Section 4648.55. - 4648.55. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), a regional...

Section 4648.6. - 4648.6. The department, in consultation with stakeholders, shall develop an...

Section 4649. - 4649. Regional centers shall cooperate with the state council in...

Section 4650. - 4650. Regional centers shall be responsible for developing an annual...

Section 4651. - 4651. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 4652. - 4652. A regional center shall investigate every appropriate and economically...

Section 4652.5. - 4652.5. (a) (1) An entity that receives payments from one...

Section 4653. - 4653. Except for those developmentally disabled persons judicially committed to...

Section 4654. - 4654. Before any person is examined by a regional center...

Section 4655. - 4655. The director of a regional center or his designee...

Section 4656. - 4656. (a) A qualified physician and surgeon who diagnoses a...

Section 4657. - 4657. The State Department of Developmental Services shall, through the...

Section 4658. - 4658. The State Department of Developmental Services shall insure that...

Section 4659. - 4659. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) or...

Section 4659.1. - 4659.1. (a) If a service or support provided pursuant to...

Section 4659.2. - 4659.2. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Interagency Dispute Resolution

Section 4659.5. - 4659.5. (a) This article shall apply to any dispute over...

Section 4659.7. - 4659.7. (a) Whenever a regional center believes that a generic...

Section 4659.8. - 4659.8. The resolution under this article of whether a regional...

ARTICLE 2.6 - Third-Party Liability

Section 4659.10. - 4659.10. It is the intent of the Legislature that this...

Section 4659.11. - 4659.11. (a) When services are provided or will be provided...

Section 4659.12. - 4659.12. (a) Where an action is brought by the department...

Section 4659.13. - 4659.13. (a) If a consumer or child under 36 months...

Section 4659.14. - 4659.14. In the event of judgment or award in a...

Section 4659.15. - 4659.15. Upon further application at any time before the judgment...

Section 4659.16. - 4659.16. (a) No settlement, judgment, or award in any action...

Section 4659.17. - 4659.17. When the department or regional center has perfected a...

Section 4659.18. - 4659.18. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in no event...

Section 4659.19. - 4659.19. The amount recovered by the department or regional center...

Section 4659.20. - 4659.20. In the event that the child or consumer, his...

Section 4659.21. - 4659.21. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all carriers described...

Section 4659.22. - 4659.22. (a) Every health insurer, self-insured plan, group health plan,...

Section 4659.23. - 4659.23. In order to assess overlapping or duplicate health coverage,...

Section 4659.24. - 4659.24. (a) When the rights of a consumer or a...

ARTICLE 3 - Regional Center Board Meetings

Section 4660. - 4660. All meetings of the board of directors of each...

Section 4661. - 4661. (a) Regional centers shall mail notice of their meetings...

Section 4662. - 4662. In the case of an emergency situation involving matters...

Section 4663. - 4663. (a) The governing board of a regional center may...

Section 4664. - 4664. The governing board of a regional center may hold...

Section 4665. - 4665. Agendas and other writings or materials distributed prior to...

Section 4666. - 4666. No regional center shall conduct any meeting, conference, or...

Section 4667. - 4667. All regional center board meetings shall be held in...

Section 4668. - 4668. (a) Any action taken by a regional center governing...

Section 4669. - 4669. The provisions of this article shall not apply to...

ARTICLE 4 - Regional Center Alternatives for Service Delivery

Section 4669.2. - 4669.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and provided that there...

Section 4669.75. - 4669.75. (a) Any proposal approved by the department pursuant to...