Developmental services: individual program plan: planning process.

Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services is authorized to contract with regional centers to provide support and services to individuals with developmental disabilities. The services and supports to be provided to a regional center consumer are contained in an individual program plan (IPP) or individual family service plan (IFSP) , developed in accordance with prescribed requirements. This bill would require the team developing the IPP or the IFSP to consider the consumer's, and his or her family's, needs related to issues that include nontraditional service hours, flexibility regarding treatment settings, parental participation requirements, and the scope of services available for adult consumers, and the use of treatment interventions, including, among others, center-based intensive behavioral interventions, as defined. This bill would provide that nothing in its provisions shall be construed to alter or impose requirements in addition to the requirements that currently exist under the act.