Proceeding to establish limited conservatorship: person with developmental disabilities.

(1) Existing law requires a petition for a conservatorship to provide identification and contact information about the proposed conservator and the proposed conservatee, and state the reasons why a conservatorship is necessary. Existing law further requires a petition to be supported by separately filed supplemental information that is protected from disclosure, except under specified conditions. This bill would specifically authorize a petition to establish a limited conservatorship for a person with developmental disabilities to be additionally supported by the most recent individual program plan (IPP) regarding the proposed limited conservatee and provide the IPP with similar protections from disclosure as the supplemental information provided in support of a petition. (2) Existing law requires, in a proceeding on a petition to establish a limited conservatorship for a person with developmental disabilities, a regional center to evaluate a proposed limited conservatee, with his or her consent, and submit a written report of its findings and recommendations. Existing law requires the regional center to submit this report to the court at least 5 days before the hearing on the petition. This bill would expand the time in which a regional center is generally required to submit the report to the court from 5 to 15 days before the hearing on the petition. The bill would require the regional center to attach the most recent IPP to its report regarding a person who is a client of a regional center.