Regional centers: annual community placement plans.

Existing law requires the State Department of Developmental Services to establish policies and procedures for the development of an annual community placement plan by regional centers, and requires the plan to provide dedicated funding for comprehensive assessments of developmental center residents, identified costs of moving individuals from developmental centers to the community, and deflection of individuals from developmental center admission. Existing law requires the department to provide to the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, and to the contractor for regional center clients' rights advocacy services, annually on April 1, information on efforts to serve consumers with challenging service needs, as specified. This bill would instead require the department to provide that information to the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, and to the contractor for regional center clients' rights advocacy services, annually on April 5.