Developmental centers: sheltered workshops: minimum wage.

Existing law vests in the State Department of Developmental Services jurisdiction over various state hospitals, referred to as developmental centers, for the provision of care to persons with developmental disabilities. Existing law authorizes the director of a developmental center to establish a sheltered workshop to provide residents with remunerative work performed, as specified, and requires funds from the center's sheltered workshop fund to be used for payment of remuneration to residents engaged in work at the workshop, among other things. This bill would prohibit the payment of remuneration to residents engaged in work at a developmental center shelter workshop from being less than the rate required under specified federal, state, or local minimum wage law, whichever is higher.