State Department of Developmental Services: state institutions.

Existing law vests in the State Department of Developmental Services jurisdiction over various institutions, including developmental centers, for the provision of care to persons with developmental disabilities. Existing law requires the State Department of Developmental Services to send to the Department of Veterans Affairs, whenever requested, a list of all persons who have been patients for 6 months or more in a state institution within the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services and who are known to have served in the Armed Forces of the United States. This bill would instead require that list to include all persons known to have served in the Armed Forces and who have been patients for 5 months or more in a state institution within the jurisdiction of the State Department of Developmental Services.