SB 175: Developmental services: community placement plans and community resource development plans.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to persons with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law requires the department 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’s policies in this regard to address statewide priorities, plan requirements, and the statutory roles of regional centers, developmental centers, and regional resource development projects in the process of assessing consumers for community living and in the development of community resources. Existing law requires the department to establish guidelines for using community placement plan funds appropriated through the budget process for community resource development to address the needs for services and supports of developmental services consumers living in the community, as specified. Existing law establishes procedures for regional centers relating to the proposed use of community resource development plan funds, requires regional centers to submit to the department quarterly reports on the use of those funds, and requires the department to make reports to specified legislative staff and committees in connection with community resource development plans and activities.

This bill would revise and recast these provisions to replace the term “community placement plan” with “community resource development plan” and make other clarifying and conforming changes.

This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4474.17 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by AB 2414 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2414 are both enacted and this bill is enacted last.

This bill would appropriate $1,500,000 from the Federal Trust Fund to the department to support receipt of federal grant awards related to early intervention services, as specified.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Sponsors

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. August 30, 2026Ordered to third reading.
2. August 30, 2026(Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 6855.)
3. August 30, 2026Withdrawn from committee pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
4. August 28, 2026From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.
5. March 24, 2025Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
6. March 20, 2025In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
7. March 20, 2025Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 455.) Ordered to the Assembly.
8. March 18, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
9. March 17, 2025Ordered to second reading.
10. March 17, 2025Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)
11. February 5, 2025Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
12. January 24, 2025From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.