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 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly
 02/21/25 - Introduced

 AB-1220 Developmental services: denials of services and notices of actions.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 06/18/2025 09:00 PM

AB1220:v96#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 June 18, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 June 10, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 24, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1220

Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula

February 21, 2025

 An act to amend Sections 4519.5 and 4646 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to developmental services. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1220, as amended, Arambula.
 Developmental services: denials of services and notices of actions.

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 individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Under existing law, the services and supports to be provided to a regional center consumer are contained in an individual program plan, developed in accordance with prescribed requirements. Existing law requires the department and regional centers to annually collaborate to compile specified data relating to purchase of service authorization, utilization, and expenditure by each regional center, as specified, and to post that information on its internet website.

This bill would require a regional center to document in each consumer’s individual program plan all of the consumer’s denials of
 services, notices of actions, and appeals. The bill would also require the department and regional centers to include in their annual report data relating to disagreements and denials of services, and would make related findings and declarations.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Access to Disability Services Transparency Act.

SEC. 2.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Transparency and accountability in the regional center system are essential to ensuring equitable access to services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

(b) Existing law requires regional centers to provide adequate notice if the regional center determines that an applicant is not eligible for services or that a recipient is no longer eligible for services, or if the regional center makes a decision to reduce, terminate, or change services set forth in an individual program plan. 

(c) While regional centers currently report appeals data to the State Department of Developmental Services, there is no public reporting mechanism in place for tracking service disagreements and denials and notices of action (NOAs).

(d) Disparities exist in service access, particularly among Latino and non-English-speaking families, due to a lack of information and accessibility.

(e) Establishing a statewide reporting mechanism will improve oversight, address disparities, and enhance public trust in the developmental services system.

(f) While regional centers have made tremendous strides in providing fair and equitable access for consumers, service disparities persist, particularly among Latino, Black, Asian,
 Indigenous, and non-English-speaking communities, as well as low-income families.

(g) Current public reporting requirements focus only on service approvals and appeals, but do not capture the data on service disagreements and denials, leaving gaps in oversight and accountability that contribute to systemic inequities.

(h) Public reporting of service disagreements and denials and appeals will allow lawmakers, advocates, and families to monitor disparities and hold regional centers accountable for fair and consistent decisionmaking.

(i) Mandating the inclusion of service disagreements and denials in individualized program plans will create a permanent, trackable record of service requests and decisions
 ensuring transparency and fairness in service allocation.

(j) A standardized and accessible data dashboard, availab