BILL NUMBER: SB 555INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Correa FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act relating to developmental services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 555, as introduced, Correa. Developmental services: individual program plans and individual family service plans. Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services is authorized to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. The services and supports to be provided to a regional center consumer are contained in an individual program plan (IPP) or individual family service plan (IFSP), developed in accordance with prescribed requirements. Existing law states that it is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the individual program plan and provision of services and supports by the regional center system is centered on the individual and the family of the individual with developmental disabilities and takes into account the needs and preferences of the individual and the family, as specified. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require an IPP or IFSP to consider the needs of the consumer, and his or her family, in order to provide services and supports in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require an individual program plan, or individual family services plan, to consider the needs of the consumer, and his or her family, in order to provide services and supports in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner.