The department, in consultation with stakeholders, shall develop an alternative service delivery model that provides an Individual Choice Budget for obtaining quality services and supports which provides choice and flexibility within a finite budget that in the aggregate reduces regional center purchase of service expenditures, reduces reliance on the state general fund, and maximizes federal financial participation in the delivery of services. The individual budget will be determined using a fair, equitable, transparent standardized process.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 4648.6
Regional Center Responsibilities
Known as the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act
The act spans §§ 4500–4885 (423 sections).
Added by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex
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