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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 4850

Habilitation Services For Persons With Developmental Disabilities

Known as the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act

The act spans §§ 4500–4885 (423 sections).

Repealed and added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 226, Sec. 2

(a) The Legislature reaffirms its intent that habilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities should be planned and provided as a part of a continuum and that habilitation services should be available to enable persons with developmental disabilities to approximate the pattern of everyday living available to nondisabled people of the same age.

(b) The Legislature further intends that habilitation services shall be provided to adults with developmental disabilities as specified in this chapter in order to guarantee the rights stated in Section 4502.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.