California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 1 - Regional Center Contracts

• Section 4620.
  (a) In order for the state to carry out many of its responsibilities as established in this division, the state shall contract with appropriate agencies to...
• Section 4620.1.
  The Legislature recognizes the ongoing contributions many parents and family members make to the support and well-being of their children and relatives with developmental disabilities....
• Section 4620.2.
  (a) The State Department of Developmental Services, after consultation with stakeholder groups, shall develop a system of enrollment fees, copayments, or both, to be assessed against...
• Section 4620.3.
  (a) To provide more uniformity and consistency in the administrative practices and services of regional centers throughout the state, promote appropriateness of services, maximize efficiency of...
• Section 4621.
  The department, within the limitations of funds appropriated, shall contract with appropriate private nonprofit corporations for the establishment of regional centers.Notwithstanding any other provision of...
• Section 4621.5.
  Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1 of Chapter 501 of the Statutes of 1971, the department shall, within the limitations of funds appropriated, contract with...
• Section 4622.
  The state shall contract only with agencies, the governing boards of which conform to all of the following criteria:(a) The governing board shall be composed of...
• Section 4622.5.
  By August 15 of each year, the governing board of each regional center shall submit to the department detailed documentation, as determined by the department,...
• Section 4623.
  In the event that the governing board of the regional center is not composed of individuals as specified in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of...
• Section 4624.
  When the governing board of the regional center is not composed of individuals as specified in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 4622, the...
• Section 4625.
  The department shall not contract with any new regional center contracting agency unless the governing board of the agency is composed of individuals as specified...
• Section 4625.5.
  (a) The governing board of each regional center shall adopt and maintain a written policy requiring the board to review and approve any regional center contract...
• Section 4626.
  (a) The department shall give a very high priority to ensuring that regional center board members and employees act in the course of their duties solely...
• Section 4626.5.
  Each regional center shall submit a conflict-of-interest policy to the department by July 1, 2011, and shall post the policy on its Internet Web site...
• Section 4627.
  (a) The director of the department shall adopt and enforce conflict-of-interest regulations to ensure that members of the governing board, program policy committee, and employees of...
• Section 4628.
  If, for good reason, a contracting agency is unable to meet all the criteria for a governing board established in this chapter, the director may...
• Section 4629.
  (a) The state shall enter into five-year contracts with regional centers, subject to the annual appropriation of funds by the Legislature.(b) The contracts shall include a provision...
• Section 4629.5.
  (a) In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 4629, the department’s contract with a regional center shall require the regional center to adopt, maintain,...
• Section 4629.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all regional center contracts or agreements with service providers in which rates are determined through negotiations between the regional...
• Section 4630.
  The contract between the state and the contracting agency shall not:(a) Require information that violates client confidentiality.(b) Prevent a regional center from employing innovative programs, techniques, or...
• Section 4631.
  (a) In order to provide to the greatest extent practicable a larger degree of uniformity and consistency in the services, funding, and administrative practices of regional...
• Section 4632.
  If the department and a regional center are unable to resolve any contract dispute, including disputes between the regional center and the department over whether...
• Section 4633.
  If the department or any regional center intends to adopt any material change in policy which will have a direct effect upon the contract between...
• Section 4634.
  Contracts between the department and regional center shall be presented for final negotiation to regional center governing boards at least 90 days’ prior to the...
• Section 4635.
  (a) If any regional center finds that it is unable to comply with the requirements of this division or its contract with the state, the regional...
• Section 4636.
  If necessary, to avoid disruption of the service program, the department may directly operate a regional center during the interim period between the termination of...
• Section 4638.
  Non-profit corporations operating regional centers shall not use state funds allocated to the corporation for operating the center for activities directly related to influencing employees...
• Section 4639.
  (a) The governing board of a regional center shall annually contract with an independent accounting firm for an audited financial statement. The audit report and accompanying...
• Section 4639.5.
  (a) By December 1 of each year, each regional center shall provide a listing to the State Department of Developmental Services a complete current salary schedule...
• Section 4639.75.
  (a) On an ongoing basis, and as necessary, the State Department of Developmental Services shall provide to regional centers, and make available on the Internet, up-to-date...

Last modified: October 22, 2018