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AB-1335 • 2026
Habilitation services.
Habilitation services.
Passed Legislature
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
- Sponsor
- Jeff Gonzalez
- Last action
- Official status
- Assembly
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
The official source material does not provide details on how the new standards differ from CARF requirements or if this change will affect service quality.
Habilitation Services Changes
This law removes a requirement for work activity and supported employment programs to follow CARF standards, instead requiring regional centers to use state regulations when monitoring these services.
What This Bill Does
- Removes the need for work activity or supported employment programs to meet CARF requirements.
- Requires regional centers to monitor service providers using new standards set by the State Department of Developmental Services.
Who It Names or Affects
- People with developmental disabilities who use habilitation services.
- Regional centers that provide or contract for habilitation services.
- Service providers offering work activities and supported employment programs.
Terms To Know
- CARF
- A group that sets standards for rehabilitation services to make sure they are high quality.
- Habilitation services
- Services and support given to people with developmental disabilities to help them live independently.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify how the new standards will differ from CARF requirements.
- It is unclear if this change will affect the quality of services provided by regional centers.
Bill History
No action history is stored for this bill yet.
Official Summary Text
AB 1335, as introduced, Jeff Gonzalez.
Habilitation services.
Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and support to individuals with developmental disabilities. Existing law requires a regional center consumer to be referred to a provider of habilitation services if they are determined to be in need of habilitation services. Existing law authorizes a regional center to vendor a new work activity or supported employment program after determining the capacity of the program to deliver effective services and assessing the ability of the program to comply with the requirements of CARF the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission. Existing law requires a regional center to monitor, evaluate, and audit habilitation services providers for program effectiveness using performance criteria that include, among other things,
compliance with applicable CARF standards.
This bill would remove the requirement for a work activity program or supported employment program to comply with the requirements of CARF the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission, and would instead require a regional center to monitor, evaluate, and audit habilitation services providers for program effectiveness using, among other things, services standards contained in regulations adopted by the department. The bill would also make related conforming changes.
Current Bill Text
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