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AB-1575 • 2026

Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act.

Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Arambula
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the bill's provisions will be implemented or funded.

Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act

The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act updates terminology and expands the definition of respite care services.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the term 'consumer' to 'person eligible for regional center services' throughout the act.
  • Expands the definition of 'in-home respite services' to include community settings, not just the client's home.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People with developmental disabilities who receive services through regional centers.
  • Families providing care for a family member with developmental disabilities.
  • Regional center staff and service providers.

Terms To Know

Consumer
A person receiving services from a regional center under the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act. The bill changes this term to 'person eligible for regional center services'.
In-home respite services
Temporary care and supervision provided in a client’s home or local community, designed to help family members who are caring for someone with developmental disabilities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the changes will be implemented or funded.
  • It is unclear what specific technical changes will be made beyond those stated in the summary.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-03-23 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  3. 2026-03-19 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.

  4. 2026-03-19 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  5. 2026-01-13 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.

  6. 2026-01-12 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1575, as amended, Arambula.
Developmental services.
Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act.
Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Under existing law, the services and supports to be provided to a regional center consumer are contained in an individual program plan, developed in accordance with prescribed requirements. Existing law defines “consumer” for these purposes.
This bill would replace “consumer” with “person eligible for regional center services” throughout the act, and would also remove gendered language.
Existing law requires the Director of Developmental Services to develop program standards and establish, maintain, and revise, as necessary, an equitable process for setting rates of state payment, based upon those standards, for in-home respite services purchased by regional centers from agencies vendored to provide these services. Existing law defines “in-home respite services” as intermittent or regularly scheduled temporary nonmedical care and supervision provided in the client’s own home, for a regional center client who resides with a family member, and provides that the services are designed to, among other things, attend to the client’s basic self-help needs and other activities of daily living, including interaction, socialization, and continuation of usual daily routines that would ordinarily be performed by the family members.
This bill would expand the definition of “in-home respite services” to include the provision
of that care and supervision in the client’s local community, and would authorize the services to be designed to attend to the client’s appropriate community integration and socialization that ordinarily would be performed by the family members.
Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, makes the State Department of Developmental Services responsible for providing various services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities, and for ensuring the appropriateness and quality of those services and supports.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

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