Plain English Breakdown
The official source does not provide an effective date, only that it passed the Legislature.
Developmental Services Budget Act of 2025
This bill allows state facilities to make small health and safety purchases without extra approval, removes old reporting rules, creates a new payment option for family teaching homes, and requires an agreement between education agencies to help children move from early intervention to preschool.
What This Bill Does
- Allows the State Department of Developmental Services to buy goods or services under $10,000 starting in fiscal year 2026–27 for its facilities without extra approval steps.
- Requires the department to create and keep a written manual explaining how these new purchases will work.
- Removes old reporting requirements that are no longer needed by the Legislature.
- Authorizes the department to set up a separate payment system for family teaching homes based on housing, staffing, and resident numbers if they choose to do so.
- Requires an agreement between the State Department of Education and the State Department of Developmental Services to help children move smoothly from early intervention programs (Part C) to preschool services (Part B).
- Allows the department to issue written rules for local agencies until official regulations are adopted, with a deadline of June 30, 2029.
- Requires regional centers to assess toddlers who qualify for early intervention and may be eligible for state preschool programs.
Who It Names or Affects
- The State Department of Developmental Services
- State-operated developmental centers, community facilities, and acute crisis homes
- Family home agencies that run family teaching homes
- Regional centers serving infants, toddlers, and young children
- Local educational agencies
Terms To Know
- Direct care purchases
- Goods or services needed for a person's health, safety, or continued care.
- Family teaching home
- A type of family-based living arrangement that may have its own payment rules under this bill.
- Part C and Part B transition
- The move from early intervention services for children ages 0–2 to public education programs for children ages 3–5.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not state the exact date it becomes effective.
- New payment rules for family teaching homes only apply if the department chooses to create them.
- Directives for local agencies must be issued by June 30, 2029, but final regulations may take longer.