Plain English Breakdown
The bill states legislative intent to consider funding but does not guarantee it will be provided.
Developmental Services Safety Training and Mobile Crisis Procedures
This law requires the state to study safety training for people with developmental disabilities and allows counties with mobile crisis teams to create specific rules for handling emergencies involving these individuals.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the State Department of Developmental Services to check how regional centers currently provide safety training services across the state.
- Orders the department to send a report to lawmakers by July 1, 2028, with findings and ideas for better crisis response rules.
- States that the report must include plans for creating standard statewide steps for handling crises involving people with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
- Says lawmakers may choose to give money later to help build and keep these safety training programs running if they approve the report's recommendations.
- Allows county behavioral health directors in counties with mobile crisis teams to write new procedures for managing emergencies involving individuals with intellectual, developmental, or behavioral health conditions.
Who It Names or Affects
- The State Department of Developmental Services
- Regional centers that serve people with developmental disabilities
- County behavioral health directors who manage mobile crisis teams in counties that operate them
- People with intellectual, developmental, or behavioral health conditions
Terms To Know
- Regional Centers
- Organizations the state hires to provide services and support for people with developmental disabilities.
- Mobile Crisis Teams
- Groups of workers that travel to locations to help during mental health or behavioral emergencies, operated by counties.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not provide money right now; it only says lawmakers might give funding after they read and consider the report.
- The law requires a study to be finished by July 1, 2028, but does not say exactly when new training programs must start if approved later.