Assembly Bill No. 1099 (Introduced by Assembly Member Bryan on February 20, 2025)
This assembly bill was introduced by Assembly Member Bryan on February 20, 2025. This is an act to amend Sections 4642 and 4643 of, and to add Section 4643.1 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to developmental services.
This bill would, for initial intakes involving a foster child, as defined, if the regional center has not determined, within the 15-day period following a request for assistance, that the foster child is eligible or provisionally eligible for regional center services, instead require the regional center to refer the foster child for, and conduct, that additional assessment. The bill would prohibit a determination not to provide additional assessment from being solely based on either the lack of specified documentation or the age of the person when they received a diagnosis of a qualifying condition, as specified. The bill would require the department to annually post on its internet website specified data relating to initial intakes, including, among other data, the number of initial intakes, and the number of initial intakes involving foster children, received by a regional center. The bill would repeal that reporting requirement on January 1, 2030.
This bill would also require the assessment to be performed as soon as possible and in no event more than 60 days if the client is a foster child. The bill would require the assessment to be conducted and an eligibility determination to be made within the applicable timelines irrespective of whether the person, or a person acting on their behalf, possesses specified documentation. The bill would require the regional center to assist in collecting and procuring that documentation in order to ensure that assessment is conducted as soon as possible.