Bill Text: CA AB1170 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1170 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Peace officer training: intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1170 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB1170-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2019

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1170

Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier

February 21, 2019

An act to amend Section ~~4659 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to developmental services.~~ 13515.25 of the Penal Code, relating to peace officers.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1170, as amended, Frazier. ~~Developmental services: regional centers.~~ Peace officer training: intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to establish a continuing education classroom training course related to law enforcement interaction with mentally disabled persons and to make the course available to law enforcement agencies in California.
This bill would require the commission, on or before January 1, 2021, and in consultation with the State Department of Developmental Services, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and representatives of community colleges, to incorporate in-person training provided by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities into that training course.
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, and requires regional centers to identify and pursue all possible sources of funding for consumers receiving those services.
~~This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.~~

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 13515.25 of the Penal Code is amended to read:

13515.25.

(a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall establish and keep updated a continuing education classroom training course relating to law enforcement interaction with persons with mental disabilities. The training course shall be developed by the commission in consultation with appropriate community, local, and state organizations and agencies that have expertise in the area of mental illness and developmental disability, and with appropriate consumer and family advocate groups. In developing the course, the commission shall also examine existing courses certified by the commission that relate to persons with mental disabilities. The commission shall make the course available to law enforcement agencies in California.

(b) The course described in subdivision (a) shall consist of classroom instruction and shall utilize interactive training methods to ensure that the training is as realistic as possible. The course shall include, at a minimum, core instruction in all of the following:

(1) The cause and nature of mental illnesses and developmental disabilities.

(2) How to identify indicators of mental disability and how to respond appropriately in a variety of common situations.

(3) Conflict resolution and ~~de-escalation~~ deescalation techniques for potentially dangerous situations involving a person with a mental disability.

(4) Appropriate language usage when interacting with a person with a mental disability.

(5) Alternatives to lethal force when interacting with potentially dangerous persons with mental disabilities.

(6) Community and state resources available to serve persons with mental disabilities and how these resources can be best utilized by law enforcement to benefit the mentally disabled community.

(7) The fact that a crime committed in whole or in part because of an actual or perceived disability of the victim is a hate crime punishable under Title 11.6 (commencing with Section 422.55) of Part 1.

(c) The commission shall, on or before January 1, 2021, and in consultation with the State Department of Developmental Services, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and representatives of community colleges, incorporate in-person training provided by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities into the commission’s training programs created pursuant to this section.
~~(c)~~

(d) The course described in subdivision (a) shall be shared with the State Fire Marshal, who may revise the course as appropriate to the firefighter training environment.

~~(d)~~

(e) The Legislature encourages law enforcement agencies to include the course created in this section, and any other course certified by the commission relating to persons with mental disabilities, as part of their advanced officer training program.

~~(e)~~

(f) It is the intent of the Legislature to reevaluate the extent to which law enforcement officers are receiving adequate training in how to interact with persons with mental disabilities.

SECTION 1.Section 4659 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
4659.
(a)Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) or (e), a regional center shall identify and pursue all possible sources of funding for consumers receiving regional center services. These sources shall include, but not be limited to, both of the following:
(1)Governmental or other entities or programs required to provide or pay the cost of providing services, including Medi-Cal, Medicare, the Civilian Health and Medical Program for Uniform Services, school districts, and federal supplemental security income and the state supplementary program.
~~(2)Private entities, to the maximum extent they are liable for the cost of services, aid, insurance, or medical assistance to the consumer.~~
(b)Any revenues collected by a regional center pursuant to this section shall be applied against the cost of services prior to use of regional center funds for those services. This revenue shall not result in a reduction in the regional center’s purchase of services budget, except as it relates to federal supplemental security income and the state supplementary program.
(c)Effective July 1, 2009, notwithstanding any other law or regulation, regional centers shall not purchase any service that would otherwise be available from Medi-Cal, Medicare, the Civilian Health and Medical Program for Uniform Services, In-Home Support Services, California Children’s Services, private insurance, or a health care service plan when a consumer or a consumer’s family meets the criteria of this coverage but chooses not to pursue that coverage. If, on July 1, 2009, a regional center is purchasing that service as part of a consumer’s individual program plan (IPP), the prohibition shall take effect on October 1, 2009.
(d)(1)Effective July 1, 2009, notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a regional center shall not purchase medical or dental services for a consumer three years of age or older unless the regional center is provided with documentation of a Medi-Cal, private insurance, or a health care service plan denial and the regional center determines that an appeal by the consumer or the consumer’s family of the denial does not have merit. If, on July 1, 2009, a regional center is purchasing the service as part of a consumer’s IPP, this provision shall take effect on August 1, 2009. Regional centers may pay for medical or dental services during the following periods:
~~(A)While coverage is being pursued, but before a denial is made.~~
~~(B)Pending a final administrative decision on the administrative appeal if the consumer’s family has provided to the regional center a verification that an administrative appeal is being pursued.~~
~~(C)Until the commencement of services by Medi-Cal, private insurance, or a health care service plan.~~
(2)When necessary, the consumer or the consumer’s family may receive assistance from the regional center, the Clients’ Rights Advocate funded by the department, or the state council in pursuing these appeals.
(e)This section does not impose any additional liability on the parents of children with developmental disabilities nor restricts eligibility for, or deny services to, any individual who qualifies for regional center services but is unable to pay.
(f)In order to best utilize generic resources, federally funded programs, and private insurance programs for individuals with developmental disabilities, the department and regional centers shall engage in the following activities:
(1)Within existing resources, the department shall provide training to regional centers, no less than once every two years, in the availability and requirements of generic, federally funded and private programs available to persons with developmental disabilities, including, but not limited to, eligibility requirements, the application process and covered services, and the appeal process.
(2)Regional centers shall disseminate information and training to all service coordinators regarding the availability and requirements of generic, federally funded, and private insurance programs on the local level.