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Senate panel advances AB 1208 to set outcome standards for developmental services
Summary
AB 1208 directs the Department of Developmental Services to create unified outcome, quality and performance standards for regional centers and providers, with incentives and corrective actions; the committee passed the bill to Appropriations.
Assemblymember Addis presented AB 1208 to shift California’s developmental services system toward standardized outcome and quality benchmarks.
Judy Mark of Disability Voices United, a co-sponsor, testified the current system focuses on compliance and lacks unified measures or trust among people with disabilities and their families. She said the bill would establish a single stakeholder work group to recommend ambitious benchmarks, with incentives for exceeding benchmarks and corrective actions for underperformance.
Committee members praised the oversight and accountability intent; Senator Becker moved the measure. The committee sent AB 1208 to Appropriations for fiscal and implementation review.
