TITLE 17.
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES
DECISION ON PETITION TO AMEND
REGULATIONS
The
Department of Developmental Services (DDS) submits the following Decision in
response to a Petition to
Amend Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Division 2, Chapter 3,
Subchapter 1 by amending Section 54000(a).
Petitioners:
Paul
S;
Stanley
S
Regulations Section
Affected:
Authority:
Authority:
Section 11152,
Government Code, Sections 4512
Welfare and Institutions Code.
Decision:
The Department agrees that Title 17,
Section 54000(a) should be amended to be made consistent with the definition of
“Developmental Disabled” as found in Welfare and Institutions Code Section
4512(a). The Department has
initiated a rulemaking to accomplish this amendment.
Reasons for Department’s
Determination:
DDS agrees with Petitioners that the
Department’s regulations includes a definition of “Developmental Disability”
that is inconsistent with the definition of “Developmental Disability” that is
provided in statue (Welfare and Institutions Code Sections
4512(a).
Contact
Person:
Comments and inquires concerning the
Decision may be directed to:
Attention: Mark Catrambone,
Senior Staff
Counsel
Department of Developmental
Services
Office of Legal
Affairs
1600 Ninth Street, Room 240, MS
2-14
Sacramento, California
95814
Email: mcatramb@dds.ca.gov
Phone: (916)
654-1718
FAX: (916)
654-1716