2010 Position letters
- Abuse and Neglect
- Benefits
- Children’s Health and Mental Health Benefits/Mental Health
- Developmental Disabilities, Lanterman Act
- Disability Rights
- Education
- Employment
- Housing
- Mental Health
- Voting
Abuse and Neglect
SB 892 (Alquist) Care Facility Staff: Criminal Records (html) or (pdf) - Support (Updated 8/6/10) – Failed in Assembly Appropriations Committee
Benefits
SB 208/AB 342 (Steinberg/Perez) - Medi-Cal Demonstration Waiver: Managed Care (html) or (pdf) - Oppose Unless Amended (6/28/10)
AB 1887 (Villines) MRMIP: Federal Funds (html) or (pdf) – Support (6/11/10) – Failed in Senate Appropriations
SB 998 (Liu) Long Term Care: Assessment and Planning (html) or (pdf) – Support in Concept (4/13/10) – Failed in Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 2127 (Nestande) Medi-Cal: Non-emergency Transportation Services (html) or (pdf) – Oppose (4/6/10) – Failed in Assembly Health Committee
AB 2587 (Berryhill) Health Care Coverage: Reduction of Mandates (html) or (pdf) – Oppose (4/1/10) – Failed in Assembly Health Committee
Children’s Health and Mental Health Benefits/Mental Health
Developmental Disabilities, Lanterman Act
SB 1129 (Wiggins) Health Services: Sonoma Developmental Center (html) or (pdf) – Oppose (5/7/10) – Failed in Senate Appropriations Committee
AB 2702 (Chesbro) Developmental Services: Planning Teams (html) or (pdf) – Support (4/8/10) – Failed in Senate Appropriations Committee
AB 2204 (Beall) Developmental Services: Stakeholder Groups (html) or (pdf) - Support (Updated 8/2/10) – Failed in Senate Appropriations Committee
Disability Rights
SJR 35 (Corbett) 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (html) or (pdf) – Support (Updated 10/6/10)
AB 2764 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Public Interest Task Force (html) or (pdf) – Enacted (Updated 10/6/10)
SB 110 (Liu) Crime Victims with Disabilities Act (html) or (pdf) – Enacted (Updated 10/6/10)
ACR 162 (Beall) Disability History Week (html) or (pdf) – Support (5/3/10) – Enacted 8/9/10
SB 1188 (Wright) Child Custody: Parents with Disabilities (html) or (pdf) – Support (Updated 6/9/10) – Enacted
AB 1655 (Evans) Dependent Children: Psychotropic Medication - UPDATED (html) or (pdf) - Support (Updated 4/1/10) – Failed in Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 2028 (Hernandez) Confidentiality of Medical Information (html) or (pdf) – Enacted (Updated 10/6/10)
AB 2112 (Monning) Prescription Record Privacy Act (htm) or (pdf) – Support (3/30/10) – Failed in Assembly Health Committee
AB 1680 (Saldana) Civil Rights Act: Waiver of Rights (htm) or (pdf) – Vetoed (Updated 10/6/10)
ACR 123 (Chesbro) (Disability Rights California Sponsored) California Memorial Project Day (html) or (pdf) - Support (Updated 6/18/10) - Enacted 7/7/10
SB 399 (Yee) Sentencing: Youthful Offenders (htm) or (pdf) – Failed in Assembly (Updated 10/6/10)
Education
SB 1059 (Liu) Local Education Agencies: Responsibility for Education Services (html) or (pdf) – Vetoed (Updated 10/6/10)
AB 1841 (Buchanan) Special Education: Parental Consent (html) or (pdf) - Enacted (Updated 10/6/10)
AB 2370 (Hernandez) School districts of Choice (html) or (pdf) – (html) or (pdf) - Support (Updated 6/21/10) – Failed in Senate Education Committee
SB 1051 (Huff) Medical Assistance in Schools: Diastat (html) or (pdf) - Support (Updated 4/16/10) – Failed in Senate Appropriations Committee
Employment
Housing
SB 1265 Forensic Conditional Release: Group Homes (html) or (pdf) - Enacted (Updated 10/9/10)
Mental Health
SB 1265 (Dutton) Forensic Conditional Release Program (html) or (pdf) – Enacted (Updated 10/6/10)
AB 2645 (Chesbro) Mental Health: Skilled Nursing Facilities (html) or (pdf) - Support (Updated 6/11/10) – Governor’s Desk
AB 1655 (Evans) Dependent Children: Psychotropic Medication (htm) or (pdf) – Support (3/10/10) – Failed in Assembly Appropriations Committee
Voting
SB 1140 (Yee) Voter Registration: One Stop Voting (html) or (pdf) - Failed in Assembly Appropriations Committee (Updated 10/6/10)
SB 1102 (Liu) Elections: Vote by Mail (html) or (pdf) – Oppose (4/14/10) – Failed in the Senate
AB 1681 (Yamada) Elections: All Mail Ballot Elections (htm) or (pdf) – Vetoed (Updated 10/6/10)