4781.5. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 188, Sec. 29.)
(a)For the 2006–07 fiscal year only, a regional center may…#
(a) For the 2006–07 fiscal year only, a regional center may not expend any purchase of service funds for the startup of any new program unless one of the following criteria is met:
(1) The expenditure is necessary to protect the consumer’s health or safety or because of other extraordinary circumstances.
(2) The program to be developed promotes and provides integrated supported work options for individuals or groups of no more than three consumers.
(3) The program to be developed promotes and provides integrated social, civic, volunteer, or recreational activities.
(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a regional center may…#
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a regional center may approve grants for the 2006–07 fiscal year only to current providers to engage in new or expanded employment activities that result in greater integration, conversion from sheltered to supported work environments, self-employment, and increased consumer participation in the federal Ticket to Work program.