4474.10.
(a) The department shall establish the Sonoma Developmental Center as the center of last resort for northern California.(b) (1) Prior to implementing subdivision (a), the department shall confer and cooperate with the County of Sonoma, as the lead local agency, to develop a detailed action plan. The County of Sonoma shall ensure inclusion and participation in developing the action plan of community entities, including, but not limited to,
consumers living in the developmental
center, parents, family members, guardians, and conservators of persons living in the developmental center or their representative organizations, including, but not limited to, the Parent Hospital Association of Sonoma Developmental
Center, developmental center employees and employee
organizations, the local regional center, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Association of Regional Center Agencies, the protection and advocacy agency specified in Section 4901, the local area board on developmental disabilities, the local regional center, persons with developmental disabilities living in the community, community care providers, the affected city and county governments, and business and civic organizations, as may be recommended by local state Senate and Assembly representatives.
(2) The action plan developed pursuant to paragraph (1) may address all of the following:
(A) The appropriate strategy to ensure that the best Medi-Cal funding structure is available to a consumer, wherever he or she may live, who transitions from the Sonoma Developmental Center as a result of the implementation of subdivision (a).
(B) A program for the placement of staff of the Sonoma Developmental Center who may be displaced as a result of the implementation of subdivision (a) in similar positions in programs operated by, or through contract with, the county, regional centers, or other state departments.
(C) The disposition and reuse of medical and housing facilities located on Sonoma Developmental Center grounds, including, but not limited to, the reuse of land and open space that is a part of the Sonoma Developmental Center campus, that may no longer be required for the operation of the Sonoma Developmental Center as a result of the implementation of subdivision (a).
(c) For the purposes of this section, “center of last resort” means a developmental center that provides services to a small population of residents for whom community placement has been deemed insufficient.