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FR°I" Phil Batchelor, County Administrator l.rlJl i ra
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DATE: March 12, 1986 couqy
SUBJECT: Legislation: Assembly Bill 3126
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) ,OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of support for AB 3126 by Assemblyman Bates.
BACKGROUND:
Independent � Living Centers are provided for in Chapter 8, Part 2,
Division 10; of the Welfare and Institutions Code, beginning with
Section 19800. An Independent Living Center is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to assisting disabled persons achieve
social and economic independence. Centers provide such services
as peer counseling, advocacy, attendant referrals, housing
assistance, ' and information and referral services. Centers are
also authorized to provide other services and referrals, such as
transportation, job development, equipment maintenance and
evaluation, ' training in independent living skills, mobility
assistance, and communication assistance.
The State Department of Rehabilitation contracts with a number of
Independent� Living Centers throughout the State to supplement
private funds received by each Center. However, areas of the
State are unserved by any Center.
AssemblymanBates has introduced AB 3126 which would require the
Department of Rehabilitation to contract with at least four new
Independent ' Living Centers each fiscal year until every
geographic region in the State is served by a Center. The bill
also appropriates $550,000 for this purpose and contains an
urgency clause.
Since Contra Costa County is not currently served by an
Independent Living Center, passage of AB 3126 would provide the
opportunity at some time in the future for a Center to be located
in this County to serve the disabled residents of the County.
For this reason, it is appropriate for the Board to support AB
3126 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 18, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT �- AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVI S ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County
HelenMAller,s'trator ATTESTED
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Council 10ZV �u�, PHIL BATCHELOR- CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Assemblyman Tom Bates �' SJ�� SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Kathy Snodgrass, Jackson/Barish
BY DEPUTY
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