Section 4562.

(a) The state council and the area boards on developmental disabilities shall conduct activities necessary to develop or implement the state plan in the various regions of the state.

(b) In preparing this plan, the council shall utilize information provided by the area boards, statewide and local entities, individuals with developmental disabilities, family members, and other interested parties, to help identify and prioritize actions needed to improve California's system of services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities. The purpose of the plan shall be to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive system of community services and supports that is consumer and family centered and consumer and family directed, and to enable individuals with developmental disabilities to exercise self-determination, independence, productivity, and to be integrated and included in all facets of community life.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 676, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2003.)