California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 4901

WIC § 4901 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 4.7 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)The protection and advocacy agency, for purposes of this division, shall be a private nonprofit corporation and shall meet all of the requirements of federal law applicable to protection and advocacy systems, including, but not limited to, the requirement that it establish a grievance procedure for clients or prospective clients of the system to ensure that people with disabilities have full access to services of the system.

(b)State officers and employees, in taking any action relating to the protection and advocacy agency, shall meet the requirements of federal law applicable to protection and advocacy systems.

(c)The authority of the protection and advocacy agency set forth in this division shall not diminish the authority of the protection and advocacy agency under federal statutes pertaining to the authority of protection and advocacy systems, or under federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation of those statutes.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 878, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2004.