If S.B. 468 clears its final hurdles, California regional center
clients could soon have the option to manage their own service
budgets, and to make their own purchase of service decisions. (Update 9/12/13, in comments, below.)
Under current law, an individual program plan (IPP) team determines
the amount and type of services a regional center client may need,
but the regional center manages the purchase of services, including
the hiring,
