DDS has written new regulations to create 15 bed “homes” with delayed egress and secure perimeters. These facilities are clearly more restrictive in fact, but not in law, than developmental centers. Residents can be held in these locked facilities for indeterminate lengths of time. The staff receive 16 hours of training and are good to go for some of the most mentally ill and behaviorally challenging consumers.
Is this what DDS has in mind for Sonoma residents who do not make it in traditional community settings? Do not take my word for it -- read the new regulations for yourself. Then write your legislator and ask that they not be passed as written.
Kathleen Miller, PHA President
links to documents:
Initial Statement of Reasons
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Text of Proposed Regulation
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