CA AB1220

Requires regional centers to document all service denials, notices of actions, and appeals in each consumer's individual program plan

Mandates the State Department of Developmental Services and regional centers include data on service disagreements and denials in their annual public reports, beginning with fiscal year 2026-27

Requires any new statewide case management system to automatically capture services disagreed upon or denied, and requests for notices of action

Establishes the "Access to Disability Services Transparency Act" to address service disparities affecting Latino, Black, Asian, Indigenous, non-English-speaking, and low-income communities in the developmental disabilities system

Creates a standardized reporting mechanism to improve oversight and accountability across all 21 regional centers for tracking service disagreements and denials