California Developmental Disability Services Quality, Performance, and Outcomes Act of 2025.

Assembly Member Addis proposes comprehensive reforms to California's developmental services system through legislation requiring standardized quality and performance measures across all service levels. The Department of Developmental Services would develop uniform metrics to track outcomes for individuals, regional centers, and system-wide programs that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The bill mandates that the department first conduct a thorough assessment of existing quality measures used throughout California's developmental services network, including regional center monitoring tools, provider evaluations, and self-determination metrics. Following this review, the department must convene stakeholders and subject matter experts to recommend new standardized measures that enable consistent tracking of service delivery and outcomes. These recommendations require submission to the Legislature before formal adoption.

The legislation specifies that any new statewide information technology system must incorporate these quality measures in a format allowing analysis across different populations and time periods. The system would interface with other state agency datasets to monitor individuals' access to additional community resources like CalFresh, housing assistance, and employment supports. While maintaining privacy protections, the data would be made available to researchers through secure environments to enable evidence-based evaluation of service effectiveness and outcomes.

This initiative aligns with California's broader shift toward outcomes-based performance measurement in human services and the state's Master Plan for Developmental Services. The bill's findings note that the current system relies heavily on compliance measures tracked through outdated technology, limiting the ability to assess whether services truly meet individual needs through person-centered planning and self-determination.