State Payments Vary for Care of People With Disabilities
California pays inconsistent rates to not-for-profit regional centers that contract with vendors to provide care for individuals with developmental disabilities, despite caps designed to curb costs. The service providers can negotiate rates higher than the caps by claiming that they offer extra services to individuals with special needs, such as overnight care.
- "Brown's Countdown, Day 24: California Pays Varying Rates To Care for Disabled" (Chang, Sacramento Bee, 2/2).