CA Welf & Inst Code § 11203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 11203.

11203.  (a) During those times as the federal government provides funds for the care of a needy relative with whom a needy child or needy children are living, aid to the child or children for any month includes aid to meet the needs of that relative, if money payments are made with respect to the child or children for that month, and if the relative is not receiving aid under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) or 5.1 (commencing with Section 13000) of this part or Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act for that month. Needy relatives under this chapter include only natural or adoptive parents, the spouse of a natural or adoptive parent, and other needy caretaker relatives.(b) (1) The parent or parents shall be considered living with the needy child or needy children for a period of up to 180 consecutive days of the needy child’s or children’s absence from the family assistance unit, and the parent or parents shall be eligible for services under this chapter, including services funded under Sections 15204.2 and 15204.8, and the special needs benefit specified in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) of Section 11450, if all of the following conditions are met:(A) The child has been removed from the parent or parents and placed in out-of-home care.(B) When the child was removed from the parent or parents, the family was receiving aid under this section.(C) The county has determined that the provision of services under this chapter, including services funded under Sections 15204.2 and 15204.8, and the special needs benefit specified in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) of Section 11450, is necessary for reunification.(2) For purposes of this subdivision, the parent or parents shall not be eligible for any payment of aid under Section 11450, except for the special needs benefit specified in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) of Section 11450.(c) The department shall revise its state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families plan to incorporate the provisions of subdivision (b) and to incorporate the good cause exception provisions the department deems necessary as authorized by Section 608(a)(10)(B) of Title 42 of the United States Code.(d) Before July 1, 2022, the department shall issue comprehensive policy, fiscal, and claiming instructions to the counties that will enable counties, on or after July 1, 2022, to implement this section pending the establishment of a new aid code, if one is needed, regarding the extension of aid and services authorized by the changes made to this section, as it was added in the act that added this subdivision.(e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2022, and, as of January 1, 2023, is repealed.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 31. (AB 135) Effective July 16, 2021. Inoperative July 1, 2022, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2023, by its own provisions. See later operative version dded by Sec. 32 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 85.)