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CA Welf & Inst Code § 13752 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 6.2 - Foster Care Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Assistance Program|Section 13752.

13752.  The State Department of Social Services shall convene a workgroup comprised of the County Welfare Directors Association, county welfare directors, child advocacy organizations, current and former foster youth and other relevant stakeholders, as determined by the department, to develop best practice guidelines for county welfare departments to assist children residing in the state’s or a county’s custody who are eligible for benefits under Title II of the federal Social Security Act, pursuant to Section 402 et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code (social security benefits) and Title XVI of the Social Security Act, pursuant to Section 1381 of Title 42 of the United States Code (supplemental security income benefits) in receiving all federal benefits for which they are eligible. The guidelines shall be established by December 31, 2006, and shall include, but not be limited to, establishing procedures for all of the following:(a) Determining the time and manner for conducting disability screenings for children in the custody of the county who may be eligible for social security or Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) benefits.(b) Assisting in the application process for social security and SSI/SSP benefits for each child who, pursuant to the disability screening, is likely to be determined eligible for benefits.(c) Requesting reconsideration and appealing adverse decisions where appropriate.(d) Informing parents and caretakers, at the time the child leaves foster care, of potential eligibility for social security or SSI/SSP benefits for any child not receiving benefits but who may be eligible upon application for those benefits.(e) Maximizing the amount of federal benefits received for the current maintenance of children in the county’s custody.(f) Informing foster youth of their rights and responsibilities for the continued receipt of SSI benefits, the sources of assistance that may be available for resolving problems youth may have with the receipt of SSI benefits, and the process for transferring accumulated SSI benefits.(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 641, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 13753 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 6.2 - Foster Care Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Assistance Program|Section 13753.

13753.  When a foster youth who is receiving SSI payments is approaching his or her 18th birthday, the county shall do all of the following:(a) Provide information to the youth regarding the federal requirement that the youth establish continuing disability as an adult, if necessary, in order for SSI benefits to continue beyond his or her 18th birthday.(b) Provide information to the youth regarding the process for becoming his or her own payee, or designating an appropriate representative payee if benefits continue beyond his or her 18th birthday, and regarding any SSI benefits that have accumulated on his or her behalf.(c) Assist the youth, as appropriate, in fulfilling the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b).(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 641, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 13756 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 6.2 - Foster Care Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Assistance Program|Section 13756.

13756.  The workgroup convened pursuant to Section 13752 shall also make recommendations, by December 31, 2006, regarding the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of reserving an amount, not to exceed the federal SSI resource limit, of foster children’s social security and SSI/SSP benefits in lieu of reimbursing the county and the state for care and maintenance. In making its recommendations, the workgroup shall consider that the reserved benefits are for the purpose of assisting the child in his or her transition to self-sufficient living upon leaving foster care in a manner consistent with federal law.(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 641, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 13757 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 6.2 - Foster Care Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Assistance Program|Section 13757.

13757.  (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), every youth who is in foster care and nearing emancipation shall be screened by the county for potential eligibility for the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program utilizing the best practice guidelines developed pursuant to Section 13752.(2) The screening required in paragraph (1) shall only occur when the foster youth is at least 16 years and six months of age and not older than 17 years and six months of age. An application shall be submitted to the federal Social Security Administration on behalf of a youth who is screened as being likely to be eligible for federal Supplemental Security Income benefits. To the extent possible, the application shall be timed to allow for a determination of eligibility by the Social Security Administration prior to the youth’s emancipation from care including, if appropriate, the suspension of Supplemental Security Income benefits for no more than 12 months.(b) In carrying out the requirements of subdivision (a) for a youth receiving federally funded AFDC-FC benefits, the county shall, if necessary, forego federally funded AFDC-FC and instead use nonfederal AFDC-FC resources to fund the placement in the month of application or in the month after making an application, and to subsequently reclaim federally funded AFDC-FC, in order to ensure that the youth meets all of the SSI eligibility requirements in a single month while the application is pending, as provided by federal law and regulation. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 11402, this section shall apply to a foster youth regardless of his or her federal AFDC-FC eligibility.(c) When a nonminor dependent has been approved for SSI payments pursuant to this section but is receiving a federally funded AFDC-FC benefit in an amount that exceeds the SSI payment, causing the SSI payment to be placed in suspense, the county child welfare agency shall, during at least one month of every 12-month period, beginning with the date that the SSI benefit is placed in suspense, forego the federally funded AFDC-FC benefit and instead use nonfederal AFDC-FC resources to supplement the SSI benefit that the youth receives during that month. The county shall inform the Social Security Administration that the youth is not receiving any federal financial participation during that month in order to permit the nonminor dependent to receive an SSI benefit during a single month of every 12-month period. The county shall subsequently reclaim the federally funded AFDC-FC benefit in the following month.(d) Beginning in the 2011–12 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, funding and expenditures for programs and activities under this section shall be in accordance with the requirements provided in Sections 30025 and 30026.5 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 98. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 14500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 8.5 - Family Planning|Section 14500.

14500.  An Office of Family Planning shall be established within the State Department of Health Services. The Office of Family Planning shall be under the control of an executive officer who shall be known as the Coordinator of the Office of Family Planning. The coordinator shall be appointed by the State Director of Health Services and shall be an individual with training and experience in family planning.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 14500.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 8.5 - Family Planning|Section 14500.5.

14500.5.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that family planning includes, but is not limited to, an effective means to improve reproductive health by disease prevention and treatment, to reduce the incidence of unintended pregnancies, and to reduce the demand for abortions. It is the intent of the Legislature that no family planning shall be expended other than for the services enumerated in this chapter. It is also the intent of the Legislature that no funds received pursuant to this chapter be used for abortions or services ancillary to abortions.(b) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(1) “Family planning” means the process of establishing objectives for the number and spacing of children, and selecting the means by which those objectives may be achieved. These means include a broad range of acceptable and effective methods and services to limit or enhance fertility, including contraceptive methods, natural family planning, abstinence methods, and the management of infertility. Family planning services include preconceptional counseling, maternal and fetal health counseling, and general reproductive health care, including diagnosis and treatment of infections and conditions, including cancer, that threaten reproductive capability, and other services as described in Section 14503, except for abortions and services ancillary to abortions as prohibited in Section 14509. Family planning does not include abortion, pregnancy testing solely for the purposes of referral for abortion or services ancillary to abortions, or pregnancy care which is not incident to the diagnosis of a pregnancy, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter.(2) “Abortion as a method of family planning” means the deliberate choice of abortion over other methods to limit the number, gender, and spacing of children, including, but not limited to, contraception, abstinence, and natural family planning methods.(3) “Department” means the State Department of Health Care Services.(4) “Director” means the Director of Health Care Services.(5) “Grantee” means an agency, institution, or organization approved by the department to provide family planning services pursuant to this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 23, Sec. 116. (AB 1467) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 14501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 8.5 - Family Planning|Section 14501.

14501.  The Office of Family Planning has all of the following functions, powers, and duties:(a) To make available to citizens of the state of childbearing age comprehensive medical knowledge, assistance, and services relating to the planning of families.(b) To consult with state and local agencies that provide or administer family planning services and to participate in the formulation of regulations and other policy decisions governing the provision or administration of family planning services pursuant to state law or regulation.(c) To establish goals and priorities for all state agencies providing or administering family planning services.(d) To coordinate all family planning services and related programs conducted or administered by state agencies with the federal government so as to maximize the availability of these services by utilizing all available federal funds.(e) To conduct a survey of all of the existing facilities within the state having to do with family planning and infertility and the rendering of advice and assistance on birth control techniques and information.(f) To evaluate all existing programs and to establish in each county a viable program for the dispensation of family planning, infertility, and birth control information and techniques.(g) To develop and administer scientific investigation into problems of infertility and existing and new family planning and birth control techniques.(h) To survey, evaluate, and establish programs of professional education and training for physicians, nurses, medical and nursing students, and other health care practitioners in rendering advice on family planning, infertility, and birth control techniques and information.(i) To enter into agreements with, and award grants to, individuals, colleges, universities, associations, corporations, municipalities, and other units of government as may be deemed necessary and advisable to carry out the general intent and purposes of this article, which may provide for payment by the state within the limit of funds available for material, equipment, and services.(j) To submit a biennial report to the Legislature including, but not limited to, the subjects specified above.(k) To annually update and analyze family planning data. The data shall include, but not be limited to, the following:(1) Client number.(2) Ethnicity.(3) Family size.(4) Method.(5) Family income.(6) Service type.(7) Birthdate.(8) Total billing amount.(9) Pay source.(10) Date of visit.(11) Site number.(12) County of residence.(13) Updated estimates of women in need of subsidized family planning services from the federal government, when available, for all Office of Family Planning clinical service grantees by county of service, as well as statewide totals.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 641, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 14501.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 8.5 - Family Planning|Section 14501.5.

14501.5.  The Office of Family Planning shall develop and implement a sliding fee schedule for family planning services provided to individuals under this chapter. The fee schedule shall be based on family size and income.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 69, Sec. 26. Effective June 17, 1981. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 35 of Ch. 69.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 14502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 8.5 - Family Planning|Section 14502.

14502.  The Office of Family Planning may, to the extent funds are available, and not more frequently than once each year, advance up to 25 percent of the yearly allocation to an individual or entity to which it has awarded a grant, pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 14501, to provide material, equipment, and services.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 641, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 14503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 8.5 - Family Planning|Section 14503.

14503.  (a) Family planning services shall be offered to all former, current, or potential recipients of childbearing age (as provided by Public Law 92-603) and provided to all eligible individuals who voluntarily request the services. The services shall be offered and provided without regard to marital status, age, or parenthood. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the furnishing of these family planning services shall not require the consent of anyone other than the person who is to receive them. Within the meaning of this section, the term “former, current, or potential recipient” means all persons eligible for Medi-Cal benefits under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) and all persons eligible for public social services for which federal reimbursement is available under the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq.), except that the term “potential recipients” includes all persons in a family where current social, economic, and health conditions of the family indicate that the family would likely become a recipient of financial assistance within the next five years.(b) Family planning services shall include, but not be limited to:(1) Medical treatment and procedures defined as family planning services under the published Medi-Cal scope of benefits.(2) Medical contraceptive services such as diagnosis, treatment, supplies, and followup.(3) Informational and educational services.(4) Facilitating services such as transportation and child care services needed to attend clinic or other appointments.(5) Screening for chlamydia.(c) To the extent the services under this section are not available under the Medi-Cal program, they shall be provided by a grantee pursuant to a grant awarded by the Office of Family Planning. These grants shall include to the maximum extent possible, cooperative funding and other financial arrangements that permit maximum use of available federal funds. All grants awarded by the Office of Family Planning shall be exempt from Division 2 (commencing with Section 1100) of the Public Contract Code. Information and referral services only shall be available to all other families and children.(d) As the single state agency responsible for the state plan under Title XX of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1397 et seq.), the State Department of Social Services may provide family planning services pursuant to a purchase of services agreement with the department from funds appropriated for those services. The agreement shall authorize the Office of Family Planning to implement a sliding fee schedule for family planning services provided to clients pursuant to Title XX of the federal Social Security Act in accordance with Section 14501.5.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 641, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 14503.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 8.5 - Family Planning|Section 14503.5.

14503.5.  (a) As used in this section:(1) “AIDS” means acquired immune deficiency syndrome.(2) “Human immunodeficiency virus” or “HIV” means the etiologic virus of AIDS.(3) “HIV test” means “HIV test” as defined in Section 120775 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) The purpose of this article is to ensure that state-funded family planning programs offer AIDS information and referral services to their client population.(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that family planning clients learn how to prevent the transmission of HIV, and that they take steps to prevent its transmission.(d) For purposes of this section, “clients” shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:(1) New clients to a family planning program.(2) Clients making annual visits to a family planning program.(3) Clients seeking pregnancy testing or family planning services.(4) Clients seeking diagnosis and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.(e) Any family planning program that has a grant from the Office of Family Planning to provide family planning services shall do all of the following:(1) Provide brochures or other written materials to family planning clients that describe the high-risk conditions and behaviors for becoming infected with HIV and ways to prevent the transmission of HIV infection. To the maximum extent possible, the brochure or other written materials provided by any family planning program shall be culturally relevant and appropriate to the client populations served by the programs.(2) Provide, as needed, family planning clients with information about and referrals to local confidential or anonymous testing and counseling sites, AIDS education programs, and other supportive services.(f) Brochures and information required pursuant to subdivision (e) may be incorporated into existing information and health education programs provided by a family planning program.(g) The department shall make every effort to obtain brochures and other written materials from existing resources. Local family planning programs are encouraged to supplement the brochures with other available resources, to the extent that they deem necessary and appropriate.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 641, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 14504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 8.5 - Family Planning|Section 14504.

14504.  (a) The Male Involvement Program shall be a continuing program within the Office of Family Planning with the goal of reducing teenage pregnancy through promoting primary prevention skills and motivation in adolescent boys and young men. In order to accomplish this goal, the program shall assist local programs to do all of the following:(1) Increase community and individual awareness regarding the importance of the roles and responsibilities of adolescent boys and young men in the reduction of teenage pregnancies.(2) Reinforce community values that support these roles and responsibilities.(3) Increase knowledge, skills, and motivation of at-risk adolescent boys and young adult men in order to actively promote their role in reducing teenage pregnancies.(b) Grants shall be made available to qualifying public or private nonprofit providers for implementation of the Male Involvement Program.(c) This section shall be implemented to the extent funding is made available through the federal government, or in the annual Budget Act or another state statute, or any combination of any sources of funding.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 710. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 14504.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE|CHAPTER 8.5 - Family Planning|Section 14504.1.

14504.1.  (a) The Community Challenge Grants Program shall be a continuing program within the Office of Family Planning with the goal of reducing the number of teenage pregnancies and teenage single parents, and promoting responsible parenting and the involvement of the biological father in economic, social, and emotional support of his children.(b) The program may target the following specific population groups:(1) Presexually active adolescents.(2) Sexually active adolescents.(3) Pregnant and parenting teens.(4) Parents and families.(5) Adults at risk for unwed motherhood or absentee fatherhood.(c) School-based programs that include sexuality education shall comply with the requirements of Section 51553 of the Education Code relative to the content of sex education courses, Section 51201.5 of the Education Code, which governs HIV/AIDS prevention, and Section 220 of the Education Code, which prohibits discrimination in schools based on sexual orientation.(d) Grants shall be made available to qualifying community-based nonprofit organizations and priority shall be given to those organizations with community-based partnerships that have developed effective local prevention programs.(e) This section shall be implemented to the extent funding is made available through the federal government, or in the annual Budget Act or another state statute, or any combination of any sources of funding.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 643, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)