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CA Welf & Inst Code § 10069 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Act|ARTICLE 2 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Committee|Section 10069.

10069.  The committee shall advise the department on the development and implementation of a statewide electronic benefits transfer system, and shall provide advice concerning the request for proposal. The system shall have the capability to deliver CalFresh benefits and, upon the election of the county, benefits under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3. The system may also be used, with the approval of the department, for the distribution of other benefits. Any electronic benefits transfer processor shall be capable of implementing systems within nine months of contracting for services.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 25. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10069.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Act|ARTICLE 2 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Committee|Section 10069.5.

10069.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the project management for a statewide electronic benefits transfer system shall be transferred from the department to the Health and Welfare Agency Data Center.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 606, Sec. 18. Effective October 3, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10071 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Act|ARTICLE 2 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Committee|Section 10071.

10071.  Any benefits provided to recipients under the department’s authority may be distributed through the electronic benefits transfer system as long as the recipient has reasonable access to his or her benefits.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 31. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative August 18, 1997, by Sec. 187 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10072.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Act|ARTICLE 3 - Systems Design|Section 10072.1.

10072.1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that flea markets, farmers’ markets, and certified farmers’ markets are important sources of low-cost produce for Californians in need of food assistance.(b) (1) An interested collective group or association of produce sellers that is Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) authorized and actively participating in produce sales in a market described in subdivision (a) may initiate and operate an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) acceptance system on behalf of its members, to the extent and manner allowed by federal law and regulation. The market operator shall allow and accommodate the FNS-authorized group or association in a reasonable manner that aids in the creation, implementation, and operation of its EBT acceptance system. The allowance and accommodation by the market operator mandated by this section is limited solely to the activity of the operation of the EBT acceptance system by the group or association. No other activities are authorized without the express permission of the market operator.(2) This subdivision shall not apply to a market described in subdivision (a) that currently or subsequently operates an EBT acceptance system.(c) Nothing in this section or any other provision of law shall prohibit an individually FNS-authorized produce seller in a market described in subdivision (a) from operating his or her own individual EBT acceptance activity as part of that seller’s personal business customer transaction offering.(d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require a market described in subdivision (a) to itself create, operate, or maintain an EBT acceptance system on behalf of its produce sellers.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 435, Sec. 1. (AB 537) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10072.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Act|ARTICLE 3 - Systems Design|Section 10072.2.

10072.2.  (a) The electronic benefits transfer system required by this chapter shall be designed to include a flexible benefit issuance mechanism.(b) The flexible benefit issuance mechanism created under this section shall be designed in a manner that can target multiple populations with specific benefits and shall allow the department flexibility to provide benefits for specific populations, as determined by the department, contingent upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature.(c) (1) The distribution of benefits pursuant to the flexible benefit issuance mechanism created under this section shall comply with all federal and state laws and regulations governing electronic benefits.(2) The distribution of benefits pursuant to the flexible benefit issuance mechanism created under this section shall comply with privacy and confidentiality procedures required by federal and state law.(d) The flexible benefit issuance mechanism created under this section shall become operative within nine months of the date that the Department of Social Services certifies and publishes on the department’s Internet Web site that the third generation electronic benefits transfer system required by this chapter has otherwise been fully implemented.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 24, Sec. 13. (SB 89) Effective June 27, 2017.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10073 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Act|ARTICLE 4 - Administration|Section 10073.

10073.  Notwithstanding Section 15204.2, the state shall pay 100 percent of the nonfederal share of costs of the electronic benefits transfer system planning, procurement, development, implementation, and conversion. The county shall pay its normal nonfederal costs pursuant to Section 15204.2 for system maintenance and operation.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 31. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative August 18, 1997, by Sec. 187 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10075.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Act|ARTICLE 4 - Administration|Section 10075.5.

10075.5.  The state shall be responsible for procuring and contracting for a statewide electronic benefits transfer system.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 17. Effective August 21, 1998.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10075.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Act|ARTICLE 4 - Administration|Section 10075.6.

10075.6.  The Office of Systems Integration shall be the project manager of the electronic benefits transfer system, and shall be responsible for system planning, procurement, development, implementation, conversion, maintenance and operations, contract management, and all other activities that are consistent with a state-managed project and a statewide system.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 78, Sec. 20. Effective July 19, 2005.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10076 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Act|ARTICLE 4 - Administration|Section 10076.

10076.  The director shall promptly seek any federal approvals necessary for implementation of this chapter. Any provision of this chapter whose implementation requires any federal waiver or approval shall become operative 120 days after receipt of the necessary federal waiver or approval, and shall remain operative only for the duration of the federal approval for its implementation.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 31. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative August 18, 1997, by Sec. 187 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10077 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Act|ARTICLE 4 - Administration|Section 10077.

10077.  The State Department of Social Services may adopt regulations to implement this act in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The initial adoption of any emergency regulations by the department to implement this chapter and one readoption of the initial regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. The initial emergency regulations and the first readoption of those regulations by the department shall be exempt from review by the Office of Administrative Law. The emergency regulations authorized by this section shall be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law for filing with the Secretary of State and publication in the California Code of Regulations.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 31. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative August 18, 1997, by Sec. 187 of Ch. 270.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10480 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1.8 - Child Care and Development Services Act|CHAPTER 31 - Local Planning Councils|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 10480.

10480.  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Block grant” means the block grant contained in Title VI of the Child Care and Development Fund, as established by the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).(b) “Child care” means all licensed child care and development services and license-exempt child care, including, but not limited to, private for-profit programs, nonprofit programs, and publicly funded programs, for all children up to and including 12 years of age, including children with exceptional needs and children from all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.(c) “Child care provider” means a person who provides child care services or represents persons who provide child care services.(d) “Community representative” means a person who represents an agency or business that provides private funding for child care services, or who advocates for child care services through participation in civic or community-based organizations but is not a child care provider and does not represent an agency that contracts with the department to provide child care and development services.(e) “Consumer” means a parent or person who receives, or who has received within the past 36 months, child care services.(f) “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.(g) “Local planning council” means a local child care and development planning council as described in Section 10485.(h) “Public agency representative” means a person who represents a city, county, city and county, or local educational agency.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10487 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1.8 - Child Care and Development Services Act|CHAPTER 31 - Local Planning Councils|ARTICLE 2 - Membership and Funding of Local Child Care Development Planning Councils|Section 10487.

10487.  It is the intent of the Legislature that any additional conditions imposed upon local planning councils shall be funded from available federal funds to the greatest extent legally possible.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10550.

10550.  There is in the Health and Welfare Agency a State Department of Social Services.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10551 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10551.

10551.  The department consists of the director, the State Social Services Advisory Board, and such divisions or other administrative units as the director may find necessary.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10552 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10552.

10552.  With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at his pleasure, an executive officer who shall be director of the department. The director shall be appointed wholly on the basis of training, demonstrated ability, experience, and leadership in organized social welfare administration. He shall receive the salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code.The Governor also may appoint, to serve at his pleasure, not to exceed two chief deputy directors of the department, and one deputy director of the department who shall be the deputy director for the social services division. The salaries of the chief deputy directors and the deputy director shall be fixed in accordance with law.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 432.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10553 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10553.

10553.  The director shall:(a) Be responsible for the management of the department.(b) Administer the laws pertaining to the administration of public social services, except health care services and medical assistance.(c) Observe and report to the Governor on the conditions of public social services, except health care services and medical assistance, throughout the state. (d) Perform the disability determination function pursuant to Titles II and XVI of the federal Social Security Act.(e) Formulate, adopt, amend or repeal regulations and general policies affecting the purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the department and which are consistent with law and necessary for the administration of public social services, except health care services and medical assistance, and the disability determination function pursuant to Titles II and XVI of the federal Social Security Act.All regulations relating to public social services, except health care services and medical assistance, or relating to the disability determination function pursuant to Titles II and XVI of the federal Social Security Act, the licensing of community care facilities, or any other function vested in the department, heretofore adopted by the State Department of Health, the State Department of Benefit Payments, or any predecessor department, and in effect immediately preceding the operative date of amendments to this section enacted by the Legislature during the 1977–78 Regular Session, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended or repealed by the director.(f) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law, and such other administrative and executive duties as have by other provisions of law been previously imposed.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 429.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10553.15 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10553.15.

10553.15.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services, and other related services authorized under the CalWORKs program to CalWORKs applicants and recipients and Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants and recipients living in California.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 759, Sec. 26. Effective September 30, 2008.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10553.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10553.2.

10553.2.  Child welfare services allocation methodologies for agreements entered into pursuant to Section 10553.1 shall be developed in consultation with the State Department of Social Services, the affected counties, and the affected Indian tribe, consortium of tribes, or tribal organization.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 725, Sec. 13. (AB 1612) Effective October 19, 2010.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10554 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10554.

10554.  The department shall adopt regulations, orders, or standards of general application to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced by the department, and those regulations, orders, and standards shall be adopted, amended, or repealed by the department only in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code, provided that the regulations need not be printed in the California Code of Regulations or California Administrative Register if they are included in the publications of the department.In adopting regulations the department shall strive for clarity of language that may be readily understood by those administering public social services or subject to the regulations.The rules of the department need not specify or include the detail of forms, reports or records, but shall include the essential authority by which any person, agency, organization, association or institution subject to the supervision or investigation of the department is required to use, submit or maintain the forms, reports or records.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 887, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10555 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10555.

10555.  Subject to the State Civil Service Act, the director shall appoint such assistants and other employees as are necessary for the administration of the affairs of the department and shall prescribe their duties and, subject to the approval of the Department of Finance, fix their salaries.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1593.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10556 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10556.

10556.  The chief administrative law judge of the department shall be an attorney, and shall otherwise meet such qualifications as may be prescribed by the State Personnel Board. The director shall appoint the chief administrative law judge. The office of the chief administrative law judge shall not be made a part of any other division, office, or subdivision of the department. The chief administrative law judge shall be directly responsible to the director.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 415, Sec. 1. Effective July 17, 1986.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10557 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10557.

10557.  No person while holding the office of director shall be a trustee, manager, director, or other officer or employee of any agency performing any function supervised by the department or any institution which is subject to examination, inspection, or supervision by the department. No member of the State Social Services Advisory Board shall hold any office or employment in the department.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1093, Sec. 15.7.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10558 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10558.

10558.  Except as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, as the same may be added to or amended from time to time, shall apply to the conduct of the department.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10559 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10559.

10559.  (a) There are in the department a division or office devoted to carrying out the provisions of this division pertaining to the services to the blind and another division or office devoted to carrying out the public social services to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. The divisions or offices shall each be headed by a chief, one who is a trained social worker experienced in work for the blind, the other a trained social worker or counselor experienced in work for the deaf and hard of hearing or a person experienced in administering a deaf or hard-of-hearing services program. The duties of the division for the blind and its chief shall be confined to carrying out the provisions of this division pertaining to services to the blind. The duties of the division or office for the deaf and hard of hearing shall be confined to carrying out the provision of public social services to the deaf and hard of hearing. Blindness, deafness, or being hard of hearing shall not be grounds to disqualify a person from holding the position of chief of the office or division. The divisions or offices shall not be made a part of any other division, office, or subdivision of the department. The chiefs of the divisions or offices shall be directly responsible to the director.(b) The director through the divisions or offices may provide consultative services to county personnel administering services to the blind, deaf, or hard of hearing which shall include, but not be limited to, information concerning the various aspects of blindness, deafness, and being hard of hearing and its problems and implications, the rehabilitative potential of the blind, deaf, and hard of hearing, public and private services available, employment opportunities for blind, deaf, and hard-of-hearing persons, and concepts in counseling blind, deaf, and hard-of-hearing persons.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 278. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10560 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION|CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services|ARTICLE 1 - Organization|Section 10560.

10560.  The department and each county department shall, to the extent feasible, train recipients of public assistance and potential recipients for private employment or for government service. Employment by the state or counties shall be subject to applicable civil service and merit system requirements.The provisions of this section may be accomplished in conjunction with the provisions of a contract between the department and the State Department of Education, or Employment Development Department, or Department of Rehabilitation.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)