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CA Welf & Inst Code § 9726 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 11 - State Ombudsman|ARTICLE 3 - Investigation and Resolution of Complaints|Section 9726.

9726.  (a) The office shall establish a toll-free telephone hotline to receive telephone calls concerning any crises discovered by any person in a long-term care facility, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 9701. The telephone hotline established under this section shall be operated to include at least all of the following:(1) The telephone hotline shall be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.(2) The operator shall respond to a crisis call by contacting the appropriate office, agency, or individual in the local community in which the crisis occurred.(3) The toll-free telephone hotline number shall be posted conspicuously in either the facility foyer, lobby, residents’ activity room, or other conspicuous location easily accessible to residents in each licensed facility by the licensee. The office shall issue, in conjunction with the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Public Health, guidelines concerning the posting of the toll-free telephone hotline number. The posting shall, at a minimum, include the purpose of the toll-free telephone hotline number.(b) The office shall respond to telephone hotline calls.(c) The toll-free telephone hotline shall be staffed in a manner consistent with available resources in the office. The office may contract for the services of organizations to staff the telephone hotline. The office shall seek to provide opportunities for older individuals to be employed to staff the hotline. The State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Social Services, and other appropriate departments, shall make available to the department and the office training and technical assistance as needed.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 649, Sec. 17. (SB 345) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9726.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 11 - State Ombudsman|ARTICLE 3 - Investigation and Resolution of Complaints|Section 9726.1.

9726.1.  (a) The office and approved organizations may do any of the following:(1) Advise the public of any inspection report, statements of deficiency, and plans of correction, for any long-term care facilities within its service area.(2) Promote visitation programs to long-term care facilities within its service area.(3) Establish and assist in the development of resident, family, and friends’ councils.(4) Sponsor other community involvement in long-term care facilities.(5) Present community education and training programs to long-term care facilities, human service workers, families, and the general public, about long-term care and residents’ rights issues.(b) Those programs created under this section that are held in a facility shall be developed in consultation with the facility. If the facility and the ombudsman cannot agree on these programs, the State Ombudsman may assist in resolving the dispute.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 649, Sec. 18. (SB 345) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9730 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 11 - State Ombudsman|ARTICLE 4 - Enforcement|Section 9730.

9730.  Anyone who willfully interferes with any lawful action of the office shall be immediately referred to the appropriate licensing authority, which shall respond within the legally prescribed time period.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9731 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 11 - State Ombudsman|ARTICLE 4 - Enforcement|Section 9731.

9731.  Notwithstanding the availability of statutory damages, this chapter shall not be construed to limit the ability of a court to issue equitable relief where the legal remedies provided would not be an adequate method of preventing or curing the particular injury in question.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9732 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 11 - State Ombudsman|ARTICLE 4 - Enforcement|Section 9732.

9732.  (a) Any person who willfully interferes with any lawful action of the office shall be subject to a civil penalty of no more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each incident. The civil penalty shall be assessed by the director. If the penalty is not paid within 30 days of the assessment, the director shall initiate an action to collect the penalties in the jurisdiction in which the facility is located.(b) Each instance of willful interference may be reported to local law enforcement and the appropriate licensing agency as an act of isolation, as defined in Section 15610.43.(c) All civil penalties collected by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Access to Facilities Account, which is hereby created within the Special Deposit Fund under Section 16370 of the Government Code. Funds in this account shall be available, upon appropriation, to the office to fund the training costs, and to reimburse the travel expenses, of local ombudsman programs throughout the state.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 521, Sec. 3. (SB 609) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9740 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 11 - State Ombudsman|ARTICLE 5 - Advisory Council|Section 9740.

9740.  (a) The department shall establish an 11-member advisory council for the office. Members of the council shall be appointed by the director, and shall consist of representatives of community organizations, area agencies on aging, two long-term care providers, federal Older Americans Act funded direct services providers, the commission, the California Long-Term Care Ombudsman Association, county government, and other appropriate governmental agencies. The director shall make the appointments from lists of no less than five names submitted by each of the designated entities.(b) The advisory council shall provide advice and consultation to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and the director on issues affecting the provision of ombudsman services, including the review of proposed policy changes to the operation of the program, and may make recommendations, within 30 days, as appropriate. The advisory council shall meet at least three times annually. Representatives on the advisory council shall receive their actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in participation on the advisory council.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 943, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9741 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 11 - State Ombudsman|ARTICLE 5 - Advisory Council|Section 9741.

9741.  At least 30 days prior to the designation of a new organization or agency as an approved organization, the department shall notify the advisory council for the purpose of soliciting comments regarding the designation.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 9745 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 8.5 - MELLO-GRANLUND OLDER CALIFORNIANS ACT|CHAPTER 11 - State Ombudsman|ARTICLE 6 - Regulations|Section 9745.

9745.  The department shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter 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 after January 1, 1999, shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. Emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall remain in effect for no more than 180 days.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 943, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 10000.

10000.  The purpose of this division is to provide for protection, care, and assistance to the people of the state in need thereof, and to promote the welfare and happiness of all of the people of the state by providing appropriate aid and services to all of its needy and distressed. It is the legislative intent that aid shall be administered and services provided promptly and humanely, with due regard for the preservation of family life, and without discrimination on account of ancestry, marital status, political affiliation, or any characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code. That aid shall be so administered and services so provided, to the extent not in conflict with federal law, as to encourage self-respect, self-reliance, and the desire to be a good citizen, useful to society.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 568, Sec. 51. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 10001.

10001.  The purposes of the public social services for which state grants-in-aid are made to counties are:(a) To provide on behalf of the general public, and within the limits of public resources, reasonable support and maintenance for needy and dependent families and persons.(b) To provide timely and appropriate services to assist individuals develop or use whatever capacity they can maintain or achieve for self-care or self-support.(c) To provide protective services to handicapped or deprived persons subject to social or legal disability, and to children and others subject to exploitation jeopardizing their present or future health, opportunity for normal development, or capacity for independence.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 10002.

10002.  When an applicant for or recipient of public social services is incapable of managing his own resources and planning or carrying out arrangements for his own care and maintenance, and the applicant or recipient cannot secure the services of a private attorney, if authorized by the board of supervisors, the county counsel at the request of the county department, or the district attorney, if a county counsel does not exist, may initiate and carry out proceedings for the appointment of a public or private guardian or public or private conservator, or for changing the form of legal protection when this is indicated. Costs incurred in such proceedings for the protection of applicants or recipients, when not available from the person’s own resources, shall be a proper welfare administrative or service cost, except where a relative engages a private attorney to accomplish this purpose.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 415, Sec. 2.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 10004.

10004.  (a) For all In-Home Supportive Services recipients who were due for a reassessment pursuant to Section 12301.1 between the issuance of Executive Order No. N-29-20 and June 30, 2020, and for whom one was not completed due to the waiver authority set forth in Executive Order No. N-29-20, counties shall have until December 31, 2020, to complete the required reassessments.(b) Reassessments for In-Home Supportive Services recipients required pursuant to Section 12301.1 on or before December 31, 2020, may be conducted remotely using telehealth, including by video conference or telephone, subject to continuing federal approval.(c) (1) For applicants and recipients of the Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled Legal Immigrants (Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 18937) of Part 6), all eligibility interviews may be conducted electronically, including by telephone or videoconference, and all application and redetermination forms may be submitted by telephone, email, or facsimile, through the end of the state of emergency declared on March 4, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.(2) An applicant or recipient applying for the Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled Legal Immigrants (Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 18937) of Part 6) through the end of the state of emergency declared on March 4, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, satisfies the eligibility verification requirement specified in subdivision (a) of Section 18939, that the applicant or recipient is ineligible for Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Program (SSI/SSP) solely due to their immigration status, by providing a verbal attestation that they have applied for SSI/SSP and their application is pending a final determination by the Social Security Administration, or that they have received a final determination and denial by the Social Security Administration.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 15, Sec. 3. (SB 86) Effective April 16, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10020 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1.5 - Health Care Insurance|Section 10020.

10020.  (a) No person having private health care coverage shall be entitled to receive the same health care items or services furnished or paid for by a publicly funded health care program.(b) As used in this chapter:(1) “Publicly funded health care program” shall mean care or services rendered by a local government or any facility thereof, or health care services for which payment is made under the California Medical Assistance Program established by Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of this division by the State Department of Health Services or by its fiscal intermediary, or by a carrier or other organization with which the State Department of Health Services has contracted to furnish those services or to pay providers who furnish those services.(2) As used in this chapter, “private health care coverage” means any health insurer, self-insured plan, group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, service benefit plan, managed care organization, including health care service plans as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 1345 of the Health and Safety Code, licensed pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, pharmacy benefit manager, or other party that is, by statute, contract, or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service. (c) If a person receives health care furnished or paid for by a publicly funded health care program, the carrier of the person’s private health care coverage shall reimburse the publicly funded health care program the cost incurred in rendering that care to the extent of the benefits provided under the terms of the policy for the items provided or the services rendered.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 188, Sec. 32. Effective August 24, 2007.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10022 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1.5 - Health Care Insurance|Section 10022.

10022.  (a) Each publicly funded health care program, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 10020, that furnishes or pays for health care items or services under this division to a person having private health care coverage shall be entitled to be subrogated to the rights that person has against the carrier of the coverage to the extent of the health care items provided or services rendered.(b) An entity providing private health care coverage, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 10020, shall do all of the following:(1) Accept the state’s right of recovery and the assignment to the state of any right of an individual or other entity to payment from the party for an item or service for which payment has been made under the state plan.(2) Respond to any inquiry by the state or a provider, as defined in subdivision (o) of Section 14043.1, including a billing agent or a billing agent of the provider, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 14040.1, regarding a claim for payment for any health care item or service that is submitted not later than three years after the date of the provision of that health care item or service.(3) Agree not to deny a claim submitted by the state or a provider, as defined in paragraph (2), solely on the basis of the date of submission of the claim, the type or format of the claim form, or a failure to present proper documentation at the point-of-sale that is the basis of the claim if both of the following occur:(A) The claim is submitted by the state or a provider, as defined in paragraph (2), within the three-year period beginning on the date on which the item or service was furnished.(B) Any action by the state or a provider, as defined in paragraph (2), to enforce its rights with respect to that claim is commenced within six years of the state’s or provider’s submission of the claim.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 717, Sec. 140. (SB 853) Effective October 19, 2010.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10024 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1.5 - Health Care Insurance|Section 10024.

10024.  Every contract or agreement for private health care coverage entered into or renewed after January 1, 1972, is deemed to provide for payment to a publicly funded health care program for the actual cost that the program incurs in providing health care items or rendering health care services to any party or beneficiary of that contract or agreement to the extent of the benefits provided under the terms of the policy for the items provided or services rendered.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 188, Sec. 34. Effective August 24, 2007.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10025 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 1.5 - Health Care Insurance|Section 10025.

10025.  The state shall not reimburse any local government or any facility thereof, under Medi-Cal or under any other health program where the state pays part or all of the costs, for care provided to a person covered under any disability insurance, health insurance, or prepaid health plan.In local programs fully or partially funded by the state, state participation shall be reduced in an amount proportionate to the cost of service provided to a person violating Section 10020.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 812.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10050 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 10050.

10050.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10051 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 10051.

10051.  “Public social services” means those activities and functions of state and local government administered or supervised by the department or the State Department of Health Services and involved in providing aid or services or both, including health care services and medical assistance, to those people of the state who, because of their economic circumstances or social condition, are in need thereof and may benefit thereby.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10052 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 10052.

10052.  “Aid” means financial assistance provided to or in behalf of needy persons under the terms of this division, including direct money payments and vendor payments.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10053 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 10053.

10053.  (a) “Services” means those activities and functions performed by social work staff and related personnel of the department and county departments with or in behalf of individuals or families, which are directed toward the improvement of the capabilities of the individuals or families maintaining or achieving a sound family life, rehabilitation, self-care, and economic independence.(b) Services for children shall include the coordinated efforts of the State Departments of Social Services and Education to ensure that all children in receipt of aid under CalWORKs are afforded the opportunity to participate and progress under an educational program that will lead to their functioning at full capacity upon reaching maturity. The educational services aspect of public social services includes education for parents in food preparation and provision for nutritional supplements to the extent necessary and as authorized by Article 9 (commencing with Section 49510 of Chapter 9 of Part 27 of the Education Code.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 700. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10053.25 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 10053.25.

10053.25.  Funding of Sections 10053 and 14503 is subject to the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 10100). The level of funding for Sections 14503 and 14504 shall not fall below the total amount appropriated for family planning services in the 1977–78 fiscal year.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676, Sec. 345. Note: Conditions in Stats. 1978, Ch. 1235, Sec. 14, for repeal of this section failed.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10054 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 10054.

10054.  “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10055 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 10055.

10055.  “Director” means the Director of Social Services.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
CA Welf & Inst Code § 10056 (2021)
2021 California Code|Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC|DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 10056.

10056.  “Board” means the State Social Services Advisory Board. Whenever any reference is made in any provision of law to the “State Benefits and Services Advisory Board”, it shall mean the State Social Services Advisory Board.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)