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2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 3.5 - State Administration of Health Care Services and Medical Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10745.

10745. The department shall cause to be published and made available for sale to the public, at the cost of publishing, all of its rules and regulations relating to:
(a) The government of the department.
(b) Any form of health care services or medical assistance for which state aid is granted to the counties or over the administration of which the department has supervision.
The department shall also provide at cost such subscription service as may be necessary to assure to purchasers of the printed rules and regulations with respect to services prompt receipt of all additions and amendments to the rules and regulations of the department.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 3.5 - State Administration of Health Care Services and Medical Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10746.

10746. When the department causes to be published for public distribution informational pamphlets and related materials relating to public assistance programs administered or supervised by the department, they shall be printed in English and may be printed separately in Spanish, or at the discretion of the department, in English and Spanish, in such numbers as the department may determine.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 3.5 - State Administration of Health Care Services and Medical Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10747.

10747. Copies of all laws relating to any form of public social service for which state aid is granted to counties, and over the administration of which the department has supervision, and of all bulletins and rules and regulations of the department, shall be made available to the public and for public inspection during regular office hours at each county office administering such aid and in each local or regional office of the department.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 3.5 - State Administration of Health Care Services and Medical Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10748.

10748. The department may act as the agent or representative of or cooperate with the federal government in any matters within the scope of the functions of the department under this division, for the administration of federal funds granted to this state or for any other purpose in furtherance of those functions.
Any contract or agreement entered into by the department with the federal government or any agency thereof for the expenditure of any funds in the exercise of any power granted to the department by this section shall be subject to approval by the State Department of Finance.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 3.5 - State Administration of Health Care Services and Medical Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10749.

10749. The department may join associations of social welfare agencies having as their purpose the interchanging or supplying of information relating to the technique of social welfare administration.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 3.5 - State Administration of Health Care Services and Medical Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10750.

10750. The functions of the department may include the administration and the supervision of the administration of health care services and medical assistance within this state as an agent of the federal government and acting as a service agency for the federal government in the field of health care services and medical assistance.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 3.5 - State Administration of Health Care Services and Medical Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10751.

10751. The department, with the cooperation of the State Department of Social Services and the Employment Development Department, shall develop a homemaker and home health aid training and employment program for recipients under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program for purposes of applying for any available federal funds.
The departments shall undertake the program development only if federal legislation making federal funds available is enacted, and upon receiving federal funds, the department shall carry out the program by establishing demonstration projects. The Employment Development Department shall develop and supervise the training part of the program.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 901.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 3.5 - State Administration of Health Care Services and Medical Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10752.

10752. The department shall, by March 1, 2017, in coordination with the Department of Finance, notify the Legislature of the fiscal impact on the Medi-Cal program resulting from, and the planned reimbursement methodology for emergency medical air transportation services after, the termination of penalty assessments pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 76000.10 of the Government Code on January 1, 2020.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 718, Sec. 2. (AB 1410) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10800.

10800. Subject to the provisions of Section 11050 and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3, the administration of public social services in each of the several counties of the state is hereby declared to be a county function and responsibility and therefore rests upon the boards of supervisors in the respective counties pursuant to the applicable laws, and in the case of public social services for which federal or state funds are provided, subject to the regulations of the department and the State Department of Health Services.
For the purpose of providing for and carrying out this function and responsibility, the board of supervisors of each county, or other agency as may be otherwise provided by county charter, shall establish a county department, unless otherwise provided by the county charter. Except as provided herein, the county department shall be the county agency for the administration of public social services and for the promotion of public understanding of the public social services provided under this code and the problems with which they deal.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10801.

10801. A county director shall be appointed in each county by the board of supervisors or other agency designated by county charter, subject to either local merit system standards or to standards prescribed under the merit system required by state law.
The county director shall at all times be under the general direction and supervision of the board of supervisors, unless otherwise provided by county charter.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 427, Sec. 117. (AB 1062) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10802.

10802. The county director shall, for and in behalf of the board of supervisors, have full charge of the county department and the responsibility for administering and enforcing the provisions of this code pertaining to public social services under the regulations of the department and the State Department of Health Services. He shall abide by all lawful directives of the department and the State Department of Health Services, transmitted through the board of supervisors.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10803.

10803. The county director shall:
(a) Serve as the executive and administrative officer of the county department. The county director may delegate his powers and functions to any member of his staff.
(b) Establish such administrative units as he may deem necessary or desirable for the proper and efficient administration of the county department, and employ such personnel as may be authorized subject to merit system regulations and the state standards established pursuant to Section 19801 of the Government Code.
(c) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law, and, except for Section 10801, such other administrative and executive duties pertaining to the public social services as may, by other provisions of law, be imposed upon the board of supervisors.
(d) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of supervisors.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1283.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10804.

10804. The board of supervisors in any county may contract with any other county or counties or with the department for the operation and maintenance of such public social services as are provided in one or more of the contracting counties, or for the establishment and maintenance of such public social services as the board of supervisors shall deem to be desirable to discharge the duties of the county to provide for public social services for those eligible therefor or the health and care of the sick. Except as provided in Section 11050, the cost of contracted services shall be borne by the contracting county or counties and shall, insofar as state or federal funds are involved, conform to department standards and regulations generally applicable to such services.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 578.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10804.1.

10804.1. The board of supervisors in any county may contract with any other county or counties or with the State Department of Health Services for the operation and maintenance of such services as are provided in one or more of the contracting counties, or for the establishment and maintenance of such services as the board of supervisors shall deem to be desirable to discharge the duties of the county to provide for services for those eligible therefor or the health and care of the sick. The cost of contracted services shall be borne by the contracting county or counties and shall, insofar as state or federal funds are involved, conform to department standards and regulations generally applicable to such services.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10805.

10805. Each worker employed by the department or the State Department of Health Services whose responsibilities require making home visits shall be provided with an identification card, showing the name and position of the worker, and containing a recent picture. Upon calling at the home of any applicant for or recipient of public social services, the worker shall display the identification card to the applicant or recipient.
Should a worker terminate his employment with the agency, he shall return his identification card to the agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 432.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10806.

10806. If a dispute occurs between counties as to the responsibility for public social services for an applicant or recipient, either county may submit the dispute to the department or the State Department of Health Services, whichever department has jurisdiction. The decision of the appropriate department shall be final.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10808.

10808. Any report published by the county in written or graphic form of expenditures for public social services shall show clearly the amount and proportion of costs borne by local taxes and the amount and proportion of costs borne by the state and federal governments.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10809.

10809. The county department shall administer the public social services authorized or permitted under the applicable portions of this code in accordance with the regulations of the department and the State Department of Health Services.
The county department shall make such reports to the appropriate department as may be required.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10810.

10810. Subject to the approval of the department each county department is authorized to sponsor and conduct programs for the recruitment, training, and utilization of volunteers to assist county department employees in the performance of office duties and to aid in performing services in the counties including but not limited to the following:
(a) Friendly visiting of the indigent aged;
(b) Finding homes for foster children;
(c) Escorting and transporting recipients to clinics and other destinations;
(d) Aiding in location of improved housing;
(e) Teaching homemaking skills and aiding in budgeting and care of the household;
(f) Providing tutoring and other educational aid.
Volunteers shall not duplicate services performed by county department employees.
The county department shall maintain the confidentiality of records of recipients.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10812.

10812. In addition to services, as defined in Section 10053, that may be required under this division a county may provide any service permitted by federal law and for which federal participation is available.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 578.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4 - County Departments › Section 10813.1.

10813.1. Each county shall submit to the department by December 31 of each year a comprehensive plan for the financing and delivery of social services for the next fiscal year to meet the purposes of Section 10053. Such plan shall specify a priority of services for adults and for families and children.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 432.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10816.

10816. The system shall have the following goals:
(a) Prompt and accurate verification of eligibility.
(b) Accurate computation and timely disbursal of benefits for such public assistance programs.
(c) Equitable, timely, and consistent treatment of recipients within each program.
(d) Reduction of administrative complexity.
(e) Strict enforcement of management and fiscal controls.
(f) Collection of management information.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 282.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10817.

10817. The department shall seek advice and assistance from the State Department of Health Services and counties in the planning and implementation of the system so that efficient, effective, and equitable administration of public assistance programs can be maintained.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1133.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10818.

10818. The department shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by August 1, 1984, a detailed work plan for the implementation of the statewide automated welfare system. The work plan shall include at least the following:
(a) A detailed description of the functions to be performed by the system.
(b) The sequence of the functions to be assumed by the system, and the dates on which the functions would be assumed.
(c) The long-range design goals for California’s welfare computer systems.
(d) The cost of the equipment and the administrative costs of implementing the system.
(e) The impact of such a system on the administration of such public assistance programs.
(f) Mechanisms by which the savings resulting from computer systems development can be recouped through reduced welfare administrative costs.
(g) A detailed description of how the data will be collected, stored, and disseminated to protect the privacy of individuals to ensure the confidentiality of such data.
(h) Recommendations for necessary legislative changes to implement the system.
The department shall provide to the counties no later than July 15, 1984, copies of the draft of the detailed work plan. The counties may submit no later than August 15, 1984, to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee their comments and recommendations on the detailed work plan.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 268, Sec. 40.7. Effective June 30, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10819.

10819. The department may test the system in several counties prior to actual statewide implementation. Criteria in selecting county test sites may include high dollar error rates for overpayments and payments to ineligibles, high administrative unit costs, size of county, and scope of data-processing activities.
The department may delay implementation of the system in counties where not cost effective. If the implementation is delayed in such counties, the counties shall make available their data on a timely basis so that a statewide file on public assistance recipients can be maintained.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 268, Sec. 40.9. Effective June 30, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10820.

10820. To ensure statewide uniformity in program administration, the department shall do the following:
(a) Develop and publish an exclusive manual of standards procedures for use by county welfare departments in their daily administration of public assistance programs.
(b) Provide a comprehensive training package for the use of the uniform standards manual.
(c) Develop standard forms to use with the statewide automated welfare system.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 268, Sec. 41.2. Effective June 30, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10823.

10823. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to reduce or otherwise impair the authority of the State Department of Health Services under Sections 10740 and 14100.1 as the single state agency responsible for administration of the medical assistance program. However, the State Department of Social Services shall develop and implement a statewide automated welfare system for the public assistance programs as provided in Section 10815. The department, in developing this system, shall recognize and utilize to the extent feasible, the centralized Medi-Cal eligibility system now maintained by the State Department of Health Services, and shall ensure that the fully implemented system shall meet those Medi-Cal program requirements deemed necessary by the State Department of Health Services. Both departments shall coordinate their efforts to ensure the mutual benefits of the statewide automated welfare system.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 268, Sec. 41.7. Effective June 30, 1984. See same-numbered section, as amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10823.1.

10823.1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that representatives from the State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration, the SAWS consortia, and the counties meet with advocates, clients, and other stakeholders no less than quarterly to review the development status of the California Automated Consortium Eligibility System (CalACES) and the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS) projects.
(b) Meeting agendas shall be established based on input from all parties, who may indicate their priorities for discussion.
(c) The State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration, and the SAWS consortia shall engage with stakeholders to discuss current and planned functionality changes, system demonstrations of public portals and mobile applications, and advocates’ identification of areas of concern, especially with the design of public-facing elements and other areas that directly impact clients.
(d) These meetings shall commence in the summer of 2018 and shall continue at least quarterly through development, implementation, and maintenance.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 39. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10823.2.

10823.2. (a) The State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration shall develop, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the SAWS consortia, and stakeholders, a formal process for health and human services advocates and clients to provide input into new or changing public-facing elements of CalACES and CalSAWS.
(b) The process described in subdivision (a) shall include public portals, mobile applications, notices, certain ancillary services, and intercounty transfers.
(c) The process described in subdivision (a) may include focus groups, user-centered design sessions, and user acceptance testing.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 40. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10823.3.

10823.3. (a) The development of the SAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications shall, to the extent possible within the technology, have the goals of:
(1) Minimizing the burden of the overall eligibility process for enrollment and retention of benefits for low-income Californians and streamlining interactions for both clients and eligibility workers.
(2) Facilitating applicant and client submission of feedback.
(b) The parties listed in subdivision (a) of Section 10823.1 shall jointly update the Legislature at least twice per year through existing processes as to how the SAWS development, implementation, and maintenance minimizes client burden in order to improve access to safety net programs and incorporates ongoing applicant and client feedback towards continuous improvement.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 27, Sec. 28. (SB 80) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10823.5.

10823.5. The State Department of Social Services shall pay the county share of Merced County’s Merced Automated Global Information Control (MAGIC) application maintenance costs until September 30, 1998, or until Merced County has converted its caseload to one of the Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS) consortia systems, whichever occurs first. Merced County shall be the first county implemented under the SAWS consortium system approved for Merced County. Beginning October 1, 1998, Merced County shall pay the county share of MAGIC application maintenance costs based on its percentage share of the total caseload for the consortium approved for Merced County on October 1, 1998. The caseload percentage share shall be adjusted each fiscal year to reflect changes in caseload throughout the consortium. Caseload for the purposes of this section shall be defined as actual average annual duplicated case counts for the most current full fiscal year for the programs included in the consortia system. Beginning October 1, 1998, and until Merced County has converted its caseload to the SAWS consortium approved for Merced County, the department shall pay the difference between the total county share of MAGIC application maintenance costs and the Merced County caseload percentage share of MAGIC application costs.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 606, Sec. 21. Effective October 3, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10823.6.

10823.6. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that health and human services programs shall leverage telephonic signature technology to enhance the ability for county human services customers and staff to complete transactions by telephone through the creation of a global telephonic signature solution for use by county human services departments, to the extent permitted by program policy.
(b) The California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS) consortium shall be authorized to develop, deploy, and maintain a simple, standalone telephonic signature solution according to the following requirements:
(1) The telephonic signature solution shall allow for storage and retrieval of recorded telephonic signatures in compliance with program policy.
(2) This telephonic signature solution shall be available until equivalent functionality has been integrated into the following case management systems:
(A) CalSAWS.
(B) Case Management Information and Payroll System (CMIPS).
(C) California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES).
(c) This section shall only be implemented to the extent funding is appropriated for these purposes.
(d) This section shall be rendered inoperative upon integration of the telephonic signature solution into all statewide systems included in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), and is repealed as of January 1 of the calendar year following the date of the inoperability.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 23. (AB 135) Effective July 16, 2021. Conditionally inoperative as prescribed by its own provisions. Repealed on January 1 after inoperative date.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System › Section 10824.5.

10824.5. (a) Any single state automated welfare system implemented pursuant to this chapter shall include a notification to inform the caseworker of a public assistance program applicant or recipient of the following information:
(1) That the applicant or recipient has indicated the need for an accommodation due to disability consistent with Section 12132 of Title 42 of the United States Code and Section 35.130 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) That the applicant or recipient has disclosed a disability or experience of domestic violence that may affect the applicant’s or recipient’s eligibility for certain exemptions from, and exceptions to, requirements imposed by any public assistance program included in the single state automated welfare system pursuant to Section 10823.
(b) The State Department of Social Services shall collaborate with county welfare departments in developing the notification required by this section.
(c) The notification required by this section shall be immediately visible to the caseworker upon opening the applicant’s or recipient’s file in the system.
(d) The department shall include in any amendment of or revision to a form or report that is adopted on or after January 1, 2020, and that is to be completed by an applicant for, or a recipient of, public assistance, using the single statewide automated welfare system, questions that permit the applicant or recipient to disclose a disability, the need for accommodation due to disability, and any experience of domestic violence.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 155, Sec. 1. (SB 735) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.5 - Aid Payments › Section 10825.

10825. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the method of payment of aid under this part, a county may develop a payment system which, to the extent feasible, spreads the issuance of public assistance warrants evenly over the month. Such a payment system shall not be instituted until approved by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1177.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.5 - Aid Payments › Section 10826.

10826. Upon election by a county to utilize the aid payment method provided by this chapter, the county shall submit a plan to the department for approval. The plan shall be approved by the department before it is implemented and shall include provisions for assuring that
(a) Each recipient of aid will be assigned a date or dates within the month as the date or dates on which he will be paid in subsequent months;
(b) Each warrant will be placed in the mail in order to be delivered on the assigned payment date and that in the event there is no mail delivery on the assigned payment date, the warrant will be placed in the mail in time to be delivered to the payee on the last mail delivery date prior to the payment date; and
(c) Upon changing payment dates for any recipient, the recipient will receive a pro rata payment on the old payment date in payment of the aid to which such recipient is entitled prior to the new payment date.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 113.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.5 - Aid Payments › Section 10827.

10827. To the extent permitted by federal law and notwithstanding Sections 11006.2, 11056, 11450 and 11455, a county electing to utilize the aid payment method provided by this chapter may establish new eligibility periods and payment periods which may be monthly or semimonthly and which are not limited to a calendar month to correspond with changes of payment dates under this chapter.
Changes in eligibility or payment periods under this chapter shall be approved by the department before implementation.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 113.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.6 - CalWORKs Identity Verification › Section 10831.

10831. (a) The department shall implement and maintain nonbiometric identity verification methods in the CalWORKs program. The methods approved by the department as of July 1, 2018, satisfy this requirement.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), commencing July 1, 2021, for purposes of identity verification, a CalWORKs applicant or recipient may provide proof of identity via videoconferencing or any other electronic means that allows for a visual interaction between the applicant or recipient and county eligibility staff. Verification conducted in this manner shall satisfy any inperson identification requirement.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 24. (AB 135) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.7 - Electronic Visit Verification System › Section 10835.

10835. The State Department of Social Services shall develop and implement an electronic visit verification system (EVV system) for the In-Home Supportive Services program, pursuant to this chapter. For purposes of this chapter, “electronic visit verification system” or “EVV system” means a system as described in subsection (l) of Section 1396b of Title 42 of the United States Code, as added by the federal 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law 114-255).
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 27, Sec. 31. (SB 80) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.7 - Electronic Visit Verification System › Section 10836.

10836. In developing and implementing the EVV system, the department shall adhere to all of the following general principles:
(a) The EVV system shall be developed and implemented in a manner and timeframe that avoids payment of the federal financial participation penalties, as described in the federal 21st Century Cures Act.
(b) Consistent with the requirements of the federal 21st Century Cures Act, the EVV system shall be developed through a collaborative stakeholder process, and be as minimally burdensome to providers and consumers as is necessary to comply with the federal mandate to implement electronic visit verification.
(c) Consistent with the United States Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring (1999) 527 U.S. 581, the EVV system shall not infringe upon the rights of In-Home Supportive Services program consumers.
(d) The department shall collaborate with stakeholders to identify the least intrusive manner to record the location of in-home supportive service delivery at the time service begins and ends each day, to the extent necessary to comply with the federal 21st Century Cures Act and related federal guidance.
(e) To the maximum extent possible, the EVV system shall leverage the existing electronic and telephonic timesheet systems.
(f) The EVV system shall utilize the maximum flexibility allowed by the federal government in the definitions of the terms “personal care services,” “location of services,” and “start and stop time of each service.”
(g) The department shall not implement a violations policy or process for in-home supportive service providers as part of electronic visit verification. Social workers shall continue to do individual assessments, and information from electronic visit verification shall not be used to reduce a consumer’s hours.
(h) Consistent with the requirements of the federal 21st Century Cures Act, in-home supportive service providers and recipients shall be provided with training on the use of the EVV system.
(i) Consistent with the requirements of the federal 21st Century Cures Act and related federal guidance, live-in in-home supportive service providers shall not be subject to electronic visit verification requirements.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 25. (AB 135) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.8 - Administrative Reform Act › Section 10840.

10840. (a) The director and the Director of Health Care Services shall implement a comprehensive program for the simplification of administration of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Medi-Cal, and CalFresh programs, which shall include the elements identified in Section 10841. The director shall prepare appropriate amendments in the state plan for these programs and waiver requests of federal requirements that are necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
(b) The director and the Director of Health Care Services shall, by formal order, waive the enforcement of those regulations and standards necessary to implement the project with federal approval, in order to implement the demonstration project.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 34. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.8 - Administrative Reform Act › Section 10841.

10841. (a) The department may establish a demonstration project that tests one or more modifications in verifications of eligibility information to reduce paperwork and achieve program savings while maintaining or improving program integrity.
(b) Aid payments may be made once monthly.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 69, Sec. 18. Effective June 30, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 4.8 - Administrative Reform Act › Section 10842.

10842. (a) The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall jointly, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association, establish a consolidated county administrative performance system that shall establish state subventions for county administrative costs for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, Medi-Cal, and CalFresh.
(b) Subventions shall be based on actual caseload for each program, including intake and continuing cases, experienced by each county. Reimbursement per case shall be uniform for similar size counties and shall be based on standards for workload performance, or cases per worker, overhead rates, and salary levels for welfare department personnel.
(c) Administrative standards shall be based on actual performance in the most recent fiscal year for which appropriate data is available.
(d) Allocation of costs among welfare programs shall, to the extent feasible, be based on ongoing random moment studies. Sampling rates shall be high enough to provide reasonably accurate and statistically valid updates of prior allocation ratios.
(e) This performance system shall be implemented in each county upon the establishment of a statewide automated welfare system.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 35. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 - Records › Section 10850.1.

10850.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of Section 10850, the activities of a multidisciplinary personnel team engaged in the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of child abuse or neglect, or of the abuse of elder or dependent persons are activities performed in the administration of public social services, and a member of the team may disclose and exchange any information or writing that also is kept or maintained in connection with any program of public social services or otherwise designated as confidential under state law which he or she reasonably believes is relevant to the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of child abuse or neglect, or of the abuse of elder or dependent persons to other members of the team. All discussions relative to the disclosure or exchange of any such information or writing during team meetings are confidential and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, testimony concerning any such discussion is not admissible in any criminal, civil, or juvenile court proceeding.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) “Child abuse” has the same meaning as defined in Section 18951. As used in this section, “abuse of elder or dependent persons” has the meaning given in Section 15610.07.
(2) “Multidisciplinary personnel team” means a team as specified in Section 15610.55 relative to the abuse of elder or dependent persons or 18951 relative to child abuse or neglect.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 551, Sec. 3. (AB 2322) Effective September 29, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 - Records › Section 10850.2.

10850.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10850, factual information relating to eligibility provided solely by the public assistance recipient contained in applications and records made or kept by any public officer or agency in connection with the administration of any public assistance program shall be open for inspection by the recipient to which the information relates and by any other person authorized in writing by such recipient. The written authorization shall be dated and signed by such recipient and shall expire one year from the date of execution. In the event of any hearing under the provisions of this division, the attorney or authorized representative of the applicant or recipient shall be entitled to inspect the case record relating to the applicant or recipient prior to, as well as during, the hearing.
No list or names obtained through such access to such records or applications as provided in this section shall be used for any commercial or political purposes.
(Added by renumbering Section 10850.1 by Stats. 1971, Ch. 438.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 - Records › Section 10850.3.

10850.3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10850, an authorized employee of a county welfare department may disclose confidential information concerning a public social services applicant or recipient to any law enforcement agency where a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the applicant or recipient for the commission of a felony or a misdemeanor. Information that may be released pursuant to this section shall be limited to the name, address, telephone number, birth date, social security number, and physical description of the applicant for, or recipient of, public social services.
(b) A county welfare department may release the information specified by this section to any law enforcement agency only upon a written request from the agency specifying that a warrant of arrest for the commission of a felony or misdemeanor has been issued against the applicant or recipient. This request may be made only by the head of the law enforcement agency, or by an employee of the agency so authorized and identified by name and title by the head of the agency in writing to the county welfare department. A county welfare department shall notify all applicants of public social services that release of confidential information from their records will not be protected if a felony or misdemeanor arrest warrant is issued against the applicant. A recipient of public social services shall be notified, at the time of renewal of his or her application for public social services, that a release of confidential information can be made if a felony or misdemeanor arrest warrant is issued against the recipient.
(c) This section shall not be construed to authorize the release of a general list identifying individuals applying for or receiving public social services.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be operative only to the extent permitted by federal law. The section shall not apply to, but shall exclude, the Medi-Cal program, established pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) and following.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 227, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2002, Ch. 918, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2003. Applicability is subject to limitations in subd. (d).)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 - Records › Section 10850.31.

10850.31. (a) For the CalWORKs program and CalFresh only, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the address, social security number, and, if available, photograph of any applicant or recipient shall be made available, on request, to any federal, state, or local law enforcement officer if the officer furnishes the county welfare department with the name of the applicant or recipient and notifies the county welfare department that the following apply:
(1) Any one of the following applies:
(A) The applicant or recipient is fleeing to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement after conviction, for a crime that, under the law of the place the applicant is fleeing, is a felony, or, in the case of New Jersey, a high misdemeanor.
(B) The applicant or recipient is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under state or federal law.
(C) The applicant or recipient has information that is necessary for the officer to conduct an official duty related to those issues stated in paragraph (1) or (2).
(2) Locating or apprehending the applicant or recipient is an official duty of the law enforcement officer.
(3) The request is being made in the proper exercise of an official duty.
(b) This section shall not authorize the release of a general list identifying individuals applying for or receiving public social services under the CalWORKs program or CalFresh.
(c) This section shall be implemented only to the extent permitted by federal law.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 36. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.)