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2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10609.6.

10609.6. (a) The department, in consultation with the seven member task force specified in subdivision (b), shall develop a plan to implement the recommendations of the evaluation required by Section 10609.5.
(b) The task force created pursuant to this section shall include all of the following:
(1) The director, or his or her designee.
(2) One representative from each of the following:
(A) The Department of Finance.
(B) The County Welfare Directors Association.
(C) The California State Association of Counties.
(D) Child welfare services consumers.
(E) Children’s advocacy organizations.
(F) Child welfare social worker organizations.
(c) If participation on the task force convened pursuant to this section will cause hardship for the representative of child welfare consumers identified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b), the department, upon the request of the representative, shall provide reimbursement for travel and other expenses directly related to participation in the task force. Except as provided in this subdivision, no task force member shall receive compensation or any other payment for serving on the task force.
(d) The department shall submit the implementation plan to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before June 30, 2001.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 108, Sec. 25.5. Effective July 10, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10609.7.

10609.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) The department has convened the Child Welfare Services Stakeholders Group for the purpose of making recommendations to redesign California’s child welfare system to create and sustain a flexible system, comprising public and private partnerships, that provides a comprehensive system of support for families and communities to ensure the well-being of every child.
(2) In the first year of the stakeholders group, there was significant attention brought to the carrying capacity of direct service professionals through the development of an implementation plan of child welfare services workload study pursuant to Section 10609.5.
(3) The stakeholders group has convened a series of working groups, including the Human Resources Workgroup, whose tasks are to develop core strategies and recommendations resulting in a high capacity, competent, satisfied child welfare services workforce able to perform the essential functions of the redesigned child welfare system.
(4) In the second year, the Human Resources Workgroup report found that workload issues have not appreciably declined and that for the child welfare services redesign to be successful, workforce considerations need to be at the forefront of all redesign efforts.
(5) The stakeholders group and its Human Resources Workgroup have entered the third year of the redesign process for the state’s child welfare services.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Human Resources Workgroup of the Child Welfare Services Stakeholders Group include in its next planned report the core strategies needed to establish minimum caseload standards under the redesigned child welfare services system for all service areas.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Human Resources Workgroup also make recommendations for implementing the new caseload standards, including a recommendation that would achieve at least 20 percent of the caseload reductions annually over a specified period of time, as required under the newly recommended standards.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 635, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10609.8.

10609.8. On an annual basis, at the time of budget hearings, the State Department of Social Services shall provide information to the budget committees of the Legislature comparing the Governor’s proposed statewide budget for the child welfare services program, including the augmentation and hold harmless funds, to the caseload standards recommended by the evaluation required under Section 10609.5, updated for an analysis of cost-of-doing-business increases and to account for the use of child welfare services funding for noncase-carrying activities, based on information supplied by counties, and measured on a statewide basis. The department shall consult with representatives of the County Welfare Directors Association in the development of statewide cost-of-doing-business increases and the average proportion of expenditures on noncase-carrying activities.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 78, Sec. 21. Effective July 19, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10609.9.

10609.9. (a) (1) Funds designated for child welfare services outcome improvements shall be flexible and may be spent on local priorities identified in the county’s system improvement plan, including, but not limited to, any of the following:
(A) Reducing high worker caseloads.
(B) Clerical or paraprofessional support.
(C) Direct services to clients, such as mental health or substance abuse treatment.
(D) Prevention and early intervention services, such as differential response.
(E) Permanency and youth transition practice improvements.
(F) Any other investments to better serve children and families, which may include services to support older youth in foster care, such as mentoring services.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that these funds be linked to improved outcomes, and provided to counties on an ongoing basis.
(b) Beginning in the 2011–12 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, funding and expenditures for programs and activities under this section shall be in accordance with the requirements provided in Sections 30025 and 30026.5 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 76. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10609.95.

10609.95. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall provide guidance on best practices and facilitate an exchange of information and best practices among counties on an annual basis, commencing no later than January 1, 2014, on establishing memoranda of understanding with appropriate foreign consulates for juvenile court cases in which a parent has been arrested and issued an immigration hold, has been detained by the United States Department of Homeland Security, or has been deported to his or her country of origin. This exchange of information may be accomplished by posting training and other information on the department’s Internet Web site.
(b) The memoranda of understanding shall include, but shall not be limited to, procedures for contacting a foreign consulate at the onset of a juvenile court case, accessing documentation for the child, locating a detained parent, facilitating family reunification once a parent has been deported to his or her country of origin, aiding the safe transfer of a child to the parent’s country of origin, and communicating with relevant departments and services in the parent’s country of origin, including, when appropriate, allowing reports from the foreign child welfare authorities documenting the parent’s living situation and the parent’s participation in service plans in the country of origin that are in compliance with the case plan requirements.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 845, Sec. 16. (SB 1064) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10609.97.

10609.97. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall provide guidance on best practices and facilitate an exchange of information and best practices among counties on an annual basis, commencing no later than January 1, 2014, on assisting a child in a juvenile court case who is eligible for special immigrant juvenile status under Section 1101(a)(27)(J) of Title 8 of the United States Code. This exchange of information may be accomplished by posting training and other information on the department’s Internet Web site.
(b) The guidance shall include procedures for assisting eligible children in applying for special immigrant juvenile status, before the children reach 21 years of age or get married, and applying for T visas, U visas, and Violence Against Women Act self-petitions.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 845, Sec. 17. (SB 1064) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10609.98.

10609.98. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall post a single page on its internet website with a list of available state resources for refugees and a link to the internet website of each county human assistance agency.
(b) Each county human services agency shall post a single page on its internet website with a list of available resources for refugees that may include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Public transportation, including, but not limited to, schedule information and free or discounted rate information.
(2) Financial literacy information.
(3) Resources for establishing credit.
(4) Job orientation and training programs.
(5) Mental health services.
(6) Affordable housing and rental assistance programs.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 399, Sec. 1. (SB 465) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10610.

10610. 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.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10611.

10611. All plans for the use of existing buildings or for new buildings, parts of buildings, or additions to or alterations in buildings, for any public institution under the supervision of the department or for any state, city, or county charitable institution (other than county hospitals and institutions under the jurisdiction of another state department) or for any privately operated institution which receives state aid for the care or support of its inmates shall, before their adoption, be submitted to the department for suggestions and approval as to the social requirements of the occupants.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10612.

10612. Two months prior to each annual session of the Legislature, the department shall make a full and complete report to the Governor of all its transactions during the preceding year, showing specifically all expenses incurred and moneys paid out by it, with suggestions and recommendations for legislative and executive action.
The department shall include in its report a complete report on its administration of appeals.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10612.5.

10612.5. (a) The department shall oversee the program for internet-based reporting of child abuse and neglect pursuant to Section 11166.02 of the Penal Code through the issuance of written directives that shall have the same force and effect as regulations. The directives shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(b) A county that chooses to participate in the program shall hire an evaluator to monitor the implementation of the program and submit evaluations to the State Department of Social Services during the first two years of implementation. The department may authorize additional time if needed, as determined by the department after consultation with the county, in accordance with directives issued by the department pursuant to subdivision (a). At a minimum, the evaluations shall address the outcome measures described in subdivision (c).
(c) In addition to any requirements set forth by the department under this section, a county that participates in the program shall, in collaboration with the County Welfare Directors Association of California and the department, develop outcome measures to determine the effectiveness of the program of the county during the duration of the program, which may include the following:
(1) The number of reports provided by telephone and any increase or decrease in the usage of telephone reports.
(2) The number of reports provided through the internet-based reporting system and any increase or decrease in usage of the system.
(3) Any increase or decrease in the number of emergency or nonemergency telephone reports.
(4) Any increase or decrease in the overall number of emergency or nonemergency reports.
(d) A county that participates in the program shall, within two years of the county’s implementation, provide information to the Assembly Committee on Human Services and the Senate Committee on Human Services pertaining to the effectiveness of the program based on the outcome measures developed pursuant to subdivision (c).
(e) The department may conclude the program on a county-by-county basis if the evaluation and monitoring indicate the program is compromising the safety of children.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 242, Sec. 2. (AB 1929) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10613.

10613. The functions of the department may include the administration and the supervision of the administration of public social services, except 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 social service and welfare.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10614.5.

10614.5. Upon the request of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Department of Finance shall post on its Internet Web site data on monthly caseloads and expenditures for public social services programs supervised by the State Department of Social Services. In addition, this data shall be incorporated into and made an integral part of the budget data system.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 192. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10615.

10615. California’s 58 counties vary greatly in their welfare problems, and therefore they should not be treated alike in the supervision of welfare programs. The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the department examine the extent of state control needed over county operations, with a view toward eliminating excessive rigidity in procedure; the state should differentiate between those counties which need general direction as opposed to tight supervision.
Within these guidelines, the department shall aid county departments in establishing economic, efficient, and effective methods of operation, including, but not limited to, advising and consulting with county departments with regard to the introduction of electronic computer and data processing systems, personnel utilization, office controls, centralized purchasing, centralized warehousing, writing of specifications, and examination of materials and equipment purchased by county departments.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1646.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10616.

10616. The department shall formulate plans for the recruitment, utilization, and training of volunteers to assist in performing services and other duties for the county public social services for the purpose of improving participation in the county public welfare programs. Such plans shall not become effective in a county until approved by a resolution adopted by 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 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10617.

10617. In fixing rates for out-of-home care in nonmedical facilities authorized to provide care for recipients of public assistance, the department shall establish a rate plan providing a differential in rate allowances related to the differences in the degree of care required by recipients. The rate structure shall reflect differences in accordance with the specific types of services that are rendered by the facility in providing care for recipients.
In establishing the rate structure, the department shall strive to improve and increase the range of services provided by out-of-home facilities in order that recipients may receive the type of care they require at a reasonable cost.
In order to keep people in their own homes whenever possible, the department shall develop an expanded range of home care services that will make it possible for people to remain in their own homes or homes of their own choosing with safety. The department shall give particular attention to the training of homemakers to be employed directly by county departments.
In developing plans for the recruitment and training of homemakers, the department shall give priority to the training and employment of recipients of public assistance. Emphasis shall be given to arranging hours of work and training so that parents with primary responsibility for the care of children can participate in the program, to the extent not in conflict with federal law.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10618.

10618. Funding of Section 10617 is subject to the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 10100) of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1235. Note: Repeal conditions in Sec. 14 of Ch. 1235 failed.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 10619.

10619. A public agency shall, in implementing programs affected by the act adding this section to the Welfare and Institutions Code, perform program functions exclusively through the use of merit civil service employees of the public agency, except to the extent permitted by provisions of state and federal law governing the affected program that were in effect on August 21, 1996.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 35. Effective August 11, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998, by Sec. 183 of Ch. 270.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.1 - Public Social Services for Deaf Persons › Section 10620.

10620. The Legislature finds that over 1.5 million persons in California are deaf or are significantly hard of hearing. Basic governmental services are not routinely adapted to meet the communication needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons and, therefore, the services they receive may be less than those provided to other persons because of the overwhelming communication problems which exist between service agencies and deaf and hard-of-hearing persons.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 94, Sec. 29. (AB 1709) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.1 - Public Social Services for Deaf Persons › Section 10621.

10621. Public social services for the deaf and hard of hearing shall include, but not be limited to, the following services:
(a) Complete communication services through interpreter services by a professional interpreter for the deaf possessing the comprehensive skills certification of the national Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or the equivalent, teletypewriter relay, and, when necessary, training in communication skills.
(b) Advocacy to ensure deaf and hard-of-hearing persons receive equal access to public and private services.
(c) Job development and job placement.
(d) Information and referral.
(e) Counseling, including peer counseling.
(f) Independent living skills instruction.
(g) Community education about deafness and being hard of hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 279. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.1 - Public Social Services for Deaf Persons › Section 10622.

10622. Public social services for the deaf and hard of hearing shall be available in at least three regions throughout the state so that deaf and hard-of-hearing persons are able to secure public social services within a reasonable commuting distance. Deaf and hard-of-hearing persons, residing in urban, suburban, and rural areas, shall be served.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 94, Sec. 31. (AB 1709) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.1 - Public Social Services for Deaf Persons › Section 10623.

10623. Public agencies or private nonprofit corporations or a combination thereof in a region may provide the public social services listed in Section 10621 directly or through agreements with other public agencies or private nonprofit corporations.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1193, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.1 - Public Social Services for Deaf Persons › Section 10624.

10624. (a) The department, with the advice of persons knowledgeable about the provision of public social services to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons, shall establish the criteria for funding public social services for the deaf and hard of hearing.
(b) The criteria shall include, but shall not be limited to, demonstrated need for services, ability to provide services in a deaf or hard-of-hearing person’s preferred mode of communication, ability to secure community support, including written endorsements of local officials and organizations, including organizations of and for the deaf and hard of hearing, and funding from one or more public or private sources. Special consideration shall be given to the extent to which deaf and hard-of-hearing persons are included in the agency’s staff and in the case of a private nonprofit corporation on the board of directors.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 94, Sec. 32. (AB 1709) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.1 - Public Social Services for Deaf Persons › Section 10625.

10625. The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Determine the number and location of regions of the state providing public social services.
(b) Coordinate the provision of services with the Department of Rehabilitation.
(c) Establish uniform accounting procedures and contracts or grant agreements for use with regard to this chapter.
(d) Promulgate requests for proposals or applications and conduct bidders’ conferences, if applicable.
(e) Establish by regulation the definitions of deafness and significantly hard of hearing.
(f) Conduct a management or fiscal audit of any contract or grant whenever it is necessary for proper supervision of a contract or grant.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 35. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.1 - Public Social Services for Deaf Persons › Section 10626.

10626. (a) The department shall contract with, or award grants to, public agencies or private nonprofit corporations for purposes of this chapter. Those contracts or grants shall be competitively bid pursuant to a request for proposals or applications, either statewide or by specific region or regions. Each contract or grant shall have a term not to exceed five years. Before the end of each contract or grant term, the department shall conduct a timely competitive request for proposals or applications that allows sufficient time for execution of a subsequent contract or grant to avoid a lapse in services.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, contracts necessary pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(c) A private nonprofit corporation shall submit a complete financial statement for its most recent fiscal year as prepared by a certified public accountant prior to a renewal or new award of a contract or grant.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 36. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.1 - Public Social Services for Deaf Persons › Section 10626.5.

10626.5. (a) A public agency or nonprofit corporation, or a combination thereof, providing the public social services listed in Section 10621, may charge a fee to all public and private agencies when providing public social services to those agencies. The charge shall be based on a standard schedule of fees established and maintained by the service provider. The amount charged shall equal the sum of all costs, direct and indirect, for providing the public social services listed in Section 10621. This fee shall be referred to as program income.
(b) The purpose of program income shall be for either (1) expanding, or (2) continuing the provision of public social services as listed in Section 10621, irrespective of the state fiscal year in which the program income was earned or collected. In the event of cancellation or nonrenewal of a contract or grant, all program income not expended shall be remitted to the department.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, all program income received shall be accounted for to the State Department of Social Services at the close of each fiscal year, or more frequently if required by the State Department of Social Services, or the Department of Finance, in such form as prescribed. It is the intent of the Legislature to allow prior collected funds currently in the possession of the service providers to be expended on the provision of the public social services as listed in Section 10621.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 37. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.1 - Public Social Services for Deaf Persons › Section 10629.

10629. The State Department of Social Services shall not expend over 5 percent of the sum appropriated for this chapter for the administrative costs of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1193, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.5 - Rehabilitation and Employment Coordination › Section 10650.

10650. It is hereby declared that the solution and prevention of individuals and families who could otherwise be productive and self-supporting members of society from becoming or remaining public assistance recipients is a matter of statewide concern. The Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall have full power to direct, supervise, and coordinate all services provided by the state departments of the Health and Welfare Agency which relate to this matter, as necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1212.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.5 - Rehabilitation and Employment Coordination › Section 10651.

10651. The purposes of this chapter are as follows:
(a) To combat poverty and reduce dependency by placing special attention and emphasis on the training, rehabilitation, and employment of present and potential recipients of public assistance and to prevent their future unemployment;
(b) To combine and coordinate all state services and programs relating to vocational education, vocational rehabilitation, and employment for public assistance recipients;
(c) To avoid duplication and fragmentation of training, rehabilitation, and employment services, and provide the most effective services possible, on behalf of public assistance recipients.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1457.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.5 - Rehabilitation and Employment Coordination › Section 10652.

10652. The department and the State Department of Rehabilitation, acting jointly, shall select public assistance recipients who qualify under either federal or state vocational rehabilitation laws, or both, as being in need of, and being able to benefit from, rehabilitation services pursuant to this chapter.
The two departments shall enter into a statewide agreement for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this section.
Any agreement entered into by the two departments pursuant to this section shall include plans which provide for the most effective use of all federal funds available to the two departments. Such plans may include budgetary transfers, subject to authorization of the Director of Finance, when such transfer will result in increased funds available for vocational rehabilitation services for public assistance recipients, and for former and potential recipients.
All increased funds made available as a result of the implementation of agreements and plans made pursuant to this section, shall be used exclusively to provide vocational rehabilitation service for current, former, or potential public assistance recipients.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.5 - Rehabilitation and Employment Coordination › Section 10653.

10653. The county department shall be responsible for the initial selection of public assistance recipients who are to participate in training, vocational educational programs, or other employment preparation programs that are developed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The county department shall have primary responsibility for providing those services which will prepare recipients for the specific vocational training and employment placement services offered by the Employment Development Department, the Department of Rehabilitation, the Department of Education, and any other state or federal agencies offering specialized programs to upgrade the capacity of recipients and potential recipients to improve their capacity for self-support or self-direction. The services provided by the county department shall be geared to complement those services offered by state and federal agencies to the end that recipients of public assistance receive and participate in the programs to the fullest extent of their capacity.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 473.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.5 - Rehabilitation and Employment Coordination › Section 10654.

10654. The Division of Vocational Education of the State Department of Education shall have primary responsibility for the education and training of public assistance recipients. The Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall through the Employment Development Department work with the State Department of Education to develop vocational education programs which will meet the particular requirements and needs of recipients of public assistance whenever it is determined that such special programs will substantially improve such recipients’ capacity to achieve self-support or self-direction. The Employment Development Department shall determine the kinds, quality, and number of persons requiring such education.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 380.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2.5 - Rehabilitation and Employment Coordination › Section 10655.

10655. The Employment Development Department shall have primary responsibility for placement and other employment services for public assistance recipients; provided, however, that a county department may refer a public assistance recipient to a private employment agency at the same time the recipient is referred to the Employment Development Department. For the purposes of this section, a county department is authorized to enter into contracts with any private employment agencies under such terms and conditions and for such rates as the county department deems reasonable; provided, that once a public assistance recipient has been placed in employment by such an agency, a county department may not contract again with a private employment agency for placement of that recipient within six months of the original date of placement.
No referral or contract authorized under this section shall result in the recipient’s paying any fee, part of wages or other charges to the county department or private employment agency for such services.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 380.)
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 1 - Organization › Section 10720.

10720. As used in this chapter, “department” means the State Department of Health Services, and “director” means the State Director of Health Services.
(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 1 - Organization › Section 10721.

10721. The director shall administer Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) and Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200) of Part 3 of this division and any other law pertaining to the administration of health care services and medical assistance. He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law and shall observe and report to the Secretary of Health and Welfare and the Governor on the condition of health care services and medical assistance throughout the state
(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 1 - Organization › Section 10722.

10722. The State Department of Health Services succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the State Department of Health or the State Department of Benefit Payments pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000), Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200), Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 14500), and Chapter 8.7 (commencing with Section 14520) of this part on the date immediately prior to the date this section becomes operative. Functions transferred pursuant to this section include the management and administration of the Health Care Deposit Fund and the audit and recovery of amounts due as the result of payments made under the California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal).
Transfer to the State Department of Health Services of the above functions shall not impair any contract between the State Department of Health or the State Department of Benefit Payments and any third party and such transfer shall neither create nor vest any right or obligation in either party. In no case shall the substitution of the State Department of Health Services for the State Department of Health or the State Department of Benefit Payments be considered a breach of contract or failure of performance, nor shall it disturb the legal relationships of the parties.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 432.)
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 1 - Organization › Section 10723.

10723. The State Department of Health Services shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property real or personal held for the benefit or use of the Director of Health or the Director of Benefit Payments in the performance of his duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction that are vested in the State Department of Health Services by Section 10722.
(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 1 - Organization › Section 10724.

10724. All officers and employees of the Director of Health and the Director of Benefit Payments who on the operative date of this section are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function vested in the State Department of Health Services by Section 10722 shall be transferred to the State Department of Health Services. The status, positions, and rights of such persons shall not be affected by the transfer and shall be retained by them as officers and employees of the State Department of Health Services pursuant to the State Civil Service Act, except as to positions exempt from civil service.
(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 1 - Organization › Section 10725.

10725. The director may 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 director only in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Regulations relating to services need not be printed in the California Code of Regulations or the California Regulatory Notice Register if they are included in the publications of the department. This authority also may be exercised by the director’s designee.
In adopting regulations the director shall strive for clarity of language that may be readily understood by those administering services or subject to those 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 those forms, reports, or records.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 442, Sec. 21. (SB 1465) Effective September 18, 2014.)
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 1 - Organization › Section 10726.

10726. All regulations heretofore adopted by the Director of the State Department of Benefit Payments which relate to payment, accounting, auditing and collection functions vested in the State Department of Health Services, or by the State Department of Health or any predecessor department which relate to health care services or medical assistance functions vested in the State Department of Health Services, and which are in effect immediately preceding the operative date of this section, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended or repealed by the State Director of Health Services.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 429.)
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 1 - Organization › Section 10727.

10727. Except as otherwise provided by law, for purposes of the Health and Safety Code and this code, and any regulations adopted thereunder, after June 1, 1996, “children’s hospital” means any of the following hospitals:
(a) Valley Children’s Hospital, Madera.
(b) Miller Children’s Hospital, Long Beach.
(c) Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
(d) Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Northern California, Oakland.
(e) Children’s Hospital of Orange County.
(f) Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto.
(g) Children’s Hospital and Health Center, San Diego.
(h) Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 290, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
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 1 - Organization › Section 10728.

10728. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, for purposes of this code and the Health and Safety Code, and any regulations adopted thereunder, “University of California children’s hospital” means each of the University of California children’s programs within the five University of California academic medical center campuses.
(b) This section is not intended to preclude participation by other entities in funding that would benefit children’s health care programs.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term “children’s hospital” may be used for signage, marketing, community service, and other university communication and philanthropic purposes only.
(d) Nothing in this section shall affect eligibility for any existing state funded health care programs.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 290, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)
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 10740.

10740. It is hereby declared that provision for health care services and medical assistance in this code is a matter of statewide concern. The State Department of Health Services is hereby designated as the single state agency with full power to supervise every phase of the administration of health care services and medical assistance for which grants-in-aid are received from the United States government or made by the state in order to secure full compliance with the applicable provisions of state and federal laws.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 240. Effective October 12, 2001.)
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10741. The department shall investigate, examine and make reports upon the public officers who are in any way responsible for the administration of public funds used for 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 10742.

10742. The department shall advise public officers regarding the administration of health care services and medical assistance by public agencies throughout the state, and shall supervise the administration of such services and assistance to all persons receiving or eligible to receive such services and 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 10743.

10743. In administering any funds appropriated or made available to the department for disbursement through the counties for welfare purposes, the department shall establish regulations, not in conflict with the law fixing statewide standards for the administration of all state or federally assisted health care services or medical assistance programs. All regulations established by the department shall be binding upon the boards of supervisors and the county department.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 429.)
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 10743.5.

10743.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that, if the department seeks a waiver for any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project in the 1995–96 fiscal year pursuant to the authority of Section 1315 of Title 42 of the United States Code that has as one of its objectives the obtaining of additional federal funds for health care services, the department shall notify all counties of its intent to seek a waiver. A county shall notify the department within three working days of its intent to participate in this waiver. The department shall include these counties if the necessary documentation required of the counties supports their inclusion in the waiver request. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the department seek to include as many counties as possible in this request.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 305, Sec. 9. Effective August 3, 1995.)