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2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation › Section 11520.

11520. The State Department of Social Services shall ensure that a comprehensive, independent statewide evaluation of the CalWORKs program is undertaken and that accurate evaluative information is made available to the Legislature in a timely fashion.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. 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 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation › Section 11520.3.

11520.3. The department shall develop a research design to ensure a thorough evaluation of the direct and indirect effects of the CalWORKs program. Effects shall include, but not be limited to, employment, earnings, self-sufficiency, child care, child support, child well-being, family structure, and impacts on local government. Child well-being shall include entries into foster care, at-risk births, school achievement, child abuse reports, and rates of child poverty.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. 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 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation › Section 11520.5.

11520.5. The statewide evaluation shall be conducted by an independent evaluator or evaluators. It shall represent a clear delineation of the research questions and shall, through discrete reports issued at regular intervals, provide information regarding process, impacts, and analyses of the costs and benefits of the CalWORKs program.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. 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 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation › Section 11520.7.

11520.7. The department shall ensure that county demonstration projects and other innovative county approaches to CalWORKs program implementation are independently and rigorously evaluated and that findings are reported to the Legislature in a timely fashion. The evaluation of a county-specific program shall be developed in conjunction with the county and other appropriate agencies responsible for the local program.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. 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 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation › Section 11521.3.

11521.3. Evaluation of CalWORKs program implementation conducted or commissioned by the department shall, to the extent practical, use or build upon existing welfare data archives, including, but not limited to, the data bases and research completed to date as part of the Work Pays Demonstration Project authorized pursuant to Chapter 97 of the Statutes of 1992.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. 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 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation › Section 11521.5.

11521.5. The department shall have access and authority to obtain for tracking, monitoring, research and evaluation purposes to data collected by counties on recipients receiving cash aid, in-kind payments, or supportive services.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 158. 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 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation › Section 11522.

11522. The department, in conjunction with participating representatives of counties and the Legislature, shall develop approaches to improving data collection and management information reporting in the CalWORKs program.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 78, Sec. 28. Effective July 19, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation › Section 11523.1.

11523.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to make the CalWORKs program the most effective family antipoverty program in the country. California continues to be a national leader in total caseload, provision of cash assistance, welfare-to-work services, and assistance for children. California is a national leader in improving the quality of life for CalWORKs families, including the elimination of the “maximum family grant rule,” as described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 11450.025, and the commitment to ending deep poverty among all CalWORKs families.
(b) Beginning in the 2019–20 fiscal year and continuing through the 2023–24 fiscal year, California embarks on the first cycle of a new CalWORKs innovation, the CalWORKs Outcome and Accountability Review (Cal-OAR) system. Cal-OAR establishes a local, data-driven program management system that facilitates continuous improvement of county CalWORKs programs by collecting, analyzing, and disseminating outcomes and best practices. This system will help achieve the state’s goals of ensuring that CalWORKs families receive the best possible services and supports to improve their lives and will also help the state meet federal work participation rates by emphasizing quality and engagement.
(c) At the same time, county human services agencies are transforming the welfare-to-work process away from a compliance-oriented and work-first model into a modern, science-based, and goal-oriented welfare-to-work model known locally as CalWORKs 2.0. The success of this approach depends on a culture shift away from compliance-oriented, directive case management and toward supportive and responsive interactions between the case manager and the customer. Case management emphasizes coaching that allows clients to naturally develop accountability by setting and achieving their goals. Case managers in CalWORKs 2.0 have a framework to provide customers a trajectory from stability, to upskilling, to employment.
(d) Cal-OAR and the county CalWORKs 2.0 initiative are bold steps toward a better CalWORKs program, yet state law has not been updated to be consistent with the new approaches.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 69. (AB 79) Effective June 29, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation › Section 11523.5.

11523.5. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall convene and facilitate a Cal-OAR implementation steering committee (steering committee) no later than November 1, 2021. The steering committee shall make recommendations to the Legislature on how to implement Cal-OAR and CalWORKs 2.0 principles and practices statewide, and prioritize recommendations made by the Cal-OAR stakeholder group, by April 1, 2022. As part of the recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision, the steering committee shall provide its recommendations, including any recommendations for statutory amendments, and the reasons for these recommendations.
(b) The Cal-OAR implementation steering committee shall consist of representatives from the following organizations and stakeholders:
(1) The State Department of Social Services.
(2) The County Welfare Directors Association and its member county human services agencies.
(3) The exclusive representative of county CalWORKs staff.
(4) The Western Center on Law and Poverty.
(5) Parent Voices.
(6) Legislative staff.
(c) The steering committee may consult with other individuals, organizations, and entities as deemed appropriate for the purposes of implementing CalWORKs 2.0 and Cal-OAR.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 43. (AB 135) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9 - Evaluation of CalWORKs Program Implementation › Section 11523.7.

11523.7. Payments, as determined by the State Department of Social Services, made to individuals serving either as individual participants or as a participant on an advisory group created by the State Department of Social Services, or the California Health and Human Services Agency, or through a user testing exercise through a contractor, for the purposes of this article shall not be taken into account as income or resources for purposes of determining the eligibility of that individual, or any other individual, for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any state or local program.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 45. (AB 135) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9.5 - Interagency Data Development and Use › Section 11525.

11525. (a) The department shall establish procedures to provide timely access to information on CalWORKs families to counties and researchers in a manner that maintains confidentiality of data while making it possible to undertake ongoing monitoring, research, and evaluation.
(b) (1) The department, with the cooperation of the University of California, shall establish a project to link longitudinal administrative data on individuals and families who are receiving benefits under the CalWORKs program, or have received benefits under the program within the last 10 years.
(2) All data shall be made available to a university center with the capability of linking it with other appropriate data to allow for ongoing assessment of program impact.
(3) The department shall ensure that information identifiable to individuals and families is removed so as to maintain strict confidentiality.
(4) The State Department of Health Services, the Employment Development Department, the Franchise Tax Board, the State Department of Education, and any other state or local governmental agency that collects information on aided families shall provide the department with the necessary data, if legally available.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 159. 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 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9.7 - Role of the University › Section 11526.

11526. (a) The Legislature hereby requests the Regents of the University of California to establish and administer a program or programs to support welfare research and evaluation of the CalWORKs program.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the program or programs established by the University of California:
(1) Establish a sponsored grants program to provide funding for interested researchers to undertake studies on important welfare-related issues. These grants shall be applied only to research projects requested by representatives of state and local government entities.
(2) Establish one or more Bureau of the Census secure data sites to link census and administrative data bases for ongoing research purposes.
(3) Use existing data archives to develop data sets appropriate for monitoring and evaluating the impacts of CalWORKs program implementation in California.
(4) Create and maintain public use data sets and make data available to researchers and members of the public to support welfare research and related human services research.
(5) Provide an ongoing capacity for supporting, conducting, and disseminating welfare policy research.
(6) Produce and maintain lists of researchers working with California welfare data or conducting research on public assistance in California.
(7) Review, edit, publish, and disseminate research and evaluation reports to state and local policymakers.
(8) Provide forums for the presentation of research findings and the discussion of research on welfare.
(9) Provide a location for welfare data archives and monitor ongoing funding for their upkeep.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 270, Sec. 160. 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 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 2 - California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act › ARTICLE 9.7 - Role of the University › Section 11526.5.

11526.5. The department shall enter into an interagency agreement with the University of California for the purpose of implementing Section 11526. The interagency agreement shall be subject to funds appropriated for its purpose by the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 606, Sec. 24.5. Effective October 3, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 12000.

12000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as The Burton-Moscone-Bagley Citizens’ Income Security Act for Aged, Blind and Disabled Californians.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 12001.

12001. It is the intent of this chapter to implement a state supplementation program pursuant to Title XVI of the Social Security Act and a program for state services to the aged, blind or disabled.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 722, Sec. 43. Effective September 15, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 12002.

12002. It is the object and purpose of this chapter to provide persons whose need results from age, blindness or disability with assistance and services which will encourage them to make greater efforts to achieve self-care and self-maintenance, whenever feasible, and to enlarge their opportunities for independence.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 12003.

12003. For the purposes of this chapter, neither the residence nor domicile of the spouse shall be deemed the residence or domicile of the other, but each may have a separate residence or domicile dependent upon proof of the fact and not on legal presumption.
For the purposes of this chapter, a minor child shall be deemed to have resided in the state during any period in which such child has been physically present in the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 122. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 12004.

12004. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed in favor of aged, blind and disabled recipients.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 12050.

12050. For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) The term “aged, blind or disabled individual” means an individual who is 65 years or older, or is blind, or is disabled.
(b) “Aged” means an individual who is 65 years of age or older.
(c) An individual shall be considered “blind” as defined in Section 1614 of Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act.
(d) An individual shall be considered disabled as defined in Section 1614(a) of Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 12051.

12051. “Income” means both earned and unearned income as defined on October 30, 1972 in Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act, except as otherwise specifically provided.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 12052.

12052. “Resources” means resources as defined on October 30, 1972 in Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act, except as otherwise specifically provided.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 12053.

12053. An applicant’s share of his spouse’s community property income is defined as the income which is community property subject to the direction and control of the applicant, except for the earnings of his or her spouse.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 12054.

12054. “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 978, Sec. 30. Effective September 13, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 12100.

12100. The department shall enter into an agreement with the secretary providing for administration by the secretary of the provisions of this chapter. The agreement shall provide at least the following:
(a) That the secretary shall, on behalf of the state, make supplementary payments to an applicant or recipient under this chapter at such times and in such installments as may be agreed upon.
(b) That the state shall pay to the secretary an amount equal to expenditures made by the secretary as such supplemental payments less amounts payable by the federal government pursuant to Section 401 of Title IV of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1972.
(c) That the department may enter into an agreement to administer on behalf of the secretary and at the secretary’s expense all or such parts of the program under Title XVI of the Social Security Act during such portion of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, as may be provided in the agreement. In the event of such agreement, the department shall supervise the counties’ administration of all or such parts of the program under such agreement.
(d) The application of such procedural and other general provisions as are necessary and proper to achieve efficient and effective administration of the provisions of Title XVI of the Social Security Act and of this chapter, including a provision authorizing the secretary to conduct fair hearings in accordance with rules promulgated by him in cases concerning aid under this chapter.
(e) That the checks issued by the secretary containing the state supplemental payment shall clearly indicate by a separate notice accompanying the check or on the face of the check the fact that state funds are a part of the payment or the amount of check representing state funds.
(f) That to the extent permitted by law, the state shall audit the expenditures made by the secretary under such an agreement.
(g) That the state exercises its option to increase the payment level under Section 401(b)(1) of Title IV of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1972 by an amount equal to the sum of (A) and (B) of Section 401(b)(1) of that title.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 12100.5.

12100.5. The department shall seek to enter into an agreement with the secretary for the purpose of administration by the secretary of the amount set forth in subdivision (h) of Section 12200.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1621, Sec. 1. Conditionally operative as prescribed by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1621.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 12101.

12101. No applicant for or recipient of aid under this chapter shall be required to pay any part of the cost of a medical examination to determine blindness or disability as required by the department in connection with his application for or continued receipt of aid under this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 12102.

12102. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no agreement entered into for state administration of the state supplementary payment program on behalf of the secretary or as agent of the federal government or otherwise, shall provide for any difference in administration of or eligibility for the state supplementary program than if such program were directly administered by the secretary pursuant to this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 12103.

12103. No authority is given under this chapter or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12500) or Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 13900) for any agreement with the secretary or any rules and regulations of the department which contain any provision requiring any form of liens or estate recovery, period of residency or citizenship for recipients under such chapters and no such liens or estate recovery, period of residency or citizenship for such recipients shall be imposed.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 12104.

12104. Notwithstanding any other law, upon the order of the Director of Finance, the Director of Social Services shall defer all supplemental payments to the federal government required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12100 in February 2010 and March 2010 and, instead, make payments for those months after April 20, 2010, but no later than May 31, 2010.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 633, Sec. 5) by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 597. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 12105.

12105. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes recommendations on the administration of the State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind and Disabled to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2024. The recommendations shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Recommendations on whether the administration of the program should be shifted to the department.
(2) Anticipated impacts to the program if the state contracts with the government of another state or commonwealth of the United States for the administration of the program, or if the program is administered by the department.
(3) Potential efficiencies of savings or costs, if any, that might accrue to the state if a government of another state or commonwealth of the United States or the department administers the program.
(b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 259, Sec. 1. (SB 973) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 3 - Administration › Section 12106.

12106. (a) On or before February 1, 2024, the State Department of Social Services shall provide to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature a written communication that describes the process that would need to occur in order to switch the method the state uses to meet the federal maintenance of supplementary payment levels requirement for the State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind and Disabled from the current supplementary payment level method to the total expenditures method. This shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) A feasible timeline for notifying the federal Social Security Administration of the change, or for meeting any other necessary associated federal requirements, including an identification of the optimal month of the year for notification given program operations and any other considerations.
(2) A calculation of the new total expenditure federal maintenance of supplementary payment levels for the State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind and Disabled if this change were to be made.
(3) Any other anticipated challenges, barriers, and considerations that should be taken into account in consideration of this methodology change for meeting the federal maintenance of supplementary payment levels requirement for the State Supplementary Program for the Aged, Blind and Disabled.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and shall be repealed on January 1, 2026.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 53. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023. Inoperative July 1, 2025, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 4 - Eligibility › Section 12150.

12150. Persons who are receiving federal supplemental security income benefits, or who but for their income, are eligible to receive such benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, or who are made eligible for supplemental benefits by other provisions of this chapter are entitled to receive state supplementation pursuant to this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 4 - Eligibility › Section 12153.

12153. To the extent permitted by federal law, any recipient who meets the eligibility criteria of more than one classification of recipient described under this chapter as aged, blind or disabled, shall be permitted to select his classification of coverage.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 4 - Eligibility › Section 12156.

12156. In determining, for purposes of this chapter, whether an individual is blind, there shall be an examination of such individual by a physician skilled in the diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever the individual may select in accordance with applicable federal law.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1141.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12200.

12200. An aged, blind or disabled applicant or recipient shall be paid an amount of aid which when added to his or her federal benefit received under Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act and other nonexempt income and resources, equals the following:
(a) For a blind applicant or recipient, the sum of seven hundred four dollars ($704) per month and for a married couple both qualifying for benefits under this chapter as blind, the sum of one thousand three hundred seventy-two dollars ($1,372) per month.
(b) For a married couple, both qualifying for benefits under this chapter, and one of whom is blind, the sum of one thousand two hundred ninety-five dollars ($1,295) per month.
(c) For an aged or disabled applicant or recipient, the sum of six hundred thirty dollars ($630) per month.
(d) For a married couple both qualifying for benefits under this chapter as aged or disabled, the sum of one thousand one hundred sixty-seven dollars ($1,167) per month.
(e) For an aged or disabled applicant or recipient under subdivision (c) or for a married couple under subdivision (d) whose living arrangement prevents preparation of his or her or their meals at home shall be entitled to an allowance of sixty-eight dollars ($68) per month for an individual and one hundred thirty-six dollars ($136) per month for a married couple in addition to any other amount he or she is entitled to under this chapter.
(f) For a disabled minor under 18 living with a parent or guardian or relative by blood or marriage, the sum of four hundred ninety-nine dollars ($499) per month.
(g) For a recipient in a nonmedical out-of-home care facility, the sum of seven hundred nine dollars ($709) per month.
(h) For the personal and incidental needs of a person receiving care in a medical facility under the Medi-Cal Act, the sum of thirty dollars ($30) per month. The department shall issue, or arrange for the issuance from the appropriate state agency of, an additional twelve dollars ($12) each month to each recipient to whom this subdivision applies.
(i) In the case of any individual, or couple, whose federal benefit received under Part A of Title XVI of the Social Security Act is reduced in accordance with Section 1612(a)(2)(A) of Public Law 92-603 because he lives in another person’s household and receives support and maintenance-in-kind from such person, the appropriate grant level set forth in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section shall be reduced by the amount of the reduction in the federal benefit, subject to the provisions in Section 12204.
This subdivision shall be operative only during such time that such in-kind support and maintenance, under federal law, is treated as providing the basis for a lower payment standard rather than being treated as the receipt of unearned income.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 97, Sec. 14. Effective June 30, 1991. Operative July 1, 1991, by Sec. 30 of Ch. 97.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12200.01.

12200.01. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing November 1, 1992, the payments schedules set forth in Section 12200 in effect on June 30, 1992, except subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) shall be reduced by 5.8 percent.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in no event shall the combined amount of the federal Supplementary Security Income payment and the state Supplementary State Program payment level for any applicant or recipient be reduced below the level required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act (Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code).
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 206, Sec. 16. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12200.015.

12200.015. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum aid payments in effect on June 30, 1993, in accordance with Section 12200, as reduced by subdivision (a) of Section 12200.01, except subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of Section 12200, shall be reduced by 2.7 percent beginning the first of the month following 60 days after the enactment of this section.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in no event shall the payment schedules be reduced below the level required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 206, Sec. 17. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12200.017.

12200.017. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum aid payments in effect on June 30, 1994, in accordance with Section 12200, as reduced by subdivision (a) of Section 12200.01 and Section 12200.015, except subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of Section 12200, shall be reduced by 2.3 percent effective September 1, 1994.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in no event shall any maximum aid payment schedule in any payment category established pursuant to Section 12200 be reduced below the level required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(c) In no event shall the reduction of any maximum aid payment level pursuant to this section result in a change in share of cost or eligibility for services under Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) for any aged, blind, or disabled person who was receiving services under that article in 1994 prior to the enactment of this section because of that reduction in maximum aid payment, provided he or she continues to meet other applicable requirements.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 206, Sec. 18. Effective July 22, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12200.019.

12200.019. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum aid payments in effect on January 1, 2009, in accordance with Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Division 9, except payments made pursuant to subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of Section 12200, shall be reduced to the payment levels in effect on December 1, 2008, and shall be further reduced by 2.3 percent.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in no event shall the payment schedules be reduced below the level required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2009.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 13, Sec. 6. Effective February 20, 2009. Section operative July 1, 2009, by its own provisions. Note: The addition of this section was not terminated by Sec. 11 of Ch. 13 because the conditions failed.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12200.02.

12200.02. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in subdivision (b), on the first day of the month following 90 days after enactment of the act that adds this section:
(1) The maximum aid payment for a married couple, in accordance with Section 12200, shall be reduced to equal the minimum amount required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(2) (A) The maximum aid payment under this article for an individual, in accordance with Section 12200, shall be reduced by 0.6 percent.
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in no event shall payments under this paragraph be reduced below the level required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the reductions required by this section shall not apply to payments made pursuant to subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of Section 12200.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 25. Effective July 28, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12200.03.

12200.03. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and subject to subdivision (b), on the first day of the first month following 90 days after the effective date of the act that adds this section, the maximum aid payment for an individual, as specified in Section 12200, except subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of that section, shall be reduced to equal the minimum amount required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in no event shall the payment schedules be reduced below the level of the state’s March 1983 payment standards, as adjusted by the federal Social Security Administration, pursuant to Section 416.2096(b) of Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 32, Sec. 59. (AB 106) Effective June 29, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12201.01.

12201.01. (a) Commencing July 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, the payment schedules set forth in Section 12200 shall be adjusted annually to reflect any increases or decreases in the cost of living, and these adjustments shall become effective January 1 of each year. The annual cost-of-living adjustment shall be based on the increase in the California Necessities Index for the year in which the adjustment becomes effective.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to subdivision (a), commencing on or after July 1, 2022, and for each year thereafter, shall be 0 percent.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 35, Sec. 31. (AB 1811) Effective June 27, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12201.03.

12201.03. (a) For the 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 calendar years, or for the period of January 1, 2003, to May 31, 2003, inclusive, if no cost-of-living adjustment is made pursuant to Section 12201, the payment schedules set forth in Sections 12200, 13920, and 13921, as adjusted pursuant to Section 12201, shall include the pass along of any cost-of-living increases in federal benefits under Subchapter 16 (commencing with Section 1381) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 12201, any adjustments made pursuant to this section to reflect the pass along of federal cost-of-living adjustments shall be included in the base amounts for purposes of determining cost-of-living adjustments made pursuant to Section 12201.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), no pass along of any cost-of-living increase in federal benefits under Subchapter 16 (commencing with Section 1381) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code shall be made in 1994. This provision shall not apply to those persons receiving payments pursuant to subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of Section 12200.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in no event shall the payment schedules be reduced below the level required by the federal Social Security Act in order to maintain eligibility for federal funding under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (c), for the 2006 calendar year, the pass along of any cost-of-living increase in federal benefits under Subchapter 16 (commencing with Section 1381) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code shall not become effective until April 1, 2006. This subdivision shall not apply to those persons receiving payments pursuant to subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of Section 12200.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 75, Sec. 33. Effective July 12, 2006.)
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12201.04. On January 1, 1999, in addition to the changes in the payment schedules in Section 12200 required by Section 12201, the payment schedules in Section 12200 shall be increased by an additional 1 percent.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 329, Sec. 24. Effective August 21, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12201.05.

12201.05. (a) Commencing with the 2004 calendar year, and thereafter, in any calendar year in which no cost-of-living adjustment is made pursuant to Section 12201, the payment schedules set forth in Sections 12200, 13920, and 13921, as adjusted pursuant to Section 12201, shall include the pass along of any cost-of-living increases in federal benefits under Subchapter 16 (commencing with Section 1381) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code, except that for the 2006 calendar year, the federal pass along shall not become effective until April 1, 2006. This delay shall not apply to those persons receiving payments pursuant to subdivisions (e), (g), and (h) of Section 12200.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 12201, any adjustments made pursuant to this section to reflect the pass-along of federal cost-of-living adjustments shall be included in the base amounts for purposes of determining cost-of-living adjustments made pursuant to Section 12201.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 75, Sec. 34. Effective July 12, 2006.)
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12201.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12200, the amount applicable under that section to a disabled minor residing in a nonmedical out-of-home facility with a nonrelative guardian shall be the amount specified in subdivision (g) of that section, as adjusted for cost of living pursuant to Section 12201, except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 12201.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 456, Sec. 7. Effective July 31, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 3 - State Supplementary Program for Aged, Blind and Disabled › ARTICLE 5 - Payment of Aid › Section 12201.7.

12201.7. (a) The department shall issue a one-time increase in the amount of six hundred dollars ($600) to a payment received under this chapter as of the eligibility date to be determined by the department.
(b) The one-time increase to a payment made pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the administration provisions pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 12100) and shall be administered in the form and manner determined by the department.
(c) Notwithstanding 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), the department may implement, interpret, or make specific this section by means of all-county letters or similar written instructions, which shall be exempt from submission to or review by the Office of Administrative Law. These all-county letters or similar instructions shall have the same force and effect as regulations.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 15, Sec. 6. (SB 86) Effective April 16, 2021.)