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2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11007.

11007. Aid granted to a recipient of public assistance shall not constitute a lien upon any property of the recipient.
The cost of hospitalization furnished by a county to the recipient shall not constitute a lien against the personal property or personal effects of the recipient, or against an interment plot as defined in Section 7022 of the Health and Safety Code.
The cost of hospitalization furnished by a county to a recipient, other than a recipient of aid to families with dependent children, on or after May 21, 1963, and any judgment obtained by a county against the recipient to obtain repayment of such costs, shall not constitute a lien against the real property of the recipient, and no lien shall be taken therefor.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.

11008. (a) In order that recipients of public assistance may become self-supporting and productive members of their communities, it is essential that they be permitted to earn money without a proportionate deduction in their aid grants. It is the intention of the Legislature to promote this objective and the department, in implementing public assistance laws, is directed to do so in the light of this objective.
(b) To the extent required by federal law, earned income of a recipient of aid under any public assistance program for which federal funds are available shall not be considered income or resources of the recipient, and shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled. In computing the amount of income determined to be available to support a recipient, the value of currently used resources shall be included, except as provided in Section 11018.
(c) This section does not apply to recipients under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 229. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.1.

11008.1. To the extent permitted by federal law, income, including but not limited to seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) of any income, received by a recipient of aid under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12500), or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 13500) of this part shall not be considered income or resources of the recipient and shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled.
This section shall be known and may be cited as the Social Security Pass-On.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1520.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.2.

11008.2. To the extent permitted by federal law, lump sum retroactive social security payments received under the provisions of Public Law 92-5 shall not be considered in determining the amount payable to any person under aid to families with dependent children, aid to the blind, aid to the aged, aid to the potentially self-supporting blind, aid to the needy disabled, Medi-Cal, or county aid and relief to indigents.
This section shall not be construed to limit the provisions of Section 11008.1.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 122.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.3.

11008.3. The 1974 income tax refunds and the lump sum fifty dollars ($50) payment received under the provisions of Public Law 94-12 shall not be considered as income or resources in determining the amount payable to any person under the aid to families with dependent children program, the Burton-Moscone-Bagley Citizens’ Income Security Act for Aged, Blind and Disabled Californians, the aid to the potentially self-supporting blind program, the Medi-Cal Act, in computing net income or financial liability under Section 14005.7 or 14005.12, or county aid and relief to indigents.
This section shall not be construed to limit the provisions of Section 11008 or 11008.1.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 183.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.4.

11008.4. Property taxes (1) as defined in Section 20584 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, which are postponed by a person pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 20581) or 3 (commencing with Section 20641) of Part 10.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and (2) as defined in Section 20511 and 20512 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, on which a person is granted assistance pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 20501) of Part 10.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and renters credits as defined in Section 17053.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall not be considered as income or resources in determining the amount payable to any person under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
This section shall not be construed to limit the provisions of Section 11008 or 11008.1.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.6.

11008.6. In addition to the requirements contained in Section 11008, when determining the income of a recipient, to the extent permitted by federal law, relocation assistance benefits received by public assistance recipients pursuant to the Housing Act of 1964, Public Law 88-560, and benefits received under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, Public Law 87-415 as amended, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Public Law 89-10, shall not be considered income or resources of the recipient and shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled. The provisions of this section shall not apply to recipients who receive benefits under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, Public Law 87-415 as amended, or the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Public Law 89-10, when the recipient, for other than medical reasons, changes his training program on his own initiative more than once during a two-year period.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1601.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.7.

11008.7. Neither funds distributed pursuant to U.S. Public Law 90-507 (82 Stat. 860) nor property derived therefrom shall be considered in determining the eligibility of or the amount payable to any person under federal, state, or local laws, plans, rules, or regulations relating to welfare services or payments of any type of public assistance to needy persons, including, but not limited to, aid to families with dependent children, aid to the blind, aid to the aged, aid to the potentially self-supporting blind, aid to the needy disabled or medical assistance recipients.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1377.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.8.

11008.8. It is the intent of the Legislature that any reduction in the state and county costs of public assistance payments to recipients of aid under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 13000) of this part, which result from increased social security benefits voted by Congress shall be applied to increasing the monthly grants to all recipients of aid under that chapter.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after October 1, 1972, the maximum or average grants contained in Sections 13100 and 13101 and the need standard of recipients contained in departmental regulations on July 1, 1972, that were established pursuant to such sections shall be increased in the amount of twelve dollars ($12). Such increases shall be reflected in the grants that are payable on October 1, 1972. Such increases shall not replace, but are in addition to any other grant, including any cost-of-living adjustment or any grant for special needs for which recipients affected by this section are or may become eligible.
There is hereby appropriated from the general fund in every county an amount sufficient to pay the total nonfederal costs of the increase in aid grants provided in this section.
(Amended 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 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.9.

11008.9. Loans or grants provided for in Section 69650 of the Education Code are deemed to be for educational purposes and to the extent permitted by federal law, shall not be used or considered in determining the need of any applicant or recipient or as part of the amounts used to determine the eligibility of any applicant or recipient for public assistance programs.
This section shall not apply to recipients under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.10.

11008.10. To the extent permitted by federal law the value of any loan or grant to any undergraduate student made or insured under any program administered by the State Scholarship and Loan Commission or a college accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges shall not be considered in determining eligibility or the amount of the grant.
(Added by renumbering Section 11008.8 by Stats. 1974, Ch. 546.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.11.

11008.11. To the extent permitted by federal law, any stipends, meals, transportation, or other income received by a senior companion pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 9520) of Division 8.5 shall not be considered as income or resources of the recipient and shall not be deducted from the amount of any public assistance or aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1121.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.12.

11008.12. To the extent permitted by federal law, any stipend, meals, transportation, or other income received by a foster grandparent pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 9540) of Division 8.5 shall not be considered as income or resources of the recipient and shall not be deducted from the amount of any public assistance or aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1122.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.13.

11008.13. To the extent permitted by federal law and consistent with other provisions of this chapter, in determining the eligibility and amount of aid under this division for a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States for whom an affidavit of support was executed prior to December 19, 1997, the income and resources of the person shall be deemed to include the income and resources of any person who had executed an affidavit of support on behalf of the person and the spouse of that person as provided in Section 408 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 608) and any subsequent amendments thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 63. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.135.

11008.135. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in determining the eligibility and amount of aid for a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States under this division, the income and resources of the person shall be deemed to include the income and resources of any person who has executed an affidavit of support on behalf of the person and the spouse of that person as provided in Subtitle C (commencing with Section 421) of Title IV of Public Law 104-193, as amended by Public Law 104-208, and any subsequent amendments thereto, subject to any exceptions required by those provisions, including exceptions for indigents and battered spouses.
(b) As a condition of eligibility, the sponsored applicant or recipient shall provide information regarding the income and resources of any person, and the spouse of that person, who has executed an affidavit of support on behalf of the person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 64. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.14.

11008.14. (a) The income of the natural or adoptive parent, the spouse of the natural or adoptive parent, and the sibling of an eligible child unless the sibling is not included in the number of needy persons used to calculate the maximum aid payment pursuant to Section 11450.17, living in the same home with an eligible child shall be considered available, in addition to the income of an applicant for or recipient of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200), for purposes of eligibility determination and grant computation. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the case of a parent or legal guardian of a minor who is also the parent of an eligible child, the income of the parent or guardian shall be considered available to the minor parent and eligible child to the same extent that income to a stepparent is considered available to an assistance unit. Income through child support for a child not included in the number of needy persons used to calculate the maximum aid payment pursuant to Section 11450.17 shall not be considered available to any member of the assistance unit.
(b) This section shall be applied to all applicants for, and recipients of, aid provided through the CalWORKs program under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200), except that income of a guardian of an applicant for, or recipient of, foster care benefits provided under Article 5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Chapter 2 shall not be considered available to the ward or to a child of the ward for the purpose of eligibility determination and grant computation under Article 5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Chapter 2. This section shall be applied regardless of whether federal financial participation is available for the family.
(c) This section shall become operative on November 1, 2018.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 729, Sec. 2. (SB 380) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative November 1, 2018, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.15.

11008.15. Notwithstanding Sections 11008.14 and 11267, the department shall exercise the options of disregarding earned income of a dependent child or ward of the juvenile court derived from participation in the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-300), a dependent child or ward of the juvenile court who is a full-time student pursuant to the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (Public Law 97-369), a dependent child or ward of the juvenile court 16 years of age or older who is a participant in the Independent Living Program pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-272), and, on and after January 1, 2012, a nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400 who is participating in a transitional independent living case plan pursuant to the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351), provided that the child’s Independent Living Program case plan states that the purpose of the employment is to enable the child to gain knowledge of needed work skills, work habits, and the responsibilities of maintaining employment.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 559, Sec. 31. (AB 12) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.17.

11008.17. (a) To the extent required by federal law, amounts paid pursuant to any federal law enacted in 1988 to provide reparation payments to redress the injustice done to United States citizens and residents of Japanese ancestry who were interned during World War II shall not be considered as income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility to receive Medi-Cal benefits or public assistance benefits or the amount of those benefits.
(b) To the extent that federal financial participation is available, amounts paid by the Canadian government to provide reparation payments to redress the injustice done to persons of Japanese ancestry who were interned in Canada during World War II shall not be considered as income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility to receive Medi-Cal benefits or public assistance benefits or the amount of those benefits.
(c) To the extent that federal financial participation is available, where the reparation payments described in subdivisions (a) and (b) have been converted to another form, amounts of otherwise excess nonexempt resources equal to the amount of these reparation payments received by the individual or inherited by the spouse of the individual, or both, shall not be considered as resources in determining eligibility for Medi-Cal.
(d) To the extent that federal financial participation is available, reparation payments described in subdivisions (a) and (b), or where the reparation payments described in subdivisions (a) and (b) have been converted to another form, amounts of resources equal to the amount of these reparation payments, received by the deceased Medi-Cal beneficiary or inherited by the deceased spouse of that beneficiary, or both, shall be exempt from estate recovery by the State Department of Health Services pursuant to Section 14009.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 65. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.18.

11008.18. The department shall implement the state option in Section 402(a)(36) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 602(a)(36)) and as that statute may hereinafter be amended, which provides that the value of support assistance or maintenance assistance, or both, provided in the form of any in-kind income on the basis of need to, or on behalf of, a family by all entities described in Section 402(a)(36) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 602(a)(36)) and as that statute may hereinafter be amended shall be disregarded as income.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1402, Sec. 3.5.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11008.20.

11008.20. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amount, including any interest or property, received by a holocaust victim, as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 17155 of the Revenue and Taxation Code either as compensation pursuant to the German Act Regulating Unresolved Property Claims, as amended (Gesetz zur Regelung offener Vermogensfragen), or as a result of a settlement of claims against any entity or individual for any recovered asset, shall not be considered as income or resources for purposes of determining eligibility to receive Medi-Cal benefits or public assistance benefits or the amounts of those benefits.
(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, excludable restitution payments, as defined in Section 17131.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall not be included in income or resources of any individual who is eligible for the exclusion under Section 17131.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for purposes of determining eligibility for any aid, grant, or benefit under this division.
(c) This section shall not be construed to permit any retroactive services or payments to be provided to recipients of Medi-Cal or public assistance benefits.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 701, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11009.1.

11009.1. The value of free board and lodging supplied to a recipient during a temporary absence from his home of not more than one month, shall be considered an inconsequential resource and shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient is otherwise entitled.
After an absence of one month, free board and lodging shall be considered income to the extent the value exceeds the continuing cost to the recipient of maintaining the home to which he expects to return.
This section shall not apply to recipients under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of this part.
(Amended 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 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11010.

11010. Except as otherwise provided in Section 12152 in determining the amount of aid grants payable under a public assistance program, no consideration shall be given to voluntary contributions or grants from other public sources, private agencies, friends or relatives when such contributions or grants meet the following conditions:
1. The service to be provided is designated by the department and is not covered by an assistance allowance under the particular program, and
2. The contribution or grant would not be available for expenditure by or in behalf of the recipient unless it is used in accordance with the conditions imposed by the donor.
(Amended 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 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11010.5.

11010.5. General unrestricted or undesignated private charitable donations and contributions made to charitable or nonprofit organizations shall not be deducted from the cost of providing services under this division or Division 5 (commencing with Section 5000).
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 290.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11011.

11011. (a) (1) (A) The Safety Net Reserve Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The Medi-Cal Subaccount and the CalWORKs Subaccount are hereby created within the Safety Net Reserve Fund.
(B) On and after the effective date of the act adding this subparagraph, the Medi-Cal Subaccount and the CalWORKs Subaccount established pursuant to subparagraph (A) are hereby abolished and the balances remaining in those subaccounts shall be transferred to the Safety Net Reserve Fund.
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use the funds in the Safety Net Reserve Fund for cashflow loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code.
(b) Upon the enactment of the 2018 Budget Act, upon order of the Director of Finance, the Controller shall transfer two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) from the General Fund to the CalWORKs Subaccount.
(c) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Safety Net Reserve Fund shall be utilized, in addition to other state revenues, for the purpose of maintaining existing program benefits and services for the Medi-Cal and CalWORKs programs during economic downturns, when program costs may increase due to economic conditions.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 143. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11011.1.

11011.1. For the 2018–19 fiscal year, upon order of the Director of Finance, the Controller shall transfer seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000) from the General Fund to the Safety Net Reserve Fund.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 144. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11011.2.

11011.2. For the 2021–22 fiscal year, upon order of the Director of Finance, the Controller shall transfer four hundred fifty million dollars ($450,000,000) from the General Fund to the Safety Net Reserve Fund.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 85, Sec. 29. (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 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11013.

11013. (a) The department may require issuance of an identification card to recipients of aid.
The identification card shall contain the following information:
(1) Name and address of the recipient.
(2) Social security number.
(3) Color photograph and identifying characteristics.
(b) The department shall determine the need for including additional information and instructions on the identification card.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1212.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11014.

11014. To the extent that any provision of this part prohibits the granting of aid to persons confined in a public institution for tuberculosis or mental disease or as a result of the diagnosis of tuberculosis, intellectual disability, or psychosis permitted by federal law, that provision shall be inoperative.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 457, Sec. 67. (SB 1381) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11015.

11015. Unless there are other grounds therefor, aid grants shall not be withheld pending ascertainment of increases in federal benefits or increases in benefits payable by a public agency.
Following the ascertainment of any such increase, adjustment shall be made, as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 11004, for any overpayment of aid which the recipient might have received.
(Added by renumbering Section 11014 (as added by Stats. 1965(2x), Ch. 12) by Stats. 1967, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11016.

11016. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person for whom federal financial participation is available shall be denied benefits, for which federal financial participation is available, solely because such person is incarcerated in a county or city jail or juvenile detention facility.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 90, Sec. 4. Effective May 9, 1980.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11017.

11017. In computing and paying assistance under this part, the need and income amounts used shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the result of determining the standard of need or the payment amount includes an amount which is not a whole dollar.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1586, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11017.1.

11017.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11017, the State Department of Social Services, at the next computation of annual cost-of-living adjustments for public assistance payments on and after August 28, 1969, under Part 3 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, shall make all such adjustments to the nearer fifty cents ($0.50) in order that all future grant computations and payments may be made to the nearer dollar. Thereafter subsequent cost-of-living adjustments shall be made to the nearer dollar.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 380.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11020.

11020. (a) Where a recipient under a categorical aid program other than CalWORKs has received aid in good faith but in fact owned excess property, he or she shall be considered to have been ineligible for aid during the period for which any excess property would have supported him or her at the rate of the aid granted to him or her. Under these circumstances, the recipient or his or her estate shall repay the aid he or she received during this period of ineligibility.
(b) With respect to recipients under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of this part, overpayments shall be collected by the federal government pursuant to federal law.
(c) Where a CalWORKs recipient has received aid in good faith, but in fact owned excess property, the recipient shall have an overpayment equal to the lesser of the amount of the excess property or the aid received during the period the recipient owned the excess property and the grant was not accurately determined under the semiannual reporting, prospective budgeting system due to the excess property.
(d) (1) This section shall become operative on April 1, 2013. A county shall implement the semiannual reporting requirements in accordance with the act that added this section no later than October 1, 2013.
(2) Upon implementation described in paragraph (1), each county shall provide a certificate to the director certifying that semiannual reporting has been implemented in the county.
(3) Upon filing the certificate described in paragraph (2), a county shall comply with the semiannual reporting provisions of this section.
(Repealed (in Sec. 4) and added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 501, Sec. 5. (AB 6) Effective January 1, 2012. Section operative April 1, 2013, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11021.

11021. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual who is an applicant for, or recipient of, aid or assistance under a state plan approved under Title IV, X, XIV, XVI, or XIX of the federal Social Security Act; assistance funded by payments under Title V or XX of the federal Social Security Act; or of benefits under the Supplemental Security Income program established by Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act shall:
(a) Be required as a condition of eligibility for or of continuing to receive that aid, assistance, or benefit, to make an election to receive funds according to Section 10113.1 of the Insurance Code, or to receive funds under an accelerated death benefit under a policy of life insurance.
(b) By reason of failure to make such an election, be denied or suffer a reduction in the amount of aid, assistance, or benefits, unless that individual would thereby exceed federal eligibility limits under Title IV, X, XIV, XVI, or XIX of the federal Social Security Act, assistance funded by payments under Title V or XX of the federal Social Security Act, or of benefits under the Supplemental Security Income program established by Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act.
For purposes of this section, “accelerated death benefit” means any payment made by the life insurer under the terms of a life insurance policy while the insured individual is alive as a result of a recalculation of the insured individual’s life expectancy by the life insurer.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 475, Sec. 3. Effective October 2, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11022.

11022. The State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Social Services shall prepare information on the effect of funds received according to Sections 10113.1 and 10113.2 of the Insurance Code as to eligibility to receive or to continue to receive aid, assistance, or benefits from all federal, state, or other relevant assistance programs. All information shall be prepared for distribution to benefit counselors and viatical settlements corporations to be distributed at the time of solicitation by viatical settlements corporations.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 796, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11023.

11023. (a) If a county human services agency elects to use information contained in a consumer credit report for the determination of CalFresh or CalWORKs eligibility or benefit level, the county shall obtain written authorization from an applicant or recipient prior to obtaining the credit report.
(b) If a county takes an adverse action against an applicant or recipient, the determination of which was based, in whole or in part, upon information contained in the consumer credit report, the county shall do all of the following:
(1) Provide the applicant or recipient with the notice required by Section 615 of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1681m), indicating that the verification or eligibility determination was based, in whole or in part, upon the information contained in the consumer credit report.
(2) Issue the notice required by paragraph (1) in writing and in accordance with the standards for adequate notice established in federal law.
(3) Make the information available to an applicant or recipient who requests a copy of his or her case file or appeals a negative action based in whole or in part on information the county obtained from the consumer credit report.
(c) For purposes of this section, an “adverse action” means a determination of ineligibility for CalFresh or CalWORKs or a reduction in benefits or services.
(d) The written authorization and notice required by this section may be provided by electronic means.
(e) If the county human services agency elects to use information contained in a consumer credit report for the determination of benefit level, the county shall not require the applicant or recipient to submit hard-copy documentation that is duplicative of the information it will verify using the credit report.
(f) Nothing in this section precludes the use of other forms of verification or prohibits the county from requesting additional documentation when the county establishes, in writing, that the information it has already received is questionable.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 308, Sec. 2. (SB 1232) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11023.5.

11023.5. (a) Any applicant or recipient of benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children, CalFresh, and Medi-Cal programs, who delivers a document which has been requested by the county welfare department shall, upon the applicant’s or recipient’s request, be provided with a written receipt indicating that the county welfare department has received the document. A notice which explains an applicant’s and recipient’s right to receipts upon request shall be prominently posted by the county welfare department at the location where the document is to be delivered. The receipt shall be issued at the time the document is delivered.
(1) A county which maintains a system of logging hand delivered documents is exempt from the requirements of this subdivision.
(2) County welfare departments which provide receipts for all hand delivered documents without a request by an applicant or recipient shall be exempt from the notice posting requirement.
(b) The county welfare department shall only provide receipts for documents which have been delivered in person to a county welfare department employee other than the applicant’s or recipient’s regularly assigned caseworker and to the location in which or through which the caseworker conducts his or her business. Only one receipt is required for monthly income reports and their supporting documents which are hand delivered. Monthly income reports and other requested documents which have been mailed shall not be subject to the requirements of this section.
(c) In consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association and the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, the department shall develop the notice which informs applicants and recipients of the right to receipts for hand delivered documents and shall develop minimum guidelines for county receipt forms.
(d) As used in this section, “applicant or recipient” means an applicant or recipient of benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children, CalFresh, and Medi-Cal programs.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 227, Sec. 39. (AB 1400) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Policies and Purposes › Section 11023.7.

11023.7. (a) If it is within the capacity of the county, a county may communicate with an applicant for, or recipient of, benefits under CalWORKs (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200)), CalFresh (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900) of Part 6), or the Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Legal Immigrants (Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 18937) of Part 6) via computer-generated text message. All communications and notices of actions sent via computer-generated text message shall comply with Section 227 of Title 47 of the United States Code.
(b) Communications sent via computer-generated text message shall not include case-identifying information, as that term is defined by the State Department of Social Services. Notices of action may only be sent via computer-generated text message pursuant to this section using a link to a secure online portal where the applicant or recipient can access the notice of action after securely logging in. All other communications sent via computer-generated text messages to an applicant or recipient are not required to be sent using a link to a secure online portal unless otherwise required by federal law or guidance.
(c) Only the first or last name, but not both, of an applicant or recipient may appear in a text message generated pursuant to this section.
(d) (1) All electronic technology used pursuant to this section shall be in compliance with state information technology policy, and related state and federal law, including, but not limited to, Sections 7405 and 11135 of the Government Code, Section 508 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794d), as amended, and the regulations implementing that act, as set forth in Part 1194 (commencing with Section 1194.1) of Chapter XI of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Appendices A, C, and D of that part, and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.), and the obligation under these laws to communicate with people with disabilities in a manner that is as effective as communications with people without disabilities.
(2) This subdivision is declarative of existing law.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 384, Sec. 2. (AB 1957) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1.3 - Program Data › Section 11024.

11024. (a) Commencing March 1, 2002, the State Department of Health Services shall, monthly, post on the Internet Web site maintained by the State Department of Health Services 10 tables on the number of persons enrolled in the Medi-Cal program. These tables shall include one table on the number of children enrolled in all categories of the Medi-Cal program, by ethnicity, gender, and age, to the extent that data is collected, for 12 months of data. The tables shall provide different breakdowns of the Medi-Cal population by the various aid code categories. Some of the tables shall differentiate between the family-based Medi-Cal programs where eligibility is conditioned upon the presence of a child or pregnant woman, and nonfamily-based Medi-Cal programs where eligibility is conditioned by the presence of aged, blind, or disabled persons. Some of the tables shall provide enrollment levels for the family-based programs differentiating between beneficiaries in cash-related Medi-Cal programs and beneficiaries in noncash-related Medi-Cal programs. Some of the tables shall also include 12 months of data.
(b) The State Department of Health Services shall display on its Web site the information required by subdivision (a) by both statewide totals and county-by-county breakdowns, and shall show the percentage increase or decrease in each county by month and by year.
(c) The information posted on the Web site maintained by the State Department of Health Services pursuant to this section shall be posted in a format that is simple, not technical, does not require downloading, and is likely to be easily understood by the general public.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 276, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1.3 - Program Data › Section 11024.3.

11024.3. Commencing March 1, 2002, the State Department of Health Services shall post all of the following data on its Internet Web site and in a format that may be easily understood by the general public, in addition to the information required by Section 11024:
(a) All county letters and county information notices prepared after January 1, 2002.
(b) All application forms for the following programs, to the extent they are available in computerized form:
(1) The Medi-Cal program.
(2) The California Children’s Services Program.
(3) The Child Health and Disability Prevention Program.
(4) The Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (Family PACT) Waiver Program under subdivision (aa) of Section 14132.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 276, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1.5 - Access to Franchise Tax Board Information › Section 11025.

11025. (a) The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Services shall utilize the records of the Franchise Tax Board to match unearned income against reported income of applicants for and recipients of aid or public social services under this division. The matching information shall then be forwarded to the appropriate county welfare department for use in determining the eligibility of, and proper grant amount for, applicants for, and recipients of, aid or public social services under this division. Any and all documents and records that result from the matching of records with the Franchise Tax Board shall be subject to the confidentiality requirements of Section 10850.
(b) This section shall not be construed to supersede the requirements and protections in the California Right to Financial Privacy Act under Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 7460) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code in obtaining information in possession of any financial institution.
(c) This section shall be implemented only to the extent it is funded in the annual Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 377. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC › DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES › PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1.5 - Access to Franchise Tax Board Information › Section 11026.

11026. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall annually inform the Franchise Tax Board of the names and social security numbers of all applicants or recipients of public social services or public assistance programs. The Franchise Tax Board, upon receipt of that information, shall furnish to the departments the information required by Section 19555 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(b) This section shall be implemented only to the extent it is funded in the annual Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 2. (SB 1 1x) Effective September 30, 2013.)