{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"14051.5","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14051.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-9"},{"name":"PART 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE [11000. - 15771.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-9/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Basic Health Care [14000. - 14199.97.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-9/part-3/chapter-7"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Definitions [14050. - 14068.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-9/part-3/chapter-7/article-2"}],"history":"Amended (as amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 122) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 21, Sec. 91.   (AB 116)   Effective June 30, 2025.   Operative January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.","effective":"2025-06-30","html":"<p>(a) “Medically needy person” also means any person who receives in-home supportive services pursuant to Section <a href=\"/wic/12305.5\">12305.5</a> and whose income and resources are insufficient to provide for the costs of health care or coverage.</p><p>(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2026.</p>","text":"(a) “Medically needy person” also means any person who receives in-home supportive services pursuant to Section 12305.5 and whose income and resources are insufficient to provide for the costs of health care or coverage. (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2026.","otherVersions":[{"effective":"2025-06-30","history":"Amended (as added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 123) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 21, Sec. 92.   (AB 116)   Effective June 30, 2025.   Inoperative January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.   Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.   See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 91 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 21.","state":"not in force on 2026-09-28","html":"<p>(a) “Medically needy person” also means any person who receives in-home supportive services pursuant to Section 12305.5 and whose income is insufficient to provide for the costs of health care or coverage.</p><p>(b) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.</p>"}],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/definitions-14051-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}