ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties

Article 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.

§§ 10600–10619 · 52 sections

§ 10600 It is hereby declared that provision for public social services in this code is a matter of statewide concern. The department is hereby designated as the…
§ 10600.1 (a) The State Department of Social Services succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the State…
§ 10600.2 The State Department of Social Services shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations,…
§ 10600.3 All officers and employees of the Director of Health or the Director of Benefit Payments who, on the operative date of the statute amending this section at the…
§ 10601 The department may expend, in accordance with law, all moneys made available for its use or for the administration of any statute administered by it.
§ 10601.2 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish, by April 1, 2003, the California Child and Family Service Review System, in order to review all…
§ 10602 The department shall investigate, examine and make reports upon: (a) The charitable institutions of the state and of the counties and cities of the state,…
§ 10602.1 No later than May 14, 2025, and no later than May 14 every year thereafter, the State Department of Social Services shall provide the Joint Legislative Budget…
§ 10602.4 The Employment Development Department shall investigate, examine, and make reports upon the public officers who are in any way responsible for the…
§ 10603 The department shall advise public officers regarding the administration of public social services by public agencies throughout the state, and shall supervise…
§ 10604 In administering any funds appropriated or made available for disbursement through the counties for welfare purposes, the department shall: (a) Require as a…
§ 10604.5 (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 1992, the department shall pay only those county welfare department claims for federal or state reimbursement of administration and…
§ 10604.6 (a) The department shall pay only those assistance claims for federal or state reimbursement under this division that are filed with the department within 18…
§ 10605 (a) If the director believes that a county is substantially failing to comply with any provision of this code or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500) of…
§ 10605.1 (a) If a federal disallowance or other financial penalty is imposed on the state based on the results of the federal Children and Family Services Review…
§ 10605.2 If the director believes that a county probation department is substantially failing to comply with any provision of this code or any regulation pertaining to…
§ 10605.5 (a) (1) The department, in consultation with counties and labor organizations, shall establish, no later than January 1, 2016, a process to receive voluntary…
§ 10606 The department shall cause to be published and made available, at no cost to the public, all of its rules and regulations relating to: (a) The government of…
§ 10606.1 (a) The department and county welfare departments shall have access to computer information maintained in the files of the Employment Development Department…
§ 10606.2 (a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title…
§ 10607 Where the department causes to be published for public distribution informational pamphlets and related materials relating to public assistance programs…
§ 10607.5 (a) In order to better inform the public as to the range of social services available to aid children and their families, and to provide a concise summary of…
§ 10608 Copies of all laws relating to any form of public social service for which state aid is granted to counties, and over the administration of which the…
§ 10609 The department may act as the agent or representative of or cooperate with the federal government in any matters within the scope of the functions of the…
§ 10609.3 (a) By January 1, 1995, the State Department of Social Services shall complete, in consultation with county Independent Living Program administrators,…
§ 10609.4 (a) On or before July 1, 2000, the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with county and state representatives, foster youth, and advocates,…
§ 10609.45 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, services available under the Independent Living Program, established pursuant…
§ 10609.5 (a) The department shall contract with an appropriate and qualified entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of the current child welfare services…
§ 10609.6 (a) The department, in consultation with the seven member task force specified in subdivision (b), shall develop a plan to implement the recommendations of the…
§ 10609.7 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The department has convened the Child Welfare Services Stakeholders Group for the purpose of…
§ 10609.8 On an annual basis, at the time of budget hearings, the State Department of Social Services shall provide information to the budget committees of the…
§ 10609.9 (a) (1) Funds designated for child welfare services outcome improvements shall be flexible and may be spent on local priorities identified in the county’s…
§ 10609.95 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall provide guidance on best practices and facilitate an exchange of information and best practices among…
§ 10609.97 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall provide guidance on best practices and facilitate an exchange of information and best practices among…
§ 10609.98 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall post a single page on its internet website with a list of available state resources for refugees and a link…
§ 10610 The department may join associations of social welfare agencies having as their purpose the interchanging or supplying of information relating to the technique…
§ 10611 All plans for the use of existing buildings or for new buildings, parts of buildings, or additions to or alterations in buildings, for any public institution…
§ 10612 Two months prior to each annual session of the Legislature, the department shall make a full and complete report to the Governor of all its transactions during…
§ 10612.5 (a) The department shall oversee the program for internet-based reporting of child abuse and neglect pursuant to Section 11166.02 of the Penal Code through the…
§ 10613 The functions of the department may include the administration and the supervision of the administration of public social services, except health care services…
§ 10614 (a) The department shall annually submit by September 10 of each year and March 1 of the following year, to the Department of Finance for its approval, all…
§ 10614.5 Upon the request of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Department of Finance shall post on its Internet Web site data on monthly caseloads and…
§ 10615 California’s 58 counties vary greatly in their welfare problems, and therefore they should not be treated alike in the supervision of welfare programs. The…
§ 10616 The department shall formulate plans for the recruitment, utilization, and training of volunteers to assist in performing services and other duties for the…
§ 10617 In fixing rates for out-of-home care in nonmedical facilities authorized to provide care for recipients of public assistance, the department shall establish a…
§ 10618 Funding of Section 10617 is subject to the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 10100) of this division.
§ 10618.5 (a) The county welfare department shall send any CalFresh applicant who is determined to be eligible for CalFresh benefits and who does not indicate on his or…
§ 10618.6 (a) (1) When a child in a foster care placement reaches his or her 14th birthday, and each year thereafter, while the child is under the jurisdiction of the…
§ 10618.7 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Foster Outreach and Support for Tax Education Readiness (FOSTER) Act. (b) (1) By no later than July…
§ 10618.8 (a) Utilizing no more than ten million five hundred thousand dollars ($10,500,000) of the combined one-time funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 2021 and…
§ 10618.9 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the procedure described in this section is sufficient to meet any applicable due process requirements for the…
§ 10619 A public agency shall, in implementing programs affected by the act adding this section to the Welfare and Institutions Code, perform program functions…