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PART 5. COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS [17000. - 17613.4.]

Part 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.

§§ 17000–17613.4 · 104 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 17000–17030.1 · 27 sections
    • § 17000 Every county and every city and county shall relieve and support all incompetent, poor, indigent persons, and those incapacitated by age, disease, or accident,…
    • § 17000.5 (a) The board of supervisors in any county may adopt a general assistance standard of aid, including the value of in-kind aid which includes, but is not…
    • § 17000.51 (a) Notwithstanding the decision in Caulk v. Superior Court, CO15355, June 27, 1997, a county’s discretion granted pursuant to Section 17000.5 to include, as…
    • § 17000.6 (a) The board of supervisors of any county may adopt a standard of aid below the level established in Section 17000.5 if the Commission on State Mandates makes…
    • § 17001 The board of supervisors of each county, or the agency authorized by county charter, shall adopt standards of aid and care for the indigent and dependent poor…
    • § 17001.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Section 17000.5, the board of supervisors of each county, or the agency…
    • § 17001.51 (a) A county may require adult applicants and recipients of benefits under the general assistance program to undergo screening for substance abuse when it is…
    • § 17001.6 (a) To the extent not inconsistent with federal law, a county may require the legal sponsor of a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States…
    • § 17001.7 (a) In adopting standards of aid and care for the indigent and dependent poor of the county or city and county, the board of supervisors or the agency…
    • § 17001.8 (a) In adopting standards of aid for general assistance for the indigent and dependent poor of the county or city and county, the board of supervisors or the…
    • § 17001.9 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part: (1) As a condition of providing nonemergency medical care to an indigent and dependent adult resident of…
    • § 17002 The boards of supervisors may establish almshouses and county farms, prescribe rules and regulations for their government and management, and appoint the…
    • § 17003 Every county may give such emergency relief to dependent nonresidents as the respective boards of supervisors deem necessary.
    • § 17004 If no other funds are available for the purpose, a county may incur all necessary expenses in transporting a nonresident indigent to another state or county,…
    • § 17005 If a dispute occurs between counties as to the responsibility for an indigent, either county may submit the dispute to the department. The decision of the…
    • § 17006 (a) The board of supervisors of every county as a board, or by committee or by any person or society as it may authorize, shall investigate every application…
    • § 17006.1 Section 17006 does not prohibit sharing of confidential information for purposes directly connected with the administration of relief from the funds of any…
    • § 17006.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 17006, the board, officer, committee, person, or society having custody of the records cited in Section 17006 may disclose to any…
    • § 17007 No fee shall be charged by any public officer for filing any petition for guardianship or conservatorship under the provisions of Section 17403, or for any…
    • § 17008 In cases in which an indigent has an interest in the real property upon which he resides, a county may allow an amount that would otherwise be included in his…
    • § 17009 The board of supervisors may provide for the burial or cremation of the indigent dead and may provide for the maintenance of the graves of such dead.
    • § 17015 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the board of supervisors of each county or the agency authorized by county charter may deny eligibility for aid under this part…
    • § 17016 (a) An individual shall not be eligible for aid under this part if he or she is either: (1) Fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody and confinement after…
    • § 17020 Any person who is eligible for aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 shall not be eligible for monthly payments provided pursuant to…
    • § 17021 (a) Any individual who is not eligible for aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 as a result of the 48-month limitation specified in… see note
    • § 17030 Nothing in Section 10000, 17000, or 17001 or any other provision of law shall require any county or city and county to provide or pay for a service reduced or…
    • § 17030.1 Nothing in Section 10000, 17000, or 17001 or any other provision of law shall require any county or city and county to provide or pay for a service reduced or…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Eligibility §§ 17100–17111 · 12 sections
    • § 17100 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person, in order to be entitled to aid, shall be a resident of the state and of the county wherein application…
    • § 17101 The residence is the place where one remains when not called elsewhere for labor or other special or temporary purpose, and to which he returns in seasons of…
    • § 17102 The residence of an unmarried minor child is the residence of the parent or parents with whom a child maintains his or her place of abode or of the parent who…
    • § 17103 Neither the domicile nor residence of a spouse shall be deemed to be the domicile or residence of the other spouse, and each spouse shall establish his or her…
    • § 17104 A refugee who is eligible for, and is required to participate in, an alternative project implemented pursuant to Section 412(e)(7) of the federal Immigration…
    • § 17105 A person who is a resident of California within the meaning of this chapter is a lawful resident of the county wherein he applies for aid, if he has resided…
    • § 17106 The eligibility of an indigent or needy person to receive surplus food under any program supported or sponsored by the federal government shall not be limited…
    • § 17107 The board of supervisors may establish its own policies with reference to the amount of property, if any, a person shall be permitted to have while receiving…
    • § 17108 The policies established under Section 17107 shall not deny needed care in a county hospital or contract hospital, as defined in Section 14057.5 of this code,…
    • § 17109 As a condition to the grant or continuation of aid to an indigent, the board of supervisors may require, as security for the moneys so expended, that the…
    • § 17110 Whenever the respective boards of supervisors deem it best for the welfare of a family or in the public interest that an indigent remain in a county not…
    • § 17111 An applicant or recipient shall be permitted to retain, without effect on his eligibility for aid or the amount of aid to which he is otherwise entitled, the…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Work Relief Projects §§ 17200–17201 · 2 sections
    • § 17200 Work may be required of an indigent, who is eligible to receive benefits under Section 17000, and who is not incapacitated by reason of age, disease, or…
    • § 17201 Work relief projects conducted pursuant to Section 17200, which consist of the work of repairing or maintaining any shipping facility or public building, shall…
  4. CHAPTER 4. Relatives’ Responsibility §§ 17300–17301 · 2 sections
    • § 17300 All aid rendered by the county under this part shall be a charge against the responsible relative or relatives of the recipient thereof, and the county…
    • § 17301 In any case where a person so ordered to make such payments fails so to do, the court may by order require him to show cause for such failure, and may…
  5. CHAPTER 5. Termination and Recovery of Assistance §§ 17400–17410 · 12 sections
    • § 17400 In any case in which a county has taken a lien against real property owned by a recipient of public assistance for any purpose, including hospitalization or…
    • § 17401 No lien taken by a county pursuant to Section 17109 for care provided to a person in a county hospital shall be enforced against the home of that person (1)…
    • § 17402 If there is in the hands of any officer of the county, or there is surrendered to any officer of the county, upon the death of any indigent person, any…
    • § 17403 If a person for the support of whom public moneys have been expended acquires property, the county shall have a claim against him to the amount of a reasonable…
    • § 17403.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17403, the county claim for reimbursement of aid extended to the indigent shall be offset as provided herein in cases…
    • § 17404 From the proceeds of a sale or encumbrance of the property of such ward, or from such funds as may be collected from the property of the ward, there shall be…
    • § 17405 Any estate, interest or lien in property transferred or granted to the board of supervisors under the provisions of Section 17109, or under the provisions of…
    • § 17406 Any estate, interest, or lien held by the board of supervisors under the provisions of Section 17109, or under the provisions of Section 9 of an act entitled…
    • § 17407 In any case in which the board of supervisors determines, after investigation, that the purposes of this part will be served by releasing or subordinating any…
    • § 17408 The releases, reconveyances and subordinations herein provided for shall be authorized by a resolution of the board of supervisors, and the instruments of…
    • § 17409 There shall be exempt from the transfers and grants authorized by Section 17109 and from execution on claims under Section 17403 against property acquired by…
    • § 17410 Any person who with the intent to defraud, buys or receives a voucher, invoice, or similar document issued for services or merchandise under this part without…
  6. CHAPTER 5.5. Unemployed or Displaced Workers §§ 17500–17501 · 2 sections
    • § 17500 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to encourage certain counties to provide preventative support services to unemployed and displaced…
    • § 17501 (a) A county may, upon the affirmative vote of the board of supervisors, elect to contract with a contracting agency for services which provide counseling and…
  7. CHAPTER 6. State and Local Fund Allocations §§ 17600–17613.4 · 47 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Funding Allocations §§ 17600–17600.60 · 6 sections
      • § 17600 (a) There is hereby created the Local Revenue Fund, which shall consist of the following accounts: (1) The Sales Tax Account. (2) The Vehicle License Fee…
      • § 17600.10 (a) Each county and city and county receiving sales tax and vehicle license fee funds in accordance with this chapter shall establish and maintain a local…
      • § 17600.15 (a) Of the sales tax proceeds from revenues collected in the 1991–92 fiscal year that are deposited to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund, 51.91 percent…
      • § 17600.20 (a) Excluding funds allocated to the CalWORKs Maintenance of Effort Subaccount and the family support account, any county, city, or city and county may…
      • § 17600.50 (a) For fiscal years prior to the 2019–20 fiscal year, a county that participated in the County Medical Services Program in the 2011–12 fiscal year, including…
      • § 17600.60 (a) The County Health Care Funding Resolution Committee is hereby created to do all of the following: (1) Determine whether the calculation of the historical…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Mental Health Allocations §§ 17601–17601.20 · 4 sections
      • § 17601 On or before the 27th day of each month, the Controller shall allocate to the mental health account of each local health and welfare trust fund the amounts…
      • § 17601.05 (a) There is hereby created the Mental Health Facilities Fund, which shall have the following accounts: (1) The State Hospital Account. (2) The Institutions…
      • § 17601.10 (a) The State Department of State Hospitals may request a loan from the General Fund in an amount that shall not exceed one hundred million dollars…
      • § 17601.20 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2011–12 fiscal year, except for the funds described in subdivision (c), any funds under this chapter or any other…
    3. ARTICLE 2.5. Family Support Allocations §§ 17601.25–17601.75 · 3 sections
      • § 17601.25 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, beginning in the 2012–13 fiscal year, except for funds deposited in the Mental Health Subaccount from the Support Services…
      • § 17601.50 The moneys in the Child Poverty and Family Supplemental Support Subaccount shall be allocated to the family support account in the local health and welfare…
      • § 17601.75 (a) On or before the 27th day of the month, the Controller shall allocate to the family support account in the local health and welfare trust fund of each…
    4. ARTICLE 3. Social Services Allocations §§ 17602–17602.1 · 3 sections
      • § 17602 (a) On or before the 27th day of the month, the Controller shall allocate to counties the amounts deposited and remaining unexpended and unreserved on the 15th…
      • § 17602.05 (a) (1) Upon notification by the Department of Finance, the State Controller shall reduce a county’s allocation pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 17602 by…
      • § 17602.1 On or before the 27th day of each month, the Controller shall allocate, pursuant to a schedule prepared by the Department of Finance, to the CalWORKs…
    5. ARTICLE 4. Health Allocations § 17603 · 1 section
      • § 17603 (a) This subdivision only applies until the end of the 2012–13 fiscal year. On or before the 27th day of each month, the Controller shall allocate to the local…
    6. ARTICLE 5. Vehicle License Fee Allocations § 17604 · 1 section
      • § 17604 (a) All motor vehicle license fee revenues collected in the 1991–92 fiscal year that are deposited to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund shall be credited to…
    7. ARTICLE 6. Growth Account Allocations—Deposits §§ 17605–17605.10 · 4 sections
      • § 17605 (a) For the 1992–93 fiscal year, the Controller shall deposit into the Caseload Subaccount of the Sales Tax Growth Account of the Local Revenue Fund, from…
      • § 17605.051 Upon request of the County Medical Services Program Governing Board, the Controller shall transfer amounts deposited into the County Medical Services Program…
      • § 17605.07 (a) (1) For the 1992–93 fiscal year through the 2014–15 fiscal year, inclusive, after satisfying the obligations set forth in Section 17605, the Controller…
      • § 17605.10 (a) For the 2014–15 fiscal year through the 2018–19 fiscal years, after satisfying the obligations set forth in Sections 17605 and 17605.07, the Controller…
    8. ARTICLE 7. Allocation of Funds from the Sales Tax Growth Account §§ 17606.10–17606.20 · 2 sections
      • § 17606.10 (a) For the 1992–93 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, the Controller shall allocate funds, on an annual basis from the General Growth Subaccount in the…
      • § 17606.20 (a) Annually, the Controller shall allocate money to each county, city, and city and county, from revenues deposited in the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account…
    9. ARTICLE 9. County Matching Fund Requirements §§ 17608.05–17608.10 · 2 sections
      • § 17608.05 (a) As a condition of deposit of funds from the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund into a county’s local health and welfare trust fund mental health…
      • § 17608.10 As a condition of deposit of funds from the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund into a county’s or city’s local health and welfare trust fund account,…
    10. ARTICLE 10. Expenditure Limitations and Reports §§ 17609–17609.10 · 6 sections
      • § 17609 Funds deposited into a county’s health and welfare trust fund accounts may be expended only for the purposes of providing those mental health, public health,…
      • § 17609.01 Except as provided in Section 17600.20, funds deposited in the health account may be expended only for public health and indigent health care services.
      • § 17609.02 Except as provided in Section 17600.20, funds deposited in the family support account may be expended only to pay for an increased county contribution toward…
      • § 17609.05 (a) Each county, city, or city and county shall file with the Controller annual reports of trust fund deposits and disbursements within 60 days after the end…
      • § 17609.09 Whenever a distribution is made to counties, cities, and cities and counties, the Controller shall provide a remittance advice, identifying the amounts that…
      • § 17609.10 The Controller shall charge actual administration costs for the implementation and maintenance of this part and subsequent related legislation to the Local…
    11. ARTICLE 11. Family Support Subaccount True-Up Process §§ 17610–17611 · 2 sections
      • § 17610 (a) In June 2016 and for every fiscal year thereafter, for every county or city and county that selected the option pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision…
      • § 17611 (a) On or before January 10 following the end of each fiscal year, for every county subject to subdivision (a) or (d) or that selected the option pursuant to…
    12. ARTICLE 12. Redirection of Realignment §§ 17612.1–17612.8 · 9 sections
      • § 17612.1 (a) For the 2013–14 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, for each public hospital health system county that selected the option in paragraph (1) of…
      • § 17612.2 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Adjusted patient day” means a county public hospital health system’s total number of…
      • § 17612.3 (a) For each fiscal year, commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, the amount to be redirected in accordance with Section 17612.1 shall be determined for each…
      • § 17612.4 (a) Beginning with the 2013–14 state fiscal year, each county that has elected to participate in the County Savings Determination Process shall, within five…
      • § 17612.5 (a) For the 2013–14 fiscal year and each year thereafter, the amount to be redirected in accordance with Section 17612.1 for the County of Los Angeles shall be…
      • § 17612.6 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Type A payers” means the following sources of revenue for amounts paid to the…
      • § 17612.65 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 17612.3 that require final reconciliation to occur within two years after the close of the fiscal…
      • § 17612.7 Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the department, without taking any…
      • § 17612.8 The department shall submit an application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a subsequent demonstration project, as defined in…
    13. ARTICLE 13. Redirection of Realignment for Counties §§ 17613.1–17613.4 · 4 sections
      • § 17613.1 (a) For the 2013–14 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, for each county, the total amount that would be payable for the fiscal year from 1991 health…
      • § 17613.2 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Base year” means the fiscal year ending three years prior to the fiscal year for which the…
      • § 17613.3 (a) For each fiscal year commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, the amount to be redirected in accordance with Section 17613.1 shall be determined for each…
      • § 17613.4 (a) Beginning with the 2013–14 fiscal year, each county that has elected to participate in the County Savings Determination Process shall, within five months…