PART 2. ADMINISTRATION [10500. - 10985.]
Part 2 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.
§§ 10500–10985 · 218 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 10500–10506 · 5 sections
- § 10500 Every person administering aid under any public assistance program shall conduct himself with courtesy, consideration, and respect toward applicants for and…
- § 10501 No person concerned with the administration of a public assistance program shall dictate how any recipient shall expend the aid granted to him.
- § 10503 Any decisions governing eligibility for any of the following programs that, in California, are made by a county pursuant to this division shall be made…
- § 10505 Prior to granting any changes in benefits or levels of service for public social services programs, including the Medi-Cal program, funded by the federal…
- § 10506 (a) Except as otherwise required by Sections 10614 and 14100.5, the State Department of Health Care Services (Genetically Handicapped Persons, CCS, CHDP, and…
CHAPTER 1.3. County Plans for CalWORKs §§ 10530–10535 · 7 sections
- § 10530 It is the intent of the Legislature that, in developing the plan required by this chapter, counties shall make an effort not to duplicate planning processes…
- § 10531 Each county shall develop a plan consistent with state law that describes how the county intends to deliver the full range of activities and services necessary…
- § 10532 The department and the counties shall implement the provisions of the CalWORKs program in the following manner: (a) The department shall issue a planning…
- § 10533 Commencing July 1, 2013, the department shall establish a CalWORKs county peer review process, which shall be implemented on a statewide basis no later than…
- § 10534 (a) Each county shall perform a comprehensive review of its existing CalWORKs plan developed pursuant to Section 10531, and shall prepare and submit to the…
- § 10534.5 (a) The department shall review the county plans developed pursuant to Section 10534 in order to identify promising practices in the areas of upfront…
- § 10535 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount appropriated in Item 5180-101-0890 in the Budget Act of 2006, ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) in…
CHAPTER 1.5. Performance Outcome Incentives Monitoring §§ 10540–10546 · 14 sections
- § 10540 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to implement Public Law 104-193 in such a manner as to do all of the following: (1) Reduce child poverty in the state.…
- § 10540.5 The department shall ensure that performance outcomes are monitored at the state and county levels in order to do all of the following: (a) Identify the extent…
- § 10540.6 Commencing no later than April 1, 2007, the department, on a periodic, but no less frequently than a quarterly basis, shall publish available data reported by…
- § 10541 The department shall consult with experts in monitoring and research, and representatives of counties, the Legislature, and appropriate state agencies in the…
- § 10541.5 The department, in consultation with experts in research and program evaluation and representatives of counties, the Legislature, and appropriate state…
- § 10541.7 Each county shall participate in monitoring performance outcomes by collecting and reporting data in the manner established by Section 10541.
- § 10542 (a) Each county shall, as part of its CalWORKs plan, identify outcomes to be tracked on the local level that are in addition to any required to be tracked…
- § 10543 (a) Within six months of CalWORKs implementation, each county, in conjunction with the department, shall determine a baseline for the data to be collected to…
- § 10544 (a) If the department finds that a county is experiencing significantly worsened outcomes, it shall report this finding to the Chairs of the Senate Committee…
- § 10544.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide counties with grant savings as defined in subdivisions (d) and (e) subject to the amounts appropriated in…
- § 10544.2 CalWORKs performance incentive funds allocated to counties under Items 5180-101-0001 and 5180-101-0890 of the Budget Act of 2002 shall be available for…
- § 10544.317 (a) There is hereby created a welfare reform steering committee comprised of a representative of the California Health and Human Services Agency, who shall…
- § 10545 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the direction outlined in the Pilot Projects for Promoting Accountability by Measuring Work Outcomes program…
- § 10546 It is the intent of the Legislature for clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (13) of subdivision (b) of Section 8257 to measure point-in-time data and…
CHAPTER 2. State Department of Social Services §§ 10550–10619 · 72 sections
ARTICLE 1. Organization §§ 10550–10560 · 20 sections
- § 10550 There is in the Health and Welfare Agency a State Department of Social Services.
- § 10551 The department consists of the director, the State Social Services Advisory Board, and such divisions or other administrative units as the director may find…
- § 10552 With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at his pleasure, an executive officer who shall be director of the department. The…
- § 10553 The director shall: (a) Be responsible for the management of the department. (b) Administer the laws pertaining to the administration of public social…
- § 10553.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall, upon an Indian tribe’s request, enter into an agreement, in accordance with Section 16000.6, and not…
- § 10553.12 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a federally recognized tribe is authorized, but not required, to license or approve a home for the purpose of foster or…
- § 10553.13 (a) (1) The Tribally Approved Homes Compensation Program is hereby established to provide funding, as described in this section, to eligible Indian tribes to…
- § 10553.14 (a) The Tribal Dependency Representation Program is hereby established to provide funding to assist any federally recognized Indian tribe located in…
- § 10553.15 (a) The CalWORKs Indian Health Clinic Program is established to provide funding to Indian health clinics to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment…
- § 10553.16 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) American Indian and Alaska Native children continue to be overrepresented in the California…
- § 10553.2 Child welfare services allocation methodologies for agreements entered into pursuant to Section 10553.1 shall be developed in consultation with the State…
- § 10553.25 (a) The department shall make an annual allocation of funds appropriated for the purpose of this subdivision to all eligible federally recognized American…
- § 10554 The department shall adopt regulations, orders, or standards of general application to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced by the…
- § 10555 Subject to the State Civil Service Act, the director shall appoint such assistants and other employees as are necessary for the administration of the affairs…
- § 10555.5 (a) The criminal history check required by this section is limited to a State Department of Social Services employee, prospective employee, contractor,…
- § 10556 The chief administrative law judge of the department shall be an attorney, and shall otherwise meet such qualifications as may be prescribed by the State…
- § 10557 No person while holding the office of director shall be a trustee, manager, director, or other officer or employee of any agency performing any function…
- § 10558 Except as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, as the same…
- § 10559 (a) There are in the department a division or office devoted to carrying out the provisions of this division pertaining to the services to the blind and…
- § 10560 The department and each county department shall, to the extent feasible, train recipients of public assistance and potential recipients for private employment…
ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties §§ 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…
CHAPTER 2.1. Public Social Services for Deaf Persons §§ 10620–10629 · 9 sections
- § 10620 The Legislature finds that over 1.5 million persons in California are deaf or are significantly hard of hearing. Basic governmental services are not routinely…
- § 10621 Public social services for the deaf and hard of hearing shall include, but not be limited to, the following services: (a) Complete communication services…
- § 10622 Public social services for the deaf and hard of hearing shall be available in at least three regions throughout the state so that deaf and hard-of-hearing…
- § 10623 Public agencies or private nonprofit corporations or a combination thereof in a region may provide the public social services listed in Section 10621 directly…
- § 10624 (a) The department, with the advice of persons knowledgeable about the provision of public social services to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons, shall establish…
- § 10625 The department shall do all of the following: (a) Determine the number and location of regions of the state providing public social services. (b) Coordinate…
- § 10626 (a) The department shall contract with, or award grants to, public agencies or private nonprofit corporations for purposes of this chapter. Those contracts or…
- § 10626.5 (a) A public agency or nonprofit corporation, or a combination thereof, providing the public social services listed in Section 10621, may charge a fee to all…
- § 10629 The State Department of Social Services shall not expend over 5 percent of the sum appropriated for this chapter for the administrative costs of this chapter.
CHAPTER 2.5. Rehabilitation and Employment Coordination §§ 10650–10656 · 7 sections
- § 10650 It is hereby declared that the solution and prevention of individuals and families who could otherwise be productive and self-supporting members of society…
- § 10651 The purposes of this chapter are as follows: (a) To combat poverty and reduce dependency by placing special attention and emphasis on the training,…
- § 10652 The department and the State Department of Rehabilitation, acting jointly, shall select public assistance recipients who qualify under either federal or state…
- § 10653 The county department shall be responsible for the initial selection of public assistance recipients who are to participate in training, vocational educational…
- § 10654 The Division of Vocational Education of the State Department of Education shall have primary responsibility for the education and training of public assistance…
- § 10655 The Employment Development Department shall have primary responsibility for placement and other employment services for public assistance recipients; provided,…
- § 10656 The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented to the full extent of funds available for such purposes.
CHAPTER 3.5. State Administration of Health Care Services and Medical Assistance §§ 10720–10752 · 23 sections
ARTICLE 1. Organization §§ 10720–10728 · 9 sections
- § 10720 As used in this chapter, “department” means the State Department of Health Services, and “director” means the State Director of Health Services.
- § 10721 The director shall administer Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) and Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200) of Part 3 of this division and any other…
- § 10722 The State Department of Health Services succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction exercised by the State…
- § 10723 The State Department of Health Services shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations,…
- § 10724 All officers and employees of the Director of Health and the Director of Benefit Payments who on the operative date of this section are serving in the state…
- § 10725 The director may adopt regulations, orders, or standards of general application to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced by the department,…
- § 10726 All regulations heretofore adopted by the Director of the State Department of Benefit Payments which relate to payment, accounting, auditing and collection…
- § 10727 Except as otherwise provided by law, for purposes of the Health and Safety Code and this code, and any regulations adopted thereunder, after June 1, 1996,…
- § 10728 (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, for purposes of this code and the Health and Safety Code, and any regulations adopted thereunder, “University of…
ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties §§ 10740–10752 · 14 sections
- § 10740 It is hereby declared that provision for health care services and medical assistance in this code is a matter of statewide concern. The State Department of…
- § 10741 The department shall investigate, examine and make reports upon the public officers who are in any way responsible for the administration of public funds used…
- § 10742 The department shall advise public officers regarding the administration of health care services and medical assistance by public agencies throughout the…
- § 10743 In administering any funds appropriated or made available to the department for disbursement through the counties for welfare purposes, the department shall…
- § 10743.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that, if the department seeks a waiver for any experimental, pilot, or demonstration project in the 1995–96 fiscal year…
- § 10744 If the director considers a county director to be failing, in a substantial manner, to comply with any provision of this code or any regulation pertaining to…
- § 10745 The department shall cause to be published and made available for sale to the public, at the cost of publishing, all of its rules and regulations relating to:…
- § 10746 When the department causes to be published for public distribution informational pamphlets and related materials relating to public assistance programs…
- § 10747 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…
- § 10748 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…
- § 10749 The department may join associations of social welfare agencies having as their purpose the interchanging or supplying of information relating to the technique…
- § 10750 The functions of the department may include the administration and the supervision of the administration of health care services and medical assistance within…
- § 10751 The department, with the cooperation of the State Department of Social Services and the Employment Development Department, shall develop a homemaker and home…
- § 10752 The department shall, by March 1, 2017, in coordination with the Department of Finance, notify the Legislature of the fiscal impact on the Medi-Cal program…
CHAPTER 4. County Departments §§ 10800–10813.1 · 13 sections
- § 10800 Subject to the provisions of Section 11050 and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of Part 3, the administration of public social services in each of the…
- § 10801 A county director shall be appointed in each county by the board of supervisors or other agency designated by county charter, subject to either local merit…
- § 10802 The county director shall, for and in behalf of the board of supervisors, have full charge of the county department and the responsibility for administering…
- § 10803 The county director shall: (a) Serve as the executive and administrative officer of the county department. The county director may delegate his powers and…
- § 10804 The board of supervisors in any county may contract with any other county or counties or with the department for the operation and maintenance of such public…
- § 10804.1 The board of supervisors in any county may contract with any other county or counties or with the State Department of Health Services for the operation and…
- § 10805 Each worker employed by the department or the State Department of Health Services whose responsibilities require making home visits shall be provided with an…
- § 10806 If a dispute occurs between counties as to the responsibility for public social services for an applicant or recipient, either county may submit the dispute to…
- § 10808 Any report published by the county in written or graphic form of expenditures for public social services shall show clearly the amount and proportion of costs…
- § 10809 The county department shall administer the public social services authorized or permitted under the applicable portions of this code in accordance with the…
- § 10810 Subject to the approval of the department each county department is authorized to sponsor and conduct programs for the recruitment, training, and utilization…
- § 10812 In addition to services, as defined in Section 10053, that may be required under this division a county may provide any service permitted by federal law and…
- § 10813.1 Each county shall submit to the department by December 31 of each year a comprehensive plan for the financing and delivery of social services for the next…
CHAPTER 4.1. Statewide Automated Welfare System §§ 10816–10824.5 · 13 sections
- § 10816 The system shall have the following goals: (a) Prompt and accurate verification of eligibility. (b) Accurate computation and timely disbursal of benefits for…
- § 10817 The department shall seek advice and assistance from the State Department of Health Services and counties in the planning and implementation of the system so…
- § 10818 The department shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by August 1, 1984, a detailed work plan for the implementation of the statewide automated…
- § 10819 The department may test the system in several counties prior to actual statewide implementation. Criteria in selecting county test sites may include high…
- § 10820 To ensure statewide uniformity in program administration, the department shall do the following: (a) Develop and publish an exclusive manual of standards…
- § 10823 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to reduce or otherwise impair the authority of the State Department of Health Services under Sections 10740 and… see note
- § 10823.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that representatives from the State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, the…
- § 10823.2 (a) The State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Health Care Services, and the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration shall…
- § 10823.3 (a) The development of the SAWS enrollment and eligibility functionality, case management systems, ancillary services, public portals, and mobile applications…
- § 10823.5 The State Department of Social Services shall pay the county share of Merced County’s Merced Automated Global Information Control (MAGIC) application…
- § 10823.6 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that health and human services programs shall leverage telephonic signature technology to enhance the ability for…
- § 10824 (a) The counties not participating in the Interim Statewide Automated Welfare System Consortium or the Los Angeles Eligibility, Automated Determination,…
- § 10824.5 (a) Any single state automated welfare system implemented pursuant to this chapter shall include a notification to inform the caseworker of a public assistance…
CHAPTER 4.5. Aid Payments §§ 10825–10827 · 3 sections
- § 10825 Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the method of payment of aid under this part, a county may develop a payment system which, to the extent…
- § 10826 Upon election by a county to utilize the aid payment method provided by this chapter, the county shall submit a plan to the department for approval. The plan…
- § 10827 To the extent permitted by federal law and notwithstanding Sections 11006.2, 11056, 11450 and 11455, a county electing to utilize the aid payment method…
CHAPTER 4.6. CalWORKs Identity Verification § 10831 · 1 section
- § 10831 (a) The department shall implement and maintain nonbiometric identity verification methods in the CalWORKs program. The methods approved by the department as…
CHAPTER 4.7. Electronic Visit Verification System §§ 10835–10836 · 2 sections
- § 10835 The State Department of Social Services shall develop and implement an electronic visit verification system (EVV system) for the In-Home Supportive Services…
- § 10836 In developing and implementing the EVV system, the department shall adhere to all of the following general principles: (a) The EVV system shall be developed…
CHAPTER 4.8. Administrative Reform Act §§ 10840–10842 · 3 sections
- § 10840 (a) The director and the Director of Health Care Services shall implement a comprehensive program for the simplification of administration of the Aid to…
- § 10841 (a) The department may establish a demonstration project that tests one or more modifications in verifications of eligibility information to reduce paperwork…
- § 10842 (a) The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall jointly, in consultation with the County Welfare Directors…
CHAPTER 5. Records §§ 10850–10853 · 16 sections
- § 10850 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all applications and records concerning any individual made or kept by a public officer or agency in…
- § 10850.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of Section 10850, the activities of a multidisciplinary personnel team engaged in the prevention,…
- § 10850.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10850, factual information relating to eligibility provided solely by the public assistance recipient contained in…
- § 10850.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10850, an authorized employee of a county welfare department may disclose confidential information concerning a public social…
- § 10850.31 (a) For the CalWORKs program and CalFresh only, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the address, social security number, and, if available, photograph…
- § 10850.4 (a) Within five business days of learning that a child fatality has occurred in the county and that there is a reasonable suspicion that the fatality was…
- § 10850.45 (a) Within 10 business days of learning that a child near fatality that has been determined to have been caused by abuse or neglect, as described in paragraph…
- § 10850.5 A county welfare department may, without the need to provide written documentation that consent has been obtained from a client, provide information to a…
- § 10850.6 Notwithstanding Section 10850, the State Department of Social Services shall provide the State Department of Developmental Services with CalWORKs and CalFresh…
- § 10850.7 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10850, an authorized employee of a county welfare department may disclose confidential information concerning a…
- § 10850.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10850, the State Department of Social Services shall provide the Franchise Tax Board with information necessary to verify foster…
- § 10850.9 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10850, an authorized employee of a county social services department may disclose the name, residential address, telephone…
- § 10851 (a) Each county shall establish and maintain a case record for each public social services case and shall retain the record for a period of three years. The…
- § 10851.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10851, each county shall retain all records that are necessary to determine the number of months each adult recipient has received…
- § 10852 All persons who are subject to investigation or supervision by the department, or who are connected with any institution subject to such investigation or…
- § 10853 In order to secure accuracy, uniformity, and completeness in such statistics and information, the department, by regulation, may prescribe forms of report and…
CHAPTER 6. Personnel §§ 10900–10909 · 6 sections
- § 10900 The department shall, within the limits of funds made available, provide welfare personnel training courses and services, including in-service training,…
- § 10905 If, when, and during such times as the federal government allots money to this state for training grants for public social services personnel, pursuant to…
- § 10906 Employees of the State Department of Social Services or the State Department of Health Services who are engaged in the administration of public social services…
- § 10907 The board of supervisors of any county may grant to any permanent employee of the county department a leave of absence with pay to attend an institution of…
- § 10908 Any officers and employees of the Department of Social Welfare performing a function on January 1, 1970, that is transferred to the State Personnel Board,…
- § 10909 All regulations prior to January 1, 1970, adopted by the State Department of Social Welfare under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 10901 shall remain in…
CHAPTER 7. Hearings §§ 10950–10967 · 22 sections
- § 10950 (a) If any applicant for or recipient of public social services is dissatisfied with any action of the county department relating to his or her application for…
- § 10951 (a) (1) A person is not entitled to a hearing pursuant to this chapter unless he or she files his or her request for the same within 90 days after the order or…
- § 10951.5 (a) For a beneficiary of a Medi-Cal managed care plan who meets the criteria for an expedited resolution of an appeal as set forth in subdivision (c) of…
- § 10952 (a) The department shall set the hearing to commence within 30 working days after the request is filed, and, at least 10 days prior to the hearing, shall give…
- § 10952.5 (a) If regulations require a public or private agency to write a position statement concerning the issues in question in a fair hearing, or if the public or…
- § 10953 A hearing under this chapter shall be conducted by administrative law judges employed by the department, unless the director orders that it shall be conducted…
- § 10953.5 (a) The director has authority to appoint the department’s administrative law judges as provided in Section 10555. (b) Each administrative law judge shall have…
- § 10954 The director or administrative law judge conducting the hearing, shall have all of the powers and authority conferred upon the head of a department in Article…
- § 10955 The hearing shall be conducted in an impartial and informal manner in order to encourage free and open discussion by participants. All testimony shall be…
- § 10956 The proceedings at the hearing shall be reported by a phonographic reporter or otherwise perpetuated by mechanical, electronic, or other means capable of…
- § 10957 The person conducting the hearing, upon good cause shown, may continue the hearing for a period of not to exceed 30 days. When the refusal of a county to…
- § 10958 If the hearing is conducted by an administrative law judge, he or she shall prepare a fair, impartial, and independent proposed decision, in writing and in…
- § 10958.1 The issues at the hearing shall be limited to those issues which are reasonably related to the request for hearing or other issues identified by either party…
- § 10959 (a) After an administrative law judge has held a hearing and issued a proposed decision, within 30 days after the department has received a copy of the…
- § 10960 (a) Within 30 days after receiving the decision of the director, which is the proposed decision of an administrative law judge adopted by the director as…
- § 10961 The decision of the director need not specify the amount of the award to be paid unless the amount of the award is an issue. If the decision is in favor of the…
- § 10962 The applicant, recipient, respondent, or the affected county, within one year after receiving notice of the department’s final decision, may file a petition…
- § 10963 The county director shall comply with and execute every decision of the director rendered pursuant to this chapter.
- § 10964 The department shall compile and distribute to each county department a current digest of decisions, properly indexed, rendered under this chapter, and each…
- § 10965 Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the filing of the request for a hearing by the legal representative, or, if there is no authorized legal representative,…
- § 10966 (a) In addition to any other delegation powers granted to the director under law, the director may delegate his or her powers to adopt final decisions under…
- § 10967 At the time of the hearing the recipient has a right to raise the adequacy of the county’s notice of action as an issue. If the administrative law judge…
CHAPTER 9. Penalties § 10980 · 1 section
- § 10980 (a) Any person who, willfully and knowingly, with the intent to deceive, makes a false statement or representation or knowingly fails to disclose a material…
CHAPTER 10. Reporting on Incarcerated Individuals § 10985 · 1 section
- § 10985 (a) Each city, county, or city and county, that operates a jail, shall report twice each month to the department the name, known aliases, birth date, social…