CHAPTER 2. State Department of Social Services
Heading of Chapter 2 amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.
§§ 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…