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CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.

§§ 11000–11175 · 107 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Policies and Purposes §§ 11000–11023.7 · 54 sections
    • § 11000 The provisions of law relating to a public assistance program shall be fairly and equitably construed to effect the stated objects and purposes of the program.
    • § 11001 No person receiving aid under a public assistance program shall be considered a pauper or an indigent by reason thereof, and no warrant drawn in payment of the…
    • § 11002 All aid given under a public assistance program shall be absolutely inalienable by any assignment, sale, or otherwise.
    • § 11003 If the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare issues a formal ruling that any section of this code relating to public assistance cannot be…
    • § 11004 The provisions of this code relative to public social services for which state grants-in-aid are made to the counties shall be administered fairly to the end… see note
    • § 11004.1 (a) In addition to Section 11004, this section shall apply to the CalWORKs program. (b) The amount of any CalWORKs grant overpayment shall be the difference…
    • § 11005 Any special need allowance for mileage and for the expenses of the operation and maintenance of an automobile shall be fixed to operate in a uniform manner…
    • § 11005.5 All money paid to a recipient or recipient group as aid is intended to help the recipient meet his individual needs or, in the case of a recipient group, the…
    • § 11006 Except as basic needs are provided pursuant to a life care agreement governed by Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 1770) of Division 2 of the Health and…
    • § 11006.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each grant of aid under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 13000) shall be increased in the amount of two dollars…
    • § 11006.2 (a) The department may provide for the delivery of public assistance payments at any time during the month. (b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, any person…
    • § 11006.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when payment of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of this part is made by mail, the envelope…
    • § 11006.5 This section shall be applicable only to those aid recipients under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12500) of…
    • § 11006.6 (a) The department may establish and operate a central benefit issuance system in one or more counties whereby grants in aid paid pursuant to this part or any…
    • § 11006.9 It is a cause for revocation of a permit or license by the department or the State Department of Health Services for any person, association, or corporation…
    • § 11007 Aid granted to a recipient of public assistance shall not constitute a lien upon any property of the recipient. The cost of hospitalization furnished by a…
    • § 11008 (a) In order that recipients of public assistance may become self-supporting and productive members of their communities, it is essential that they be…
    • § 11008.1 To the extent permitted by federal law, income, including but not limited to seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) of any income, received by a recipient of…
    • § 11008.2 To the extent permitted by federal law, lump sum retroactive social security payments received under the provisions of Public Law 92-5 shall not be considered…
    • § 11008.3 The 1974 income tax refunds and the lump sum fifty dollars ($50) payment received under the provisions of Public Law 94-12 shall not be considered as income or…
    • § 11008.4 Property taxes (1) as defined in Section 20584 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, which are postponed by a person pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section…
    • § 11008.6 In addition to the requirements contained in Section 11008, when determining the income of a recipient, to the extent permitted by federal law, relocation…
    • § 11008.7 Neither funds distributed pursuant to U.S. Public Law 90-507 (82 Stat. 860) nor property derived therefrom shall be considered in determining the eligibility…
    • § 11008.8 It is the intent of the Legislature that any reduction in the state and county costs of public assistance payments to recipients of aid under Chapter 5…
    • § 11008.9 Loans or grants provided for in Section 69650 of the Education Code are deemed to be for educational purposes and to the extent permitted by federal law, shall…
    • § 11008.10 To the extent permitted by federal law the value of any loan or grant to any undergraduate student made or insured under any program administered by the State…
    • § 11008.11 To the extent permitted by federal law, any stipends, meals, transportation, or other income received by a senior companion pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing…
    • § 11008.12 To the extent permitted by federal law, any stipend, meals, transportation, or other income received by a foster grandparent pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing…
    • § 11008.13 To the extent permitted by federal law and consistent with other provisions of this chapter, in determining the eligibility and amount of aid under this…
    • § 11008.135 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in determining the eligibility and amount of aid for a person who is not a citizen or national of the United…
    • § 11008.14 (a) The income of the natural or adoptive parent, the spouse of the natural or adoptive parent, and the sibling of an eligible child unless the sibling is not…
    • § 11008.15 Notwithstanding Sections 11008.14 and 11267, the department shall exercise the options of disregarding earned income of a dependent child or ward of the…
    • § 11008.17 (a) To the extent required by federal law, amounts paid pursuant to any federal law enacted in 1988 to provide reparation payments to redress the injustice…
    • § 11008.18 The department shall implement the state option in Section 402(a)(36) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 602(a)(36)) and as that statute may…
    • § 11008.19 (a) (1) To the degree child care and development services administered by the State Department of Education pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section…
    • § 11008.20 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amount, including any interest or property, received by a holocaust victim, as defined in subparagraph (A)…
    • § 11009.1 The value of free board and lodging supplied to a recipient during a temporary absence from his home of not more than one month, shall be considered an…
    • § 11010 Except as otherwise provided in Section 12152 in determining the amount of aid grants payable under a public assistance program, no consideration shall be…
    • § 11010.5 General unrestricted or undesignated private charitable donations and contributions made to charitable or nonprofit organizations shall not be deducted from…
    • § 11011 (a) (1) (A) The Safety Net Reserve Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The Medi-Cal Subaccount and the CalWORKs Subaccount are hereby created…
    • § 11011.1 For the 2018–19 fiscal year, upon order of the Director of Finance, the Controller shall transfer seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000) from the General…
    • § 11011.2 For the 2021–22 fiscal year, upon order of the Director of Finance, the Controller shall transfer four hundred fifty million dollars ($450,000,000) from the…
    • § 11013 (a) The department may require issuance of an identification card to recipients of aid. The identification card shall contain the following information: (1)…
    • § 11014 To the extent that any provision of this part prohibits the granting of aid to persons confined in a public institution for tuberculosis or mental disease or…
    • § 11015 Unless there are other grounds therefor, aid grants shall not be withheld pending ascertainment of increases in federal benefits or increases in benefits…
    • § 11016 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person for whom federal financial participation is available shall be denied benefits, for which federal…
    • § 11017 In computing and paying assistance under this part, the need and income amounts used shall be rounded to the next lower whole dollar when the result of…
    • § 11017.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11017, the State Department of Social Services, at the next computation of annual cost-of-living adjustments for…
    • § 11020 (a) Where a recipient under a categorical aid program other than CalWORKs has received aid in good faith but in fact owned excess property, he or she shall be…
    • § 11021 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual who is an applicant for, or recipient of, aid or assistance under a state plan approved under Title…
    • § 11022 The State Department of Health Services and the State Department of Social Services shall prepare information on the effect of funds received according to…
    • § 11023 (a) If a county human services agency elects to use information contained in a consumer credit report for the determination of CalFresh or CalWORKs eligibility…
    • § 11023.5 (a) Any applicant or recipient of benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children, CalFresh, and Medi-Cal programs, who delivers a document which…
    • § 11023.7 (a) If it is within the capacity of the county, a county may communicate with an applicant for, or recipient of, benefits under CalWORKs (Chapter 2 (commencing…
  2. ARTICLE 1.3. Program Data §§ 11024–11024.3 · 2 sections
    • § 11024 (a) Commencing March 1, 2002, the State Department of Health Services shall, monthly, post on the Internet Web site maintained by the State Department of…
    • § 11024.3 Commencing March 1, 2002, the State Department of Health Services shall post all of the following data on its Internet Web site and in a format that may be…
  3. ARTICLE 1.5. Access to Franchise Tax Board Information §§ 11025–11026.5 · 3 sections
    • § 11025 (a) The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Services shall utilize the records of the Franchise Tax Board to match unearned…
    • § 11026 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall annually inform…
    • § 11026.5 (a) To the extent not prohibited by federal law, the State Department of Health Care Services shall annually inform the Employment Development Department of…
  4. ARTICLE 2. Applications §§ 11050–11063 · 14 sections
    • § 11050 Except as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of this part and Section 11403 of this code, applications for public social services or public…
    • § 11051 The department shall include questions that enable an applicant to disclose a disability, the need for accommodation due to disability, and any experience of…
    • § 11052 Application for aid may be made within 60 days prior to the date on which the applicant meets the technical requirements for such aid which have to do with…
    • § 11052.1 The department shall undertake activities designed to facilitate the dissemination of information to applicants for, and recipients of, aid under Chapter 2…
    • § 11052.5 (a) An applicant shall not be granted public assistance under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) and Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 13000) until…
    • § 11054 (a) (1) Each applicant shall be required before approval of assistance or services to file an affirmation setting forth the applicant’s belief that the…
    • § 11055 The county shall promptly investigate all applications for public assistance as prescribed by the regulations of the department.
    • § 11055.5 (a) In the administration of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, counties may conduct an early fraud prevention and detection program pursuant…
    • § 11056 (a) If the applicant is determined to be eligible, aid shall be granted from the date of application if the applicant meets all eligibility conditions on that…
    • § 11057 Any recipient who becomes ineligible for aid under the public assistance program under which he is receiving aid, but appears to be eligible for aid under…
    • § 11057.5 The State Department of Social Services, after consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association, shall determine the times and methods for providing…
    • § 11061 The board of supervisors of each county shall file with the department a record of the action of such county in granting or refusing to grant aid to the…
    • § 11062 The sworn statements, affidavits or affirmations of each applicant or recipient of aid under Chapter 5 of this part, shall be presumed to be true, except with…
    • § 11063 The provisions of this article do not apply to recipients under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of this part, unless otherwise expressly indicated.
  5. ARTICLE 3. Residence §§ 11100–11105 · 8 sections
    • § 11100 (a) For the purposes of the provisions of this code relating to public assistance, the continued absence of a recipient of public assistance from the state for…
    • § 11100.1 (a) For purposes of the In-Home Supportive Services program established pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3, “good cause,” as…
    • § 11100.5 Notwithstanding Section 11100.1, or any other provision of law, in-home supportive services provided pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of…
    • § 11101 When a recipient of public assistance is absent from the United States for a period in excess of 30 days, his aid shall thereafter be suspended whenever need…
    • § 11102 (a) County residence is not a qualification for aid under any public assistance program. (b) County responsibility for making aid payments is determined as…
    • § 11104 People who are not citizens or nationals of the United States shall be eligible for aid only to the extent permitted by federal law. A person who is not a…
    • § 11104.1 The State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services shall not take any compliance, disallowance, penalty, or other…
    • § 11105 (a) No person shall be granted aid under this part unless he or she is a resident of the state. (b) If a recipient of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with…
  6. ARTICLE 4. Property Qualifications §§ 11150–11160 · 20 sections
    • § 11150 It is the intent of this article to set forth the amount of personal or real property, or both, which an applicant for, or recipient of, public assistance may…
    • § 11151 An applicant or recipient shall be ineligible to receive public assistance unless the property he owns is held for the following purposes: 1. The property is…
    • § 11152 An applicant or recipient may retain personal or real property owned by him, or in combination with any other person, without reference to its value, if it…
    • § 11153.7 (a) In addition to real property permitted by other provisions of this part, real property owned by the applicant or recipient, or in combination with his…
    • § 11154 The applicant or recipient may retain as a reserve for future contingencies any combination of personal or real property not to exceed a total value of one…
    • § 11155 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11257, in addition to the personal property or resources permitted by other provisions of this part, and to the extent permitted by… see note
    • § 11155.2 (a) In addition to the personal property permitted by this part, recipients of aid under CalWORKs shall be permitted to retain savings and interest thereon for…
    • § 11155.3 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide counties and recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) with…
    • § 11155.4 The principal and interest in an individual development account established in accordance with the federal requirements of Section 604(h) of Title 42 of the…
    • § 11155.5 (a) In addition to the personal property permitted by other provisions of this part, a child declared a ward or dependent child of the juvenile court, who is…
    • § 11155.6 (a) (1) The principal and interest in a 401(k) plan, 403(b) plan, or 457 plan shall be excluded from consideration as property when determining eligibility and…
    • § 11156 If a recipient purchases with cash an essential item, and such purchase under the rules and regulations of the department would have entitled him to a special…
    • § 11157 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11008, all lump-sum income received by an applicant or recipient shall be regarded as income in the month received, except… see note
    • § 11157.1 (a) For purposes of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200), any support payments as defined in Section 150 of the Family Code received by an applicant or…
    • § 11157.2 For purposes of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) and Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900) of Part 6, and notwithstanding any other law, and to…
    • § 11157.3 (a) For purposes of this chapter and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200), notwithstanding any other law and to the extent permitted by federal law, any…
    • § 11157.5 The receipt of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) shall not impose any limitation or restriction upon a recipient’s right to sell, exchange,…
    • § 11158 The Legislature recognizes that certain property and rights owned by a recipient, including a recipient of aid to families with dependent children, are of…
    • § 11159 No payment received by, or for the benefit of any members of, an eligible household occupying an assisted unit under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735)…
    • § 11160 To the extent federal financial participation is available, any state agency responsible for the administration of any program under this division may…
  7. ARTICLE 5. Recipients’ Property Tax §§ 11170–11175 · 6 sections
    • § 11170 Upon discovery that persons receiving public assistance were improperly granted homeowners’ exemptions for fiscal year 1972–1973 and preceding fiscal years, a…
    • § 11171 Upon receipt of funds pursuant to its request, the county shall cancel the escape assessment and any penalty or interest thereon pursuant to Article 1…
    • § 11172 The receipt of funds shall be deemed as payments by the public assistance recipients and shall be accounted for as tax receipts which may be used for state,…
    • § 11173 If an audit by the State Controller results in a reduction of state reimbursements for the homeowners’ property tax exemption because of persons described in…
    • § 11174 The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest and necessary for the public welfare to provide assistance to certain needy persons of…
    • § 11175 Whenever a county requests additional unmet shelter needs funds so as to cancel escape assessments upon the homes of welfare recipients improperly granted the…