ARTICLE 1. Policies and Purposes

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

§§ 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…