California Code
DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 10500. - 10500. Every person administering aid under any public assistance program...

Section 10501. - 10501. No person concerned with the administration of a public...

Section 10503. - 10503. Any decisions governing eligibility for Medi-Cal, CalWORKs, or CalFresh...

Section 10505. - 10505. Prior to granting any changes in benefits or levels...

Section 10506. - 10506. (a) Except as otherwise required by Sections 10614 and...

CHAPTER 1.3 - County Plans for CalWORKs

Section 10530. - 10530. It is the intent of the Legislature that, in...

Section 10531. - 10531. Each county shall develop a plan consistent with state...

Section 10532. - 10532. The department and the counties shall implement the provisions...

Section 10533. - 10533. Commencing July 1, 2013, the department shall establish a...

Section 10534. - 10534. (a) Each county shall perform a comprehensive review of...

Section 10534.5. - 10534.5. (a) The department shall review the county plans developed...

Section 10535. - 10535. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Performance Outcome Incentives Monitoring

Section 10540. - 10540. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 10540.5. - 10540.5. The department shall ensure that performance outcomes are monitored...

Section 10540.6. - 10540.6. Commencing no later than April 1, 2007, the department,...

Section 10541. - 10541. The department shall consult with experts in monitoring and...

Section 10541.5. - 10541.5. The department, in consultation with experts in research and...

Section 10541.7. - 10541.7. Each county shall participate in monitoring performance outcomes by...

Section 10542. - 10542. (a) Each county shall, as part of its CalWORKs...

Section 10543. - 10543. (a) Within six months of CalWORKs implementation, each county,...

Section 10544. - 10544. (a) If the department finds that a county is...

Section 10544.1. - 10544.1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 10544.2. - 10544.2. CalWORKs performance incentive funds allocated to counties under Items...

Section 10544.317. - 10544.317. (a) There is hereby created a welfare reform steering...

CHAPTER 2 - State Department of Social Services

ARTICLE 1 - Organization

Section 10550. - 10550. There is in the Health and Welfare Agency a...

Section 10551. - 10551. The department consists of the director, the State Social...

Section 10552. - 10552. With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall...

Section 10553. - 10553. The director shall: (a) Be responsible for the management...

Section 10553.1. - 10553.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall, upon...

Section 10553.12. - 10553.12. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a federally recognized tribe...

Section 10553.13. - 10553.13. (a) (1) The Tribally Approved Homes Compensation Program is...

Section 10553.14. - 10553.14. (a) The Tribal Dependency Representation Program is hereby established...

Section 10553.15. - 10553.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may...

Section 10553.2. - 10553.2. Child welfare services allocation methodologies for agreements entered into...

Section 10553.25. - 10553.25. (a) The department shall make an annual allocation of...

Section 10554. - 10554. The department shall adopt regulations, orders, or standards of...

Section 10555. - 10555. Subject to the State Civil Service Act, the director...

Section 10556. - 10556. The chief administrative law judge of the department shall...

Section 10557. - 10557. No person while holding the office of director shall...

Section 10558. - 10558. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of Part...

Section 10559. - 10559. (a) There are in the department a division or...

Section 10560. - 10560. The department and each county department shall, to the...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties

Section 10600. - 10600. It is hereby declared that provision for public social...

Section 10600.1. - 10600.1. (a) The State Department of Social Services succeeds to...

Section 10600.2. - 10600.2. The State Department of Social Services shall have possession...

Section 10600.3. - 10600.3. All officers and employees of the Director of Health...

Section 10601. - 10601. The department may expend, in accordance with law, all...

Section 10601.2. - 10601.2. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish,...

Section 10602. - 10602. The department shall investigate, examine and make reports upon:...

Section 10602.4. - 10602.4. The Employment Development Department shall investigate, examine, and make...

Section 10603. - 10603. The department shall advise public officers regarding the administration...

Section 10604. - 10604. In administering any funds appropriated or made available for...

Section 10604.5. - 10604.5. (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 1992, the department shall...

Section 10604.6. - 10604.6. (a) The department shall pay only those assistance claims...

Section 10605. - 10605. (a) If the director believes that a county is...

Section 10605.1. - 10605.1. (a) If a federal disallowance or other financial penalty...

Section 10605.2. - 10605.2. If the director believes that a county probation department...

Section 10605.5. - 10605.5. (a) (1) The department, in consultation with counties and...

Section 10606. - 10606. The department shall cause to be published and made...

Section 10606.1. - 10606.1. (a) The department and county welfare departments shall have...

Section 10606.2. - 10606.2. (a) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure...

Section 10607. - 10607. Where the department causes to be published for public...

Section 10607.5. - 10607.5. (a) In order to better inform the public as...

Section 10608. - 10608. Copies of all laws relating to any form of...

Section 10609. - 10609. The department may act as the agent or representative...

Section 10609.3. - 10609.3. (a) By January 1, 1995, the State Department of...

Section 10609.4. - 10609.4. (a) On or before July 1, 2000, the State...

Section 10609.45. - 10609.45. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), and notwithstanding any other...

Section 10609.5. - 10609.5. (a) The department shall contract with an appropriate and...

Section 10609.6. - 10609.6. (a) The department, in consultation with the seven member...

Section 10609.7. - 10609.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 10609.8. - 10609.8. On an annual basis, at the time of budget...

Section 10609.9. - 10609.9. (a) (1) Funds designated for child welfare services outcome...

Section 10609.95. - 10609.95. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall provide...

Section 10609.97. - 10609.97. (a) The State Department of Social Services shall provide...

Section 10610. - 10610. The department may join associations of social welfare agencies...

Section 10611. - 10611. All plans for the use of existing buildings or...

Section 10612. - 10612. Two months prior to each annual session of the...

Section 10612.5. - 10612.5. (a) The department shall oversee the program for internet-based...

Section 10613. - 10613. The functions of the department may include the administration...

Section 10614. - 10614. (a) The department shall annually submit by September 10...

Section 10614.5. - 10614.5. Upon the request of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee,...

Section 10615. - 10615. California’s 58 counties vary greatly in their welfare problems,...

Section 10616. - 10616. The department shall formulate plans for the recruitment, utilization,...

Section 10617. - 10617. In fixing rates for out-of-home care in nonmedical facilities...

Section 10618. - 10618. Funding of Section 10617 is subject to the provisions...

Section 10618.5. - 10618.5. (a) The county welfare department shall send any CalFresh...

Section 10618.6. - 10618.6. (a) (1) When a child in a foster care...

Section 10618.8. - 10618.8. (a) Utilizing no more than ten million five hundred...

Section 10619. - 10619. A public agency shall, in implementing programs affected by...

CHAPTER 2.1 - Public Social Services for Deaf Persons

Section 10620. - 10620. The Legislature finds that over 1.5 million persons in...

Section 10621. - 10621. Public social services for the deaf and hard of...

Section 10622. - 10622. Public social services for the deaf and hard of...

Section 10623. - 10623. Public agencies or private nonprofit corporations or a combination...

Section 10624. - 10624. (a) The department, with the advice of persons knowledgeable...

Section 10625. - 10625. The department shall: (a) Determine the number and location...

Section 10626. - 10626. (a) The department shall contract with public agencies or...

Section 10626.5. - 10626.5. (a) A public agency or nonprofit corporation, or a...

Section 10629. - 10629. The State Department of Social Services shall not expend...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Rehabilitation and Employment Coordination

Section 10650. - 10650. It is hereby declared that the solution and prevention...

Section 10651. - 10651. The purposes of this chapter are as follows: (a)...

Section 10652. - 10652. The department and the State Department of Rehabilitation, acting...

Section 10653. - 10653. The county department shall be responsible for the initial...

Section 10654. - 10654. The Division of Vocational Education of the State Department...

Section 10655. - 10655. The Employment Development Department shall have primary responsibility for...

Section 10656. - 10656. The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented to...

CHAPTER 3.5 - State Administration of Health Care Services and Medical Assistance

ARTICLE 1 - Organization

Section 10720. - 10720. As used in this chapter, “department” means the State...

Section 10721. - 10721. The director shall administer Chapter 7 (commencing with Section...

Section 10722. - 10722. The State Department of Health Services succeeds to and...

Section 10723. - 10723. The State Department of Health Services shall have possession...

Section 10724. - 10724. All officers and employees of the Director of Health...

Section 10725. - 10725. The director may adopt regulations, orders, or standards of...

Section 10726. - 10726. All regulations heretofore adopted by the Director of the...

Section 10727. - 10727. Except as otherwise provided by law, for purposes of...

Section 10728. - 10728. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, for purposes...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties

Section 10740. - 10740. It is hereby declared that provision for health care...

Section 10741. - 10741. The department shall investigate, examine and make reports upon...

Section 10742. - 10742. The department shall advise public officers regarding the administration...

Section 10743. - 10743. In administering any funds appropriated or made available to...

Section 10743.5. - 10743.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that, if...

Section 10744. - 10744. If the director considers a county director to be...

Section 10745. - 10745. The department shall cause to be published and made...

Section 10746. - 10746. When the department causes to be published for public...

Section 10747. - 10747. Copies of all laws relating to any form of...

Section 10748. - 10748. The department may act as the agent or representative...

Section 10749. - 10749. The department may join associations of social welfare agencies...

Section 10750. - 10750. The functions of the department may include the administration...

Section 10751. - 10751. The department, with the cooperation of the State Department...

Section 10752. - 10752. The department shall, by March 1, 2017, in coordination...

CHAPTER 4 - County Departments

Section 10800. - 10800. Subject to the provisions of Section 11050 and Chapter...

Section 10801. - 10801. A county director shall be appointed in each county...

Section 10802. - 10802. The county director shall, for and in behalf of...

Section 10803. - 10803. The county director shall: (a) Serve as the executive...

Section 10804. - 10804. The board of supervisors in any county may contract...

Section 10804.1. - 10804.1. The board of supervisors in any county may contract...

Section 10805. - 10805. Each worker employed by the department or the State...

Section 10806. - 10806. If a dispute occurs between counties as to the...

Section 10808. - 10808. Any report published by the county in written or...

Section 10809. - 10809. The county department shall administer the public social services...

Section 10810. - 10810. Subject to the approval of the department each county...

Section 10812. - 10812. In addition to services, as defined in Section 10053,...

Section 10813.1. - 10813.1. Each county shall submit to the department by December...

CHAPTER 4.1 - Statewide Automated Welfare System

Section 10816. - 10816. The system shall have the following goals: (a) Prompt...

Section 10817. - 10817. The department shall seek advice and assistance from the...

Section 10818. - 10818. The department shall submit to the Joint Legislative Budget...

Section 10819. - 10819. The department may test the system in several counties...

Section 10820. - 10820. To ensure statewide uniformity in program administration, the department...

Section 10823. - 10823. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to reduce...

Section 10823. - 10823. (a) (1) The Office of Systems Integration shall implement...

Section 10823.1. - 10823.1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 10823.2. - 10823.2. (a) The State Department of Social Services, the State...

Section 10823.3. - 10823.3. (a) The development of the SAWS enrollment and eligibility...

Section 10823.5. - 10823.5. The State Department of Social Services shall pay the...

Section 10823.6. - 10823.6. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 10824. - 10824. (a) The counties not participating in the Interim Statewide...

Section 10824.5. - 10824.5. (a) Any single state automated welfare system implemented pursuant...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Aid Payments

Section 10825. - 10825. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the...

Section 10826. - 10826. Upon election by a county to utilize the aid...

Section 10827. - 10827. To the extent permitted by federal law and notwithstanding...

CHAPTER 4.6 - CalWORKs Identity Verification

Section 10831. - 10831. (a) The department shall implement and maintain nonbiometric identity...

CHAPTER 4.7 - Electronic Visit Verification System

Section 10835. - 10835. The State Department of Social Services shall develop and...

Section 10836. - 10836. In developing and implementing the EVV system, the department...

CHAPTER 4.8 - Administrative Reform Act

Section 10840. - 10840. (a) The director and the Director of Health Care...

Section 10841. - 10841. (a) The department may establish a demonstration project that...

Section 10842. - 10842. (a) The State Department of Social Services and the...

CHAPTER 5 - Records

Section 10850. - 10850. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all...

Section 10850.1. - 10850.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes...

Section 10850.2. - 10850.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10850, factual information relating...

Section 10850.3. - 10850.3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10850, an authorized employee of a...

Section 10850.31. - 10850.31. (a) For the CalWORKs program and CalFresh only, notwithstanding...

Section 10850.4. - 10850.4. (a) Within five business days of learning that a...

Section 10850.45. - 10850.45. (a) Within 10 business days of learning that a...

Section 10850.5. - 10850.5. A county welfare department may, without the need to...

Section 10850.6. - 10850.6. Notwithstanding Section 10850, the State Department of Social Services...

Section 10850.7. - 10850.7. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10850, an authorized...

Section 10850.8. - 10850.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10850, the State Department of Social...

Section 10850.9. - 10850.9. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10850, an authorized employee of...

Section 10851. - 10851. (a) Each county shall establish and maintain a case...

Section 10851.5. - 10851.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10851, each county shall retain all...

Section 10852. - 10852. All persons who are subject to investigation or supervision...

Section 10853. - 10853. In order to secure accuracy, uniformity, and completeness in...

CHAPTER 6 - Personnel

Section 10900. - 10900. The department shall, within the limits of funds made...

Section 10905. - 10905. If, when, and during such times as the federal...

Section 10906. - 10906. Employees of the State Department of Social Services or...

Section 10907. - 10907. The board of supervisors of any county may grant...

Section 10908. - 10908. Any officers and employees of the Department of Social...

Section 10909. - 10909. All regulations prior to January 1, 1970, adopted by...

CHAPTER 7 - Hearings

Section 10950. - 10950. (a) If any applicant for or recipient of public...

Section 10951. - 10951. (a) (1) A person is not entitled to a...

Section 10951.5. - 10951.5. (a) For a beneficiary of a Medi-Cal managed care...

Section 10952. - 10952. (a) The department shall set the hearing to commence...

Section 10952.5. - 10952.5. (a) If regulations require a public or private agency...

Section 10953. - 10953. A hearing under this chapter shall be conducted by...

Section 10953.5. - 10953.5. (a) The director has authority to appoint the department’s...

Section 10954. - 10954. The director or administrative law judge conducting the hearing,...

Section 10955. - 10955. The hearing shall be conducted in an impartial and...

Section 10956. - 10956. The proceedings at the hearing shall be reported by...

Section 10957. - 10957. The person conducting the hearing, upon good cause shown,...

Section 10958. - 10958. If the hearing is conducted by an administrative law...

Section 10958.1. - 10958.1. The issues at the hearing shall be limited to...

Section 10959. - 10959. (a) After an administrative law judge has held a...

Section 10960. - 10960. (a) Within 30 days after receiving the decision of...

Section 10961. - 10961. The decision of the director need not specify the...

Section 10962. - 10962. The applicant, recipient, respondent, or the affected county, within...

Section 10963. - 10963. The county director shall comply with and execute every...

Section 10964. - 10964. The department shall compile and distribute to each county...

Section 10965. - 10965. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the filing of...

Section 10966. - 10966. (a) In addition to any other delegation powers granted...

Section 10967. - 10967. At the time of the hearing the recipient has...

CHAPTER 9 - Penalties

Section 10980. - 10980. (a) Any person who, willfully and knowingly, with the...

CHAPTER 10 - Reporting on Incarcerated Individuals

Section 10985. - 10985. (a) Each city, county, or city and county, that...