Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that: (1) Working families be supported with maximum access to child care and development programs that focus on stabilizing families and helping children realize greater education outcomes. (2) Working families have access to the supportiv…

(a) Alternative payment programs shall serve an identifiable geographic area approved by the department. The service area may be delineated by jurisdictional city or county boundaries, by natural geographic barriers, streets, roads, or zip codes. (b) In the appropriation of expan…

To offer maximum support for parents and providers, alternative payment programs shall have access to resource and referral services. Funding shall be adequate to purchase care at the fee charged the private client for the same service as well as to provide locally designed suppo…

Alternative payments may be made for services provided in licensed centers and family child care homes, for care provided in the child’s home, and for other types of care which conform to applicable law. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)…

(a) Childcare providers authorized to provide services pursuant to this chapter shall submit to the alternative payment program a monthly attendance record or invoice for each child who received services that, at a minimum, documents the dates and actual times care was provided e…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to use an alternative methodology, as defined in subdivision (ak) of Section 10213.5, to inform the setting of reimbursement rates for subsidized childcare. (b) Reimbursement rates are subject to agreement and codification by the Legislatur…

(a) When establishing new reimbursement rates using a single-rate structure informed by an alternative methodology, pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 10227.6, to the extent it is consistent with the approved Child Care and Development Fund state plan, the department, in cons…

If the market rate survey is used to set reimbursement rates, the following shall apply: (a) Payments made by alternative payment programs shall not exceed the applicable market rate ceiling. Alternative payment programs may expend more than the standard reimbursement rate for a …

Out of funds appropriated in accordance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 10214 for alternative payment programs, the department shall reallocate funds as necessary to reimburse alternative payment programs, excluding programs operating pursuant to Chapter 21 (comm…

The reimbursement for alternative payment programs shall include the cost of child care paid to child care providers plus the administrative and support services costs of the alternative payment program. The total cost for administration and support services shall not exceed an a…

If the market rate survey is used to set reimbursement rates, the following shall apply: (a) Payments made by the Migrant Alternative Payment Program shall not exceed the applicable market rate ceiling. (b) The reimbursement for the Migrant Alternative Payment Program shall inclu…

The audits for such agencies shall include, but not be limited to, a sampling of the evidence of fees charged to, and paid by, families of nonsubsidized children, the daily enrollment of subsidized children, the number of days of service provided to subsidized children, the asses…

When making referrals, every agency operating both a direct service program and an alternative payment program shall provide at least four referrals, at least one of which shall be a provider over which the agency has no fiscal or operational control, as well as information to a …

(a) When making referrals, every program operating pursuant to this chapter shall provide information to any person who requests a child care referral of their right to view the licensing information of a licensed child day care facility required to be maintained at the facility …

(a) To the extent that funding is made available for this purpose through the annual Budget Act, the alternative payment agency in each county shall design, maintain, and administer a system to consolidate local child care waiting lists so as to establish a countywide centralized…

(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2019, an alternative payment program shall establish a program of electronic banking for payments made to licensed or license-exempt child care providers that have a contract with that alternative payment program, including, but not limited to, direct…

(a) Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may maintain records electronically, in compliance with state and federal standards, as determined by the department. Any conversion from a paper record to an electronic format…

Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may use a digital signature that complies with state and federal standards, as determined by the department, that may be a marking that is either computer generated or produced by …

Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may use digital forms to allow families to apply for services, if those forms comply with state and federal standards. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective …

An alternative payment agency, including, but not limited to, an alternative payment agency for migrant child care and development programs established pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 10235), shall provide to the department, on a monthly basis, data about child car…

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the County Children’s Health Initiative Program (CCHIP). (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 266, Sec. 9. (AB 614) Effective January 1, 2024.)

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Administrative costs” means those expenses that are described in Section 1397ee(a)(1)(D) of Title 42 of the United States Code. (b) “Applicant” means a county, county agency, a local initiative, or a county…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as provided in subdivision (b), each applicant who was participating in CCHIP, formerly known as the County Health Initiative Matching Fund, on March 23, 2010, pursuant to former Part 6.4 (commencing with Section 12699.50) of Division 2 o…

(a) The County Health Initiative Matching Fund is hereby continued in existence within the State Treasury. The fund shall accept funding, including but not limited to, funding from intergovernmental transfers as follows: (1) The nonfederal matching fund requirement for federal fi…

(a) (1) An applicant that will provide an intergovernmental transfer may submit a proposal to the department for funding for the purpose of providing comprehensive health insurance coverage to any child who meets citizenship and immigration status requirements that are applicable…

(a) The department, in consultation with other appropriate parties, shall establish the criteria for evaluating an applicant’s proposal, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) The extent to which the program described in the proposal provides comprehensive…

(a) Effective July 1, 2022, to the extent allowable under federal law, and notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the department may elect not to impose subscriber contributions for purposes of coverage as described in this chapter for an applicable cover…

The department shall review each funding proposal submitted by an applicant in accordance with the criteria described in Section 15854 and based on that criteria, approve or reject the proposal. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 31, Sec. 89. (SB 857) Effective June 20, 2014. Section ope…

(a) Upon its approval of a proposal that shall include any allowable amount of federal funds under Title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1397aa et seq.), the department may provide the applicant reimbursement in an amount equal to the amount that the applicant will…

Each health care service plan, specialized health care service plan, and health insurer that contracts to provide health care benefits under this chapter shall be licensed by the Department of Managed Health Care or the Department of Insurance, or be a Medi-Cal managed care plan.…

(a) The department shall administer the provisions of this chapter and may do all of the following: (1) Administer the expenditure of moneys from the fund. (2) (A) Issue rules and regulations as necessary. (B) Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 …

All expenses incurred by the department in administering this chapter, including, but not limited to, expenses for developing standards and processes to implement any of the provisions of this chapter, evaluating applications, or processing or granting appeals growing out of any …

Nothing in this chapter creates a right or an entitlement to the provision of health insurance coverage or health care benefits. Except as provided in Section 15850.5, no costs shall accrue to the state for the provision of these services. The state shall not be liable beyond the…

To the extent necessary to obtain federal financial participation for projects approved pursuant to this chapter, the department shall apply for one or more waivers or shall file state plan amendments pursuant to the federal State Children’s Health Insurance Program (Subchapter 2…

(a) The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented only if all of the following conditions are met: (1) Federal financial participation is available for this purpose. (2) Federal participation is approved. (3) The department determines that federal funds under Title XXI of t…

The state shall be held harmless for any federal disallowance resulting from this chapter and any other expenses or liabilities, including, but not limited to, the cost of processing or granting appeals, unless the department is acting pursuant to Section 15850.5. An applicant re…

This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2014. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 31, Sec. 89. (SB 857) Effective June 20, 2014. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date (July 1, 2014) for Chapter 3, commencing with Section 15850.)

(a) It is the intention of the Legislature to appropriate a portion of the 1988–89 fiscal year one-time revenues from the Hospital Services Account for distribution to each county and noncounty hospital which provides uncompensated care to unsponsored patients, with payments base…

Funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be allocated and disbursed to county and noncounty hospitals which meet any of the following requirements: (a) Operate an emergency room pursuant to Section 1317 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) Adhere to the emergency c…

(a) In order to determine the allocation for each eligible hospital of the amount appropriated for the purposes of this chapter, the office shall do all of the following: (1) Compute the total uncompensated care costs for each eligible hospital. (2) Compute the total uncompensate…

The office shall do all of the following: (a) Review and process the quarterly financial and utilization data report and calculate the distribution to be made within 30 days after October 2, 1989. (b) Make the calculations available to the Controller within 40 days after October …

The Controller shall distribute to hospitals the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter within 60 days from the effective date of this chapter provided that the office has certified that the hospital is in compliance with this section. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1331…

Work may be required of an indigent, who is eligible to receive benefits under Section 17000, and who is not incapacitated by reason of age, disease, or accident, as a condition of relief. This work shall be created for the purpose of assisting in his or her rehabilitation and th…

Work relief projects conducted pursuant to Section 17200, which consist of the work of repairing or maintaining any shipping facility or public building, shall not be subject to the competitive bidding provisions of Sections 25450 and following of the Government Code where the wo…

The California Health and Human Services Agency shall designate a department to coordinate sources of funding and services not under the jurisdiction of the department which are available to children with special health care needs in order to maximize the health and social servic…

(a) (1) There is hereby established in the Department of Rehabilitation a Division of Specialized Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. (2) For purposes of this chapter “division” means the division established pursuant to paragraph (1). (…