Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

(a) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation with county child welfare agencies, foster parent associations, and other interested community parties, shall implement a unified, family friendly, and child-centered resource family approval process to replace the exis…

A resource family approval shall be forfeited by operation of law when one of the following occurs: (a) The resource family surrenders the approval to the county child welfare agency or probation department. (b) The sole resource family parent dies. (c) The resource family abando…

(a) A portion of the annual resource family training shall support the case plans, goals, and needs of children in the resource family home, if there are any children in the home, in accordance with applicable written directives or regulations, as specified by the department. (b)…

(a) A person shall not incur civil liability as a result of a county notifying the department of its determination to rescind the approval of a resource family due to any of the following actions by a resource family parent: (1) Violation of Section 16519.5, the written directive…

(a) A resource family may install and use delayed egress devices of the time delay type in the home of the resource family. (b) As used in this section, “delayed egress device” means a device that precludes the use of exits for a predetermined period of time. These devices shall …

(a) A resource family shall be authorized to administer emergency medical assistance and injections for severe diabetic hypoglycemia and anaphylactic shock to a foster child in placement in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 1507.25 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) A re…

Notwithstanding any other law, a resource family shall not be subject to civil penalties imposed pursuant to the Community Care Facilities Act (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code). (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 773, Sec. 114. (AB 403…

(a) Subject to subdivision (d), to encourage the recruitment of resource families, to protect their personal privacy, and to preserve the security of confidentiality of the placements with resource families, the names, addresses, and other identifying information of resource fami…

(a) The written report evaluating a resource family applicant’s capacity to foster, adopt, and provide legal guardianship of a child based on all of the information gathered through the resource family application and assessment processes, or any update to the written report, com…

(a) (1) A county shall place a resource family on inactive status upon notification by the resource family in accordance with this section and the written directives or regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section 16519.5. (2) For purposes of this section, and notwit…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a resource family who has had a child either placed with them pursuant to order of the juvenile court or voluntarily placed with them by the person or persons having legal custody of the child, may give the same legal consent for that child as a…

(a) A resource family approved by a licensed foster family agency pursuant to Section 1517 or 1517.5 of the Health and Safety Code may transfer their approval to a county upon the successful completion of activities, as specified by the department, which shall include, but not be…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, contracts or grants awarded for purposes of this article shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (b)…

(a) A hearing conducted pursuant to Section 16519.5 shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of this section and the written directives or regulations adopted pursuant to Section 16519.5. (b) For a resource family hearing held at the department’s State Hearings Divi…

A county or the department may deny a resource family application or rescind the approval of a resource family, and the department may exclude an individual from any resource family home, for any of the following reasons: (a) Violation of Section 16519.5, the written directives o…

(a) The out-of-court statements of a child under 12 years of age who is the subject or victim of an allegation at issue constitutes admissible evidence at an administrative hearing conducted pursuant to this article. The out-of-court statement may provide the sole basis for a fin…

(a) An administrative law judge conducting a hearing pursuant to this article may permit the testimony of a child witness or a similarly vulnerable witness, including, but not limited to, a witness who is intellectually disabled, to be taken outside the presence of the respondent…

(a) In any administrative proceeding conducted pursuant to this article in which a child or other minor is the victim in an allegation of inappropriate sexual conduct, evidence of specific instances of the victim’s sexual conduct with individuals other than the alleged perpetrato…

(a) For matters set before the State Hearings Division, the county or respondent may file a request with the department for a rehearing within 30 days after receiving the decision of the department that is a proposed decision of an administrative law judge adopted by the departme…

The training requirements of subparagraph (I) of paragraph (13) of subdivision (g) of Section 16519.5 shall include training on the importance of the caregiver’s role in education, educational protections specific to foster youth under state and federal law, and the rights and ob…

(a) Of those allocations made pursuant to Section 16941 for the 1989–90 fiscal year, 59.5 percent shall be used to support uncompensated services provided by county and noncounty hospitals. (b) For allocations under Section 16941 for the 1990–91 fiscal year and each fiscal year t…

(a) The department shall annually verify and transmit to each MISP county and each CMSP county the figures specified in subdivision (c), using data supplied by the office. (b) (1) For purposes specified in subdivision (c), the office shall use data from the quarterly reports requ…

(a) The Hospital Services Account portion of each county’s allocation pursuant to Sections 16932 and 16941 shall be divided into two amounts by: (1) Multiplying the Hospital Services Account funding portion by the percentage specified in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Sectio…

(a) Any hospital which receives funds pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16930) shall, within 90 days of the receipt of those funds, cease all current and waive all future collection efforts, by itself and by its agents, to obtain any payment from the …

(a) Commencing with the 1990–91 fiscal year, within 10 working days of receipt of funds allocated pursuant to Section 16941 and Section 16932, the county shall distribute to each noncounty hospital that hospital’s share of the funds pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of…

(a) The Legislature recognizes that in the context of hospital services rendered as a result of emergency medical conditions, the application of the supplemental services requirement of Section 30125 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and Section 13 of Chapter 1331 of the Statutes …

(a) There is in the State Treasury a permanent revolving fund to be known as the Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Guarantee Fund, and to be administered by the department. The money deposited in the fund, including, but not limited to, money in any previously established account wit…

As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Rehabilitation. (b) “Eligible persons” means any of the following, provided that household income does not exceed the level prescribed for moderate-income families by the Department…

The department shall serve as a state loan guarantee agency to guarantee loans and to administer a guaranteed loan program established pursuant to this article. The department shall guarantee any loan made pursuant to this article at 100 percent of the total amount of principal a…

State guaranteed loans made pursuant to this article shall be made without regard to race, religion, creed, or sex. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 810, Sec. 1.)

The total amount of all outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities which may be incurred or created under this article is limited to the amount contained in the Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Guarantee Fund, and the state shall not be liable beyond the amount contained in suc…

In the event that the amount of loans applied for under this article exceeds the amount of the loans that may be guaranteed pursuant to this article, the department may establish a system of priorities for the approval of loans. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 810, Sec. 1.)

The State Treasurer shall invest, pursuant to statute, any surplus money in the Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Guarantee Fund. The interest or other accretions as a result of the investment of such money shall accrue to the fund. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 810, Sec. 1.)

The funds in the Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Guarantee Fund shall be paid out by the State Treasurer on warrants drawn by the Controller and requisitioned by the department in carrying out the purposes of this article. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 810, Sec. 1.)

The department shall encourage private eligible lenders to participate in the guaranteed loan program established by this article, and shall develop and distribute in cooperation with private eligible lenders consumer information for prospective borrowers. (Added by Stats. 1980, …

No loan in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be made to any eligible person pursuant to this article. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 549, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)

The department shall adopt regulations not inconsistent with this article that, among other things, shall establish criteria for determining eligibility for loans in the guarantee program that ensure that the applicants have the ability to repay the loans (Amended by Stats. 2005,…

(a) The department may apply for a federal grant award through the federal alternative financing program established pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 3003 of Title 29 of the United States Code and may use funds in the Rehabilitation Revol…

(a) Contracts between the department and regional centers shall specify the service area and the categories of persons that regional centers shall be expected to serve and the services and supports to be provided. (b) In order to ensure uniformity in the application of the defini…

(a) In approving regional center contracts, the department shall ensure that regional center staffing patterns demonstrate that direct service coordination are the highest priority. (b) Contracts between the department and regional centers shall require that regional centers impl…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that regional centers assist persons with developmental disabilities and their families in securing those services and supports which maximize opportunities and choices for living, working, learning, and recreating in the community. (b) Eac…

When convening any task force or advisory group, a regional center shall make its best effort to ensure representation by consumers and family members representing the community’s multicultural diversity. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 414, Sec. 16. Effective September 22, 1997.)

Beginning July 1, 2020, each regional center shall provide to the department a copy of any corrective action plans and sanctions issued to a service provider, which shall include the name of the service provider, the type of action taken, and the date of action. Copies of correct…

All regional centers shall conduct casefinding activities, including notification of availability of service in English and such other languages as may be appropriate to the service area, outreach services in areas with a high incidence of developmental disabilities, and identifi…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The provision of services that are culturally and linguistically responsive to consumers is instrumental to improving access and equity in the developmental services system. (2) Direct service professionals are crit…

(a) Effective July 1, 2011, regional centers shall begin transitioning all vendors of all regional center services to electronic billing for services purchased through a regional center. All vendors and contracted providers shall submit all billings electronically for services pr…