Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

(a) In accordance with subdivision (b), as a condition to receive an AFDC-FC rate for a foster care program operated by a provider, as defined in Section 11466, the following shall apply: (1) Any provider who expends in combined federal funds an amount at or above the federal fun…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure overall program integrity in the AFDC-FC program through the establishment of an effective and efficient process for the collection of provider sustained overpayments. Furthermore, the intent of the Legislature is to ensure that c…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to comply with the federal requirements of the Improper Payments Act of 2002 with respect to the remittance of the federal share of foster care or adoption assistance overpayments. (b) For the purposes of this section, “foster care or adopt…

(a) The department, in consultation and coordination with the County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA), shall update existing regulations and establish new regulations where lacking for the identification, determination, tracking, notification, and collection of foster care an…

(a) In accordance with this section, a county shall collect an overpayment, discovered on or after January 1, 1999, made to a foster family home, an approved home of a relative, including, on and after the date that the director executes a declaration pursuant to Section 11217, t…

Interest begins to accrue on a provider overpayment or penalty on the date of the issuance of the penalty, the date of issuance of the final audit report, or the date of the issuance of a management decision letter in accordance with Section 11466.21, or the date that a provider …

(a) The department shall offer a voluntary repayment agreement procedure to providers that owe a sustained overpayment. A provider may enter into a voluntary repayment agreement with the department to repay a sustained overpayment. The voluntary repayment agreement shall, at a mi…

(a) When it has been determined that a provider participating in the AFDC-FC program owes an overpayment that is due and payable, the department may implement involuntary offset collection procedures to collect sustained overpayments from a provider if the provider does not enter…

(a) If a provider that owes a sustained overpayment pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 11466.22 does not enter into a voluntary repayment agreement with the department, or the provider has three outstanding payments on a voluntary repayment agreement before t…

(a) If any amount is due and payable to the department as a result of a sustained overpayment to a provider for care and services in the AFDC-FC program, the department may file, in the office of any county clerk of any county in which the provider has real or personal property, …

(a) (1) At any time within 10 years of the recording of a lien pursuant to Section 11466.33, the department may bring an action, in a superior court in the county in which the lien is filed, seeking a judgment to establish the lien as a judgment lien. (2) If a judgment is obtaine…

(a) Any licensee or member of a governing board of a nonprofit who has been determined to owe a sustained overpayment under this chapter, and who, subsequent to notice of the sustained overpayment, has its rate terminated, shall be ineligible to apply or receive a rate for any fu…

(a) The department may terminate a program rate or a provider’s eligibility to be paid any rate for a child placed in their care if any of the following conditions are met: (1) The department determines that, based upon the findings of a hearing officer, a rate application or inf…

The department shall collect cost data and monitor the cost of providing care and supervision, and social work services, to AFDC-FC recipients. These data shall include, but not be limited to, the costs incurred for employee wages and benefits. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 773, S…

A provider who disagrees with the rate determined by the department, the rate adjusted by an audit, or a determination made in a management decision letter affecting the rate may request in writing an appeal to the department. The department shall maintain, by regulation, all-cou…

(a) The State Department of Social Services, with the advice and assistance of the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Chief Probation Officers of California, the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, research entities, foster youth and…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that standards be developed to address the specific needs of very young children, from birth to six years of age, experiencing the trauma of separation from their family who must be placed in out-of-home care. These standards shall provide …

The department shall establish and maintain administrative procedures to review the rate set by the department for AFDC-FC programs, including, but not limited to, group homes, short-term residential therapeutic programs, and foster family agencies that provide treatment services…

The administrative review procedure for rates established pursuant to Section 11468 shall include a protest within the department and a hearing conducted by a hearing officer appointed by the director. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 732, Sec. 87. (AB 404) Effective January 1, 2018.…

(a) A provider who disagrees with a rate determination and who desires a different rate, or who has been denied a rate or had a rate terminated, may file a protest with the department within 60 days from the date of the mailing of the notification of the set rate. The protest sha…

(a) The appeal filed with the department pursuant to Section 11468.2 shall specify whether the provider does or does not wish that an informal conference among the parties be held, together with the reasons therefor. Either party may request, or the hearing officer may order, tha…

(a) The hearing regarding a rate held pursuant to Section 11468.1 shall be conducted no later than 180 days after the filing of a timely and specific statement of disputed issues by the provider. (b) The hearing officer shall take the matter under submission at the conclusion of …

The provider may request review of the final decision of the department made pursuant to Section 11468.4 in accordance with Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, within six months of the issuance of the director’s final decision. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 732, Sec. 90…

(a) The department shall develop, following consultation with group home providers, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Chief Probation Officers of California, the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, the State Department of Health…

The performance standards and outcome measures required by Section 11469 shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) They shall include indicators of quality of care, including, but not limited to, stability of placement, reduction in recidivism, educational progress, and i…

(a) The department shall develop, following consultation with foster family agency providers, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Chief Probation Officers of California, the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, the State Department…

The performance standards and outcome measures required by Section 11469.2 shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) They shall include indicators of quality of care, including, but not limited to, stability of placement, reduction in recidivism, educational progress, and…

A child who comes within any of the following descriptions is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court which may adjudge that person to be a dependent child of the court: (a) The child has suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical …

Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 361 and Section 16507, family reunification services shall not be provided to a child adjudged a dependent pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 300. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1054, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the purpose of the provisions of this chapter relating to dependent children is to provide maximum safety and protection for children who are currently being physically, sexually, or emotionally abused, being neglected, or being exp…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 215 or 272, or any other provision of law, a child or nonminor whose jurisdiction is modified pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 607.2 or subdivision (i) of Section 727.2 and who is placed in foster care may be supervised by the probation departmen…

In any case in which a child is alleged to come within the provisions of Section 300 on the basis that he or she is in need of medical care, the court, in making that finding, shall give consideration to any treatment being provided to the child by spiritual means through prayer …

(a) In any case in which a social worker, after investigation of an application for petition or other investigation he or she is authorized to make, determines that a child is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court or will probably soon be within that jurisdiction, the soc…

(a) A juvenile court may assume jurisdiction over a child described in Section 300 regardless of whether the child was in the physical custody of both parents or was in the sole legal or physical custody of only one parent at the time that the events or conditions occurred that b…

(a) The court may retain jurisdiction over any person who is found to be a ward or a dependent child of the juvenile court until the ward or dependent child attains 21 years of age. (b) The court shall have within its jurisdiction any nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision…

After a petition has been filed pursuant to Section 311, and until the time that the petition is dismissed or dependency is terminated, no other division of any superior court may hear proceedings pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 3020) of Division 8 of the Family Code …

(a) The Judicial Council shall develop and implement standards for the education and training of all judges who conduct hearings pursuant to Section 300. The training shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) A component relating to Section 300 proceedings f…

(a) (1) The state council may establish regional offices that are accessible to and responsive to the diverse geographic, ethnic, and language needs of consumers and families throughout the state. As of January 1, 2015, regional offices of the state council in existence as of Dec…

The state council may periodically review the number and geographic boundaries of regional offices needed to effectively implement this division, by methods including, but not limited to, conducting public hearings in affected regions and seeking input from regional advisory comm…

The membership of any regional advisory committees established or continued by the state council prior to January 1, 2015, shall, upon expiration of the terms of individuals who are members of those committees on January 1, 2015, be determined through policies and procedures esta…

Any regional advisory committee established shall, at the request of the state council, do all of the following: (a) Advise the state council and its regional office on local issues and identify and provide input regarding local systemic needs within its community. (b) Provide in…

(a) At the expiration of the 14-day period of intensive treatment, a person may be confined for further treatment pursuant to the provisions of this article for an additional period, not to exceed 180 days if one of the following exists: (1) The person has attempted, inflicted, o…

For purposes of this article: (a) “Custody” shall be construed to mean involuntary detainment under the provisions of this part uninterrupted by any period of unconditioned release from a licensed health facility providing involuntary care and treatment. (b) Conviction of a crime…

(a) At any time during the 14-day intensive treatment period the professional person in charge of the licensed health facility, or his or her designee, may ask the public officer required by Section 5114 to present evidence at proceedings under this article to petition the superi…

At the time of filing of a petition for postcertification treatment the court shall advise the person named in the petition of his right to be represented by an attorney and of his right to demand a jury trial. The court shall assist him in finding an attorney, or, if need be, ap…

The court shall conduct the proceedings on the petition for postcertification treatment within four judicial days of the filing of the petition and in accordance with constitutional guarantees of due process of law and the procedures required under Section 13 of Article 1 of the …