Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

“Regulations” includes but is not limited to standards of eligibility for aid and services, procedures necessary for the proper and efficient administration of public social services, and standards as to conditions which must be met by agencies or individuals subject to licensing…

“Public assistance” and “public assistance programs” refer to those public social services programs provided for in Part 3 of this division. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Department of Health Services and the Director of Health Services shall have those powers and duties conferred by state law upon the State Department of Social Services and its director as is necessary to carry out the purpose…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the name of the program provided for pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) is hereby changed to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program, referred to as CalWORKs. (b) Any reference to the Ai…

Funds appropriated for the purpose of this chapter may be used for child care resource and referral programs which may be operated by public or private nonprofit entities. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)

It is the intent of the Legislature that one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) be appropriated each fiscal year for allocation to child care and development resource and referral agencies operated by local educational agencies for the purpose of the child care resources …

(a) For purposes of this chapter, child care resource and referral programs, established to serve a defined geographic area, shall provide the following services: (1) (A) Identification of the full range of existing child care services through information provided by all relevant…

(a) In addition to the services described in Section 10219, a child care resource and referral program, established to serve a defined geographic area, may provide short-term respite child care. “Short-term respite care,” for purposes of this chapter, means temporary child care s…

All child care resource and referral services shall be provided in a manner which is responsive to the diverse cultural, linguistic, and economic needs of a defined geographic area of service. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.)

Child care resources and referral shall be provided to all persons requesting services and to all types of child care providers, regardless of income level or other eligibility criteria. In addition to the services prescribed by this section, child care resource and referral may …

(a) There is hereby established a project known as the California Child Care Initiative Project. It is the intent of the Legislature to promote and foster the project in cooperation with private corporations and local governments. The objective of the project is to increase the a…

When making referrals, every agency operating both a direct service program and a resource and referral 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) Federal funds allocated to local child care resource and referral agencies to support their continued participation in COVID-19 relief and recovery shall include, but not be limited to, strengthening their role in serving as intermediaries to develop new, and support existing…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Collection box” means an unattended cannister, box, receptacle, or similar device, used for soliciting and collecting donations of salvageable personal property. (b) “Commercial fundraiser” shall have the s…

(a) The front of every collection box shall conspicuously display both of the following: (1) The name, address, telephone number, and, if available, the Internet Web address of the owner and operator of the collection box. (2) A statement, in at least two-inch typeface, that eith…

A city, county, or city and county shall have the authority to declare a box that is in violation of this chapter to be a public nuisance and to abate that nuisance accordingly. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 75, Sec. 1. (AB 918) Effective January 1, 2011.)

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to do either of the following: (a) Supersede or in any way limit existing authority of the Department of Justice over fundraising for charitable purposes. (b) Limit or infringe upon the powers of a city, county, or city and county to imp…

(a) This chapter, formerly known as the AIM-Linked Infants Program, shall be known, and may be cited, as the Medi-Cal Access Program. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014. (Repealed (in Sec. 66) and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 31, Sec. 67. (SB 857) Effective June…

(a) The definitions contained in this section govern the construction of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise. (b) “Access-linked infant” means any infant born to a woman enrolled in either the program under this chapter or the Access for Infants and Mothers Progra…

(a) The department, in coordination with the California Tobacco Control Program of the State Department of Public Health, shall develop protocols relating to health education for tobacco use to the extent necessary to comply with paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 30122 …

(a) Each participating health plan contracting with the department pursuant to this chapter shall provide health education services related to tobacco use to all program participants to the extent necessary to comply with paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 30122 of the R…

Health care services under the program shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Preventive, screening, diagnostic, and treatment services furnished directly by a licensed clinic, either onsite or by formal written contract, on a case-managed basis, to pati…

To the extent permitted by federal law, services for individuals eligible under this chapter shall be provided, at the department’s discretion and to the extent the department determines the selected delivery system is cost effective, through the Medi-Cal fee-for-service or manag…

(a) The department shall administer the program and may do all of the following: (1) Determine eligibility criteria for the program. These criteria shall include the requirements set forth in Section 15832. (2) Determine the eligibility of applicants. (3) Determine when subscribe…

(a) The department shall administer the program in a manner that ensures that program expenditures do not exceed amounts available in the fund. (b) This section shall be implemented only if and to the extent that it does not jeopardize the state’s ability to receive federal finan…

The department shall coordinate with other state agencies, as appropriate, to help ensure continuity of health care services. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 23, Sec. 68. (AB 82) Effective June 27, 2013.)

(a) The department may contract with a variety of health plans and types of health care service delivery systems in order to offer subscribers a choice of plans, providers, and types of service delivery. (b) Participating health plans contracting with the department pursuant to t…

(a) To be eligible to participate in the program, a person shall meet all of the requirements in either paragraph (1) or (2): (1) (A) Be pregnant or in the postpartum period as specified in Section 15840 and a resident of the state. A person who is a member of a federally recogni…

(a) A person eligible pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 15832 shall not be eligible to participate in the program if, at the time of application, she is eligible for Medi-Cal without a share of cost or for Medicare. (b) This section shall become operative on…

A person shall not be eligible for covered services under the program if those services are covered through private health care coverage arrangements at the time of eligibility. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 23, Sec. 68. (AB 82) Effective June 27, 2013.)

(a) Subscribers enrolled pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 15832 shall not be disenrolled for failure to pay subscriber contributions. The department may impose or contract for collection actions to collect unpaid subscriber contributions. (b) This section s…

(a) If a subscriber is dissatisfied with any action, or failure to act, that has occurred in connection with eligibility or covered services under this chapter, the subscriber may appeal to the department and shall be accorded an opportunity for a fair hearing. Hearings may be co…

(a) A provider who is furnished documentation of a subscriber’s enrollment in the program shall not seek reimbursement or attempt to obtain payment for any covered services provided to that subscriber other than from the participating health plan or insurer covering the subscribe…

(a) Services that would be covered under the program that are provided to pregnant women who, after receiving those services, are subsequently determined to be eligible for coverage under this chapter may be reimbursed as determined by the department. In no case shall services re…

(a) (1) At a minimum, coverage provided pursuant to this chapter shall be provided to subscribers during one pregnancy, and until the end of the month in which the 60th day after pregnancy occurs, and to eligible children less than two years of age, or less than five years of age…

(a) Through its courts, statutes, and under its Constitution, California protects a woman’s right to reproductive privacy. California reaffirms these protections and specifically its Supreme Court decision in People v. Belous (1969) 71 Cal.2d 954, 966-68. (b) The State Department…

Notwithstanding any other law, for a subscriber who is determined by the California Children’s Services Program to be eligible for benefits under the program pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 123800) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Cod…

A child enrolled in the program under this chapter who has a medical condition that is eligible for services pursuant to the California Children’s Services Program, and whose family is not financially eligible for the California Children’s Services Program, shall have the medical…

The department shall encourage all providers who provide services under the program to have viable protocols for screening and referring children needing supplemental services outside of the scope of the screening, preventive, and medically necessary and therapeutic services cove…

(a) It shall constitute unfair competition for purposes of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code for an insurer, an insurance agent or broker, or an administrator, as defined in Section 1759 of the Insurance Code, t…

(a) It shall constitute an unfair labor practice contrary to public policy, and enforceable under Section 95 of the Labor Code, for any employer to refer an individual employee or employee’s dependent to the program, or to arrange for an individual employee or employee’s dependen…

(a) It shall constitute an unfair labor practice contrary to public policy and enforceable under Section 95 of the Labor Code for any employer to change the employee-employer share-of-cost ratio or to make any other modification of maternity care coverage for employees or employe…

(a) For purposes of Sections 15847, 15847.3, and 15847.5, “group health coverage” includes any health care service plan, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or disability insurance providing medical or hospital benefits. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, …

(a) The Perinatal Insurance Fund is continued in existence in the State Treasury under the administration of the department. (b) Amounts deposited in the fund shall only be used for the purposes specified by this chapter. (c) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, …

(a) The department shall authorize the expenditure of money in the fund to cover program expenses, including program expenses that exceed subscriber contributions. (b) From money appropriated by the Legislature to the fund, the department may expend sufficient funds for operating…