Title WIC, California Welf. & Inst. Code

The purpose of this chapter is to protect society from the consequences of criminal activity and to that purpose community restoration, victim restoration, and offender training and treatment shall be substituted for retributive punishment and shall be directed toward the rehabil…

This chapter may be cited as the Youth Authority Act. (Amended by Stats. 1943, Ch. 690.)

This chapter shall apply only to public offenses committed subsequently to the date upon which it becomes effective. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 937.)

As used in this chapter the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Public offenses” means public offenses as that term is defined in the Penal Code. (b) “Court” includes any official authorized to impose sentence for a public offense. (c) “Youth Authority,” “Authority,…

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with or limit the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. (Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 937.)

It is the intention of the Legislature that all persons in the custody of an institution under the supervision of the Department of the Youth Authority shall be afforded reasonable opportunities to exercise religious freedom. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1349.)

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Children’s Mental Health Services Act. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1229, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is no comprehensive county interagency system throughout California for the delivery of mental health services to children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbance and their families. Specific problems to be addressed inc…

For the purposes of this part, a “system of care county” means a county which has been approved by the State Department of Health Care Services as having the capability to provide child- and family-centered services in a collaborative manner, resulting in quantitative outcome mea…

This part is intended to organize and finance mental health services in skilled nursing facilities designated as institutions for mental disease, in a way that will promote the well-being of the residents. It is furthermore intended to effectively utilize existing resources in th…

(a) The Legislature finds that the following issues relating to program operation must be resolved prior to the full assumption of responsibility for institutions for mental disease program monitoring and reimbursement procedures by the counties: (1) The information regarding the…

Except as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of this part and Section 11403 of this code, applications for public social services or public assistance by any person, or in behalf of any person, shall be made to the county department in the county in which the a…

The department shall include questions that enable an applicant to disclose a disability, the need for accommodation due to disability, and any experience of domestic violence, in any amendment or revision adopted on or after January 1, 2019, to the standard form for initial appl…

Application for aid may be made within 60 days prior to the date on which the applicant meets the technical requirements for such aid which have to do with factors other than need. Application made on behalf of a child deprived of parental support because of separation or deserti…

The department shall undertake activities designed to facilitate the dissemination of information to applicants for, and recipients of, aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) regarding work incentive provisions in existing law, in order to ensure that clients are awa…

(a) An applicant shall not be granted public assistance under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) and Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 13000) until he or she is first personally interviewed by the office of the county human services agency or state staff for patients in…

(a) (1) Each applicant shall be required before approval of assistance or services to file an affirmation setting forth the applicant’s belief that the applicant meets the specific conditions of eligibility. Such statements shall be on forms prescribed by the department and, in t…

The county shall promptly investigate all applications for public assistance as prescribed by the regulations of the department. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)

(a) In the administration of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, counties may conduct an early fraud prevention and detection program pursuant to this section. (b) Funding for an early fraud prevention and detection program pursuant to Section 15204.6 shall not b…

(a) If the applicant is determined to be eligible, aid shall be granted from the date of application if the applicant meets all eligibility conditions on that date, or from the date on which the applicant meets all eligibility conditions, whichever is later. In any event, the beg…

Any recipient who becomes ineligible for aid under the public assistance program under which he is receiving aid, but appears to be eligible for aid under another public assistance program, shall be so informed, and his application for aid under that other program taken promptly,…

The State Department of Social Services, after consultation with the County Welfare Directors Association, shall determine the times and methods for providing information regarding the At Risk Child Care Program established pursuant to Article 15.5 (commencing with Section 8350) …

The board of supervisors of each county shall file with the department a record of the action of such county in granting or refusing to grant aid to the potentially self-supporting blind to each applicant for such aid. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1216.)

The sworn statements, affidavits or affirmations of each applicant or recipient of aid under Chapter 5 of this part, shall be presumed to be true, except with respect to degree of blindness. This section shall not be interpreted to preclude a full and complete investigation by th…

The provisions of this article do not apply to recipients under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12000) of this part, unless otherwise expressly indicated. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)

(a) Any reference to the Department of the Youth Authority in this code or any other code refers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice. (b) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The purpose of the Division of Juvenile Ju…

Any reference to the Director of the Youth Authority shall be to the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, unless otherwise expressly provided. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 337, Sec. 37. (SB 823) Effective Sep…

(a) All powers, duties, and functions pertaining to the care and treatment of wards provided by any provision of law and not specifically and expressly assigned to the Juvenile Justice branch of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or to the Board of Parole Hearings,…

(a) A ward confined in a facility of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, shall be encouraged to communicate with family members, clergy, and others, and to participate in programs that will facilitate his or her education, rehabilita…

(a) The possession or use of tobacco products by wards and inmates in all institutions and camps under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Youth Authority is prohibited. The Director of the Youth Authority shall adopt regulations to implement this prohibition, which shall i…

(a) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall have wide and successful administrative experience in youth or adult correctional programs embodying rehabilitative or delinquency prevention concepts. (b) The Governor …

The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may transfer persons confined in one institution or facility of the Division of Juvenile Justice to another. Proximity to family shall be one consideration in placement. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 337,…

From funds available for the support of the Youth Authority, the director may reimburse persons employed by the authority and certified as radiologic technologists pursuant to the Radiologic Technology Act (subdivision (f) of Section 27 of the Health and Safety Code) for the fees…

There is hereby established an interagency system of care for children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances that provides comprehensive, coordinated care based on the demonstration project under former Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 5575), as added by Chapter 16…

The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, shall review those counties that have been awarded funds to implement a comprehensive system for the delivery of mental health services to ch…

County participation under this part shall be voluntary. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1229, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

The State Department of Health Care Services may contract with counties whose programs have been approved by the department and selected pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 5857). A county may request to participate under this part each year according to the terms set …

The State Department of Health Care Services shall adopt as part of its overall mission the development of community-based, comprehensive, interagency systems of care that target children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbance separated from their families or at risk o…

(a) Projects funded pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of Division 5, as added by Chapter 89 of the Statutes of 1991, shall continue under the terms of this part. (b) The State Department of Health Care Services shall negotiate with each participating county to est…

(a) In the 1991–92 fiscal year, funding sufficient to cover the cost of the basic level of care in institutions for mental disease at the rate established by the State Department of Health Care Services shall be made available to the department for skilled nursing facilities, plu…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Client” means an individual who is all of the following: (A) A person with a mental health disability. (B) Medi-Cal eligible. (C) Under 65 years of age. (D) Certified for placement in an institution…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may liquidate accounts receivable from individual clients or payees of clients from institution for mental disease funds appropriated by the Legislature, when they have been determined by the department to be uncollectibl…

(a) For the purposes of the provisions of this code relating to public assistance, the continued absence of a recipient of public assistance from the state for a period of 60 days or longer shall be prima facie evidence of the intent of the recipient to have changed his or her re…

(a) For purposes of the In-Home Supportive Services program established pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3, “good cause,” as defined in Section 11100, shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Outpatient medical treatment necessary t…

Notwithstanding Section 11100.1, or any other provision of law, in-home supportive services provided pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 shall be suspended for any recipient who leaves the state and remains absent from the state for a period which e…

When a recipient of public assistance is absent from the United States for a period in excess of 30 days, his aid shall thereafter be suspended whenever need cannot be determined for the ensuing period of his absence from the United States. No person shall be considered absent fr…