Amended
IN
Assembly
April 03, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1377 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Wicks |
February 22, 2019 |
(a)Pursuant to instructions issued by the department, each school district or county office of education shall provide information to the local agency that determines CalFresh program eligibility for purposes of implementing the Categorical Student Eligibility for CalFresh program as described in Section 18901.56 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. This information shall be provided for students who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Information shall not be shared for any otherwise eligible student whose parent or guardian has opted out of the program.
(b)The local agency that determines
49557.4.
(a) The department and the State Department of Social Services shall work together with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of school nutrition programs and representatives of the local agencies that determine CalFresh program eligibility, to develop a statewide process for implementing the Automatic Student Eligibility for CalFresh Program as described in Section 18901.56 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. This process shall be targeted at students who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The departments, with input from the stakeholder group, shall determine how to implement, in the most streamlined way possible,
any consent process that is required by state or federal law.
(d)After a school district or county office of education shares information provided on a School Lunch Program application with the local agency that determines CalFresh program eligibility, or its designee, for the purpose of determining the applicant’s eligibility for the CalFresh program, the school
district or county office of education and the local agency shall not share information about the applicant or the applicant’s household with each other, or any other entity, unless specifically authorized to do so pursuant to other law.
(e)