Bill Text: CA AB2057 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: CalFresh: victims of domestic violence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 859, Statutes of 2016. [AB2057 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2057-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2057	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mark Stone

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to amend Section 18911 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to CalFresh.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2057, as introduced, Mark Stone. CalFresh: application
information.
   Existing law provides for the federal Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP), known in California as CalFresh, under
which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the
state by the federal government are distributed to eligible
individuals by each county. Existing law requires the State
Department of Social Services to develop specified written
information relating to application for CalFresh, and requires a
county welfare department to make this information available to an
applicant and, upon request, to emergency food programs, among other
entities, as specified. Existing law also requires a county welfare
department to compile a list of emergency food providers, and to make
other information available to applicants, as specified.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 18911 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   18911.  (a) An application and an authorization for participation
in CalFresh shall be processed within a period of not more than 30
days from the date of application.
   (b) The department shall develop written information that
describes the eligibility and verification requirements for expedited
service, the process for applying for those benefits, and the
availability of assistance in filling out the forms and gathering
needed documentation.
   (c)  Each   A  county welfare department
shall make the material developed pursuant to subdivision (b)
available to  each   an  applicant at the
time the applicant initially seeks CalFresh benefits.
   (d)  Each   A  county welfare department
shall, upon request, make available the information developed
pursuant to subdivision (b) to community action agencies, legal
services offices, emergency food programs, and other programs.
   (e)  Each   A  county welfare department
shall compile a list of emergency food providers in the area served
by the local CalFresh office. The list shall be updated, based on
information from the food providers. The list shall be made available
upon request, and, where needed, may be used to refer individuals to
emergency food sites that may be able to provide assistance.
   (f)  Each   A  county welfare department
shall make available to CalFresh applicants, upon request,
nonpromotional information that contains addresses and phone numbers
of local legal services and welfare rights organizations.