Bill Text: CA AB2403 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: CalFresh: foster youth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-19 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2403 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2403
| Introduced by Assembly |
February 17, 2022 |
An act to add and repeal Section 18921 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to CalFresh.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2403, as amended, Bennett.
CalFresh: foster youth.
Existing federal 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 required the State Department of Social Services, effective July 1, 2010, and subject to federal law, to propose a Transitional Food Stamps for Foster Youth demonstration project under which independent foster care adolescents who are not eligible for CalWORKs or Supplemental Security Income program benefits are eligible for CalFresh without regard to income or resources.
This bill would require the department to conduct a study to examine the effectiveness of CalFresh benefits for foster youth and would require the study to include, at a minimum,
specified components, including, among others, a measurement of health outcomes for foster youth who are enrolled in CalFresh. Participation in the study by foster youth would be voluntary, and the bill would require the department to obtain consent from a foster youth before they may participate in the study. Under the bill, “health outcomes” would include, among other things, changes in the study participants’ nutrition levels and changes in their knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about good nutrition. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2026, to submit a report to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Human Services that includes the results of the study. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2027.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 18921 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:18921.
(a) (1) The department shall conduct a study to examine the effectiveness of CalFresh benefits for foster youth.(2) Foster youth participation in the study is voluntary, and the department shall obtain consent from a foster youth prior to their participation.
(b) The study shall measure, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) Health outcomes for foster youth
who are enrolled in CalFresh.
(2) The average amount of CalFresh benefits provided to foster youth.
(3) The number of foster youth receiving CalFresh benefits in each county.
(c) For purposes of this section, “health outcomes” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Changes in the study participants’ nutrition levels, including all of the following:
(A) Changes in the percentage of the study participants who reach dietary guidelines.
(B) Changes in the percentage of the study participants who eat the daily
recommended number of cups of fruit and vegetables, as recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(C) Changes in health conditions of the study participants, including changes in cholesterol level, body mass index (BMI), or blood pressure.
(2) Changes in the study participants’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about good nutrition.
(3) Changes in the study participants’ awareness of existing nutrition programs, policies, and benefits.
(d) On or before January 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Human Services that includes the results of the study.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
