Bill Text: CA AB3269 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State and local agencies: homelessness plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-08-20 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB3269 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB3269-Introduced.html


CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 3269


Introduced by Assembly Member Chiu

February 21, 2020


An act to add Section 10004 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 3269, as introduced, Chiu. Public social services: homeless individuals.
Existing law provides for various public social services programs, including, among others, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals, CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county, and the Medi-Cal program, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. Existing law also requires each county to provide aid to its indigent residents not supported by other means, which are known as general assistance programs.
This bill would require counties and Continuums of Care to review the data contained in their Homeless Management Information Systems to determine if homeless individuals in the system receive benefits under CalWORKs, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, or general assistance. By imposing additional duties on counties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YES  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 10004 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

10004.
 Counties and Continuums of Care shall review the data contained in their Homeless Management Information Systems to determine if homeless individuals in the system receive benefits under CalWORKs, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, or general assistance.

SEC. 2.

 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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