Bill Text: CA SB1359 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public social services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1359 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1359-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1359	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 8, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add and repeal Section 18919 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1359, as amended, Price. Public social services.
   Existing law provides for various federal human services programs,
including the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP), under which food stamps are allocated to the state by the
federal government and are distributed to eligible households by each
county through the state's Food Stamp program.
   This bill would require the California Research Bureau of the
California State Library  to  , no later than July
1, 2011,  to  compile all existing information and
recommendations from interested stakeholders relating to, among other
things, increasing participation in federal human services programs,
including the federal SNAP program. This bill would require the
Legislative Analyst's  Office to submit,  
Office, no later than November 1, 2011,  and no later
than November 1 of each year thereafter for 4 years,  
to submit  a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature, analyzing and evaluating participation
in federal human services programs, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 18919 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   18919.  (a) (1) The California Research Bureau (CRB) of the
California State Library shall compile all existing information and
recommendations from interested stakeholders relating to the issues
the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) is required to report on as
specified in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b).
   (2) The CRB shall submit a report of its findings and the
recommendations gathered pursuant to paragraph (1) to the LAO no
later than July 1, 2011. 
   (b) The LAO shall, no later than November 1, 2011, and no later
than November 1 of each year thereafter, submit a report to 

    (b)     No later than November 1, 2011, the
LAO shall submit a report to  the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature addressing all of the following using
the information and recommendations submitted by the CRB pursuant to
subdivision (a):
   (1) Analysis of the economic and social impact of the
recommendations of interested stakeholders relating to the removal of
 administrative  barriers to  increase
  increased  participation in the federal
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
   (2) Evaluation of the best practices and  administrative
housekeeping  policies of the State Department of Social
Services with respect to encouraging participation in the federal
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and maximizing
participation in all federal human services programs  as
policy changes occur  .
   (3) Analysis of the economic impacts regionally within the state
of increased participation in federal human services programs.
   (c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall
be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

   (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on November 1, 2015.