Bill Text: CA SB1443 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Food Assistance Program: eligibility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-02 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1443 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB1443-Amended.html
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Amended
IN
Senate
April 02, 2020 |
| Introduced by Senator Rubio |
February 21, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority. Under existing law, the authority is responsible for the coordination and integration of all state activities concerning emergency medical services.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 18930 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:18930.
(a) The State Department of Social Services shall establish a Food Assistance Program to provide assistance for those persons described in subdivision (b). The department shall enter into an agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to use the existing federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program coupons for the purposes of administering this program. Persons who are members of a household receiving CalFresh benefits under this chapter or under Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900), and are receiving CalWORKs benefits under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 on September 1, 1998, shall have eligibility determined under this chapter without need for a new application no later than November 1, 1998, and the beginning date of assistance under this chapter for those persons shall be September 1, 1998.(b)(1)Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and Section 18930.5, noncitizens of the United States shall be eligible for the program established pursuant to subdivision (a) if the person’s immigration status meets the eligibility criteria of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in effect on August 21, 1996, but he or she is not eligible for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits solely due to his or her immigration status under Public Law 104-193 and any subsequent amendments thereto.
(2)Noncitizens of the United States shall be eligible for the program established pursuant to subdivision (a) if the person is a battered immigrant spouse or child or the parent or child of the battered immigrant, as described in
Section 1641(c) of Title 8 of the United States Code, as amended by Section 5571 of Public Law 105-33, or if the person is a Cuban or Haitian entrant as described in Section 501(e) of the federal Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-122).
(3)An applicant who is otherwise eligible for the program but who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996, shall be eligible for aid under this chapter only if he or she is sponsored and one of the following apply:
(A)The sponsor has died.
(B)The sponsor is disabled as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 11320.3.
(C)The applicant, after entry into the United States, is a victim of abuse by the sponsor or the spouse of the sponsor if the spouse
is living with the sponsor.
(4)An applicant who is otherwise eligible for the program but who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996, who does not meet one of the conditions of paragraph (3), shall be eligible for aid under this chapter beginning on October 1, 1999.
(5)The applicant shall be required to provide verification that one of the conditions of subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) has been met.
(6)For purposes of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2), abuse shall be defined in the same manner as provided in Section 11495.1 and Section 11495.12. A sworn statement of abuse by a victim, or the representative of the victim if the victim is not able to competently swear, shall be sufficient to establish abuse if one or more additional items of evidence of abuse is also provided. Additional evidence may
include, but is not limited to, the following:
(A)Police, government agency, or court records or files.
(B)Documentation from a domestic violence program, legal, clinical, medical, or other professional from whom the applicant or recipient has sought assistance in dealing with abuse.
(C)A statement from any other individual with knowledge of the circumstances that provided the basis for the claim.
(D)Physical evidence of abuse.
(7)If the victim cannot provide additional evidence of abuse, then the sworn statement shall be sufficient if the county makes a determination documented in writing in the case file that the applicant is credible.
(e)This section shall become operative on September 1, 1998.
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.This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act.
