Bill Text: CA SB278 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: CalFresh: overissuance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 388, Statutes of 2017. [SB278 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB278-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
July 03, 2017 |
Amended
IN
Senate
May 26, 2017 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 27, 2017 |
Senate Bill | No. 278 |
Introduced by Senator Wiener |
February 09, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 18927 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:18927.
(a) Current and future CalFresh benefits shall be reduced in accordance with subdivisions (c) and (d) to recover an overissuance caused by intentional program violation, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 273.16 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, fraud, or inadvertent household error.(h)(1)The
department may establish a minimum statewide cost-effective threshold for collecting CalFresh overissuances that are caused by administrative error from former CalFresh recipients. If the department determines that the minimum cost-effective threshold is greater than one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125), this threshold shall be included in the state’s claims management plan submitted annually for federal approval.
(2)(A)If the department does not establish a minimum statewide cost-effective
threshold for collecting CalFresh overissuances pursuant to paragraph (1), a county may request that the state allow for a minimum county cost-effective threshold based on calculations for cost-effectiveness specific to that county.
(B)If a county requests that the state allow for a minimum county cost-effective threshold, the department shall include this request in the state plan submitted annually to the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service.
SEC. 2.
Section 18927.5 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:18927.5.
(a) A county human services agency shall notify the department(b)If a county human services agency has reported a mass overissuance pursuant to subdivision (a), the department shall determine whether the state or county may be required to pay the mass
overissuance pursuant to either of the following provisions:
(c)If the department determines that the state or county may be required to pay the mass overissuance pursuant to subdivision (b), the department shall notify the regional office of the United States Department of Agriculture of the mass overissuance and the cause of the
overissuance, and the department shall facilitate payment if the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States determines that the mass overissuance shall be paid by the state or county.
(d)
(1)A single Statewide Automated Welfare System consortium system.
(2)A single county, but only if the county is a Performance Sample County identified in the department’s Manual of Policies and Procedures.