BILL NUMBER: SB 1833 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 77
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 30, 2002
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JUNE 28, 2002
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY JUNE 20, 2002
PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 10, 2002
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 10, 2002
INTRODUCED BY Senator Peace
FEBRUARY 22, 2002
An act to amend Item 5180-151-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget
Act of 2001, relating to public social services, and making an
appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately as an
appropriation for the usual current expenses of the state.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1833, Peace. Budget Act of 2001: public social services.
The Budget Act of 2001 appropriated $726,494,000 from the General
Fund to the State Department of Social Services for expenditure for
local assistance, including children's services, special programs,
and community care licensing.
This bill would increase this appropriation to $753,619,000, as
scheduled, and make related changes.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a
statute providing an appropriation for the usual current expenses of
the state.
Appropriation: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Item 5180-151-0001 of Section 2.00 of Chapter 106 of
the Statutes of 2001 is amended to read:
5180-151-0001--For local assistance, Department of Social
Services ............................................
753,619,000
Schedule:
(1) 25.25-Children's Services .......... 1,808,738,000
(a) 25.25.010-
Child
Welfare
Services ......... 1,699,796,000
(b) 25.25.020-
Adop-
tions ............ 88,959,000
(c) 25.25.030-
Child Abuse
Preven-
tion .............. 19,983,000
(2) 25.35-Special Programs ............. 122,917,000
(a) 25.35.010-
Specialized
Services .......... 5,644,000
(b) 25.35.020-
Access Assis-
tance for the
Deaf .............. 5,804,000
(c) 25.35.030-
Maternity
Care .............. 600,000
(d) 25.35.040-
Refugee As-
sistance Ser-
vices ............. 19,343,000
(e) 25.35.050-
County Ser-
vices Block
Grant ............. 91,526,000
(3) 25.45-Community Care Licen-
sing ............................... 16,310,000
(4) Reimbursements ..................... -57,772,000
(5) Amount payable from the Child
Health and Safety Fund (Item
5180-151-0279) .................... -432,000
(6) Amount payable from the Federal
Trust Fund (Item 5180-151-
0890) ............................. -1,136,142,000
Provisions:
1. Provision 1 of Item 5180-101-0001 also applies to
this item.
2. Notwithstanding Chapter 1 (commencing with Section
18000) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, a loan not to exceed $50,000,000
shall be made available from the General Fund from
funds not otherwise appropriated, to cover the
federal share of costs of a program(s) when the
federal funds have not been received by this
state prior to the usual time for transmitting that
federal share to the counties of this state. That
loan from the General Fund shall be repaid when the
federal share of costs for the program(s) becomes
available.
3. The Department of Finance may authorize the estab-
lishment of positions and transfer of amounts from
this item to Item 5180-001-0001, in order to allow
the state to perform the facilities evaluation
function of Community Care Licensing in the event
the counties fail to perform that function.
4. The Department of Finance may authorize the transfer
of amounts between this item and Item 5180-111-0001
in order to reflect modifications in the use of
Title XX funds. The funds shall not be approved
sooner than 30 days after notification in writing
of the necessity therefor to the chairperson of the
committee in each house that considers appropriations
and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee, or such lesser time as the chairpersons of
the committees, or their designees, may in each
instance jointly determine.
5. Nonfederal funds appropriated in this item which have
been budgeted to meet the state's Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families maintenance-of-effort requirement
established pursuant to the federal Personal Responsi-
bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(P.L. 104-193) may not be expended in any way that
would cause their disqualification as a federally
allowable maintenance-of-effort expenditure.
6. Of the amount appropriated in this item, $123,834,000
shall be provided to counties to fund additional child
welfare service activities and shall be allocated based
on child welfare services caseload and county unit
costs. However no county shall receive less than
$100,000. These funds shall be expressly targeted for
emergency response, family reunification, family mainte-
nance and permanent placement services and shall be used
to supplement, and shall not be used to supplant, child
welfare services funds. A county is not required to
provide a match of the funds received pursuant to this
provision if the county appropriates the required full
match for the county's child welfare services program
exclusive of the funds received pursuant to this pro-
vision. These funds are available only to counties that
have certified that they are fully utilizing the Child
Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) or
have entered into an agreed upon plan with the State
Department of Social Services outlining the steps that
will be taken to achieve full utilization. The depart-
ment shall reallocate any funds that counties choose not
to accept under this provision, to other counties based
on the allocation formula specified in this provision.
The department, in collaboration with the County
Welfare Directors Association and representatives from
labor groups representing social workers, shall develop
the definition of full utilization of the CWS/CMS, the
method for measuring full utilization, the process for
the state and counties to work together to move
counties toward full utilization, and measurements of
progress toward full utilization.
7. In order to receive state funding for adult protective
service programs, counties shall participate in the
quarterly claims processing, payment, and reporting
system developed by the State Department of Social
Services for the adult protective services program.
8. Of the amount appropriated in this item, $1,200,000
shall be provided to counties for the purpose of
maintaining and operating Live Scan equipment in county
welfare departments. The counties shall utilize this
equipment to perform criminal background checks of
relatives, foster parents, and others for whom criminal
record checks are required when the county is consider-
ing a foster child placement. The State Department of
Social Services shall allocate these funds to the
counties to enable the most efficient use of the equip-
ment. Counties shall not be required to provide a
match for these funds if the funds are used exclusively
for the maintenance and operation of Live Scan equip-
ment in the Foster Care Program.
9. The Department of Finance may authorize the establish-
ment of positions and transfer of amounts from this
item to Item 5180-001-0001, in order to allow the state
to perform the adoptions function in the event that a
county notifies the State Department of Social Services
that it intends to cease performing that function.
10. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $1,500,000
shall be for the pilot of the Internet based Health and
Education Passport in the County of Los Angeles, to col-
lect and maintain health and education records for child-
ren in the foster care system, as required by Section
16010 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
Of this amount, the Department of Finance may transfer
up to $500,000 to Item 5180-001-0001 for support of the
State Department of Social Services, to provide techni-
cal assistance in preparation of the Advance Planning
Document, provide Independent Verification and Valida-
tion to ensure SACWIS compliance, and to ensure that
the project meets federal and state guidelines and
privacy requirements.
11. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $1,877,831
shall be used to pay the county share of costs for
case management activities for the Emergency
Assistance Program pursuant to Section 15204.25 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code.
SEC. 2. This act makes an appropriation for the usual current
expenses of the state within the meaning of Article IV of the
Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.