BILL NUMBER: SB 112	CHAPTERED  10/04/05

	CHAPTER  492
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 4, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 4, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 7, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 22, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 25, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 4, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 17, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ortiz
   (Coauthors: Senators Florez and Poochigian)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chan, Jones, Leno, Matthews, Niello,
Torrico, Tran, and Villines)

                        JANUARY 24, 2005

   An act to amend Section 13276 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 112, Ortiz  Refugee social services.
   Under existing law, the State Department of Social Services must
require that a county's costs in administering employment-related and
English language training programs funded by certain program funds
derived from the federal Refugee Act of 1980 not exceed the
percentage for county administrative costs permitted by the
department in administering the Refugee Targeted Assistance Program.
Existing law requires the department to allocate all social services
funds derived from the act, after setting aside state administrative
funds, and all federal targeted assistance funds received by the
department, to each eligible county in the same proportion that the
number of refugees on aid in each eligible county bears to the total
number of refugees on aid in all eligible counties. Existing law
defines "aid" and "eligible county" for these purposes.
   This bill would revise these provisions to require the department,
in allocating these funds, to assign differential weights for
refugees, based on the length of time they have resided in the United
States. The bill would make conforming changes in the applicable
definitions.
   The bill would instead require the department, after setting aside
the necessary state administrative funds, to allocate all federal
targeted assistance funds received by the department to the counties
designated by the federal government as eligible, in the same way
funds are allocated under a federal formula.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13276 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   13276.  (a) After setting aside the necessary state administrative
funds, the department shall allocate all social services funds
derived from the federal Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212), as
amended, that are required to be used for employment-related and
English language training to each eligible county, in the same
proportion that refugees on aid in each eligible county bears to the
total refugees on aid in all eligible counties. The department shall
assign differential weights for refugees based on the length of time
that they have resided in the United States, as follows:
   (1) For refugees who have resided in this country one year or
less, the department shall use a weight of 1.50 for the purposes of
calculating the allocation in this subdivision.
   (2) For refugees who have resided in this country two years or
less, but more than one year, the department shall use a weight of
1.25 for the purposes of calculating the allocation in this
subdivision.
   (3) For refugees who have resided in this country five years or
less, but more than two years, the department shall use a weight of
1.00 for the purposes of calculating the allocation in this
subdivision.
   (b) After setting aside the necessary state administrative funds,
the department shall allocate all federal targeted assistance
received by the department to the counties designated by the federal
government as eligible in the same way funds are allocated by the
federal government in the final targeted assistance formula
allocations to states.
   (c) For the purposes of this section, "eligible county" means a
county or city and county designated as impacted using a formula to
be developed by the department based upon the refugee arrivals in the
county during the preceding 60-month period for which the department
has data.