BILL NUMBER: AB 373	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

   An act to amend Section 11320.15 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to public social services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 373, as introduced, Garrick. CalWORKs: time limits for aid.
   Existing law requires each county to provide cash assistance and
other social services to needy families through the California Work
Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program using
federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant
program, state, and county funds. Existing law, with certain
exceptions, requires removal of a CalWORKs participant after he or
she has received aid for a total of 60 months from the assistance
unit for the purpose of calculation of aid.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a
provision relating to CalWORKs aid time limits.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11320.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
is amended to read:
   11320.15.  After a participant has received aid for a total of 60
months, pursuant to Section 11454, he or she shall be removed from
the assistance unit for the purposes of calculation of aid under
Section 11450  ,  and  he or she  shall no
longer be required to participate in welfare-to-work activities.
Additional welfare-to-work services may be provided to the recipient,
at the option of the county. If the county provides services to the
recipient after the 60-month limit has been reached, the recipient
shall participate in community service.