BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 376 (Lopez) - CalWORKs eligibility: immunizations
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|Version: June 19, 2015 |Policy Vote: HUMAN S. 5 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: Yes |
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|Hearing Date: August 27, 2015 |Consultant: Jolie Onodera |
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*********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
The following information is revised to reflect amendments
adopted by the committee on August 27, 2015
Bill
Summary: AB 376 would, commencing July 1, 2016, allow county
human services agencies to first review the California
Immunization Registry (CAIR) to verify that specified children
in the CalWORKs assistance unit have received all
age-appropriate immunizations prior to requiring CalWORKs
applicants and recipients to provide immunization records, as
specified.
Fiscal
Impact:
Potentially significant one-time and ongoing non-reimbursable
county administrative costs (Local Funds) for training and
verification of immunizations of each applicable child in the
CAIR for applicants and recipients prior to requesting
immunization records. The new workload would be offset in part
by replacing the existing workload for cases that provide and
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require verification of paper documentation, as well as
administrative cost savings for those cases found in the CAIR
that would no longer require a follow-up request for
documentation.
Potentially significant decrease in CalWORKs sanctions for
failure to provide immunization records, resulting in
increased ongoing CalWORKs grant costs of about $1.5 million
(General Fund). DSS data indicates approximately 32 percent of
cases sanctioned for not providing the required documentation
were sanctioned for one month (and are assumed to otherwise
have the immunizations complete). This estimate assumes 38
percent of those cases sanctioned for one month would have
information available in the CAIR that would potentially
result in averted sanctions.
Potentially significant one-time costs (General Fund) for
reprogramming of the Statewide Automated Welfare System
(SAWS).
Author
Amendments: Remove the mandate on county human services
agencies to first review the CAIR to verify documentation and
instead make the activity permissive.
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