California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 878

Introduced by Assembly Member Eggman

February 26, 2015

An act to amend Section 11402 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to child welfare.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 878, as introduced, Eggman. Child welfare: foster care.

Existing law establishes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide payments to foster care providers on behalf of qualified children in foster care. The program is funded by a combination of federal, state, and county funds, with moneys from the General Fund being continuously appropriated to pay for the state’s share of AFDC-FC costs.

In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, existing law requires a child or nonminor dependent to be placed in a specified placement, including, among others, the approved home of a relative, provided the child is otherwise eligible for federal financial participation in the AFDC-FC payment.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

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 11402 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code is amended to read:

11402.  

In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, a child or
nonminor dependent shall be placed in one of the following:

(a) The approved home of a relative, provided the child is
otherwise eligible for federal financial participation in the
AFDC-FC payment.

(b) (1) The licensed family home of a nonrelative.

(2) The approved home of a nonrelative extended family
begin delete member end delete begin insert member, end insert as described in Section 362.7.

(c) The approved home of a resource begin delete family end delete begin insert family, end insert as defined
in Section 16519.5.

(d) A licensed group home, as defined in subdivision (h) of
Section 11400, excluding a runaway and homeless youth begin delete shelter end delete
begin insert shelter, end insert as defined in subdivision (ab) of Section 11400, begin delete provided
that end delete begin insert if end insert the placement worker has documented that the placement
is necessary to meet the treatment needs of the child and that the
facility offers those treatment services.

(e) The home of a nonrelated legal guardian or the home of a
former nonrelated legal guardian begin delete when end delete begin insert if end insert the guardianship of a
child who is otherwise eligible for AFDC-FC has been dismissed
begin delete due to the child’s attaining end delete begin insert because the child has attained end insert 18 years
of age.

(f) An exclusive-use home.

(g) A housing model certified by a licensed transitional housing
placement begin delete provider end delete begin insert provider, end insert as described in Section 1559.110 of
the Health and Safety Code and as defined in subdivision (r) of
Section 11400.

(h) An out-of-state group home, begin delete provided that end delete begin insert if end insert the placement
worker, in addition to complying with all other statutory
requirements for placing a minor in an out-of-state group home,
documents that the requirements of Section 7911.1 of the Family
Code have been met.

(i) An approved supervised independent living setting for
nonminor dependents, as defined in subdivision (w) of Section
11400.

(j) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.