AB 2015,
as amended, McCarty. begin delete2011 end deletebegin insertPublic social services: 2011 end insertrealignment report.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to annually report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature and to post on its Internet Web site a summary of outcome and expenditure data that allows for monitoring the changes of the 2011 realignment of child welfare services, foster care, adoptions, and adult protective services programs.begin insert Existing law also requires the department to contract with an appropriate and qualified entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of the current child welfare services budgeting methodology and make recommendations for revising the budgeting methodology, including, among other things, appropriate caseload levels.end insert
This bill wouldbegin delete make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.end deletebegin insert
require the 2011 realignment report to include reported expenditures for counties that are participating and making claims under a specified federal waiver, how those counties are maximizing the utilization of funds, and how close counties are to funding the optimum caseload ratios as recommended in the above evaluation.end insert
Vote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 10104 of the Welfare and Institutions
2Code is amended to read:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the
4impacts of the 2011 realignment of child welfare services, foster
5care, adoptions, and adult protective services programs are
6identified and evaluated initially and over time. It is further the
7intent of the Legislature to ensure that information regarding these
8impacts is publicly available and accessible and can be utilized to
9support the state’s and counties’ effectiveness in delivering these
10critical services and supports.
11(b) The State Department of Social Services shall annually
12report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the
13Legislature, and publicly post on the department’s Internet Web
14site, a summary of
outcome and expenditure data that allows for
15monitoring of changes over time.
16(c) begin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insert The report shall be submitted and posted by April 15
17of each year and shall contain expenditures for each county for
18the programs described in clauses (i) to (vii), inclusive, of
19subparagraph (A) of paragraph (16) of subdivision (f) of Section
2030025 of the Government Code.begin delete To the extent that the information
21is readily or publicly available, theend delete
22begin insert(2)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertTheend insert report shall also contain the amount of funds each county
23receives from the Protective Services Growth Special Account
24created pursuant to Section 30025 of the Government Code, child
25welfare services social worker caseloads per county, and the
26number of authorized positions in the local child welfare services
27agency.
28(3) The report shall also include reported expenditures for
29counties that are participating and making claims under the federal
30Title IV-E waiver, how those counties are maximizing the utilization
31of funds, and how close counties are to funding the optimum
32caseload ratios recommended by the evaluation conducted
33pursuant to Section 10609.5, also known as the California SB 2030
34Study.
P3 1(d) The department shall consult with legislative staff and
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stakeholders to develop a reporting format consistent with the
3Legislature’s desired level of outcome and expenditure reporting
4detail.
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